December, 2010

Justin Taormina put this video together comparing the scene where Marty opens the garage from BTTF and BTTF Part II, presumably so we can all see that Claudia Wells was the hotter Jennifer Parker.  Yeah I said it.

AcousticalRoots | Thanks Justin.

10 Moments Comedians Made Us Think This Year – [SplitSider]

Patton Oswalt: Wake Up, Geek Culture. Time To Die – [Wired]

Newly Found Ancient Teeth Could Upset Theory Of Human Origins – [Newser]

An Interview With The Man Who Killed Pluto – [Gizmodo]

Survey: Women Think About Food More Than Sex – [NewsFeed]

The 50 Hottest Candice Swanepoel Photos of 2010 – [BroBible]

As advertised.

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A fan-made Duke Nukem live-action teaser done as an homage to the franchise and a thank you to Gearbox for reviving it.

DukeFateofHumanity | Via

The Best Movie Moments of 2010 – [Flavorwire]

How Growing Up Stole Christmas – [CollegeHumor]

How Much Did Those CD’s From The 90′s Cost AOL – [Geekosystem]

Can You Spot The 50 Hidden Movie Titles In This Picture? – [Daily Mail] (via)

5 Real Deleted Bible Scenes In Which Jesus Kicks Some Ass – [Cracked]

Christmas Across The Globe – [The Big Picture]

Not to be outdone by their northern counterparts, patrons of Mel’s Drive-In in West Hollywood bring the crazy a couple days before Christmas.

Previously: A Fantastic Halloween Brawl At Denny’s

A trending look amongst more fashion-forward Japanese men is to flip the tip of the collar out to appear more nonchalant.  According to Scott Schuman, some shops even display their shirts this way nowadays.

The Sartorialist

The first x-ray images of a lightning strike were captured in a Camp Blanding, Florida lightning storm by a special camera that takes 10 million images a second.  The lightning bolt was triggered by rockets with wires attached to them that directed the lightning bolt into the camera’s field of view.  Although resolution was sacrificed to allow 10 million images a second to be stored properly, it was good enough to show that the majority of x-ray radiation emitted from a lightning bolt is in the tip, with little to no residual radiation on the trail.

National Geographic

Sometimes for space-based movies to work, scientific accuracy is sacrificed for plotlines.  Fortunately, we have people like the gang over at io9 to keep painstaking track of these inaccuracies so we can have further evidence that Apollo 13 was awesome.

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Updated: io9 (Thanks Scott & Charlie) | Via

The scavengers of Hollywood try to make it through another day.

Cracked