October, 2011

Noope. Chuck Testa.

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David Calvo solves a Rubik’s Cube in under a minute…with one hand…while juggling two more.

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This installment showed up at St. Paul’s Cathedral in support of the Occupy London Movement. Given it’s style and the Tox shoutout, one can conclude it’s the work of the Bristol Bomber. However, if you look at the detail below, the quality isn’t what you’d expect from a Banksy piece. Verification is still pending.

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C. G. P. Grey explains the practice of temporarily advancing clocks during the summer.

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The 8 Creepiest Glitches Hidden in Popular Video Games – [Cracked]

Everyone Saw Paranormal Activity 3 – [Vulture]

The Hollywood box-office slump is finally over, at least according to Deadline’s Nikki Finke. Her proof: Paranormal Activity 3opened this weekend with a $54 million box-office take, the largest horror movie debut ever. (Particularly fantastic news for Paramount, given the film’s meager $5 million budget.)

Swiss Banks Said Ready to Reveal Clients – [Bloomberg]

Swiss banks will probably settle a sweeping U.S. probe of offshore tax evasion by paying billions of dollars and handing over names of thousands of Americans who have secret accounts, according to two people familiar with the matter.

U.S. and Swiss officials are concluding negotiations on a civil settlement amid U.S. criminal probes of 11 financial institutions, including Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN), suspected of helping American clients hide money from the Internal Revenue Service, according to five people with knowledge of the talks who declined to speak publicly because they are confidential.

Switzerland, the biggest haven for offshore wealth, wants an end to new U.S. probes while preserving its decades-old tradition of bank secrecy, the people said. The U.S. seeks data on Americans who have dodged U.S. taxes and a pledge by Swiss banks to stop helping such clients, according to the people. The Swiss reached accords this year with Germany and the U.K. on untaxed assets.

90 Corgis In Costumes (Photos) – [BuzzFeed]

Deadly Earthquake In Turkey (Photos) – [In Focus]

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Another dope performance from the aliens at RemoteKontrol.

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A new project by Stockholm-based Visiondivision for Politecnico di Milano:

Our intention with our project was to construct a study retreat at the campus with patience as the main key for the design. If we can be patient with the building time we can reduce the need for transportation, waste of material and different manufacturing processes, simply by helping nature grow in a more architectonic and useful way.

Our structural frame for this project became ten japanese cherry trees that was planted in a circle with a diameter of eight meters with a six meter high temporary wood structure in the center that is acting as a guidance tower for the growing structure.

As time passes the trees will form a dome when they reach the tower, and then designated by to change its direction so the final form will be an hourglass, a suiting shape for the project and also a very practical form as we now have two rooms with different modes in the building.

A maintenance plan and simple instructions will be passed down to future gardeners. You can see the project come to fruition at Politecnico di Milano in about 60 years from now.

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Halloween Light Show sets his house lights to “This Is Halloween” from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

He also did LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem” if you hate your ears.

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