Новости за 03.02.2024

Watch how a severed foot moves like a marionette puppet when chicken foot tendons get pulled on. Although this video may make you squirm in your seat, it's a way to learn about how the different parts of a chicken foot work together to make it move.  — Read the rest

Maybe I'm just tired today, but It took me a few times of watching this video to understand what was happening. It looks as if a car-shaped object is slowly drifting down from the sky. Then it disappears into thin air. — Read the rest

If you time traveled back to the streets of Paris in the 1930's, you might just stumble upon these two off-brand Mickey characters. To see these two handmade costumes out in public would be a nightmare come true.

TL;DR: Increase your coding productivity with the Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 for Windows, now only $44.99 (reg. $499) for a limited time!

Carl Weathers, who starred in Rocky, Predator and lately The Mandalorian, is dead at 76.

Take a look at these fantastic vintage optical illusion skull postcards. These macabre beauties are from the early 1900s and all depict skulls with people woven into the imagery.

Ruben Lambrechts is a self-described "farmer, traveler, and safari operator" who runs "I Dream Namibia," a family-operated travel guide service in Namibia. Ruben also runs a farm outside Windhoek, where he takes care of orphaned wild animals including meerkats, mongoose, warthogs, and more. — Read the rest

I truly cannot get enough of Alison Friend's paintings. I love her series featuring pets looking absolutely adorable. The expressions she captures are so sweet and funny. Here are a few of my favorites: this little workout fella, this yorkie and her stuffie, and this little floof brushing its hair. — Read the rest

Back in 2019 we featured the very cool Rube Goldberg machines that artist Jan Hakon Erichsen creates for his "Destruction Diaries" series. I'm happy to report that Jan is still creating terrific art, including this recent work, titled "Northbound," that he created during a five-week stint in Norway in Summer 2023 as part of the Salangen Biennale and Ipihan #13.  — Read the rest

Here's another multi-level-marketing scheme to be aware of. It's called "Trades of Hope" and Hannah Alonzo describes it as an MLM scheme "disguised as an advocacy organization." Here's how the Trades of Hope website pitches the business to potential "partners" and "advocates" (that's what they call folks who join the MLM to sell merchandise and recruiting additional sellers for their downline):

In a candid admission on the RPG site EN World, Mike Mearls, former D&D designer, confronts the flaws of the Challenge Rating (CR) system, a tool meant to help Dungeon Masters balance encounters in the game. Mearls, who had a significant role in developing 5th edition, expresses his personal struggles with CR and announces his creation of a more reliable point-based system inspired by Warhammer 40,000. — Read the rest

It's a good year for spiritual successors, evidently. First, BioShock had one announced, and now Hideo Kojima is returning to the world of action espionage with a brand-new game. Kojima's truly legendary Metal Gear Solid series is still being kept under lock and key at former employer Konami, however, meaning that PHYSINT will be more a de facto sequel than a de jure one. — Read the rest

TL;DR: Show your love to your vino-loving Valentine in the form of romantic booze with this assortment of 15 bottles of Splash Wine for Valentine's Day at under $5 each. You won't find a deal like this anywhere else!