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Homeowner Gets Locked Out When the Nest Doorbell Mistakenly Identifies Him as the Batman on His T-Shirt
When homeowner B.J. May stepped out of his Georgia home wearing a blue Batman shirt, he was surprised when his Nest doorbell wouldn’t let him back in. When he went to check on the app as to what was going on, he saw that the camera mistakenly identified the face of the Batman on his…
1977 Footage of the Sex Pistols Performing on the ‘Queen Elizabeth’ Riverboat During Her Silver Jubilee
In 1977 The Sex Pistols boarded the Queen Elizabeth Riverboat on the River Thames and performed the songs “Pretty Vacant”, “Anarchy In The UK” and “Problems” as well as “God Save the Queen” as they went down the river. This concert took place during and in sight of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee celebration. Needless to…
Brilliantly Illustrated Timelines Showing the Evolution of Various Pop Culture Icons Over the Years
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jeff Victor (@jeffvictorart) on Aug 24, 2018 at 8:01am PDT Evolution of Michael Jackson Artist and cartoonist Jeff Victor, whose amazing work we’ve previously posted, has expanded upon his Evolution of Pop Culture icons series with illustrated timelines for Michael Jackson, John Goodman, Keanu Reeves, Loki,…
Visually Satisfying Footage of Beautiful Geometric Magnetic Sculptures Being Destroyed in Reverse
The YouTube channel Magnetic Games, who previously created a mesmerizing slow motion video showing small magnets being completely engulfed a larger magnets, has posted an equally mesmerizing and visually satisfying video of beautiful geometric magnetic sculptures that took a lot of time to build, being destroyed in reverse. In the video, the builder starts with…
A Cheeky Little Baby Rhino Adorably Attempts to Coax His Sleeping Mother to Keep Playing With Him
A very energetic and rather cheeky little greater one-horned rhino calf named Akeno at the Chester Zoo in Cheshire, England was having a wonderful time, running back and forth across the grass until he noticed that his tired mother was moving rather slowly. As she lay down for a well-deserved nap, the feisty youngster decided…
The Fatty Arbuckle Caper
This blog post was originally published September 18, 2018 on John Law’s personal blog. These photos were a re-creation of the final shoot out on an abandoned ship to shore fueling platform on a dead end street on Islais Creek just south of the intersection of Marin and Illinois Sts. The Suicide Club (1977-1982) would host…
Retro Animated Intros For Modern Internet Companies
Future Punk created a wonderful series of 1970s-1990s retro style animated intros for modern internet companies, “inspired by great work of Sullivan & Marks, Robert Abel & Associates, Computer Image Corporation and various other Early CG/Scanimate companies.”