During the 1969 Festival Actuel in Mont-de-l’Enclus, Belgium, a very pensive, straight-faced Frank Zappa joined Pink Floyd onstage to perform a loose, somewhat directionless version of “Interstellar Overdrive“. Years later, Zappa told a reporter that he didn’t know what he was getting into with this gig at the time. “That was after the Mothers [of…
Homer Simpson in Real Life
A post shared by Miguel Vasquez (@marvelous_mikee) on Aug 17, 2018 at 8:44am PDT 3D artist Miguel Vasquez has created a fantastic 3D rendering that imagines what Homer Simpson would look like in real life. Last year Vasquez created real life versions of SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick. My 3D re-imagining of what Homer Simpson would…
Determined Team of Archeologists Reconstruct the Face of a Soldier Who Died in Ancient Pompeii
A fascinating 2016 video by the Science Channel tells of a compassionate team of archeologists who were able to reconstruct the face of a soldier of Pompeii, who died when Mount Vesuvius erupted and engulfed the entire city in hot, molten lava. Created with high resolution photography, x-rays and computer modeling, the reconstruction offers a…
A Rapid Timelapse Tutorial Showing How to Create a 3D Drawing of a Hyper-Realistic Fried Egg
Italian artist Marcello Barenghi, whose amazing work we’ve previously posted, has created a really wonderful rapid timelapse tutorial showing how to create a 3D drawing of a hyper-realistic fried egg. The artist used a combination of colored pencils, airbrush, and graphite to create the drawing’s realism and standout three dimensionality. Barenghi also offers step by…
Woman With a Prosthetic Leg Hilariously Rides Her Horse Through a Starbucks Drive-Thru on Dare
A woman named named Vicki who is a patient at Optimus Prosthetics in Columbus, Ohio and wears a prosthetic leg by Ottobock North America, hilariously rode her horse Bailey through the drive-thru of the local Starbucks on a dare from her brother Tim who works at Optimus. The Starbucks employees were so amused by Vicki…
A Fascinating Demonstration of the Delicate Craft of Restoring Damaged Fine Art to Its Former Beauty
In March 2018, Jack Brandtman of Chicago Aussie shadowed second generation fine art conservator Julian Baumgartner of Baumgartner Fine Art Restoration in Chicago as he delicately restored a self portrait of Emma Gaggiotti Richards, an Italian painter whose work was popular with Queen Victoria. Baumgartner’s process, as shown, requires a delicate hand, an exacting eye…
An Adorably Quirky, Big Bellied, Polydactyl Cat Who Stands Upright When He’s Hungry Needs a Home
An absolutely adorable, round-bellied, polydactyl rescued homeless Russian blue cat named Bruno, who stands on his back legs when he’s hungry, is as of this date living at the Wright Way Rescue Shelter in Morton Grove, Illinois in search a safe, warm, loving home. There are some things that interested parties should know about this…
A Gorgeous Computer Generated Visualization of the Sun’s Magnetic Field on August 10, 2018
Scientists at the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) used daily scientific data to create an absolutely gorgeous computer generated visualization showing what the magnetic field of the sun looked like on August 10, 2018. They further clarified the image by superimposing defining lines so that viewers can easily spot the different areas of the fields….