A medical student loses his finger on a Caribbean island in the middle of a hurricane. Can his fellow med students get him to an airport, off the island and to a hospital in time to save his finger? Produced by Rebecca Hertz.
Yes, I turn 40 on the 20th. Like hell the world doesn't end on the 21st.
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deviantArt: Prints, cards, mugs, mouse pads, magnets, puzzles and other products.
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Nerd rock. Accept it. Love it.
Two Versions…
Skeptical singer songwriter and BA friend George Hrab was at NECSS. On Geo’s last album, "Trebuchet", he wrote a tune called "Death from the Skies" — based on the brilliant book of the same name. He plays the funky beat, and I read statistics of getting killed by various astronomical events. We performed this song live both at Paddy Reilly’s, a bar where Geo had a gig, and to close out the ceremonies.
The Malcolm Gladwell Book Generator:
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For Brad. Pretty much speaks for itself.
Done.TheOatmeal.com blacked out in protest of SOPA / PIPA - The Oatmeal:
For the next 24 hours I am blacking out TheOatmeal.com in protest of SOPA and PIPA. If one of these bills were to pass, this page is what many sites on the internet would look like.
As someone who creates content for the web, earns a living from it, and has had his content pirated, I do feel that we need better legislation against online piracy.
I do not, however, think that SOPA or PIPA are the legislation we need.
Want to help in the fight against SOPA / PIPA? First, go learn about the bills. After that go contact your elected officials. Wikipedia has a handy-dandy page set up which allows you to locate your state representative.
Hugs and jet skis,
-The Oatmeal
P.S. Please pirate the shit out of this animated GIF.
The Ministry follows the model of the 826 centres: a writing centre where kids aged 8-18 can get one-to-one tuition with professional writers and other volunteers; with the centres being housed behind fantastical shop fronts designed to fire the kids’ imaginations (and generate income for the writing centres).
In our case, the shop is Hoxton Street Monster Supplies – Purveyor of Quality Goods for Monsters of Every Kind.
Visit Hoxton Street Monster Supplies – Purveyor of Quality Goods for Monsters of Every Kind.: http://www.monstersupplies.org/
826 National:
826 National is a nonprofit tutoring, writing, and publishing organization with chapters in eight cities across the country that are dedicated to helping students, ages 6-18, with expository and creative writing.
Our mission is based on the understanding that great leaps in learning can happen with one-on-one attention, and that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success.
Some of the other 826 storefronts:
This one has appeared on Rubble before: The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co.
See them all here: http://826national.org/stores/
The Bigfoot Research Institute has all the necessities for your Bigfoot, Research, and Institute needs! Visit today before you end up in a hairy situation.
For Sale: Cyptozoologist's Career Starter Kit, Jungle Hygiene Kit, unofficial Yeti Hairball, Baby Giant Centipedes, and Sea Serpent Secretions.
The Boring Store is open every day from 12-6. Come by and browse our selection of surveillance gear, check out our carrier pigeon supplies, and try on a moustache. All proceeds from Boring Store sales go directly toward supporing 826CHI programs.
For Sale: Periscopes, trench coats, and night-vision goggles; disguises of all kinds (n.b. this is not by any means a store for spies).The Museum of Unnatural History showcases the rarest of rare and the surrealist of surreal artifacts from times long past. Dedicated unnaturalists and enthusiasts of history that might not have ever happened will love perusing the vast collections and museum curios. Be sure to marvel at the museum's unbelievable animal assortment, featuring everything from weagles to owlephants, and explore, if you dare, the store's built-in cave (yep – it really has a cave).
For Sale: Unicorn Tears, Confused Wood (from the makers of Petrified Wood), Weather Rocks, Wallace's Primordial Soup, Future Mold, Scorpion Finders, and much more.The Echo Park Time Travel Mart, a leader in convenience retailing, sells everything you need before you take a road trip through the fourth dimension. You can grab time-machine fuel, a can of mastodon meat, and a cup of coffee in one quick stop.
For Sale: Dinosaur eggs and princess hats; robot-emotion upgrades, dodo chow, and scarlet letters; time-machine parts; coffee.Never been to a robot supply and repair shop? Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair carries the perfect combination of products for robot enthusiasts and robots themselves.
For Sale: Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots, Mega Mech, The RoboPanda, Robot Emotion Upgrades & First Aid kits, Positronic brains, The Is Your Little Sister a Robot? Test Kit .The Greenwood Space Travel Supply Company outfits adventurers, commuters, rocket scientists (professional and freelance), tourists, theoretical mathematicians, specialists of all stripes, small crews, and large parties.
For Sale: Rocket fuel, air, assorted ray guns; intergalactic peace treaties, travel cups, spaceship accessories.What happens at the Pirate Store?
Many have said that upon entering the best pirate supply store in San Francisco, they get a sensation of déjà vu. Others walk in and feel at once the miracle work of an unseen hand. Yet there are those whose eyes bulge and shrink simultaneously while their thoughts are so convoluted that they are unable to shout or mutter the question that most plagues them: “What is this place?”
For Sale: Hooks, flags, and message bottles; rat traps, peg legs, and pirate perfume; wax seals, dice, and lard (for bartering, not sale).
TED talk on the Pirate Store and the origins of the first 826 store…
The Subservient Chicken - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:If I remember correctly, the web page went up before the commercials and other than a subtle link reading "Get chicken just the way you like it" at the bottom of the page leading to Burger King, there was originally no obvious connection to the fast food chain. I think this is because many of us who were too cool for school would have originally ignored it, otherwise. But we bit and it went viral.
...there is "The Subservient Chicken" web page. On the page, a man in a chicken costume performs a wide range of actions based on a user's input, showing pre-recorded footage and appearing like an interactive webcam.[4] The site takes literally the advertising slogan "Get chicken just the way you like it". The site launched on April 8, 2004. The site was created for CP+B and BK by The Barbarian Group and is hosted at GSI in Kansas City, Missouri. "The guy in the suit was originally an actor, but he was claustrophobic in the suit, so he wouldn’t do it. And we had to use one of the costume’s designers... He would do about six moves and then we would have to fan him off because he would get so hot in the costume," says CP+B ECD Jeff Benjamin.[5]
There are more than three hundred commands that the Subservient Chicken will respond to...
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