Video of the Metrodome's roof collapsing

Watch the moment the Metrodome's roof collapsed and snow rushed in. (It's 85 degrees in Los Angeles, by the way.) Via.

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Photos and video from the New York tornado

Photos and videos from the New York tornado. The bros in the second video are extremely excited about the tornado. Via.

D'oh, I'm behind, one of the photos was fake. Thanks, Vince.

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Link roundup

1. Comment and win art prints.

2. "Google’s Biggest Advertisers in June 2010 (And What They Tell Us About Online Media)." Via.

3. Wild photo of a burnt out, but still standing (floating) telephone pole. Via these sites.

Tornado of fire

Fire tornado spotted in Brazil. Via these sites.

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$3 print sale to benefit Doctos Without Borders

Haiti earthquake relief benefit prints are all $3 at Poster Cause. The lightning bolt is by David Rooney. Via.

The Duplicative Forest (link roundup)

The Duplicative Forest - - you can read about it here and here. But wouldn't you rather just know that it's a real place in Oregon and let your imagination do the rest?

And a few more links:

1. A suggestion that Turkey provoked the fight with Israel as an excuse to accelerate their goal of obtaining nuclear weapons.

2. Apparently the Attorney Generals of 48 states, including California, have argued in the US Supreme Court that non-media speakers (whatever that means) get less first amendment protection.

3. Ghostbusters proton pack backpack.

4. The feds have asked James Cameron for his suggestions on solving the oil spill.

*Previously: Forest Head.

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Pit to hell opened in Guatemala

An astonishingly large sinkhole opened in Guatemala and swallowed a three-story building - - it's part of the devastation caused by a tropical storm. Boing Boing has some information about how to help (bottom of the post).

BP parodies

Apparently, a real BP advertisement circa 1999.

UPDATE: Actually, Rene points out in the comments that it's a parody t-shirt, and in fact, I posted it a few weeks ago!





Three BP logo parodies from the Greenpeace gallery.



Spongebob Oilypants by Mike Mitchell.



Super Marios Bros. by Shane Parker.



World aflame by Patrick Stephenson.

And meanwhile, the Russians are encouraging us to nuke the leak.

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BP logo redesign

Greenpeace is encouraging redesigns of BP's logo.

Relatedly, there's occasionally a funny tweet from the BP Public Relations account (mixed in with a whole lot of mentions of t-shirts for sale). For example:

The good news: Mermaids are real. The bad news: They are now extinct. #bpcares

Via.

*Previously: Emek oil spill print.

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If William Gibson was a children's book illustrator (link roundup)

Or so says William Gibson. Can't say I get it, but I like the picture.

And a few more links:

1. Send an email and maybe win a great Warhammer 40K miniature.

2.Peter Feld:

I am so happy to have zero friends with whom my "social obligations" include giving and receiving digital images for my imaginary "farm."

3. The oil spill in the gulf is an awful lot like a Michael Crichton novel: Meet the Team of All Star Scientists Obama Assembled To Fix the Oil Spill.

4. Dishonorable NHL awards 2010. Want to know who led the league in diving penalties? Via.

*Previously: Teasers from William Gibson's Zero History.

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Rogue wave takes out spectators (video roundup)

Rogue wave takes out spectators at Mavericks surf contest. Via.



Zebra on the loose in Atlanta.



Creepy turtle terrorizes Japanese girls in this ad for Sours. Via.



Lots of cuteness in Behemoth's new game Battleblock Theater.



Sir Ian McKellan explains acting to Rickey Gervais.

*Previously: Brain Wave sofa.

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Anti-Venom (link roundup)

Anti-Venom by Candy Lab.

And a few more links:

1. John Martz posted his first illustration for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

2. I was just discussing Ryan Leaf with my favorite reader - - he currently faces trial on drug and burglary charges.

3. More interesting than any movie on the SyFy channel - - read about the caldera beneath Yellowstone National Park. "People who've gone diving in Yellowstone Lake say that there is a bulge in the floor that is now about 100 feet high and the whole thing is just sort of pulsing."

*At Toycutter: Anti-Venom action figure.

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Firescreens based on famous fires (link roundup)

Firescreens by BBM based on the skylines of London and Rome (which suffered through massive fires). Via the whole internet.

And a few more links:

1. Supposedly, CBS' The Early Show on Monday will highlight "critical flaws in the police investigation (of Steve McNair's death) and raises troubling questions about the events leading up to the two deaths."

2. "China now controls 98 percent of the world's so-called rare earth oxides that are needed to produce sophisticated commercial and military components, such as electronics, lasers, optics, surveillance and communications systems, magnets and batteries." Via.

3. Photos of and information about James Dyson's new $300 bladeless fan. (And I thought Vornados were expensive).

*Previously: Fire demon.

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Watch a feather and hammer drop on the moon (link roundup)

Watch what happened when astronaut David Scott dropped a feather and hammer on the moon. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Matrix themed outfits for bride and groom; cake toppers, also.

2. Image of Super Typhoon Melor (which was headed toward Japan at the time I wrote this).

3. CBS is apparently trying to use remove copies of Letterman's confession from Youtube. Via.

*Previously: Concept art for Matrix Revolutions.

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Papercraft kaiju (link roundup)

You can download Damien's kaiju paper toy here.

And a few more links:

1. Wild photos and lots of information about the flooding in the Philippines.

2. Concept art for and photos of a new Maleficent transforming into a dragon sculpture.

3. Received in the mail: Applegeeks Volume 2: Weird Science:

All college students Jayce, Hawk, Alice, and Gina want to do is kick back and relax when they happen to land some downtime. And now that Hawk's latest creation, the sweet but dangerously superpowered android Eve, is finally starting to settle in with her motley crew of roommates, it looks like they'll actually get that chance! But a simple trip to the mall goes horribly awry, and when Eve goes haywire it's up to her newfound friends to calm her down, or shut her down! And if that weren't bad enough, the crew also find themselves contending with Jayce's megalomaniacal father, a giant robotic dinosaur, and Hawk's self-appointed nemesis, a five-year-old girl with dreams of world domination!

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*Previously: Maleficent in action at Disneyland.

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Pac-Man Ghost candy tin (link roundup)

Pac-Man Ghost candy tin on sale for $6 at Amazon.

And a few more links:

1. Photos of people coping with historically-high flood waters in Venice. Via.

2. Steam Crow's Daniel Davis draws Robot 13.

3. Photos of San Francisco's Lombard Street being turned into Candyland.

*Previously: $150 edition of Clue.

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Video of the Dallas Cowboys training facility collapsing

Here's video of the roof over the Dallas Cowboys practice field collapsing during a storm. "Cowboys staff photographers were up in the metal framework beneath the canopy to film the practice session and "actually rode the building down with the storm." You can read about it here.

*Previously: Photos of a volcano erupting and being struck by lighting.

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Real FEMA coloring book, fake FEMA coloring book

It's a close call as to what's more ridiculous. The real FEMA coloring book (download the whole thing here):


(She's like the kid from Lost. She read a comic book about planes crashing into buildings, and next thing ya know...)


or the fake FEMA coloring book (more pages here):



*Previously: Lawyer coloring book.

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Video of an underwater vocano erupting (link roundup)

Video of an undersea volcano erupting in the Tonga islands and shooting ash into the sky. Read about it here.

And a few more links:

1. Meet Spud, the hedgehog with no spines. Scientists don't know what's caused the condition, but the poor fellow sure looks pathetic. Via.

2. Not too long ago, people didn't think Google would make any money.

3. Tinkerbell MODOK.

4. You can play a new Double Fine point and click adventure game here. But I lost interest after a few minutes. It's not remotely funny.

*Previously: Video of a hedgehog eating.

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Hurrican Gustav humor

Damned if you do, damned if you don't. You can download a desktop wallpaper sized version of this light-hearted graffiti here. Via.

*Previously: Video of people swimming right at the edge of Victoria Falls.

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