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Jesuschrist, somebody please license The Big Lebowski and make this 8-bit isometric adventure game. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
Today is the 30th anniversary of the Macintosh, the computer that changed everything. It popularized the graphical user interface, taking the crude version that existed at Xerox and making it infinitely better, introducing all the conventions that we now take for granted. I was ten when it came out, and I wanted one since the…
YouTube’s predictably awesome lavapix shows us how a volcano consumes a can of Coca Cola: the slow, oozy, melty way. And for some reason I’m finding hard to explain, I just can’t look away. As explained in the video’s “About” section, the first can had a small hole punched in it for hopeful geyser effect,…
And with “just” I mean 11.4 million years ago, even while Steve Fossey just detected this bright and rare Type Ia supernova using a ‘modest telescope in an unlikely spot: foggy north London.’ Scientists say that it will be visible in the sky soon, as it brightens up. Here you can see the supernova appearing…
The always cool biomorphosis.tumblr.com posted these slow-motion animated gifs in which you can see one of the most efficient defensive chemical weapon in nature: the cannon of the bombardier beetle, which shoots “a boiling hot mixture of caustic chemicals reaching 212° F (100° C).” As Biomorphosis explains: Bombardier Beetle when threatened, sprays the attacker with…
Oh, nothing to see here. Just a guy playing wrestle with a grizzly bear and letting it fake swallow his head. Wait, what? Mmhmm. Bear trainer Doug Seus plays around with an 8 foot tall behemoth of a beast the same way you would mess around with your dog. It’s stunning to see. I mean,…
Niagara Falls is always powerfully beautiful. A frozen Niagara Falls is even more impressive, like pressing pause on nature to hear the silence. A frozen Niagara Falls filled with colors from a light show? Just look. Photographer Michael Muraz showed us these amazing images of Niagara Falls and the frozen colors make it look like…
You’re an Internet veteran, you know what’s real and what’s not. Anything with Western Union automatically raises your eyebrow. An e-mail promising more length and/or hot girls gets vaporized without a thought. You’re too seasoned for these tricks. But what if all that email spam was actually true? How different would your life look? Would…
What would you like in a house? A roof. Central air is nice. Some insulation probably. Maybe a fireplace if you like that. A yard for the kids with a white picket fence for your dreams. What about a freaking rideable scale train that goes completely around the entire property? Yeah, you know you want…
Christ. An awesome lunatic wasn’t happy with just dragging his knee while making a high speed motorcycle turn so he decided to lay his head and drag that on the gravel too. Because, well, there’s nothing cooler (or more out there) than scraping your noggin’ on the street while going well past the reasonable speed…
I can’t do it. These photographs by photographer Jimmy Kong are absolutely fantastic in capturing the venomous detail of spiders in their habitat. They look positively alien and almost peaceful. But don’t you dare think that. Not for a second. Because once you think these fur ball mini aliens come in peace, the spiders are…
Protests against new anti-democratic laws in Ukraine are increasing in intensity, with four citizens reported dead. As you can see in these extraordinary images by Ilya Varlamov, the demonstrators are using rockets made with fireworks. They look like scenes from some science-fiction movie about urban warfare. The latest reports talk about at least four people…
Ryan Broderick is in hell now. I’m in hell now. You’re probably in hell. Because hell is seeing everyone retweet the stupid mugshot of stupid Justin Bieber as he stupidly ruins his stupid life while stupidly thinking he’s as cool as Johnny Cash. Poor delussional broken toy. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff.…
Watch Bill Gates giving a simple explanation on how foreign aid has made the world a much better place for everyone. And yes, apparently Bill Gates hates PowerPoint just like the rest of humanity. Here’s a more detailed look on how developing countries have changed during the past century by Hans Rosling—a great statistician who…
Okay, I know Globemasters are huge, but I’m always stunned when I see how much you can fit inside one of them. Rwandan soldiers and their equipment are flown from Rwanda to the Central Africa Republic on a C-17 Globemaster III based out of McChord Air Force Base, Wa. Jan. 19, 2014. U.S. forces will…
Norway—like all the Scandinavian countries—is an incredibly beautiful country, especially when it’s sunny. Its endless Tolkienesque landscapes of little islands, fjords, and mountains are a pleasure to watch from an F-16 jet fighter. A perfect way to start your morning. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook
Here’s a super clever art installation by artist Markus Raetz. As the two paper chandeliers spin, the light source from behind mimics a ghost head turning its head from side to side. The paper is specifically cut to create the illusion of motion from the invisible head. A neat trick, which you can watch in…
Like ducks in a row, five C-130 Hercules aircraft lined up before taking off at Yokota Air Base, Japan. That’s one intimidating traffic jam to be in. The picture was taken for the US Air Force by Senior Airman Cody H. Ramirez on their Instagram page. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join…
Because we are in the US, I’m not going to call football “American Football” or whatever other people call our version of not-soccer outside of the USA. It’s football here. That’s the end of it. But I get it. To people who know football as some other thing or don’t care to know our football…
Old mental institutions. Haunted houses. Cemeteries at night. Clown conventions. They’re all terrifying. But I’m pretty sure I’d rather sleep overnight in those places than spend a single minute in this abandoned veterinary school. At this horrifying school you see animal heads trapped in formaldehyde, organs floating around, death surrounding you and monsters in the…
