July 2009
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What I'm riding
Inspring arsonists since 1957
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Another Friday, Another leopard woman from venus.
‘Nuff said. Via the unstoppable ISB.
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The band has been noted as “not as good as the Butthole Surfers” by...
– A paragraph I just deleted from the wikipedia entry on minimalistic rock band Shellac
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I iz on ur boat, lettin ur bloodz and segmentin ur...
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Finally, some ball washing content...
Presenting the HyGenie Complete Funball washing system
The UV Super Mini HyGenie is engineered and constructed to provide peak performance day after day. Your ballpool will stay cleaner with less effort and downtime. Balls are vacuumed from the ballpool, enter the stainless steel wash chamber, bathed in...
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Monday, suffering vague existential dread
So I’m posting Archigram’s Walking City.
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Eddie makes a critical mistake
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Slow News Day
Dateline Metropolis, July 1955.
From the brilliant Dateline Silver Age.
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Hardiman
Hardiman was the first attempt to build a practical powered exoskeleton by GE in 1965. The machine was intended to allow the wearer to lift loads of 1500 pounds (680kg) with ease as well as to defeat the alien queen
The project was not successful. Any attempt to use the full exoskeleton resulted in a violent uncontrolled motion, and as a result the exoskeleton was never turned on with a...
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The Future of Austin nightlife
With much loved “ultralounge” Pangea closing, famed Austin impresario Michael Ault is trading in wildebeest-penis afrodisiacs for a new Chris Claremont-era X-Men themed club called “The Pheonix.”
But the true visionary next step in Austin nightlife is to take the club back to the streets. After the Pheonix, his next venture “The Lot” (pictured above), will...
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I CAN EAT 10000000 CLAMS.
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Dear Gigposter "artists"
Please retire deer, birds and whales and start using this: the cock-nosed tapir
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Who you gonna call?
Crane Accidents are Preventable!
“Recently we have seen a surge in serious injuries and deaths from crane accidents due to crane collapses, tip overs, crane design defects, overloading, falling equipment, dropped loads from poor rigging, working in high winds, electrocutions from high voltage electrical wire contact, spills, injuries during erection or dismantling of the crane, falls,...
More Douchebags with an oarfish...
HEY, IS THAT THE DOUCHEBAG FROM U.S. FISHERIES?
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22 ft octopus caught at Santa Catalina, ca. 1912.
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Finback Whale being struck with harpoon; the instant of discharge, ca. 1912.
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Oarfish stranded on California coast, ca. 1912.