Filmmaker Brady Haran visits the archive of The Associated Press in London and finds old newsreels of driverless tractors from 1958 and driverless cars from 1972-73. Then there's the creepy Billy the Beacon, a rather creepy robot for teaching British … Continue reading
From the folks at Engrish.com, a cryptic sign photographed in Tokyo by Ted Vogt: by … Continue reading
I've had a fair number of medical bills since my car was read-ended at the start of June last year (2017). Every month my insurance company sends me an Explanation of Benefits (EoB), and I've been reading them. They are … Continue reading
From Rhett and Link, the folks at the web talk show Good Mythical Morning, a song in the style of Bruno Mars written by artificial intelligence. It's not that bad! Link: https://youtu.be/iW4ex4SCFBc by … Continue reading
This is the Plan 9 From Outer Space of rap songs, and it's for real. Stephen Colbert introduces it. Only in Utah... Link: https://youtu.be/tqiQCNDc0Bk by … Continue reading
From Jimmy Kimmel, under two minutes of strangeness: Link: https://youtu.be/-trYf_W8AIQ by … Continue reading
The bitter cold affecting the U.S. East Coast in early January created a strange phenomenon on the beach at Nantucket, Massachusetts: ocean water frozen to the consistency of slush, with slow-motion waves. This report from PBS News Hour runs under … Continue reading
The 15 Second Horror Film Challenge is an international ultra-short-film competition. For more information see http://15secondhorror.ca. There you can also find out about the 2018 competition, open now until October 15. Below are my personal favorites among the top 20 … Continue reading
Once again I demonstrate that I'm easily amused... First, Rahat returns to the drive-thru yet again with the second outing of the puppet from the Saw movies (who surely gets hungry for fast food once in a while): Link: https://youtu.be/-z3qz9FdCG0 … Continue reading
How did I not know about this before? Just over ten years ago the Japanese company Crypton Future Media released computer software that can be used to generate a female singing voice, originally in Japanese and later in English and … Continue reading