Psy dances to “Starships” in a mash-up called… “Styleships.”
Mash-up production by Dan Chamberlain and video editing by Andrew Gauthier for BuzzFeed.
Source: youtube.com
"Gangnam Style" And Nicki Minaj Are A Match Made In Heaven
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Life Philosophies Of Famous Authors
How do you condense your world view into a single sentence? With aplomb if you're any of these world-renowned authors.
Over on Etsy, illustrator Evan Robertson has taken his love of literature and simple yet engaging art and turned it into a group of posters featuring the words of famous authors.
My Modern Met has an even wider sampling of Robertson's images as well as snippets from in interview or just check his shop for the entire collection.
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The First Facebook Update Everybody Actually Likes
Facebook just updated its notoriously slow and buggy iOS app. It might look the same, but it's totally different.
People hate it when Facebook changes how the site looks, and really hate it when it changes how the site works. Considering that, the new Facebook iOS app might be the perfect update — to most users, it will be invisible. It doesn't look or function very differently. The layout is the same, with some minor tweaks to messages and photos, and the buttons all do what you expect them to.
But it feels very, very different. It's faster, smoother, and responds instantly when you touch it. That's because instead of redesigning its app, Facebook has rebuilt it.
Facebook's app used to be a webpage rendered inside of an app shell, a less-than-ideal setup that made cross-platform development easier for Facebook but left the app with kludgy functionality and, due to a quirk in the iOS security rules, a much slower experience than if the "site" — the core of the app — were just visited in the iPhone's normal browser.
On the left is a website benchmark with the iPhone's normal browser; on the right, the same benchmark rendered in the Facebook app, which is stuck rendering with a much slower in-app browser. The old Facebook app wasn't just a web browser; it was a slow browser. Facebook sidestepped this issue by writing the new app mostly in native code. It's a real app, in other words.
None of this is to say that the new app is especially good. The tiered layout is still a bit counterintuitive and, at least on iPhone, the entire screen is often filled with just one or two status updates, meaning you'll still be scrolling a looottttt. But for perspective, the old app didn't even scroll smoothly.
The response to the app is more interesting than the app itself, I think. People are ECSTATIC about an update to an app that barely exceeds expectations for the first version, much less version 5.0. There's something of a prisoner/warden dynamic at play here: Facebook could afford to provide a terrible mobile app for over a year because it knew that its users couldn't really leave. Users' expectations were lowered far enough and for long enough that getting app that functions properly felt like a gift from God. Welcome to Planet Facebook, everybody.
In other news, the new Facebook app for Android adds Emoji.
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You've Been Eating Tic Tacs Wrong For Years
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Water Wigs
An L.A. photographer got a bunch of bald men, hurled/dropped water balloons at/on them, and clicked away.
Photographer Tim Tadder says:
We used a laser and sound trigger to capture the right moments for each subject to create just the head of hair that fit best with the face. We chose to work with triads of colors to create images that are arresting and amusing at the same time.
Pretty damn cool.
See all the shots here.
Source: post / via: behance.net
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Spanish Woman Who Ruined Jesus Fresco Speaks Out
The priest told her to do it!
While trying to restore the fresco at Sanctuary of Mercy Church, Cecilia Gimenez inadvertently destroyed Elias Garcia Martinez's century-old Ecce Homo. Here, she tells her side of the story: "Everybody who came into the church could see I was painting."
The "Touch Up Job" In Question
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What Happened To Baby Toby From "Labyrinth" And Other Links
You remind me of the babe. Plus, find out why “B” batteries aren't a thing and some truly awful BDSM tips.
In the mid-’80s, the skilled costume designer for Labyrinth, Brian Froud, had a baby son, Toby. The film needed a baby actor, and the rest is history. Toby followed in his father’s footsteps and currently designs puppets — he’s even worked at the Muppet workshop in New York.
Just because we love The Dark Knight Rises doesn't mean we can't poke fun at it. - [Cracked]
Cosmo's 50 Shades based BDSM tips aren't just not sexy, they're absurd. - [Nerve]
An artist's rendition of what the Chad Kroeger/Avril Lavigne wedding invitation will look like. - [CollegeHumor]
Happy 100th birthday Gene Kelly! A look back on his legendary dance moves. - [LIFE]
5 unusually dangerous places to drive. And to balance it out, 5 unusually SAFE places to drive. - [Fox]
On the heels of Rich Kids Of Instagram comes the spiritual successor, Rich Athletes Of Instagram. - [BleacherReport]
Robert Pattinson talks to Jimmy Kimmel about how he is currently homeless. - [USMagazine]
Ever wonder why there aren't "B" batteries? Find out now! - [MentalFloss]
Everyone needs a hobby. Iñaki Aliste Lizarralde just happens to be drawing floor plans of famous fictional apartments. - [Neatorama]
Headline Story: Now that you've caught up with Toby, find out where 9 other Hollywood babies ended up. - [Flavorwire]
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Lost Kate Bush Album Is An Iced Tea Commercial
Remember Fruitopia iced tea? In the mid-90s, Coca-Cola commissioned Kate Bush to create the soundtrack for the ad campaign of the now-discontinued drink.
All of Kate's 30-second jingles put together:
The Cocteau Twins also did a few ads:
h/t @poliopoliopolio
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The Ultimate Boyfriend Application
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Get Ready To Straight Up Lose It Over These Panda Birthday Photos
Fu Hu turned two years old and went nuts on his birthday.
"Is this cake for me?"
Giant panda Fu Hu (meaning lucky tiger) approaches parcels containing vegetables on its second birthday at the zoo in Vienna, August 23, 2012.
Image by HEINZ-PETER BADER / Reuters
"I'm 'bout to go HAM on this cake."
Image by HEINZ-PETER BADER / Reuters
"Gotta inspect the cake from all sides."
Image by Lilli Strauss / AP
"Whoa, shouldn't have eaten so much cake."
Image by HEINZ-PETER BADER / Reuters
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Lindsay Lohan Suggests The Media Fabricates Lies Whenever She's Doing Great
The lies being that she stole jewelry from a friend's home after partying at her place one night last week. That and more in today's CelebFeed Gossip Roundup!
Lindsay Lohan just flew back to the East Coast a day after police questions her for her involvement in (another) jewel heist but wants you to know that it's all a bunch of lies. Last night she tweeted,
Image by JOE KLAMAR / Reuters
All of this negative press is BS.... Whenever I'm doing great, people fabricate lies. It's such a shame. I'm just sayin' xo
Reese Witherspoon remains in the hosptial due to complications with her pregnancy.
Image by Timothy Hiatt / Getty Images
After a mere two months of dating, Aaron Sorkin and Kristin Davis have split. Maybe she didn't appreciate the weak female characters on The Newsroom, either.
Image by MARIO ANZUONI / Reuters
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5 Other "Improved" Famous Paintings
Remember that amateur painter who totally improved that centuries-old painting of Jesus? Well, we were such big fans of her technique that we also helped touch up some other famous works.
Image by John Gara/Buzzfeed
Image by John Gara/Buzzfeed
Image by John Gara/Buzzfeed
Image by John Gara/Buzzfeed
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A History Of Donald Trump Trolling (1990-Present)
He's been at this while. Today he came out against vaccines.
Source: youtube.com
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A Picture Of A Giant Panda Cub Getting Its First Check Up
That is all. Goodbye.
Via: sdzooglobal
From the San Diego Zoo:
A giant panda cub at the San Diego Zoo received its first veterinary exam this morning. The quick, 3-minute exam allowed staff just enough time to determine that the cub is healthy, thriving and weighs 1.5 pounds. Vets were able to listen to the cub's heart and lungs - which sounded good - but were not able to determine the sex.
Oh, and this just in, VIDEO (!):
Via: sdzoo
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Baby Koala Tries Leaves For The First Time
This baby koala is fresh out of the pouch and ready to move from milk to leaves!
Source: youtube.com
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Biologists Discover Real Life Jawas In South America
Turns out they're cockroaches. Utinni!
Source: blogs.discovermagazine.com / via: io9.com
Discover Magazine broke the story about a new species of cockroach in South America that has bioluminescent properties. The roach, known as the Lucihormetica luckae, is covered in bacterial microbes that glow under fluorescent light (above, right) on the same wavelength as a local beetle that happens to be toxic. Biologists believe it to be a mimicking device meant to stave off predators.
As a serendipitous side note, they look like Jawas. Uncanny.
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Kate Upton Is Doing Good While Looking Good
Rake those leaves!
Kate wanted to clean up Fort Green Park in Brooklyn by raking some leaves in the middle of August.
Get at those leaves!
Rake 'em good.
Now, do your thing. Smile. Pose.
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What Happens When Squid Listen To Cypress Hill
Things literally get insane in the membrane.
Source: youtube.com
What's happening? I'll let Joe Hanson explain:
Nerve signals, whether they lead to squid chromatophore stimulation or muscle contraction, are essentially electric signals. Not in the sense that there are electrons flowing through your nerves like the wires in your house, but rather because of some very nifty ion gradients and voltages across cell membranes.
When an audio signal is converted to an electric signal, basically what happens inside a microphone, that electric voltage can be applied to tissues! The resulting voltage changes can trigger electrochemical signals, just like the chromatophores you see above.
Via: itsokaytobesmart.com
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Proof That Cats Are Jerks
Never trust a cat, guys. They lure you into a false sense of security by purring, and then try to kill you in your sleep.
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Tyra Banks, Kelly Cutrone, And Rob Evans Pose In Bed For "ANTM"
On a scale from 10 to 10, how insufferable are these pictures? I already miss Nigel, Jay, and Miss J.
Image by Craig Barritt / Getty Images
Image by Craig Barritt / Getty Images
Image by Craig Barritt / Getty Images
Image by Craig Barritt / Getty Images
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