Another example of a beautifully handcrafted Orrey showing the motion of the planets.
by Ken Condal
Gorgeous orrery. After searching, I came across the maker’s homepage, which outlines it’s construction and has more pictures: http://zeamon.com/wordpress/?p=670
Okay, so one of the things I like about Metal music is how diverse it is, there’s something for everyone, with dozens of sub-genres and tons of experimentation on the fringes. If you say you don’t like metal (and aren’t my mom), I’d argue you just hadn’t found the right sub-genre yet. One of my favorites is folk metal it’s fun, it’s distinctive and shows a love for their culture, but updated for a modern era. Most of it tends to be Scandinavian or Celtic, because most metal bands these days are European (or they’re aping other folk metal which is mostly Celtic). which is fine. My family background is a mish mash of Danish and Scottish for the most part, so hey, fine by me, I like getting in touch with my inner viking. But I always like hearing folk metal bands from other parts of the world. There were a few that Iiked such as band Orphaned Land, who are from Israel, but they’re kind of a drop in the bucket compared to all the Scandinavian and Celtic bands. But the other day I heard about a couple folk metal bands from China and Mongolia, which I just had to give a listen after it was mentioned one of them used throat singing. You ever hear of throat singing? Those guys can do some amazing things with their voices, it defies belief when you hear it. Tengger Cavalry from Mongolia has throat singing along with some traditional instruments all metaled up, and the result is pretty awesome.
So yeah, I was pleased with that find. And looks like they have a new album hitting in February which you can get on Bandcamp!
The other one I heard about was called The Nine Treasures, they are from Beijing, though they have Mongolian band members, so it’s a bit of a mix. They make more use of traditional instruments and melodies, and they reminded me a lot of a Chinese version of Korpiklaani (back when they were less about drinking songs and more about Finnish mythology and nature), and that’s definitely not a bad thing. They’re fairly new, they have only one album to their name so far, but it is a quality album!
And while checking them out on Youtube (the best way to sample new bands, I’ve found), I came across a band from Tunisia called Myrath, and they seem pretty cool. They are also apparently popular enough to actually have official videos!
LEGO Hot Rod: 500,000-Piece Working Replica Runs on Air
Seriously. You can check it out here.
hahaha! also adorable. I feel they could have done more to pirate up Wolverine though. I mean, You have Nightcrawler in full on swashbuckler mode, Northstar’s got a hat, Beast’s got a bandanna, Iceman’s got an eyepatch and ice swords, Storm’s got the headband, Firestar’s a little iffy, but looking kinda wenchy, and Wolverine… got nuthin but a torn costume, but not like that’s out of the ordinary for him.
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ah, finally! aw, looks like love triangle time, such a flirt, as always. ;) (probably not really, and actually that would kinda suck if someone came between Nightcrawler and Wolverine’s friendship… but still cute)
This graphic is fabulous. It represents a tiny crash course in rhetoric. Learn these things. Put them on your wall. Whisper them into the breeze. These are THINGS TO KNOW.
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Interesting
Bookmark this shit and the next time someone begins gobbling nonsense at you on a social network, instead of engaging, point them to this handy chart. Also useful: Thought Catalog’s “How To Have A Rational Conversation" flowchart.
This.
Happy 25th MST3K.
speaking of: http://www.mst3kturkeyday.com/mst3k/redditama.html
Attack on Gaben (by Stiff Upper Joystick)
Get ready, Steam sale starts on the 27th. (also, I think a certain indie dev is likely not participating, but not of their own choosing)
I’m looking to get the Bioshock Infinite Season’s Pass, Batman: Arkham Origins, and The Wolf Among Us as my top picks, personally.
Japan isn’t the only industrialized country walking away from previously stated climate goals. Australia and Canada are emerging as strong opponents of more aggressive climate action and are likely to come up short on their commitments to reduce their emissions.There is no time.
Being Canadian, this is a source of embarrassment for me. The Conservatives are fucking over the country but good, in terms of both climate and foreign policy (among other things, but those are the big ones) despite them not representing the views of the majority of Canadians. Thankfully though, their approval is currently sitting at just 24% after a series of colossal clusterfucks, so their days are numbered.
Possible Fallout 4 teaser audio.
Don’t get too excited as this has not yet been confirmed.
Sounds really legit and gives me goosebumps either way though, haha.
People (like here: http://guardianlv.com/2013/11/fallout-4-trailer-audio-potentially-leaked-reddit-questions-legitimacy/ ) seem to think that the orchestral section is the Fallout 3 opening or trailer music, but it’s not. It’s similar, but this has a distinct strings section, Fallout 3 was all horns (or at least the strings were very minimal). New Vegas had some strings, but still different. But It think that it is different but similar enough to confuse some people is a mark in favor of it’s legitimacy, since assuming it’s real they probably just got Inon Zur to do the music again, hence the similarity. And it is about the right length for a trailer and fits the pattern of previous Fallout trailers.
"It really bothers me that the people of Tamriel sometimes use the terms “Earth” and “Sun”. It’s kinda annoying that Beth didn’t pay enough attention to the fact that Earth is the name of our planet and the sun is the star that our planet orbits, not general names."
Our sun is named ‘Sol’ (hence the terms ‘solar system’ and ‘solar power’ etc.) not ‘Sun’. Sun is a general term that can apply to any star that has planets orbiting it. ‘Earth’ while it IS the proper name of our planet is also a tricky one because it is most likely called that because it’s made OF earth. You know, like you would say ‘dirt’ or ‘ground’. So yeah, don’t have a problem with this.
It’s that time of year again! Check out these incredible images of snowflakes under a microscope by Alexey Kljatov.
