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Troy Holden posted a photo:

East Bay, California

Shot via a macro lens in the reflection of a fisheye lens. #meta

Troy Holden posted a photo:

Kanye West, as seen in my office earlier today.

During his visit, he encouraged the world to be more creative and artistic in it’s approach to design and fashion. He also mentioned that he wished the mainstream media would get some better photographers.

Laughing Squid posted a photo:

photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid

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Created by DeviantArt user Gamefan84, who says all that needs to be said: "Craziest request ever: Chewie riding a giant cute squirrel chasing down Nazis. He needs long flowing fur and a giant roar."

You might stop by his DeviantArt page and tell him how great this is.

(via BB Submitterator / The High Definite)

Never fear. This isn't another ecological disaster scenario you need to lose sleep over. What we're really talking about here is some good, old-fashioned struttin'. In this case, the creators of ArcGIS—a suite of geographic information system programs—decided to show off their system's predictive modeling abilities by generating maps that show what a non-spinning Earth would look like.

One of the most surprising outcomes they came up with has to do with the impact centrifugal force has on oceans.

The lack of the centrifugal effect would result in the gravity of the earth being the only significant force controlling the extent of the oceans. If the earth's gravity alone was responsible for creating a new geography, the huge bulge of oceanic water--which is now about 8 km high at the equator--would migrate to where a stationary earth's gravity would be the strongest.If the earth stood still, the oceans would gradually migrate toward the poles and cause land in the equatorial region to emerge. This would eventually result in a huge equatorial megacontinent and two large polar oceans.

In North America, this polar ocean would stretch all the way down to Chicago, while vast, unexplored vistas opened up west of Mexico. And, unlike the real world, the two oceans in this alternate reality wouldn't be connected.

If the Earth stood still

(Via Brainpicker)

Image courtesy Flickr user nattu, via CC

Never fear. This isn't another ecological disaster scenario you need to lose sleep over. What we're really talking about here is some good, old-fashioned struttin'. In this case, the creators of ArcGIS—a suite of geographic information system programs—decided to show off their system's predictive modeling abilities by generating maps that show what a non-spinning Earth would look like.

One of the most surprising outcomes they came up with has to do with the impact centrifugal force has on oceans.

The lack of the centrifugal effect would result in the gravity of the earth being the only significant force controlling the extent of the oceans. If the earth's gravity alone was responsible for creating a new geography, the huge bulge of oceanic water--which is now about 8 km high at the equator--would migrate to where a stationary earth's gravity would be the strongest.If the earth stood still, the oceans would gradually migrate toward the poles and cause land in the equatorial region to emerge. This would eventually result in a huge equatorial megacontinent and two large polar oceans.

In North America, this polar ocean would stretch all the way down to Chicago, while vast, unexplored vistas opened up west of Mexico. And, unlike the real world, the two oceans in this alternate reality wouldn't be connected.

If the Earth stood still

(Via Brainpicker)

Image courtesy Flickr user nattu, via CC

Troy Holden posted a photo:

San Francisco, California

Carlton Mellick, III, the king of Bizarro fiction, has a new one out -- a kind of Dungeons and Dragons meets The Matrix. The Kobold Wizard's Dildo of Enlightenment +2 is "an absurd comedy about a group of adventurers (elf, halfling, bard, dwarf, assassin, thief) going through an existential crisis after having discovered that they are really just pre-rolled characters living inside of a classic AD&D role playing game. While exploring the ruins of Tardis Keep, these 6 characters must deal with their inept Dungeon Master's retarded imagination and resist their horny teenaged players' commands to have sex with everything in sight. "

OUT NOW: The Kobold Wizard's Dildo of Enlightenment +2 [CarltonMellick.com]

The Kobold Wizard's Dildo of Enlightenment +2 [Amazon]

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Carlton Mellick, III, the king of Bizarro fiction, has a new one out -- a kind of Dungeons and Dragons meets The Matrix. The Kobold Wizard's Dildo of Enlightenment +2 is "an absurd comedy about a group of adventurers (elf, halfling, bard, dwarf, assassin, thief) going through an existential crisis after having discovered that they are really just pre-rolled characters living inside of a classic AD&D role playing game. While exploring the ruins of Tardis Keep, these 6 characters must deal with their inept Dungeon Master's retarded imagination and resist their horny teenaged players' commands to have sex with everything in sight. "

OUT NOW: The Kobold Wizard's Dildo of Enlightenment +2 [CarltonMellick.com]

The Kobold Wizard's Dildo of Enlightenment +2 [Amazon]

(via Super Punch)

Something ... isn't quite right. [Amazon via @Gruber]