This cool film was made by filmmaker Bruce Branit.
Via: www.artlies.com

On the absence of compulsions as a blessing

Image via Wikipedia

BoingBoing reports that "When asked why he strangled his little brother to death, 17-year old Andrew Conley of Rising Sun, Indiana said: 'Like, I had to. It's like when people have something like when they're hungry and there's a hamburger sitting there and they knew they had to have it.'"

Although of course the boy's answer is horrifying, I don't doubt that it might yet be true. Surely some of what we all do (lose our tempers, enjoy reading novels, eat too much, like The Beatles, drink a cup of water...) is due to forces acting on and inside us that we are not aware of and that we therefore cannot begin to comprehend.

To the extent that we are free of (or can consciously counter-act) forces that make us do things we regret or that harm others, we should feel blessed.

Virgin Princess Peach

Painted by Michael Fahey's girlfriend Emily's friend Sarah Bolton.

From kotaku.com 

Video game proverbs

GamerPaper.com has a whole set of proverbs re-configured for video games, like this version of 'A penny saved is a penny earned'. I didn't like it as much but also check out their series on 'What if Mario wasn't a plumber?'

Black holes 'zap galaxies into existence'

Image by Getty Images via Daylife

"Astronomers have long wondered which came first, the black hole or the galaxy around it. The leading theory holds that the two co-evolve, starting small and building over time.
But colossal black holes may zap galaxies into existence from scratch, new observations suggest."
Read all about it here on Yahoo news.

Man in Japan weds anime game character

Strange but true: a man in Japan married a Nintendo DS video game character.

I don't recommend this as a dating/marriage approach myself.

I enjoyed some of the comments on BoingBoing. One person wrote "I don't give this marriage another year. He'll leave her for the PSP version...".

Via: BoingBoing

Earth with rings

Via: BoingBoing

Vortex cannon fun

Rules for my unborn son

Although I don't agree with all the advice, I do enjoy the blog Rules for my Unborn Son, which consists of 1001 rules written by a Dad for his son.

I do agree with Rule 387.

Proof that 2 = 1

a=b
a²-b²=ab-b²
(a+b)(a-b)=b(a-b)
a+b=b
2b=b
2=1

Can you see the problem?