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- Pen spinning gets competitive in Hong Kong
- Pedobear: 2010 Vancouver Olympics mascot?
- Cutest Japanese stopmotion crocheted beachside critter ukelele video ever
- Die Antwoord's newfound Internet fame: your love don't pay my server bills
- Freaky beautiful arm-warmers
- Saturday Morning Science Experiment: Practicing safe earthquake
| Pen spinning gets competitive in Hong Kong Posted: 07 Feb 2010 03:57 AM PST They fight with felt tips, and do battle with ball points. They... are Hong Kong's competitive pen spinners. I had no idea this subculture existed beyond the brio-spinning guy who sat in the back of my high school Trig class. But, yup, they're out there. My pals at CNN Go recently attended a pen spinning rumble, put together to determine the Hong Kong representative for the Pen Spinning World Tournament. About 100 contestants were judged on the style, difficulty, creativity, and fluidity of their pen spinning... and they twirled their way though a mind-boggling range of pen tricks with names like "Infinity" and "Sonic." Big congrats and best of luck to 14-year old Eugene Wong. The Hong Kong 2010 champ will represent the territory for the world title next year. But the Hong Kong Pen Spinning Association Chairman keeps it all in perspective. "I don't think we should put too much emphasis on ranking," he says. "The most important thing is we are working towards our dream." And why not? It is the only weapon on earth (dramatic pause)... mightier than the sword. |
| Pedobear: 2010 Vancouver Olympics mascot? Posted: 06 Feb 2010 06:01 PM PST  Hayyyyyy. How'd Pedobear get into the mascot lineup for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics in this highly esteemed Polish newspaper (hi-res scan JPEG)? Who cares! Buzzfeed article, and more here about the pedoshop disaster. Anything's possible on the internet, maybe the whole thing's a hoax, but it looks like this /b/eautiful art really did get published in Poland. (via @veronica, @jpdef)
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| Cutest Japanese stopmotion crocheted beachside critter ukelele video ever Posted: 06 Feb 2010 11:25 AM PST Update: Mark previously blogged an earlier video from these cuties, "Walk, Don't Run." |
| Die Antwoord's newfound Internet fame: your love don't pay my server bills Posted: 06 Feb 2010 10:30 AM PST  [Photo: Andy Davis for Mahala.] If you missed this week's nuclear memesplosion of white trash Afrikaans zef-rap Next Level Shit with petite jailbait, Haring-esque wall art, and a Progeria survivor spiritual genius, here is the first BB post, and here is the second. Die Antwoord is the latest of many projects founded by Watkin Tudor Jones (aka "Waddy," aka "Ninja") and his classically-trained partner Yolandi Visser (aka "Yo-landi Vi$$er"). Today, Phillip de Wet of the South African newspaper The Daily Maverick emailed me, Embarrassingly enough, you turned me onto these guys. As you did with plenty of other people. Does that make their next phase partially your creation? Anyway, that's why I thought I should point you to this piece we published a couple of minutes ago. It's partially a report on Die Antwoord's gig last night, and partially an examination on how their online fame doesn't mean much in the real world. Not yet, anyway. On behalf of many new fans, thanks for plucking them out of obscurity.Here's a snip from Phillip's article, which is an awesome read—as is their previous coverage of Die Antwoord and related projects, published long before any Boing Boing mentions. Die Antwoord pays its dues for the last time, but Internet fame isn't cold, hard cash (The Daily Maverick, and thanks again for turning BB on to the whole thing, Clayton) Related: more coverage at Mahala. "Die fokken Antwoord is," and earlier, "15 Minutes with a NINJA" and "Max Doesn't Live Here Anymore." Images in this post courtesy of Mahala.
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| Posted: 06 Feb 2010 07:30 AM PST  Gingasquid makes lovely and weird textiles with fairtrade beads, stones, and all manner of stuff. This is her latest, an arm warmer with sewn-on jewelry. Ginga Squid: ....and more Arm Warmers with Sewn-On Beaded Jewelry (Thanks, Vicky!) |
| Saturday Morning Science Experiment: Practicing safe earthquake Posted: 06 Feb 2010 05:58 AM PST Two models of a 12-story building are tested on a shake table. The one on the right is supported by a base isolation system, which effectively puts a shock-absorbing barrier between the building's foundation and potentially shaky ground. In fact, during the tests, which took place in 2007, this particular base isolation system, called Earthquake Protector, turned out to be many times more effective than any other system then known. There are three trials on the video. Watch it through to the end for the final fall. Learn more at the Network for Earthquake Engineering Thumbnail is a USGS photo taken in San Francisco after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. This is the kind of damage that could cause a building to collapse. Technology like base isolation systems can prevent it. |
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