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If you bake, you ALSO need a silicone pastry mat Whenever I bake I use a silicone pastry mat to roll out my dough, shape my loaves or size a pie crust. Read the rest... NASCAR driver says his ex-girlfriend is a trained assassin Patricia Driscoll (head of the national charity, the Armed Forces Foundation) went to court to obtain a protective order against her ex-boyfriend, NASCAR driver Kurt Busch. Read the rest... What's it like to live in a totally paralyzed body, with a totally functional mind? This guy knows. Martin Pistorius is a South African man who lived for more than ten years trapped inside his own body, being forced to watch "Barney" on TV inside a care facility. Read the rest... WATCH: Strobe-lit 3D printed fibonacci zoetrope sculptures Designer John Edmark created printed sculptures that emulate the Fibonacci sequences in pine cones and sunflowers, then filmed them using a strobe that flashed on the golden angle, 137.5 degrees. Read the rest... Men who want naked pictures (of themselves!): Nudity Oakland based photographer Mariah Carle takes fantastic portraits of men who want naked photos of themselves. I should have guessed this was a thing, but I hate photos of myself so much I never thought about it. Read the rest... The Thing The Book: a monument to the book as object Wink is a site that’s dedicated to the unique and glorious qualities of the print book. Similarly, The Thing The Book celebrates all aspects of this amazing medium that revolutionized the world. Read the rest... Marvellous rube goldberg mechanical lightswitch covers These laser-cut rube goldberg lightswitch plates from Green Tea Jewelry turn your lights into hand-cranked, mechanical delights to rival the very best in novelty switchplates of yore. Read the rest... Gadgets 022: RGB LED Lightbulb, KontrolFreek joystick extender, Photive 5 Port Multi-USB Charger This week Mark, Xeni and Jason recap their holidays and current favorite gadgets — a remote controlled color changing light bulb, Xbox joystick extender, and a multi-USB charger. Read the rest... Death Cab for Cutie's new album: "Kintsugi" Our pals in Death Cab for Cutie revealed the title and cover art for their forthcoming album, to be released March 31. Read the rest... Test riding a "new" BMW R90S motorcycle MaxBMW, fantastic online source of vintage BMW parts, built up an R90S from all factory new parts last year. This video shows off the bike on a 'test ride' by some guy with an Evel Knievel-looking helmet. Read the rest... How crowdfunding helps haters profit from harassment Meet the professional victimizer. Read the rest... Music: "Poison Arrow," ABC (1982) Shoot that poison arrow! Read the rest... These 'invisible' bedroom murals come to glowing life in ultraviolet light In these hidden murals that come to life under blacklight, artist Bogi Fabian says she wants to create "dreamful atmospheres" that allow people in these spaces to experience the art differently in daytime and night. Read the rest... Matthew McConaughey's Dazed and Confused audition Matthew McConaughey's audition for Rickard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused (1993). All right, all right, all right. Read the rest... 'Lost in Space' robot creator Robert Kinoshita dies at 100 In a video shot on his 95th birthday, he said he hoped to live to 100. He did. Read the rest... Salt and pepper shakers that look like 35mm film rolls Photojojo is offering these salt and pepper shakers styled to look like 35mm film canisters. (h/tLaughing Squid) Read the rest... Should cops be allowed to see bodycam footage before filing reports? As bodycams roll out in more and more American police departments, officers are asking to be allowed to review footage of shootings before they file their reports, on the grounds that fallible memories from high-stress moments can be augmented by footage -- but of course, this would also help an officer know how much he can lie without getting contradicted by the video evidence. Read the rest... Vintage Synthesizer Museum Lance Hill's new Vintage Synthesizer Museum in Emeryville, California is dedicated to the history of the future of electronic musical instruments. Read the rest... Majestic libraries of the world Above, Biblioteca Real Gabinete Portugues De Leitura, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Architecture And Design rounds up "50 Of The Most Majestic Libraries In The World." Below, my former stomping grounds, the old Downtown Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. At bottom, Handelingenkamer Tweede Kamer Der Staten-generaal Den Haag Iii, Netherlands. Read the rest... Comet Lovejoy reaches peak, green brightness this week. Here's how to watch. Comet Lovejoy is flying through our inner solar system for the first time in more than 11,000 years. Read the rest... Space Pilot Helmet toy from 1952 "Sounds like whizzing through space!" says the box. Here are some details. (via Weird Universe) Read the rest... Music: "Stayin' in Black," The Bee Gees + AC/DC Mashup by Wax Audio All I can do is scream FUCK YES at the top of my lungs. (h/t Donald Petersen) Read the rest... WATCH: Kid gets new 3D-printed prosthetic StormTrooper arm 7-year-old Liam Porter got his prosthetic StormTrooper arm thanks to e-NABLE, an online community of 3-D printer enthusiasts who make prosthetics for those in need. Read the rest... The Paderno spiral vegetable peeler looks shoddy, but it is awesome The Paderno spiral vegetable peeler is made of plastic and it looks like it would snap into pieces as soon as the crank is turned, but don't let its appearance fool you. Read the rest... Image search of the day: "pets in lion manes" Typing random thoughts into Google image search is always delightful, but "pets in lion manes" was especially delightful. If you decide to buy a lion mane or make one, please add it to our group pool! As you can see, handmade ones are also fantastic. Read the rest... Watch how this house's rotating rooms go indoor to outdoor Architect Alireza Taghaboni designed Shafri-Ha House with three rotating rooms, to take advantage of nice weather and close off the rooms on wintry days. Read the rest... WATCH: Intense High Atlas Kayaking in Morocco After unusually heavy rains, Hugo Clouzeau directed this great short with the DK Boys kayaking rarely-navigated mountain rivers in Morocco. Read the rest... Rivers are rapidly draining Greenland, new NASA-UCLA study shows Rivers of melting glacier ice that flow over Greenland's frozen surface may be contributing as much to global sea level rise as all other processes that drain water from the melting ice sheet combined. Read the rest... Watch this adorable 16-month-old baby "read" from cards This video is four years old, and the 16-month-old kid in the video is now more than 5 years old. Wonder how his reading and comprehension continued to evolve! Read the rest... West Virginia, America's coal capital, struggles with global warming in teaching science Recent changes made weaken the scientific integrity of what kids learn, argue teachers. Read the rest...