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100 years of Iranian women's fashion in one minute Here's the third episode in the 100 Years of Beauty videos. Previously: 100 Years of Beauty - Episode 1: America (Nina) 100 Years of Beauty - Episode 2: America (Marshay) Read the rest... How the photocopier changed the way we worked -- and played In 1959 Xerox released the 914 photocopier. It weighed 648 pounds, but it was a huge improvement over previous document copying technologies, which used wet chemicals. Read the rest... CRUMBS, a surreal post-apocalyptic film from Ethiopia Check out this surprisingly twisted and odd trailer for CRUMBS, a feature length science fiction film from Ethiopia. Our friends at Comic Book Resources share: Billed as both “an Ethiopian post-apocalyptic surreal sci-fi feature-length film” and a “love story,” it’s the brainchild of Miguel Llansó, Spanish filmmaker who lives in Addis Ababa. The trailer is downright Lynchian — never mind the violent Santa, who’s the guy in the Nazi uniform? — and goes a long way to establish the film’s off-kilter tone, if not necessarily the plot, which involves alien visitors, a couple of scrap collectors and, well, not-so-jolly ol’ Saint Nick. Read the rest... Padded messenger bag disguised as a huge leatherbound hardcover It's from Thinkgeek, and includes a removable internal pad/divider/organizer, fits 15" laptops, and has an internal zippered compartment, $50. Read the rest... I read Crime and Punishment so that you don't have to Crime and Punishment. Perhaps you're thinking, "maybe I should read that canonical novel!" I'm going to stop you right there. Read the rest... Revenge porn shitweasel pleads guilty, admits he hacked victims' accounts Michael from Muckrock writes, "After months of legal wrangling, Hunter Moore, who ran 'revenge porn' website Isanyoneup, has agreed to a plea deal that will see him serve a minimum of two years and up to seven years in jail, as well as up to $500,000 in fines." Moore had long claimed that the nude images he posted were submitted by jilted exes or by individuals seeking Internet fame, but in court he finally admitted that many of the images the site posted were actually hacked from user's accounts. Read the rest... HBO Releases Deleted Scenes from Game of Thrones Season 4 Notably, they are both scenes in which characters try to comfort one another, and fail. For example, in one scene, Bronn peptalks Shae in a not at all reassuring way—as Bronn is wont to do. Read the rest... 3D printing tactile versions of Goodnight Moon for blind children Reading picture books like Goodnight Moon remains a fond childhood memory for many, but it's an experience that many visually-impaired kids don't get to have. Read the rest... Music: "Stomp," The Brothers Johnson (1980) "The heat is on and the funk just won't leave us alone!" Read the rest... Apocalypticon, a hilarious post-apocalyptic novel Who says post-apocalyptic fiction has to be dreary? In Apocalypticon the end of the world is absolutely hilarious. Ben and Patrick have survived M-Day and are sick of just sitting around surviving. Read the rest... Fun online guide to spaceprobes Ariel "Space Hack" Waldman and Lisa Ballard created Spaceprob.es, a delightful catalog of the (human-made) space probes flying around our solar system and beyond, from the far-out Voyager 1 to the just-launched DSCOVR. Read the rest... The Jesus and Mary Chain: "Psychocandy" now on tour As promised, noise pop pioneers The Jesus and Mary Chain are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their seminal album Psychocandy by playing it start to finish on tour. Read the rest... What bees taught me about Cambodia I come from a family of beekeepers, so I had to check out a tour of traditional techniques. But I got more than I expected, and learned a lot about life in rural Cambodia. Read the rest... Beth Cavener Stichter: uncomfortable and discomforting animal sculptures Our pal Shana "Shana Logic" Victor turns us on to the strange and unsettling animal sculptures of Beth Cavener Stichter. “On the surface,” Stichter has said, “these figures are simply feral animals suspended in a moment of tension. Read the rest... Salt is weird and beautiful At Vantage, Christine Lorenz's macrophotography reveals the alien structures of salt. "I use photography to think about the small-scale detritus of domestic life," she says. "Finding the Cosmos in a Grain of Salt" Read the rest... Money laundering arcade game The brilliant artist Tim Hunkin has opened a coin-op amusement arcade in London called Novelty Amusments. Here's a video of his money laundering game. Read the rest... Gotham City SF: a noir hyperreal time-lapse I wish my city really looked like this at least a few nights each month, complete with melodramatic movie soundtrack. Toby Harriman's GothamCitySF Read the rest... How remote controls program us Just as we program media devices with our remotes, remotes program us to interact with the media in specific ways. Read the rest... Going Street to Hell [Street Angel 015] Street Angel crashes through a window —plummeting to her death!?! Is this the beginning of an exciting new adventure, or the end of the line? Read the rest... This is the Platonic ideal of Russian YouTube videos ECards says this video may be the Platonic ideal of Russian YouTube videos. It has every element necessary: A bear. Someone engaging in reckless behavior around a large animal. People speaking calmly in Russian while faced with certain death. Bleakness. Raw meat. Read the rest... Watch Adam Savage build a cosmonaut model kit This is a very enjoyable one-hour video of Adam Savage sharing excellent model-construction tips as he paints and assembles a large cosmonaut model kit. Read the rest... Fish with two mouths caught in Australia "Other than that, it looks like a normal fish." Read the rest... Audiophile Micro SD Card If you've been telling yourself that Sony's $1200 Walkman is actually a highly-polished, premium product—say, the audio equivalent of a professional DSLR camera—know that it is also makinga $155 SD card to use with it for "premium sound." Consider yourself informed what sort of person Sony thinks you are, if you are thinking of buying that Walkman. [via @chrisheinonen] Read the rest... How black hole winds blow Supermassive black holes at the cores of galaxies blast radiation and ultra-fast winds outward, as illustrated in this artist's conception from NASA/JPL-Caltech. Read the rest... Throwing beer and yelling racial slurs at kids? Disorderly conduct The families injured feel disorderly conduct is a light charge for the racist jerk who ruined a hockey game for some Native American kids, spraying them with beer and yelling racial slurs.Read the rest... Rolls Royce announces a $340,000 SUV There's nothing ostentatious about the Rolls Royce Cullinan, named after the famed 3,000 carat diamond. To be released in 2018, it's expected to come in a hybrid model, too. Read the rest... Open Carry T-shirts are an invitation to be shot by cops The only difference between Open Carry T-Shirts and the Please Kill Me T-shirt that Richard Hell wore is that the Open Carry T-Shirts will really get you killed. Junior sizes available! Read the rest... "Science at the Oscars:" Google Hangout today at 1pm PT Curious Stardust science/art writer Heather Sparks (aka my sister-in-law) is hosting a "Science at the Oscars" Google hang-out today at 1pm PT. Read the rest... Final season of Mad Men will take place in 1976 The final season of Mad Men launches April 5. The episodes will take place in 1976, sixteen years after we first met Don Draper and Peggy Olson. Watch a teaser below. Read the rest... Drone Racing, Star Wars pod style Kevin Kelly says: "Racers wear goggles and drive with a first person view (FPV). This video is in French, but there are now races all over the world, including of course the Bay Area" [via] Read the rest...