Fish still moving after being cooked

November 19, 2009 @ 8:27 pm

Did you know that a fish’s scales can resist heat up to about 700 degrees Fahrenheit? Yeah, it’s a pretty remarkable little known fact that allowed this fish above to remain alive even after it’s been cooked.

If you believed that first sentence, you fail. I was just kidding. But the above video IS of a fish that is still moving after being cooked. Cantonese people in the background of course.

Thanks LingLong!

House with an underground balcony

November 19, 2009 @ 8:09 pm

The very thought of a balcony makes me think of a place jutting out from a building several floors up. But in Japan, architect Yukiharu Suzuki has designed the Sukiya House, a very modern looking home with a unique underground tunnel that also serves as a balcony.

What We Do Is Secret has a bunch of more photos of this beautiful place. If I ever get to live on a mountainside, I’d want to incorporate this into my home design.

Photos of Los Angeles without traffic

November 19, 2009 @ 3:15 pm

Tom Baker imagines a life in Los Angeles without any traffic. Given the amount of traffic LA receives on a daily basis, Tom’s images are probably a dream come true for some drivers.

Procrastination

November 19, 2009 @ 2:13 pm

A lovely video from Royal Academy of Art graduate John Kelly.

Thanks LAEM!

Lady Gaga (Stephanie Germanotta) at a 2005 NYU talent showcase

November 19, 2009 @ 12:29 pm

Remember that video of Stephanie Germanotta — oops, I mean, Lady Gaga — from 2006 that I posted earlier? Well, somebody has dug up an even older video from a 2005 NYU talent showcase and this video makes Lady Gaga look sooooooo incredibly normal compared to her current look.

I guess Stephanie Germanotta couldn’t break out in NYC with all of the other female vocalists with a piano in the area so she had to resort to turning herself into Lady Gaga. Pfft.

Clients From Hell

November 19, 2009 @ 11:46 am

I’m having a grand ‘ole time reading the entries over at CLIENTS FROM HELL, a website of anonymously submitted horror stories from designers. Thanks CP!

If you haven’t seen it already, another good site for this sort of stuff is Business Guys on Business Trips.