Now someone should Photoshop Tyrion Lannister having a nightcap with Joan. Or some hot Megan-on-Daenerys action.
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Evidence and Theory
This comic does a great job of explaining what “theory” means, when used scientifically rather than colloquially. What we call a “theory” in everyday conversation is often more like what is called a “hypothesis” in science, and people often use it in the place of “hunch” as well.
Steve Payne is the artist behind the “Replaceface” series of paintings, in which he take digital copies of George Dawe’s paintings of Russian generals and Photoshops in celebrity faces. They look pretty good!
You can almost see Robert Downey Jr.’s character, Tony Stark, having one of these in his penthouse.
Steve Jobs was the general who turned a near-defeat for Apple into victory.
Machete! Okay, his name is really Danny Trejo.
Robert De Niro: “You lookin’ at me?”
Jet Lee!
Morgan Freeman should dress up like this all the time.
Jason Statham would make an amusing Russian general.
This series wouldn’t be complete without CLint Eastwood.
The “Russian general” look works surprisingly well for Jackie Chan.
It’s a bit of a stretch for Charlie Sheen…
…but it almost works for Jonah Hill!
Found via George Takei. And hey, they make great carrying cases for SD and TF cards!
Yesterday, I posted an article about “The Talk That Was Too Hot for TED” — Nick Hanauer’s TED presentation in which he said that the middle class are the job creators, not the super-rich. TED originally didn’t post the video, but it’s now available online — I’ve posted it above.
TED curator Chris Anderson has posted his explanation of what happened in his blog, in which he says that the topic was too partisan (“we try to steer clear of talks that are bound to descend into the same dismal partisan head-butting people can find every day elsewhere in the media”) and that the audience response was too lukewarm (in an audience poll, it got mediocre ratings). Read his post, watch the video, and tell me what you think.
The Uni-Cub is Honda’s answer to the Segway — a “personal transport device” that you control by shifting your weight ever so slightly. Now we’re a step closer to the future described in the Pixar film Wall-E, where walking is passe and every rides, eats and surfs the net on their transport chairs:
It’s still a concept device and not yet on the market, so if you’re tired of still walking around like a chump, you’ll have to settle for a Segway or Rascal for the time being.
Here’s Honda’s video showing the Uni-Cub in action, complete with Katamari Damacy-esque J-Pop promotional soundtrack.