How Do You Photograph A 300 Foot Sequoia?

You stitch together 83 individual photos.  Here’s the brilliant result:

Photo by Michael Nicols.

Video of the shoot (which proves he didn’t just use Photoshop, cynical) at Gizmodo.

Quote Of The Day

“You are being shagged by a rare parrot.”

A) That parrot’s got moves.
B) Is it just me, or is that parrot totally smiling?

Headline Of The Day

“China Tries To Ward Off Rain At Festivities” (NYT)

Ohhh, China.

Why You Shouldn’t Facebook Your Mom, Reason #239,420

Twitteleh: Twitter For Your Jewish Mother

BRILLIANT.

Thanks, Alex

Burj Dubai Versus The Empire State Building And Dubai, You Are Stupid

Skyscraper followers will be happy to know that the Burj Dubai, although not completely finished, has topped out at the official height of 2,684 feet (that’s, like, half a mile) and is now officially the tallest building on the planet!

If you’re having trouble wrapping your mind around those numbers, you’re not the only one.  Here’s some help:

Wow.

The folks over at This Is The Green Room did some computations to compare the views of midtown New York from the Empire State Building to the same view were it from the Burj Dubai.  The difference is staggering:

Additional, similar comparisons here.

While all of this is plenty fascinating, one has to remember that the geography of Dubai in no way required such an outlandishly expensive  (impractical?) structure and since Dubai’s building craze was conducted with the same zeal as a 6-year-old pursuing ice cream, the country is basically in a big fat bankruptcy clusterfuck right now.

Oh, and note to Dubai: before you try to make the world’s new vacation destination, you may want to take a step back and realize that Islamic law prohibits just about EVERYTHING THE REST OF THE WORLD ENJOYS DOING ON VACATION. Just sayin’.

And lastly in my “Dubai, You Are Stupid” rant, is this little video from Gizmodo. What do you get when you build the world’s tallest building in a fucking desert?!  Really, really dusty windows.  And dusty windows need cleaning.

More on the Burj Dubai at Wikipedia

Gratuitous Pic(s) Of The Day: Ben Cohen

Question: What do you get when you take this 6′ 2″ body…

…plus this smile…

…and add an English accent, a rugby career, and the bonus uncut cock (according – randomly – to Wikipedia)?

Answer: PERFECTION.

More photos at Towleroad, via Attitude Magazine.

Quoted: Dan Savage

Sometimes our subconscious mind takes the lemons of our sexual insecurities and turns them into delicious bonerade.

From his latest column.

Home Staging Fail

Blog Of The Day: “Best Of Wikipedia”

Wikipedia- and trivia-philes rejoice: “Best Of Wikipedia” pulls together interesting, bizarre, random and anything else that qualifies as “Best Of” and gives you the first paragraph or summary blurb of the page.  Two of my favorites:

D. B. Cooper
D. B. Cooper is the name attributed to a man who hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft in the United States on November 24, 1971, received US$200,000 in ransom, and parachuted from the plane. The name he used to board the plane was Dan Cooper, but through a later press miscommunication, he became known as “D. B. Cooper”. Despite hundreds of leads through the years, no conclusive evidence has ever surfaced regarding Cooper’s true identity or whereabouts, and the bulk of the money has never been recovered.

Um, I’ve definitely never heard of that story.

Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116
Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 was a name intended for a Swedish child who was born in 1991. Parents Elisabeth Hallin and Lasse Diding had planned to never legally name their child as a protest against the naming law of Sweden so, a district court in Halmstad, southern Sweden, fined them. Responding to the fine, the parents submitted the 43-character name in May 1996. The court rejected the name.

It’s pronounced “Albin” and it’s not the only such controversy.

More: Best Of Wikipedia

In other Wikipedia news, they have recently announced that they will color certain passages if it is suspected they may be less than factual.  Sounds like a good step.  More about that here.

Butt Sex Makes Everything Less Complicated

[On an unrelated note, my computer is currently in California being fixed by the Apple gods and I’ve been super busy at work, so I apologize for the few-and-far-between updates.]

Ew.

Temperature 85°!?  Ew.
Dew point 77°!? Ew.
Relative humidity 76%!? Ew.
Heat index: 96°!? Ew.

Man Meets Humpback Whale

Stunning.

Three more pics, and diver’s story, here.

Via Towleroad.

Small Penis Alert!

How Many Were Invited?!

Quoted: Subway Exhibitionist Kevin Bishop

“My private parts fell out. I looked down and it was out, it just popped out. I was trying to put it back.”

Source.

As Soon As I Have $25 Million To Spare…

…I’m moving into the triplex clocktower penthouse here:

Look. At. That. View.

If the unit sells for the listing price, it would be the borough’s most expensive property sale by a $14 million margin.

More photos at The Times.

Who Knew There Were So Many Active Bottoms? (Zing!)

Thanks, Alex. =)

Kathy Griffin Interviews Levi Johnston

I think he might be getting smarter, or at least the hang of this “talking” thing…

How *Not* To Integrate Facebook With Your Professional Life

Today In Ridiculous, Ignorant Bullshit

– Man disrupts town hall meeting by protesting Obama’s health care reform
– Man gets into a fight with pro-reform individuals, is injured
– Man is now taking donations to cover his medical costs

Why?

Because he was recently laid off and consequently LOST HIS INSURANCE.

Source, via Slog.

Gratuitous Pic Of The Day

“McSteamy” Eric Dane

One more after the jump…

Blog Of The Day: Lamebook

Ok, don’t know how I missed this one but Lamebook re-posts Facebook’s best/worst moments. For example [click to enlarge]:

Or,

Basically it’s like “STFU, Parents” but doesn’t discriminate.  😉

More: Lambook.com

Thanks, Tom.

Glenn Beck: Obama Is Racist

Oh Glenn, will you please go away and STFU?!

Via JMG.

Blog Of The Day: Men Who Look Like Old Lesbians

Kevin Bacon

Paul McCartney

Leigh Foxx

But seriously, Paul McCartney has been freaking me out for years…

More: Men Who Look Like Old Lesbians

Thanks, Beth

I Could Watch This All Day

HD video of the world’s second largest aquarium, Kuroshio Sea.

Via Towleroad.

Look-Alike Fail

Bill Maher Compares The Writings Of Sanford and Foley

HILARIOUS.

Via Joe. My. God.

Handlebars Fail

You could have some real kinky times with that bike…

Craigslist Ad Of The Day

The insecurity of the heterosexual (yes, I’m assuming) male knows no bounds.

Via BuzzFeed.