☀️ Awesome Things, Volume 182
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On to this week’s Awesome Things:
Is Adam Sandler’s live-action The Simpsons movie real?
If you haven’t seen this trailer yet, check it out here. It’s obvious (at least to most) that it’s an AI fake, but I tell you, the casting is spot on, and the AI-generated scenes are wild. I’d watch it!
The Collyer Brothers: The Original Hoarders Of The 1930s
The Collyer brothers holed up inside their house for more than a decade, amassing 120 tons of junk that ultimately killed them.
[We had a hoarder turned squatter across the street. Took weeks to clear the house and yard. A total nightmare.]
Traffic-Cam Photobooth
Tale selfies with surveillance! This project locates the nearest traffic cam and tells you have to take a selfie.
“Traffic Cam Photobooth is a website that allows anybody to locate their nearest publicly available traffic camera and use it to take pictures of themselves. While these cameras are ostensibly intended for traffic, they also serve to acclimate us to the idea that constant monitoring is an everyday part life in the city.”
[Works only on mobile - the creator doesn’t want you using a laptop in traffic!]
How the record player by IKEA and Swedish House Mafia came to be
[As a former vinyl addict, I was today years old when i learned IKEA made a turntable. Here’s the story of how it came to be.]
Tip of my tongue
A Reddit group for finding the un-googleable things that are on the tip of your tongue... That word... The name of that song... That movie...
The Pilot Who Almost Crashed a Plane While on Mushrooms
“Lie to Fly” tells the tragic story of a pilot who nearly killed 83 passengers—and ruined his career—while tripping on mushrooms. [I mean, mushrooms are actually pretty great - in the right situation - flying a plane would probably rank last for me.]
From the Twittersphere
🐦 Self-proclaimed ‘kitchen idiot’ @codytriesstuff in his ‘Dinner Under the Influence‘ series, attempts to cook Roast Chicken, french onion soup, roasted carrots, mashed potatoes, and arugula salad - but he drank 2 bottles of wine, ate 20 mg of rosin gummies, and smoked 3 spliffs. (Hilarity and his wife ensue.)
🐦 This 80’s inspired Radio Shack ad will give you all the vintage feels.
🐦 This guy purchases pies and resells them at Portland's Farmers Market, labeling them as "artisan" and charging $10 per slice.
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that "artisan" pie guy tho LOL.