This video of an Indonesian baby smoking started making the rounds on the internet last week. It’s a great combination of cute and horrifying. But today Gawker is reporting that this actually isn’t all that uncommon in Indonesia. 25 per cent of Indonesian children aged three to 15 have tried smoking.
On May 6, Jeff Mangum made an ultra rare appearance at a small club in Greenwich in support of a benefit for New Zealand musician Chris Knox who suffered a series of strokes last year. There was an official no camera policy so these shaky videos are all we have. But still, pretty stunning.
The milk producers of America don’t want things like soy milk and rice milk to be called milk. Lactating animals only please. So what should it be called then?
Of the three songs they’ve released off Forgiveness Rock Record so far this is my least favorite, but they kill it here. It’s enough to move it into second place, though I’m not sure anything will dismount this as tops.
First off: Pronounciation. Personally, I have trouble even reading the word “Eyjafjallajökull” much less saying it. This seemingly random collection of letters is actually a literary ménage à trois, combining the Icelandic words for island(eyja), mountain(fjalla), and glacier(jökull). The name is actually representative of the glacier above the volcano, not the volcano itself, which is creatively and simply titled Eyjafjalla.
To assist in this very difficult pronounciation, here is a quick Youtube lesson, complete with catchy folksong. [via boingboing]
It’s kind of part monster movie; the pixel Godzilla, rampaging through our world wreaking havoc on everything we know. It’s also part gamer wet dream; your entire world transformed into pixels. It’s also a flawlessly executed short film that perfectly exemplifies the best things about the internet. It’s true, the cream rises. You will find the best stuff, and believe me, this is some of the best stuff.