Fast Food - Ads Vs. Reality

People around the world know fast food as one of the most reliable distributors of disappointment ever produced by the business world. We know that if we ever feel the need to complain about something, we can just grab a page out of a coupon booklet, adorned in pictures of juicy burgers, then go have a party.

Why, the fast food places themselves usually plaster their walls with pictures of juicy burgers so that you need only open your eyes to find something to compare your food with, while you eat it. Photographer Dario Dinatale went to some fast food places and picked up burgers and tacos, so he could compare them with the ads.

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The Beauty Of Pixar

After spending 11 days re-watching all 11 Pixar feature films, Leandro Braga took 500 hand-selected scenes and made an amazing tribute to the best animation studio on the planet.



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(thanks Cora)

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No More Kodachrome

Kodachrome, the oldest camera film ever made became history last Thursday when it was developed for the final time. On 22 June 2009, Kodak announced the end of Kodachrome production, citing declining demand. Many Kodak and independent laboratories once processed Kodachrome, but only one Kodak certified facility remained in the world after the announcement: Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kansas, USA.

On 14 July 2010 it was announced that the last produced roll of Kodachrome was developed for photographer Steve McCurry on assignment for National Geographic.

(via Neatorama)

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Mom, This Is How Twitter Works

'Mom, This Is How Twitter Works' is a silly but funny Internet project by letterer and illustrator Jessica Hische.

Twitter is an online social networking tool in which users post 140 character updates of what is going on in their lives along with links to things they think are interesting, funny, or useful to their followers.

People use Twitter in many ways, some as a newsfeed by following prominent people or networks, some as a pseudo-chatroom by limiting their followers and whom they follow to close friends and family, and some as a microblog for updating people about the work they are doing and their personal lives.

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A New Year Rolls In

Pictures of people from all over the world celebrating and welcoming the New Year.

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12 Tips From The Stupidest Criminals Of 2010

If you're robbing a pizza joint asking for 'dough' and pointing to a bag behind the counter, don't look surprised when you end up with a bag full of pizza ingredients.

Most lawbreakers aren't exactly geniuses, but these troublemakers cross the line between foolishness and downright ineptitude. To at least help prevent any more crimes of this level of stupidity, here are a few tips for aspiring criminals without any level of common sense.

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A Space Wardrobe

Photographs and X-ray images of spacesuits and helmets in all their complexity, some worn by famous astronauts and others that never made it into space.

(thanks Cora)

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