Bizarre Horseshoe Bat

30 06 2007

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This is a somewhat rare photo.

Photo in the News: Bizarre Horseshoe Bat Photographed for First Time:

“Scientists found the twisted-faced creature, called the Maclaud’s horseshoe bat, while surveying the highland forests of Guinea in West Africa this spring.”



Haunted Edgar Allen Poe

30 06 2007

Haunted Edgar Allen Poe

“Poe’s death remains a mystery. Each year, on his birth date, a man visits the grave and leaves gifts. Poe’s house is haunted, but not by the author.”



Music played on a Tesla coil

28 06 2007

Outstanding. Watch it now.

Music played on a Tesla coil » Technoccult:

“So just to explain a little further, yes, it is the actual high voltage sparks that are making the noise. Every cycle of the music is a burst of sparks at 41 KHz, triggered by digital circuitry at the end of a “long” piece of fiber optics.”



Classic Zombie Movies on the web

28 06 2007

Classic Zombie Movies on the web:

“The Internet Archive and YouTube host several classic, public domain zombie movies you can legally download and watch for free”



Steampunk Case Mod

28 06 2007

TechEBlog » Retro Furnace Computer Case:

“Unlike other case mods, this was inspired by an old coal furnace, complete with exhaust steam pipe”



Ghost hunters document spirit world

26 06 2007

Book review of “The Ghost Guy” by Michael and Susan Richard.

The Empire of the Odd » Blog Archive » Ghost hunters document spirit world:

“One of the few hostile spirits the Richards met was this man who appears above his gravestone. The authors only identify the cemetery as in Northern California. The spirit was said to be still chasing his wife who he’d murdered in the 19th century.”



Make a prop blood-geyser from a Swiffer

25 06 2007

Granny will see the funny side eventually, don’t worry.

Boing Boing: HOWTO make a prop blood-geyser from a Swiffer:

“Instructables has a great HOWTO for modding a Swiffer Wetjet mop for use as a prop blood-squirter. Just in time for the summer garden-party season, too.”



Fake Astronauts Wanted

25 06 2007

Houston, we’ve had a problem. We’ve had a main B bus undervolt. Can you send someone over to fix it please?

Popular Science Blog - Fake Astronauts Wanted: No Experience Necessary:

“Want to experience all the travails of being an astronaut with none of the glory? Now’s your chance! The European Space Agency is seeking healthy, psychologically-stable test subjects to make a mock trip to Mars.”



Death Scene Photos

25 06 2007

DVD available too, narrated by Anton LaVey of the Church of Satan. Whilst you’re there, check out the other titles from alternative publisher Feral House.

Feral House | Titles | Crime | Death Scenes:

“If you’ve ever wanted to gaze on crime-scene snaps… then this terrifying, near unbearable compilation is the book for you”

Probably not one for the kids.



Qatar’s cannibals fingered by victim

25 06 2007

Finger in tummy spells trouble for cannibals:

“FOUR Asians who murdered another Asian and then ate his body were caught when one of their victim’s finger was found in the stomach of one during treatment for acute food poisoning”