Is that a synonym for “totally awesome?” Because I’m hard-pressed to say which one of these is better. My normal “Batman rule-of-thumb” is in full opposition to “anything fighting Nazis rule-of-thumb,” here…
(via @keder)
Is that a synonym for “totally awesome?” Because I’m hard-pressed to say which one of these is better. My normal “Batman rule-of-thumb” is in full opposition to “anything fighting Nazis rule-of-thumb,” here…
(via @keder)
For when a simple ‘Dude’ just won’t do.
USC scientists figure out how to turn t-shirts into body armor
Researchers at the University of South Carolina have figured out how to combine the carbon component of cotton with boron to create a cotton t-shirt with the toughness of body armor.
One long step closer to the battlesuit that I’m going to need if I ever plan to go out there and FIGHT CRIME!
…pretend that you didn’t read that, OK? One way, or the other.
[UPDATE, April 25, 2010]: They made the video private on YT, but you can watch it here.
Trust me, you’ll get it if you watch for long enough. You want to let it tell its story in its own time*.
My only problem with pointing out Top Gear 10: The Complete Season 10 is that I can’t quite believe that the other episodes can measure up to that clip, which is made up of crystalline awesome suspended in an energetic liquid-dude solution. Really, the only way that they could have improved it was to have a cameo by Iron Man.
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