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Word of the Day

Perturbation (n., purr-turr-BAY-shun)

The state of being anxious or uneasy, or a slight change to a system from an outside influence. The second part is what you couldn't do to Tecmo Bowl Bo Jackson. The first part is the feeling you had when playing Tecmo Bowl Bo Jackson.

Gif of the Day

From Spike Jonze's ridiculously weird perfume commercial for KENZO World.

TagsDancingAbout to freakoutSpike JonzeAnd now for something completely differentThis was a perfume commercial?

Link of the Day

Wooden domino row-building machine

What I love most about this is the way this video was organized. Instead of the common practice of "show something cool quickly," then back up and show how it was made, this video approaches it like an instructional video, with a minimum of fuss. It's a nice departure, and it pulls us into the success of the machine.

TagsDominoesRowsHow it's madeMachinesGetting betterNext: operation?

Happy Friday

Moon shadow during eclipse, from a plane

This is from the 2015 eclipse, not the 2017 one (as reported all over social media), but it's still incredible.