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The morning coffee, tigers, zelda and chemical crayons

September 1st, 2010 1 comment

We kick off your September with a quick guide on how not to smuggle a tiger out of Thailand.


(Awesome live-action Zelda re-creation from The Zelda Project.)

Looking to raise a little genius? Then ditch the traditional crayon colour names, and go with Chemistry Crayons.

Ladies, do you hate not having anywhere to put your phone when you’re wearing that dress? A solution is now available — your phone and your dress can now be one and the same!

Categories: morning coffee

This morning coffee features tattoos, batman and profanity

August 24th, 2010 No comments

Do you teach young adults? Are you thinking of getting a tattoo? Go for it. It turns out that tattooed teachers make for more engaged students.


(Poison Heart Bear, by Bobby Chiu of Imaginism Studios, found at Abuzeedo.)

Planning to go into the superhero biz? Here are some instructions for creating your own Batarangs.

The following video contains the word “fuck”. It is sung repeatedly, and displayed repeatedly on the screen. If you are in an environment (perhaps a workplace) at which this would be frowned upon, we suggest that you do not click on the link. We do not want you to get fired. Actually, we don’t care if you get fired, we just don’t want it to be our fault.

On second thought, it would kind of be awesome if people were fired for reading the Big Bad Blog. So pump up the volume, and watch the video. Unless you’re at home — in that case, wait until you get in to work.

Categories: morning coffee

The morning coffee and the laws of time travel

August 18th, 2010 No comments

Have you built a time machine?

Have you been sitting putting off using it, for fear of the grandfather paradox?

Fear no more! Grandfather paradox-free time travel is now available!


(Math from Tenso Graphics.)

There are plenty of people in the world who cannot read Chinese (or Japanese). Yet a significant portion of these people insist on getting tattooed with Chinese (or Japanese) characters. Here are their stories.

London is amazingly unfriendly to the disabled. It has many old buildings which are (unsurprisingly) inaccessible. Most of the tube stations require that patrons traverse stairs, nevermind the conundrum of minding the gap while in a wheelchair. Apparently the brains behind the 2012 Olympics are extending this inaccessibility to the internet, as well.

Categories: morning coffee

The weekend coffee, cat armour and turtle sharks

August 14th, 2010 No comments
I would not be surprised if some of the readers of the Big Bad Blog immediately leave the site to check out the cost of plane tickets to New York, on discovery that there will be Doctor Who themed burlesque.
Some of the advice being given about being sensitive to the different customs of foreigners in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics is hilarious.

For instance, when speaking with Mexicans, avoid mentioning their war with America in 1845-6.

Why would I start a conversation with a random Mexican on that particular topic?

Science discovers what is being called a Life of Brian effect in the human brain. Not terribly interesting, other than the name being awesome.
Apparently having sexual relations with a mannequin in a public park is not legal in West Virginia.

Who knew?

A porn star showing pubic hair causing a backlash?

You wouldn’t think so, but apparently that’s what happened after Sasha Grey went nude on HBO’s Entourage

There’s been lots on baby names in our coffee this week — a trend that we’re continuing over the weekend.

Your name also has an effect on what you do and where you live. Denises become dentists, Louises tend to live in St Louis. And so on.

I’m generally not a fan of arguments that would not convince anybody. After all — the point of arguing something is to convince somebody (even if that somebody is yourself).

But I can’t help but enjoying the argument that gay marriage is good because it brings us closer to a Sci Fi utopia.

German radioactive boars are running amok.
Categories: Weekend Coffee
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