Mad Quickies 1.11

It’s the Friday Quickies! Surf’s up!

• Lulz. Honest titles for Oscar nominated movies.
• Author of Unveiling the Universe Within Neil Shubin guested on the Colbert Report. {video}
• Sad news about Game of Thrones actor Wilko Johnson. {via Elizabeth H.}
• Chris Hadfield has captured the ‘most significant’ photo recently taken from space.
• An exhibition of generative and computer art pioneer Manfred Mohr courtesy of Paul Prudence.
• Image overload: NatGeo photo contest winners. {via Amanda D.}
• Nathan Fillion’s favorite fanboy rant to date is @Sci_Phile’s Saving Lives in Serenity: Can a Fanboy and Physics Change a Movie?. {via Smashley}
• Design Nerdz: here’s one that’s close to my heart. Book cover designers choose their 2012 favorites.
• Yikes! Ouch! Eek! Hexapod dress! {via Steve D.}

Jump for more!

• This particular Doctor Who 50th anniversary special will feature a five-Doctor reunion.
• A comeback for virtual reality? Inside the Oculus Rift.
• Ingo Maurer’s LED candle.
• Secret Squirrel Cold Brew Coffee. Yer welcome
• HAPIfork helps monitor how you’re eating.
• And alcohol-aware ice cubes warn of over-drinking.
• NY DOT provides a press release on Bierut’s signage redesign.
• Waarmakers designed sustainable rubbish sacks that declare contents in good condition.

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Magician instigates
Drive-Thru Invisible Driver Prank

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Compressorhead Ace of Spades
{via Brian G.}
Motörhead-playing robots are the ultimate metal band

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Neil Patrick Harris hosts the second episode of Brain Games.

Brain Games – Pay Attention

http://youtu.be/ybuUzgJ0aKA

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Featured image is an excerpt from Manfred Mohr 07 courtesy of Paul Prudence.

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