Is It Friday Yet?

Mustaches of the Nineteenth Century.

Let’s say your team is behind, 22-24, it’s the last play of the game, and you’re on your own 32 yard line, too far for a field goal. Your trip to the post-season is in jeopardy. Hail Mary pass? Nah. Trick play? Too risky. How about 15 lateral passes over the span of a full minute? You know, that just might work.

Update: Here’s a better look, from the end zone.

Keepon is a little yellow robot designed for research into social communication; i.e., it’s programmed to look like it’s paying attention to people. But that’s just its day job.

Can’t resist a good headline: Smurfs may be the cause of osteoarthritis

Accuracy has yet to be actually measured, but here’s the answer to an important question anyway:

Is it Christmas?

As proclaimed by the mayor of Lawrence, Kansas, today (October 17) is International Dadaism Month, along with February 4, April 1, March 28, July 15, Aug. 2, Aug. 7, Aug. 16, Aug. 26, Sept. 18, Sept. 22, Oct. 1, and Oct. 26.

At 2294 cc, its engine is larger than many cars have. But this video makes the Triumph Rocket III motorcycle look even more impressive than it already is:

In an ongoing quest to throw Jacuzzi parties in exciting new places, some Swiss enthusiasts managed to build a 20-person hot tub on the summit of Mont Blanc, some 1000 feet higher than Mount Rainier. The adventure meant building lightweight heaters that would work well at that altitude, and climbing up glaciers overnight so they could get an early start.

Skull-A-Day is creating one new skull image a day for a year. Today’s image: a tiny skull in tofu.

This time saving tip is part of Sprint’s “wait less” advertising campaign: Turbo Parking.