Links+Dings aus der Kalenderwoche 2018/42

Immer am Wochenende (Bleiben wir realistisch: soweit möglich.) gibt es hier einen Sammelpost mit allem, was es nicht zu einem eigenen Artikel gebracht hat. Das ist mal mehr, mal weniger. Mal gucken, wie’s klappt.

Jack Black (Uncensored) | Funny or Die Presents IMDb Me

Jack Black IMDb’s himself, and reveals what he really thinks of all his roles so far – from the best movie of his career, to the early break he missed by oversleeping.

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The answer to the great question of life, the universe, and everything

Every day, thousands of Australians receive life-saving blood donations, but what many people don’t realise is that the red blood cells inside donated blood have a shelf-life of just 42 days.
(via langweiledich.net)

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The History Behind Ctrl+Alt+Del

We’ve only got one life to live, but thanks to three simple keystrokes, at least we can restart our PCs! This is the story of how one clever man created Control-Alt-Delete: a relatively tiny engineering tweak that changed IBM computers, and mortal existence as we know it.
(via boingboing.net)

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Caterpillars Feeding on Exploding Touch-Me-Not Seed Pods | BBC Earth

These caterpillar are close to extinction, and their Touch-Me-Nots based diet doesn’t help them. New David Attenborough series Dynasties coming soon!

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Fat Chance

Born into a world of chance, it’s quickly learned that the battle for existence depends on fast thinking, aggressive actions and an obstacle larger than life.

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Product Wars

Genetically engineered mascots become the latest craze in this all too possible future.

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Igloo

16-year old Sydney and her friends set out to toilet paper a classmate’s house, unknowingly stepping into a night of shock, discomfort and the surreal.

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Presentation

An anxiety-ridden high school girl is faced with the challenge of giving a class presentation.

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Kodokushi: Miniatures of lonely Deaths

Frau Miyu Kojima arbeitet bei einer Reinigungsfirma, die nach in Japan sogenannten Kodokushi aufräumt: Der Tod von vereinsamten Großstädtern, die in ihrem oft messy Zimmern für Tage, Wochen oder gar Monate nicht gefunden werden. Aus diesen Szenarien bastelt sie dann Miniaturen und Dioramas.

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Attack of the Tumbleweed

Thousands of tumbleweed blow across the desert and road in Owyhee county. This was just after a „snow“ plow made a path down the center of the road.

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Time lapse of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Huntington Beach, CA

Time lapse of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Huntington Beach, CA. Such a cool thing to see! People on the beach that didn’t know about it were tripping out.

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Mutter legt sich über ihr Baby, um es vor Hagel zu beschützen.

Großer Gott im Himmel! O_O Krasse Fotos, die zeigen, was Mamas so drauf haben.
„All this rain starts coming in, and the back window where my daughter was was just open … it’s gone,“ she said. […] The quick-thinking mother leapt into the back of her car and acted as a human shield for her baby.

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