Archive for the ‘cool things’ category
October 12, 2011
– -For several decades now, state wildlife officials across the country have been rolling out roadside robotic decoys to nab unscrupulous hunters who seek to poach deer out of season or beyond established hunting hours.
Often placed near a road where they can be seen by passing cars, the robotic deer can be outfitted with remote controls that make it possible to move the decoy’s head and tail to make it look as realistic as possible. When a poacher takes the bait and pegs a shot at the mechanical deer, authorities are not far away and the would-be deerslayer gets nailed with something like a misdemeanor citation, punishable in Utah by up to six months in jail, up to a $1,000 fine, and seizure of the offender’s weapons. Robot decoy programs are in place not only in Utah but also in Georgia, Florida, and elsewhere.
In some cases, offenders have repeatedly fired shots and even arrows at the mechanical deer, apparently amazed that they don’t go down! A robotic deer decoy used in Georgia had to be replaced in 2006 after being shot more than 1,000 times. Perhaps videos could be made of such occurrences and sold with proceeds going to add to state wildlife conservation funds…
Categories: animals, conservation, cool things, furry, furry causes
Tags: robodeer, robotic deer decoys
Comments: 2 Comments
September 18, 2011
– – We’ve posted here before about the Spike TV Deadliest Warrior series in which combatants are matched from vastly different cultures and time periods who would not and could not have possibly met much less fought in reality; if you sit through about fifty minutes of debate about the weaponry, fighting styles, and characteristics of the warriors and watch ballistics gel torsos get shot and sliced in tests of weaponry and techniques, you are eventually rewarded with brief but realistic combat footage of the two featured warriors engaged in mortal combat. Sample matches shown in past episodes have included a pirate versus a knight, and a ninja against a Spartan…the winners in those matches were the pirate and the Spartan, respectively.
It’s kind of a permutation of the fantasy combat match-ups that guys have entertained themselves with and delighted in since the dawn of time, and it’s great guy entertainment! Well, the Deadliest Warrior guys kicked it up a notch for this year’s series finale, and featured a closing match of vampires versus zombies! This added a mythical or otherworldly dimension to the usual reality violations routinely accepted on the show, but hey, why not?! Being familiar with the attributes of both groups yet not identifying strongly with either, I was strangely prepared to be relatively objective and impartial, being at core by my very nature a were-animal guy; that’s where my loyalties lie.
Since a vampire is easily the superior of a single zombie (whose strength lies in numbers), they set a ratio of one vampire for every 63 zombies in the match, and even against such odds the vampires were able to prevail although two of the three starting vamps were ultimately swarmed by zombies and overcome, and it was also strongly hinted that the sole survivor was infected. While outrageous stuff it was great fun as well, and if similar extreme fantasy “warrior” matches are held in the upcoming season, werewolves would certainly like a crack at this season’s winners…
Categories: cool things, strange, television
Tags: Deadliest Warrior on Spike TV, Zombies vs. Vampires
Comments: 4 Comments
August 30, 2011
– – Someday, we may awaken to find our streets taken over by gigantic plushies, such as this 13-meter-high yellow bunny crafted by Dutch artist Florintijn Hofman in Orebro, Sweden. Although he looks like he’s had a less than favorable encounter with the Cloverfield monster, the Big Yellow Bunny is part of the openART festival in Orebro, where the art is in town, and you can walk around it! “Open Art” may not sit well as a concept with those who regard art as something to be possessed and hung on the wall…
…the Big Yellow Bunny questions the purpose of the public space, and changes the perspective of the monuments within. One can also imagine the even more enormous child owner of the bunny coming to claim it in a Twilight Zone type scenario! The work will be for sale, should you want a 13-meter yellow rabbit.- -Perhaps we could set up a steel cage wrasslin’ match for the BYB with Clifford, the Big Red Dog, or the 16-foot high pink and white wrecking ball bunny featured in an H & R Block commercial in the past; it’s all good…
Hah! – – And to think that they said art was dead!
Categories: absurdities, animals, Brilliant but twisted, cool things, furry art
Tags: Open Art, the Big Yellow Bunny
Comments: 2 Comments
July 8, 2011
– – Falcons seem to be going through a surge in commercial popularity, and Dairy Queen has also come to realize that animal spokesmen sell. They’ve then given us an all too brief glimpse of one of the most awesome birds yet to be seen on television, the Rock ‘N’ Roll Falcon! This is one bird who knows how to do wing gestures, and who also talks the talk; “It’s good to be back in Boston, YEEAAH!” If used as a front man, this falcon could guarantee that a band’s album would go platinum!
Dairy Queen had earlier given us such things as kittens floating in bubbles as well…
Categories: animals, cool things, feathered friends, furry, furry commercials, television
Tags: Dairy Queen falcon, Rock 'N Roll Falcon
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June 17, 2011
– – Japan has done it again! You may know that there are brainwave-controlled wheelchairs, so why not brainwave-controlled cat ears? The devices by the electronics company Neurowear, dubbed Necomimi, stand up when the wearer concentrates or sees something interesting. When you relax, your decreasing brain activity makes the ears fall down.- –I swear I am not making this up!
I wish that they had made the ears more realistic, and that a fox model was available! I don’t know what would happen if you strapped the ears onto an actual cat. Still, the idea keys into the notion of an augmented human body, and possibly a tail will follow that responds to brain waves; this may be furry of the future…
Categories: Brilliant but twisted, cool things, furry
Tags: barinwave-controlled cat ears, Necomimi, Neurowear
Comments: 2 Comments
June 10, 2011
– – I think it was Shakespeare who in one of his history plays (possibly Julius Caesar) had a main character utter a line about “…cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war.“–Well, the dogs of war are with us, they are valuable supports for our troops, and are doing really cool things, all the while looking great while doing it! They do furry proud!
Consider that a canine commando came with the Navy SEALs team that nailed Osama bin Laden, arriving strapped onto one of the assault team members. While the composition of that team is understandably kept secret, most likely the canine involved was a German shepherd or a Belgian Malinois, although Labrador retrievers are also becoming popular.
There are over 2,700 canines in the military dog program who may function as specialized search dogs or combat trackers, moving ahead of the humans to find explosives or people that are hidden. Dogs have seen military service for more than 100 years, seeing combat in the Civil War and World War I. It was only beginning in 1942 that canines were officially inducted into the U.S. army, and today they are a central part of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan…
Categories: animals, cool things, furry, furry stories, historical perspectives
Tags: military canines, the dogs of war
Comments: 3 Comments
June 2, 2011
– – Worldly philosophers have long pondered the question, “Do bears (defecate) in the woods?”
Well, this one shown by Geico does…respectably, using a privy, of course! And this bear is also equipped with a newspaper tucked under his arm and reading glasses! Realizing that others may be waiting to use the facility, he leaves when his business is done.- -What more can the observing biker say other than, “That’s amazing!”
While perhaps not as brilliant but twisted as the gecko, caveman, or question guy commercials, this “amazing” furry commercial bears a look!– -With Geico, you never know what’s bruin…
Categories: absurdities, anthropomorphic, Brilliant but twisted, cool things, furry commercials, humor, television
Tags: "That's Amazing" bear, Geico bear commercial
Comments: 2 Comments
May 29, 2011
– – This commercial was actually crafted for initial display at the Super Bowl, and has been around a while but seems to be enjoying a renaissance, so we can benefit, too! An apparently wealthy man enters his mansion-like home, wearing an immaculate suit and slicked-down hair. As the opera “Carmen” plays in the background, this man of means baits a mousetrap with Doritos, places it before a classic mouse-hole, and then positions himself in a chair before the baited trap, presumably to enjoy the gruesome spectacle to follow.
The joke’s on Richie Rich, however. As he stuffs his face with Doritos, a human-sized mouse in a cheesy fursuit erupts from the wall and is briefly glimpsed bowling into the man, and knocking him and his chair completely over! We then see the gargantuan mouse astride the prone man, pummeling him with both paws and landing some solid punches!- -Well done, oh mouse that roars!- –Furry Pride!
Categories: absurdities, animals, Brilliant but twisted, cool things, furry, furry commercials, television
Tags: Doritos Mouse Attack commercial, rodent revenge
Comments: 2 Comments
May 10, 2011
– – There’s something strangely cool about dressing up in Viking gear and then going to dine in a fine restaurant or attending the opening of Thor so attired; besides, who am I to judge, since I am, after all, a furry…whatever floats your boat!
Anyways, the Norse Hollywood Dining Vikings did exactly that, attending a screening of the movie in Glendale, California in a variety of chain mail and horned helmet regalia. They usually do a restaurant gig, but a little change kinda keeps things fresh, and besides, what could be more appropriate? Tony Swatton, de facto leader of the Dining Vikings, is a master blacksmith who designs custom-made weapons, armor, and props for television and film, including Thor.
So what if they look like they just made a Capital One credit card commercial?–I say may their cup of mead be always full!
Categories: absurdities, Brilliant but twisted, cool things, humor, movies, strange, strange happenings, weird
Tags: Dining Vikings, Norse Hollywood Dining Vikings, Thor
Comments: 2 Comments
April 18, 2011
– – On this night of the full moon, I find it appropriate to post about my fave were-animal, the werefox. Now don’t get me wrong, I love werewolves dearly…some of my best friends, and all! With the understandable excitement over werewolves, however, the other were-animals tend to be neglected a bit, yet fall into the same furry shapeshifting family.
Werefox stories are common to northern China, where they are seen to inhabit the netherworld between the material plane and the unseen dimensions. They can take human form and mate with normal humans, although such people tend to turn into a zombie-like slave of the werefox; (–heh, gotta get me some of those!). Even while in human form, the werefox retains his or her fox tail, which can be a dead give-away when it pops out of clothing! The werefox can also lose control of its human form when it sleeps or gets good and drunk. This can pose a major embarrassment.
Werefoxes are not the strongest of the were-animals, and are accordingly not as likely to rip deserving individuals to shreds. They are rather more inclined to mess with the heads of their intended victims, playing heavy-grade tricks on them or perhaps laying a curse on their sorry asses. For this reason werefoxes are often associated with sorcery, and in Native American legends sorcerers preferred to shapeshift into this form. – – Can’t say that I blame them!
So support and respect your friendly neighborhood werefox, and give him his due…you may have found a clever and resourceful new friend!
Categories: animals, anthropomorphic, cool things, creature features, furry spirits
Tags: furry shapeshifters, werefoxes
Comments: 2 Comments
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