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Incredible Science Upload Buy The Items Here Subscription preferences Ultimate Insult Man About Ultimate Insult Man refers to a video clip featuring a game show host viciously berating a contestant for answering a question incorrectly. The scene is often referenced or embedded in discussion forums to incite other users, as well as being featured as a reaction clip in several YouTube remix videos. Origin The video clip comes from a scene in the 1995 comedy film Billy Madison, in which the host of an academic decathlon (played by James Downey) insults the character Billy Madison (played by Adam Sandler) during the contest. “What you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard.

Green Design Furniture's Sustainable Stunning Standing Desk I first met Douglas Green and his eponymous company Green Design Furniture at GreenBuild in 2008, a logical place for him to be with such a name. Then I admired the way he builds, and now I admire his new standing desk. Image credit Lloyd Alter He defined what he means by green design and manufacturing: Green manufacturing to us means creating designs that endure - structurally and artistically - to last for generations, without harming either the environment or the people that make or use them. Our work is done using domestically grown solid wood, logged following sustainable forestry guidelines.

help Im bored I don't know what the back of my head looks like I don't know who wrote Poor Richard's Almanack/what time it is I need to buy a gift for someone I don't know which fork to use General Uses For Bamboo Bamboo has been used for eons for many applications, from a food source to a building material. But with the age of modern materials, many people don’t understand the scope of uses for bamboo. The shoots can be picked early for eating, and the wood of older canes can be treated and used as anything from decoration to instruments. Thankfully, many manufacturers have seen all the products that can be made from this highly renewable resource and have begun to utilize bamboo in some fascinating ways. Decorations From picture frames to room dividing screens, bamboo can make some elegant and exotic decorations for the home.

25 Cool Ideas To Display Family Photos On Your Walls Family portrait by Lori Andrews (via designcrushblog) We all have family photos that we love. Most of them live well in photo albums but the best of them could and should be displayed throughout the house. It’s one of those things that add a personal touch of coziness to any interior decor. How to Turn a Pallet into a Garden Good news and bad news. I had planned to film a short video showing you how to make a pallet garden, but the weather didn’t cooperate. I was stapling the landscape fabric onto the pallet when it started drizzling and got really windy. That’s the bad news.

Made By Dad: 67 Blueprints for Making Cool Stuff - excerpt Scott Bedford is creative director at an ad agency in London and for the past several years has been writing and illustrating a how-to column of kid-friendly projects for MAKE. His sense of humor and artistic skill appeal to me, so I was excited to find out that he's got a new book out: Made By Dad: 67 Blueprints for Making Cool Stuff. Here's a few of the projects in Made by Dad: Martian Door Decal, Earthquake Coat Hook, 1-Ton Lampshade, Cat-Trap Birdfeeder, Table Leg Moon Mine, Snappy Toast Rack, Titanic Bookshelf Art, Slingshot Car Launcher, Marvelous Marble Bouncer, Teddy Through the Center of the Earth, Snail Soup Decoy, and Surveillance Camera Stash. Libraries modular design shelves

The UK's oddest days out 14 September 2013Last updated at 19:43 ET The weather's on the turn, pushing day trippers indoors. So what are the idiosyncratic UK attractions that help us to laugh in the face of inclement conditions, asks Gareth Rubin.

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