BeautyandBoost.com
Music
‘offtopic’ Archives
Hanna movie trailer 2011
Raised by her father, an ex-CIA man, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after [...]
Zombies vs Supermodels
Is that a zombie or a supermodel? I think this Zombie Vs. Supermodel infographic is disturbingly hilarious because of the truth behind it. What do you think?
Intel’s Chase Film
No amount of badass marketing is worth opening that many instances of Windows Media Player.
Guy sitting on top of Burj Khalifa
I get chills in my body when i watch stuff like this. Crazy.
Amazing before and after CG shots from Boardwalk Empire
I had no idea so much of it was CG, which is exactly how CG should be, fantastic.
HOWTO: Tronify your gear
Limor "Lady Ada" Fried and Becky "Lady Becky" Stern show you how to solder and sew electroluminescent wire borders to your favorite fabric accouterments and create exciting, tronesque glows: "Tote your Thinkpad and port your Apple in style with our custom TRON-inspired laptop bag tutorial. With a little soldering and sewing skills you can have [...]
Creating a phony health scare with the power of statistical correlation
In the United Kingdom, the more mobile phone towers a county has, the more babies are born there every year. In fact, for every extra cell phone tower beyond the average number, a county will see 17.6 more babies. Is this evidence that cell phone signals have some nefarious baby-making effect on the human body? Nope. Instead, it's a simple [...]
Tron: Legacy 3D opens #1 for Disney 28 years later
This is exactly the sort of movie to benefit during the pre-Christmas rush because of the obvious fanboy interest, helped by the fact that every young male is out of school and can indulge his cultural need to see films like this first. So Hollywood and even Disney had been expecting a weekend of at least $50M. "Depends how good it is," one rival [...]
Tron Earns $3.5 Million in Midnight Showings
The movie ties "Avatar's" early-morning showings. Disney's Tron: Legacy grossed roughly $3.5 million in midnight runs, with Imax theaters providing a record percentage of the gross, according to early estimates. (more...)
Top 15 Surprising Facts About The Original TRON
Even though the original Tron (1982) is twenty-eight years old, there's sill a lot of things most people don't know about the film. In honor of the release of the sequel Tron: Legacy, tonight/tomorrow, here are the top 15 facts you don't know. (more...)
The fall of the House of Vikings
At 5:00 Sunday morning, the weight of 16-odd inches of snow accumulation finally pushed the roof of the Metrodome (Minneapolis' NFL Pro Football stadium) past its structural limits. The good news: Security cameras caught this awesome moment as it happened. The bad news: This is probably not going to stop the Vikings from whining about how much [...]
The Broken Window Fallacy
A young hoodlum, say, heaves a brick through the window of a baker’s shop. The shopkeeper runs out furious, but the boy is gone. A crowd gathers, and begins to stare with quiet satisfaction at the gaping hole in the window and the shattered glass over the bread and pies. After a while the crowd feels the need for philosophic reflection. [...]
Stripper in Oklahoma City Airport Security
She sure moves unnaturally. The small side to side head movements are creepy.
Our Meth House
Jenn Friberg and Rob Quigley bought their first home, a lovely century-old four bedroom house outside Philadelphia, for less than $200,000 earlier this year. What they didn't know at the time is that the house used to be a meth factory. After they moved in, Quigley got wind of the home's previous use from neighbors and confirmed it on the [...]
Woman Wears Bikini to LAX Airport to Avoid Security
Well this is an interesting way to avoid an airport pat-down! A woman who planned on flying out of LAX airport decided she would try and avoid a pat-down by leaving little to the imagination in a tiny black bikini. In a interview, the woman said she wasn’t concerned about the pat-down but she “feels like the TSA is making people feel [...]
Top Gear Apocalypse 2010 DVDRip XviD-P2P
Summary: Just what will motoring be like in a post-apocalyptic world that's been blown to bits by nuclear bombs or a massive comet? It's a burning question that's on literally nobody's mind, and we give you all the answers in this brand new, incredibly cheerful Top Gear DVD Embarking on a terrifying journey into the future, we show you how to [...]
Pagani vs Lamborghini: Need for Speed
...and for anyone who's interested the dubstep track is: La Roux - I'm Not? Your Toy (Nero Remix)
