The Daily What

Rubber Chicken of the Day
Another Movie Trailer of the Day
Trayvon Martin Tribute of the Day
Lunchtime Links
Weekend Read of the Day
Badvertising of the Day
Match.com Spreadsheet of the Day
Hot Mess of the Day
Movie Trailer of the Day
Kickass Kid of the Day

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 01:07 PM PDT

- Rubber Chicken of the Day

During last month’s solar storm, high school students in California sent a sensor-equipped rubber chicken, “Camilla,” into the stratosphere — ostensibly to study solar radiation. With any luck, Camilla will help the budding scientists learn about space weather, and the effect of solar radiation on life. Regardless of how the experiment turns out, however, the kids will forever be able to start conversations with, “Once, I shot a rubber chicken into space.”

[laughingsquid]

Tagged: rubber chicken, Science!, space

Another Movie Trailer of the Day

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 12:38 PM PDT

Curious as to where his adopted stray cat, Mr. Lee, routinely disappeared for days on end, Juergen, a German engineer, created a camera designed to fit around his pet’s neck. After several unsuccessful attempts, Mr. Lee returned with the camera intact and documentation of his travels. Little did Juergen know that publishing the photos online would result in the making of CatCam, an official selection of SXSW Film Festival.

[mrlee]

Tagged: catcam, Movie Trailer

Trayvon Martin Tribute of the Day

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 11:56 AM PDT

No words needed.

[@wyclef]

Lunchtime Links

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 11:22 AM PDT

- Lunchtime Links

Today on The Daily What Geek: Pics from the set of Star Trek 2

Elsewhere on the Internets:

Canceled: Cash Cab, after seven seasons
Compiled: The top universities for food lovers
Celebrated: 4/20, with the 21st century’s best stoner albums
Safe and sound: The largest boulder ever transported
Discovered: The real reason women watch hardcore pr0n
Sued: The city of Chicago, for its red light cameras

Lunchtime Leisure: Dungville (via)
Lunchtime List: 11 Works of Art Made With Road Maps

[image: twistedsifter]

Weekend Read of the Day

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 11:13 AM PDT

- Weekend Read of the Day

In which writer Christopher McDougall sets out to find Micah True, aka “Caballo Blanco,” a long-distance runner who went missing after setting out on a 12-mile hike in the Gila National Forest. Spoiler alert: True, who became famous as one of the subjects of the book “Born to Run,” died last month.

[outside]

Tagged: weekend read

Badvertising of the Day

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 10:55 AM PDT

- Badvertising of the Day

When Texas high-schooler Brandy Day suggested to her mom that they rent a billboard to help along her campaign for prom queen, she never imagined her mom would spend more than $1,500 on newspaper ads, fliers, a customizable outdoor display sign at a local taqueria, and — the nail in her prom queen coffin — a “pink rotating outdoor” billboard. “I was joking, but she took me seriously,” she said. “When she texted me a pic of the billboard and the newspaper, I was shocked.”

[jezebel]

Tagged: Badvertising, Billboard, prom queen

Match.com Spreadsheet of the Day

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 10:24 AM PDT

- Match.com Spreadsheet of the Day

The story of the guy who used an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of his Match.com dates just keeps getting better.

The genius’ identity has been revealed; he’s David Merkur, a 28-year-old Manhattan investment banker (currently single). And a woman who earned the top score on his spreadsheet is furious not with Merkur, but with the girl who leaked the spreadsheet in the first place. “Why would she send it to the whole world?” asks Liliana Beidaut, a 26-year-old makeup artist who earned a 9.5 on Merkur’s 1-10 scale. “My face is plastered everywhere now. I was just thinking that I was using Match.com.”

Merkur, for his part, is keeping an understandably low profile.

[nypost]

Tagged: Match.com, spreadsheet