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Caine Monroy 9-year cardboard arcade

2012-04-13T08:00:00.001-07:00

Caine's Arcade from Nirvan Mullick on Vimeo.

Nirvan says: "I just finished this short film about a 9-year-old boy's elaborate DIY cardboard arcade. Caine made his arcade using boxes from his dad's used auto parts store. He hadn't had many customers, so we set up a fun flashmob to make his day, and filmed his response. I hope it brings a smile to your day. P.S. Caine's Arcade is in East LA. You should visit it sometime - Caine is still building new additions!"

Caine Monroy is a 9-year old boy who spent his summer vacation building an elaborate DIY cardboard arcade in his dad’s used auto parts store.

Caine dreamed of the day he would have lots of customers visit his arcade, and he spent months preparing everything, perfecting the game design, making displays for the prizes, designing elaborate security systems, and hand labeling paper-lunch-gift-bags. However, his dad’s autoparts store (located in an industrial part of East LA) gets almost zero foot traffic, so Caine’s chances of getting a customer were very small, and the few walk in customers that came through were always in too much of a hurry to get their auto part to play Caine’s Arcade. But Caine never gave up.

One day, by chance, I walked into Smart Parts Auto looking for a used door handle for my ’96 Corolla. What I found was an elaborate handmade cardboard arcade manned by a young boy who asked if I would like to play. I asked Caine how it worked and he told me that for $1 I could get two turns, or for $2 I could get a Fun Pass with 500 turns. I got the Fun Pass.

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9 Year-Old Girl Gives Birth in China

2010-02-01T22:31:00.000-08:00

Peru may well hold the world record for “youngest mother,” but China is definitely in the running as a nine-year old in northeast China has given birth to a healthy child.

Naturally, the parent’s have sought out legal help, as sex with a child under the age of fourteen brings with it an automatic rape conviction. According to hospital statistics, however, young girls not just becoming pregnant but seeking abortions is more common than you might think.

A report from a hospital in Shanghai revealed that approximately 30% of surgical abortions on young children in China were performed on individuals still in school. A hospital owned and operated by the People’s Liberation Army also revealed that 50% of these abortion were performed on women in either college or vocational schools.

The baby was delivered via cesarean section on January 27th at around noon, and weighed in at 2.75kg. According to reporters, the admission of the young girl to the hospital was a fairly taboo subject, and hospital staff were reluctant to discuss the matter. The reporter eventually learned from a registration form the girl’s name, and a nurse eventually revealed that the girl’s family is from Songyuan, and the circumstances surrounding her pregnancy were unknown.

Despite the young age of the mother and the potential for severe complications, it has been reported that the mother and her new baby are doing fine at Changchun hospital, which is located in the Jilin province.

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Booze for Your Boobs, Well..mind your size dear..

2010-02-01T22:16:00.000-08:00

Boobs, hooters, melons, and tatas—they all refer to those luscious pair of lumpy cushions jutting out every woman’s shirt. I say luscious because every man (or at least every straight one) craves nothing more than to lay his eyes on a big pair of boobs.

It is in fact this very dream that inspired the OverEasy nightclub in Singapore to organize an event officially titled “Fill My Cups,” but better known as “Booze for Your Boobs.”

The ingenious ploy—clearly contrived by one of their very sex-deprived managers—basically states that women with big boobs get freeze booze.

The way it works is like this:

Girls with A-Cup boobs get one free drink.

Girls with B-Cup boobs get two free drinks.

Girls with C-Cup boobs get three drinks drinks.

And girls with big old D-Cup torpedo boobs or larger get an entire bottle of dranky drank worth $168!

To keep things fair, there will be both a male judge and a female judge.

Representing the Ladies is Karen, a lawyer who works for The Lo & Behold Group, which manages the OverEasy nightclub. On the men’s side is DJ D-CUP, whose name was, in fact, the original inspiration for the whole event.

The scheme has thus far drawn rave reviews from the men, but mixed reactions from the Ladies.

Some women, such as 19-year-old Yvonne, believe that the event is degrading: “I think the concept is funny but I would not degrade myself by being a part of it.”

Local student Lek Ning, however, sees the brilliance of such an endeavor because, as she so eloquently stated, “I’m rather proud of my assets.”

Cheryl Ho, spokeswoman for The Lo & Behold Group, defends the event, stating, “Our stance is that it’s all good fun, not sexist, not sleazy. No girls are going to get touched and we are not asking them to flash themselves.”

It works for Marty Gras and ‘Girls Gone Wild,’ so why can’t it work for a Singapore nightclub? Thumbs up or Thumbs Down? Tell us what you think.

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How to Suck at Facebook

2010-01-29T17:53:00.000-08:00

Cartoonist Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal describes nine people that are unfortunately on Facebook. He’s been on a roll lately, adding new content to his archive of cartoons about every four days.

Girls in Cosplay

2010-01-25T23:10:00.001-08:00

People in Cosplay got arrested.

2010-01-25T23:08:00.000-08:00

Stop Complaining!

2010-01-21T23:33:00.000-08:00

Those who do not like his job and the one who complains about his bad life is worth seeing this post!

Suzuki Hayabusa Turned into Awesome Predator Bike

2010-01-20T21:39:00.000-08:00

Top 20 Fastest cars in the World 2009

2010-01-18T02:07:00.000-08:00

Faced with the recent pub quiz question ‘ what is the top speed of the world ‘ s fastest production car? ‘ the Sky Motoring quiz crew were quite appalled when (a) they had to ponder the question for a good three minutes and (b) couldn ‘ t rank the other fastest cars in an appropriate order.

So taking this simple premise, we ‘ ve decided to geek up and show you (in order) the world ‘ s fastest production cars so that (a) should this quiz question ever arise again, you are in no doubt as to the answer and (b) should you have Ronaldo ‘ s level of wedge in your pocket and fancy going 200+mph, you know exactly what to buy. Enjoy!

The 204mph, 621bhp Bentley Continental Supersport is the fastest production Bentley ever. (328 Km/hr)

The 205mph Porsche Carrera GT is Stuttgart engineering at its best. (329 Km/hr)

The Mercedes McLaren SLR can hit 207mph. And it ' s an automatic. (333 Km/hr)

One Dodge Viper V10 + an eccentric British coach builder = the 525bhp, 210mph Bristol Fighter. (337 Km/hr)

The first Italian supercar in our list is the 211mph Lamborghini Murcielago LP640. (339 Km/hr)

The retro-shaped Ford GT uses a thoroughly modern supercharged 5.4-litre V8 to hit 212mph. (341 Km/hr)

The new Lamborghini Murcielago SV is lighter, harder and at 213mph, faster than the standard Murci. (342 Km/hr)

Lamborghini ' s Italian neighbour Pagani has developed the stunning 215mph Zonda F. (346 Km/hr)

It may not quite have been the car we were hoping for, but the Jaguar XJ220 could still hit 217mph. (349 Km/hr)

That ' s the same top-speed as the much more recent Ferrari Enzo, named after Ferrari ' s founder.

The British-built Ascari A10 uses a tuned BMW V10 to hit 220mph. (354 Km/hr)

The Gumpert Apollo may be a bit of an ugger and have a stupid name, but how many cars can go 224mph? ... (360 Km/hr)

The B-engineering Edonis develops 680bhp from its quad turbo 3.7litre V6 to hit 227mph. Gulp. (365 Km/hr)

Obviously the standard Apollo wasn’t fast (or ugly) enough, hence the 230mph Gumpert Apollo Speed. (370Km/hr)

The McLaren F1 was doing 240mph 17-years ago! Just shows how much of an engineering marvel it was. (386 Km/hr)

You can tell the Koenigsegg CCX has a blistering top speed of 245mph just by looking at it. Scary. (394Km/hr)

The American-built Saleen S7 can hit 248mph. OK, this is getting ridiculous now... (399Km/hr)

The Porsche 9ff GT9 is one of three cars able to break the 250mph barrier. (402 Km/hr)

And you thought the 253mph Bugatti Veyron would be top of the list. Not any more. (403Km/hr)

The top spot now goes to Shelby Supercars and the 257mph SSC Ultimate Aero. (413.60Km/hr)

Women vs Men

2010-01-16T07:39:00.001-08:00

World's first sex-robot named Roxie, or rather the first ...

2010-01-14T20:25:00.001-08:00

Stop staring please

2010-01-14T05:08:00.000-08:00

Awesome Pigs

2010-01-13T21:50:00.000-08:00

A comic explaining why pigs are the reigning champs of the animal kingdom, and you're kind of a giant ball of suck.

Source: theoatmeal

LEGO Trucks

2010-01-13T21:43:00.000-08:00

No Pants Subway Ride 2010

2010-01-13T21:37:00.000-08:00

Started in 2002, with just seven participants, the No Pants Subway Ride has turned into an international tradition. This year, people from 43 cities, in 16 countries joined their New York peers and boarded the subway in their undies.

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The Most Beautiful Woman in the World

2010-01-13T21:34:00.000-08:00

Supercool Eyeglasses Tatoo

2010-01-13T19:47:00.001-08:00

Bizarre Sky Burials

2010-01-13T19:38:00.001-08:00

A Day in the Internet

2010-01-11T01:03:00.000-08:00

Source: onlineeducation

What’s Changed This Decade (1999-2009)

2010-01-11T00:58:00.001-08:00

Source: onlineeducation

What's the actual risk of an airplane attack?

2010-01-11T00:54:00.000-08:00

Here's the definitive chart.

Source: fivethirtyeight

Iron Man 2 - Awesome War-Machine Costume

2010-01-05T06:43:00.000-08:00

Tomato Fight

2009-07-10T02:27:00.000-07:00

Russian Tornado

2009-07-10T02:16:00.001-07:00

Japan Claw Machine

2009-07-10T02:14:00.001-07:00