Posts Tagged ghost my senses 2009

Robot WTF: Amorphous Autonomous Breathing Body Pillows… for The Future?

Posted by mistergroonk in Art, Robots, The Future on October 7, 2009

What they tell us:

Based on EAP-technology “Funktionide” is a concept for an emotional robot that substitutes human contact. In a future where technology will play a huge part in our lifes it is very likely that some day it will shift from satisfiying our basic funtional needs to include our emotional needs as well.

And the day came when making out with Gloop or Gleep was “okay” in the eyes of the world. On this day we stopped the world and got off.

(via boingboing)

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Ugly Cat is Ugly, Too Loved To Notice

Posted by mistergroonk in Animals, USA on October 4, 2009

His full name is Ugly Bat Boy.

Ugly Bat BoyWorkers said many people who come into the building can’t really believe what they’re seeing. But they said despite appearances, Bat Boy has a nice disposition and real inner beauty.

“The impression from clients that come in is he’s not real because he just sits so still, and when he does move, he scares them, but they think he’s mesmerizing,” Hartnett said.

The office staff was getting so many questions about the cat that they put up a couple of fliers saying he’s about 8 years old and perfectly normal in every way — just ugly.

What the article also mentions is that UBB is a survivor. This is something we appreciate in all creatures big and small.

(via @mattstaggs)

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Costumes for the Wicked: Be Jonathan Coulton for Halloween

Posted by mistergroonk in Holiday, LOL, Music on October 2, 2009

The costuming has arrived! This is the first of many.

What in the hell do you think you’re doing internet?–@jonathoncoulton

What indeed, Internet?

For those of you unsure who in the hell Jonathan Coulton is and why he is important, we point a kind finger to his official site and his TheSixtyOne profile(for more listening pleasures).

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Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Precocious Mystery Solvers, Meddlers

Posted by mistergroonk in Holiday, Television, Video on October 1, 2009

October 1st is here and what was once Ghost My Senses* becomes simply The Halloween Edition. All this month we’ll feature a post per day, every day. Each bit shall explore the monstrous, frightening, nostalgic, violent, Halloween-y or just plain creepifying corners of Internet life. At least they will be when we’re done with them.

Let’s begin, yes?:

The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries TV Show Opening Theme

As a young groonk, we partook of mystery novels. Encyclopedia Brown was the favorite. EB was also the only series available in the public elementary school library the law forced us to attend. This did not detract from Brown’s awesome in our young eyes.

Then came afternoon mystery TV. The Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys mysteries were one step above your basic Saturday morning Scooby Doo adventures. Three guesses whose ass was plopped on the living room floor in the middle of the day.
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