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isnerdy: fishingboatproceeds: onceuponanobsessedfan: John Green is like the Den Mother of...

Wed, 15 May 2013 19:30:43 +1000

fishingboatproceeds:

onceuponanobsessedfan:

John Green is like the Den Mother of tumblr

Tuck your shirts in and stop flirting with each other, tumblr!

Just kidding.

Continue flirting.

humdrumplumblr: feminerds: omelaas: nachttour: newvagabond: ...

Sun, 12 May 2013 21:45:34 +1000

humdrumplumblr:

feminerds:

omelaas:

nachttour:

newvagabond:

maxistentialist:

Tweenbots by Kacie Kinzer:

Given their extreme vulnerability, the vastness of city space, the dangers posed by traffic, suspicion of terrorism, and the possibility that no one would be interested in helping a lost little robot, I initially conceived the Tweenbots as disposable creatures which were more likely to struggle and die in the city than to reach their destination. Because I built them with minimal technology, I had no way of tracking the Tweenbot’s progress, and so I set out on the first test with a video camera hidden in my purse. I placed the Tweenbot down on the sidewalk, and walked far enough away that I would not be observed as the Tweenbot––a smiling 10-inch tall cardboard missionary––bumped along towards his inevitable fate.

The results were unexpected. Over the course of the following months, throughout numerous missions, the Tweenbots were successful in rolling from their start point to their far-away destination assisted only by strangers. Every time the robot got caught under a park bench, ground futilely against a curb, or became trapped in a pothole, some passerby would always rescue it and send it toward its goal. Never once was a Tweenbot lost or damaged. Often, people would ignore the instructions to aim the Tweenbot in the “right” direction, if that direction meant sending the robot into a perilous situation. One man turned the robot back in the direction from which it had just come, saying out loud to the Tweenbot, “You can’t go that way, it’s toward the road.”

The Tweenbot’s unexpected presence in the city created an unfolding narrative that spoke not simply to the vastness of city space and to the journey of a human-assisted robot, but also to the power of a simple technological object to create a complex network powered by human intelligence and asynchronous interactions. But of more interest to me, was the fact that this ad-hoc crowdsourcing was driven primarily by human empathy for an anthropomorphized object. The journey the Tweenbots take each time they are released in the city becomes a story of people’s willingness to engage with a creature that mirrors human characteristics of vulnerability, of being lost, and of having intention without the means of achieving its goal alone. As each encounter with a helpful pedestrian takes the robot one step closer to attaining it’s destination, the significance of our random discoveries and individual actions accumulates into a story about a vast space made small by an even smaller robot.

AwwWWWWWWAHHHHHHHHHHHH.

*weeps all over the place* I have robot feelings, okay?

Always reblog bot feels.

So many goddamn feels!

I grinned the whole time while reading this

izziesworldofizzie: Watched the original ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ movie and now all I want is...

Sun, 12 May 2013 19:30:34 +1000

izziesworldofizzie:

Watched the original ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ movie and now all I want is gifs of Donald Sutherland stepping dramatically into frame.

Once I get my computer I can probably do this…

geoducks: birdemic.gif

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:15:30 +1000

geoducks:

birdemic.gif

funny-pictures-uk: Slick..

Sat, 11 May 2013 21:45:20 +1000

funny-pictures-uk:

Slick..

Are we just gonna ignore how Zooey Deschanel aged 50 years in...

Sat, 11 May 2013 19:30:30 +1000

Are we just gonna ignore how Zooey Deschanel aged 50 years in that second gif or what

kentuckydarby: She looks so surprised at what happened what the...

Sat, 11 May 2013 17:15:28 +1000

kentuckydarby:

She looks so surprised at what happened

what the fuck did she think was gonna happen when she hit the wall with a hammer?

Izzie's World Of Izzie: greencristina: greencristina: looneyvoltage: oohtheyhavenibbles: I...

Fri, 10 May 2013 21:45:17 +1000

Izzie's World Of Izzie: greencristina: greencristina: looneyvoltage: oohtheyhavenibbles: I...:

greencristina:

greencristina:

looneyvoltage:

oohtheyhavenibbles:

I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT GLOSTER CANARIES AND I’M GONNA CRY LOOKIT THEM

THEY HAVE BOWLCUTS

BOWLCUTS

LOOK AT THAT SMUG LITTLE FUCKER WITH HIS FUCKING BOWLCUT

I feel he needs a matching…

Photo

Fri, 10 May 2013 19:30:16 +1000

ahuttoftea: boosterbeetle: middy-booty: lilfaux: that-darn-hy...

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:15:15 +1000

ahuttoftea:

boosterbeetle:

middy-booty:

lilfaux:

that-darn-hyena:

skully-pens:

cosmicremix:

tordles:

thingsthatsuckass:

marcovicci:

ah yes. my gender is blue with pink leg

so this is killing me cause my mind immediately thought.

and this is why im not allowed to be part of actual serious discussions.

i DONT UNDERSTAND THIS AT ALL I KEEP IMAGINING

I feel particularly close to this one:

THIS POST GET’S MORE FUCKIN HILARIOUS EVERY TIME I SEE IT!

I made a thing aswell.

So scandalous~

I’m so done right now

how can you have a female tummy tho

IT GOT BETTER!!

I see what you did there Mr “how can you have a female tummy tho”. Begging someone to draw a pregnant man. Very clever…

yourroyalpenis: Apparently some of my friends think I’m funny.

Thu, 09 May 2013 21:45:25 +1000

yourroyalpenis:

Apparently some of my friends think I’m funny.

top ten favorite alison brie’s photos: #07

Thu, 09 May 2013 19:30:25 +1000

top ten favorite alison brie’s photos: #07

emilylikesaliens: u-ok: thelinesgoingsouth: Clint Eastwood...

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:15:39 +1000

emilylikesaliens:

u-ok:

thelinesgoingsouth:

Clint Eastwood (The Gorillaz cover)

This, people. This is what bad ass sounds like.

iS THIS EVEN REAL AM I ALIVE IM CRYING THIS IS OS GREA8T

Whaaaaaa this is just. great.

kunamathesilverfilly: Australians can’t play the ‘have you...

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:45:31 +1000

kunamathesilverfilly:

Australians can’t play the ‘have you ever’ game…

ladragonaria: fuckyeah1990s: Eventually I’m going to gif every...

Wed, 08 May 2013 19:30:30 +1000

ladragonaria:

fuckyeah1990s:

Eventually I’m going to gif every joke Carlos tells on Magic School Bus…

Keisha looks like she is 1000% done with Carlos and his… ANT-ics.

I think Carlos was my rolemodel when I was growing up or something.