As long as it doesn’t cause a resonance cascade in the anomalous materials test chamber, we should be fine…

You can’t make stuff like this up. A piece of a baguette dropped by a passing bird caused a shutdown at the CERN Large Hadron Collider.

The bird dropped some bread on a section of outdoor machinery, eventually leading to significant over heating in parts of the accelerator. The LHC was not operational at the time of the incident, but the spike produced so much heat that had the beam been on, automatic failsafes would have shut down the machine.

This incident won’t delay the reactivation of the facility later this month, but exposes yet another vulnerability of the what might be the most complex machine ever built. With freak accident after freak accident piling up over at CERN, the idea of time traveling particles returning from the future to prevent their own discovery is beginning to seem less and less far fetched.

The LHC is scheduled to be reactivated later this month. The bread incident won’t affect those plans.

Could be a sign, from above? Get it?

You may have to lose once to figure out how the game Drench works, but then it’s a lot of fun! Select your next color to make your paint splotch bigger, and try to cover the entire floor in paint. You only have a certain number of moves for each level.

I’m hooked on this simple yet effective game. Try it.

Makes me wanna stroke a wookie. NERD-GASM!!!

Here’s an on-set shot of Carrie Fisher in her iconic “bikini Leia” mode, along with her stunt double Tracy Eddon, catching some rays during the filming of Return of the Jedi – Yuma-April 1982

A million Star Wars geeks just made this their wallpaper.

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I was watching the J.J. Abrams Star Trek special features last night where it was mentioned that he was inspired by Star Wars and wanted to change Star Trek’s pace to accommodate a Star Trek film that was more upbeat. Funny that. “If Star Wars is rock & roll, then Star Trek is classical…” At the end of the day it’s all good Science Fiction

Pretty much everyone involved in this film/album has gone onto great things.

The artist formerly known as Prince is a powerhouse in the music industry and at the time was at his creative peak.

This film centres around Prince and his story but is stretched out into an 80’s funk/pop musical drama that captures the music revolution that was taking place at the time.

Not a film for everyone, but I enjoyed it. I think I liked it because it was a time when it was safe to be strange.

Purple Rain is a 1984 musical film directed by Albert Magnoli and written by Magnoli and William Blinn. Prince stars in this movie, which was developed to showcase his particular talents. The film earned US$68.4 million (2009 dollars US$140,017,340) at the box office and became a cult classic.

“The Kid” (Prince) is an aspiring and talented, but troubled Minneapolis musician with a difficult home life. He meets a singer named Apollonia (Apollonia Kotero), and they become involved in an untidy romance.

The plot centers on Prince trying not to repeat the pattern of his abusive alcoholic father, played by Clarence Williams III (famous at the time for his role as Lincoln Hayes on The Mod Squad), and keep his band, The Revolution, and his relationship with Apollonia, together. His main antagonist is fellow musician Morris Day and his group The Time.

With Diseny’s aquisition of Marvel properties, I am hoping we don’t ever actually see anything like this. I mean it’s good for a laugh, but I like many others, am weeping a little on the inside…

As most of you have probably heard, Disney agreed to purchase Marvel  for a whopping $4 billion dollars. We were excited to hear about this promising partnership, but were especially interested in what type of babies the Disney and Marvel characters would make. After some intensive research and breeding, here are the results.

Some of these are ok. Some are, err…

View more awesome hybrid characters courtesy of Worth1000

Coupon cutting and special savings can drastically cut the grocery bill. This woman sounds like she’s got the process down to a fine art, so good on her.

Right after a Guy Fawkes spending spree as well. HA! Practically burning money indeed.

First things first; what is the Big Day Out? Well it is only the biggest annual music festival New Zealand has got; hosting some of the coolest and biggest names in music to date! And it really is, choice!

BIG DAY OUT BANNER COMPETITION

C4 and the Big Day Out have once again teamed up to give one lucky Big Day Out ticket holder the chance to take 14 mates along to the Big Day Out to enjoy the day in their very own corporate box!

TO ENTER

To enter get creative and design a totally kick-ass banner that’s really gonna grab people’s attention. Include a C4 logo, the Big Day Out logo and the phrase, “C4 Take Me To The BDO.”

Beautifying complete – whack it up some place where hundreds (if not thousands) of people will see it. Then take a photo of your creation and upload it using our entry form.

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What have you got to lose kiwis – GO FOR IT!

Practically burning money.

You’re G’d Damn Right!

Yet another reason why Japan is cool: they have Gundam bars! Drinks named after Gundam characters, that’s over 300 models!

Since its opening in June this year, Axis has been gaining popularity among fans for its display of nearly 300 plastic models and cocktails named after popular characters.

Worst-case-scenario, someone gets drunk and plays the models like dominos HA! 

Fans of the TV anime series “Mobile Suit Gundam” gather at bar “Axis” in Kobe’s Chuo Ward. Since its opening in June this year, Axis [dubbed the “Gundam Bar”] has been gaining popularity among fans for its display of nearly 300 plastic models and cocktails named after popular characters. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the launch of the anime series.

The Prince Of Darkness is finally knighted. Although I was under the assumption he always had knighthood:

On October 30th, actor Christopher Lee was knighted by Prince Charles on behalf of the Queen for his services to drama and charity. It couldn’t happen to a more awesome actor.

Lee’s 60+ film and theater career covers every genre, and by all accounts he is incredibly nice, humble, and very likely the pretentious actor of his immense stature that ever was. This has been long overdue. Congratulation, Sir Christopher! [via The British Monarchy]