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|  | June 20th, 2012 | | Posted about 21 hours ago by  mental_floss to Holy Kaw! | | When I started researching the history of Animaniacs, I contacted creator Tom Ruegger to see if he could fill in some gaps. I expected a few sentences in response to my questions, but Mr. Ruegger sent back seven pages of awesomeness instead. So if you happen to be searching for the real story behind Animaniacs, you’re in the right place. In the Beginning The history of Animaniacs actually begins with Tiny Toon Adventures, another animated show from Warner Bros. and executive producer Steven Spielberg. After Tiny Toons became a huge success, Spielberg asked producer Tom Ruegger and his team to work on a follow-up cartoon. One idea Spielberg suggested was to make the popular Tiny Toons character Plucky Duck the star of the new show. Meanwhile, Ruegger had been developing characters based on the personalities of his three young sons. These two concepts were combined to create three brother ducks. However, the team soon realized that, between Disney’s Donald Duck, DuckTales, Darkwing Duck, and Warner Bros.’ own Daffy Duck, there were already plenty of animated waterfowl on the market. Spielberg agreed, but said they needed to come up with “a big marquee name” to help sell the show. Ruegger was inspired by the large “WB” logo on the water tower at the Warner Bros. studio. He proposed a group of siblings drawn in an animation style reminiscent of anthropomorphized animal characters from the 1930s, and called them the Warner Brothers. Although they have dog-like characteristics, the exact type of animal the Warners are meant to be is unknown. According to the show bible – a book filled with background information for the creative team on a TV show – their species is labeled as “Cartoonus Characterus.” For a brief period, there were four Warner siblings – Yakky, Smakky, Wakky, and little sister, Dot. As the studio artists honed the designs, Yakky became Yakko, and Smakky and Wakky were melded into Wakko. After getting clearance from the Warner estate to use the family name, the show was off and running. See the rest at mental_floss. All the top stories from mental_floss. | | | Posted about 14 hours ago by mental_floss to Holy Kaw! | | (But this isn't her. This is Rhea Lynne Conner from Monroe, Tenn. won a $5,000 college scholarship, a supply of snacks, a Madame Alexander Little Debbie 50th Anniversary doll and a $50 gift card for looking the most like Little Debbie at an event in Atlanta.) Betty Crocker might sound like someone’s mom or grandma who perfected family recipes in her kitchen at home, but she’s a total marketing fabrication. The same goes for Mrs. Butterworth. Though her personage may be featured on the company’s pancake syrup bottle, it’s rumored that the bottle-lady was modeled on actress Butterfly McQueen, not someone’s flour-covered mother or auntie. But Little Debbie? Little Debbie was real. See the rest at mental_floss. All the top stories from mental_floss. | | | | | Posted about 22 hours ago by  HowStuffWorks.com to Holy Kaw! | | Unassuming people enter the "Cash Cab" as simple passengers taking a normal taxi ride, only to be shocked when they discover that they’re instant contestants on Discovery Channel's innovative game show. Now, Discovery Channel is giving away $5,000 every month to lucky fans that have not had the chance to ride and win. Fans can go online to watch clips of their favorites Discovery networks’ shows and answer questions to win cash and bragging rights. Full list at HowStuffWorks.com. Total aggregation of HowStuffWorks.com. | | | Posted about 20 hours ago by  Tere to Conozca Más | | Actualmente, este lugar cuenta con un mirador desde el cual puede observarse una vista panorámica de Jerusalén. Desde ahí se ve la muralla que rodea a la Ciudad Vieja –que, por supuesto, no es la que existió en los tiempos en los que vivió Jesús– y las numerosas iglesias que forman parte de su superficie. Está por ejemplo, la de Santa María Magdalena –de los rusos ortodoxos y cuyas cúpulas son conocidas entre los locales como 'las cebollitas doradas'–, la Iglesia del Dominus Flevit –también conocida como la 'Iglesia de la lágrima'– y la Basílica de la Agonía –o de las Naciones, porque 12 países contribuyeron con fondos para su edificación–. Esta última está situada a un costado del Huerto de Getsemaní, donde Jesús oró por última vez y fue traicionado por Judas. Religiosamente hablando, el Monte de los Olivos es de especial importancia para el judaísmo y el cristianismo. Los primeros piensan que éste será el sitio donde aparecerá el Mesías para redimir a los muertos (recuerda que, para los judíos, Jesús no representa nada. Si acaso, un falso profeta). Y, por ello, en la zona hay un cementerio judío: los que ahí estén enterrados serán los primeros en alcanzar la redención. Por su parte, los cristianos piensan que, tras resucitar –la gruta de la resurrección ahora puede visitarse dentro de la Iglesia del Santo Sepulcro–, éste fue el sitio al que llegó Jesús y, desde aquí, subió al cielo.
Si te interesa leer algunos episodios sobre lo que vivió Jesús en estos lugares, consulta el Evangelio de San Juan, en el Nuevo Testamento. | | | Posted about 19 hours ago by  Futurity to Holy Kaw! | | Natural compounds in the peel of two different varieties of mango may help prevent the formation of fat cells. It’s not unusual for the outer skin of a fruit to have quite a different chemical composition to the flesh, says University of Queensland Professor Mike Gidley. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. | | | Posted about 19 hours ago by Futurity to Holy Kaw! | | Fifth grade math students’ mastery of fractions and division predicts their success in algebra and math in general, according to a new study. Embedded media -- click here to see it. "The clear message is that we need to improve instruction in long division and fractions, which will require helping teachers to gain a deeper understanding of the concepts that underlie these mathematical operations. At present, many teachers lack this understanding," says Robert Siegler of Carnegie Mellon University. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. | | | Posted about 19 hours ago by  Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! | | Controlling unwelcome houseguests is one of the challenges of summer, especially when they happen to be of the creepy-crawly variety, but rather than let a few slugs get him down, one man decided to give the slugs that kept invading his house more than they bargained for. We just wonder how he plans to deal with the ants… Full story at Reddit via Neatorama. The best slug wins. | | | Posted about 18 hours ago by Tere to Conozca Más | | ¿Con quién vivía Osama Bin Laden antes de ser asesinado? ¿Realmente planeaba matar al presidente Barack Obama? Este sábado 23 de junio a las 22:00 hrs, Discovery Channel presentará un especial de una hora que responderá a estas y otras preguntas y proporcionará el primer informe televisado sobre inteligencia actual clasificada, incautada el 2 de mayo de 2011 en la guarida de Osama Bin Laden en Abbottabad, Paquistán. En este programa se revelará la información obtenida por los Navy Seals durante la Operación Lanza de Neptuno: 10 discos duros, cinco computadoras, más de 15,000 documentos y entre 15,000 y 25,000 fragmentos de video. El equipo de inteligencia que trabajó en esta operación incluyó a un equipo de 200 analistas y 100 lingüistas. Para obtener la información que será presentada en el programa, la televisora –en conjunto con el corresponsal jefe de NBC News en el Pentágono– recibió una sesión informativa a cargo del especialista en contraterrorismo Jim Miklaszewski. En el programa podrán conocerse algunos detalles acerca del liderazgo de Bin Laden dentro de Al Qaeda, su relación con otros grupos terroristas, su estilo de vida, cómo logró evadir su captura durante tantos años y una visión de las conspiraciones que se cree que estaba maquinando. | | | Posted about 17 hours ago by Futurity to Holy Kaw! | | Tiny, discarded loops of genetic material called lariats may hold clues to how the body makes instructions for building proteins. The lariats, detected and studied by the hundreds for the first time at Brown University, are providing new insights into how the body transcribes DNA and splices (or mis-splices) those transcripts into the instructions needed for making proteins. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: Fotolia Photo credit: Fotolia | | | Posted about 16 hours ago by Futurity to Holy Kaw! | | People are at their happiest at retirement age and their most miserable in their geriatric years, according to a new study that shows how happiness changes over a lifetime. "Individuals over 55 no longer have unrealistic expectations of what their life will be like and simply enjoy their reasonable health and wealth, leading to a marked surge in happiness," says Tony Beatton, who worked with researchers at the University of Queensland. Full story at Futurity. More research news from top universities. Photo credit: Fotolia | | | Posted about 15 hours ago by  Garry Tan to Y Combinator Posterous | | With Facebook engineers, it appears the high-performance database apple doesn’t far fall from the tree. On Monday, former Facebookers Eric Frenkiel and Nikita Shamgunov (who also spent six years as a senior engineer on Microsoft SQL Server) launched a startup called MemSQL that seeks to speed relational databases by taking a page out of the Facebook playbook. The company has raised a $5 million in venture capital thus far from First Round Capital, IA Ventures, NEA, SV Angel, Y Combinator, Paul Buchheit, Ashton Kutcher, Max Levchin and Aaron Levie. Read the full story on GigaOm | | | Posted about 15 hours ago by Kate Rinsema to Holy Kaw! | | Tired of fielding calls from Mom and Dad every time they experience a technical snafu that you’ve already patiently explained? Well, so did “Child of the Technically Challenged” when they wrote in to Lifehacker requesting some much-needed advice, but before you completely lose patience, remember, they had to potty train you, and nothing ruins a day faster than another turd on the dining room floor. Set your expectations correctly Your parents are never going to be you. You've probably figured that one out by now, but when you're making suggestions or helping them through a problem, it's easy to forget… If they ask you for a recommendation for any kind of gadget, be sure to consider what works best for them rather than you. If they need help with a computer problem, help them with detailed steps. Talk it out like you're seeing it for the first time. You can't expect them to know all terms you've picked up over the years, even if they seem incredibly simple… Make a tutorial for every technical issue Whenever your parents have a technical issue, make a tutorial. (There's actually a site to help you do that called Teach Parents Tech.) You could even make a wiki or start a YouTube channel so they can easily refer back to every one you make—text, video, or otherwise… Full story at Lifehacker. Your turn to play parent. Photo credit: Fotolia | | | Posted about 13 hours ago by  Annie Colbert to Holy Kaw! | | The science behind a Slinky tumble includes things like static equilibrium and Hooke's law, but you don't need a degree in physics or Slinkology to appreciate the awesomeness of the coiled toy succumbing to gravity. Science video blog Veritasium teamed up with Australian science center Questacon to gather incredible slow-motion footage of the Slinky's levitation trick. Embedded media -- click here to see it. Via Kottke. Three cheers for science. | | | Posted about 13 hours ago by  Gerardo Torres to Conozca Más | | foto via Gamefraks Ya te platicamos de este juego. Ya te compartimos muchas fotos de Juliet y a partir de hoy el juego está disponible. Si quieres ganarte una copia, no dejes de buscar la trivia que publicamos en la Edición Especial de Sexo 2012 de Conozca Más. Si quieres saber más sobre este título entra a www.lollipopchainsaw.com, @lollipopchainsaw y facebook.com/lollipopchainsaw
De acuerdo con el comunicado de WB Interactive:
Desarrollado por GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE, dirigido por Goichi Suda (SUDA51), Lollipop Chainsaw es la historia de no muertos de la dulce y letal cazadora de zombis Juliet Starling. En su 18 cumpleaños, Juliet deberá encontrar la raíz de un brote de zombis colosal portando una motosierra. Juliet rebana, trocea y secciona para abrirse camino a través de multitud de muertos vivientes. Sin embargo, pronto se dará cuenta de que la multitud es sólo el acto de apertura de un festival de rock zombi decidido a acabar con ella.
Lollipop Chainsaw está repleto de talentos de Hollywood, como el director y guionista James Gunn (Super, Slither, Amanecer de los muertos, Tromeo y Julieta) y cuenta con un casting de voz impresionante; con Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville), Michael Rooker (Slither, The Walking Dead), Tara Strong (Batman: Arkham City), Shawnee Smith (Saw), Linda Cardelleni (Freaks and Geeks) y muchos más. El ingrediente final para este mix de estilo y humor grindhouse es la música, creada en colaboración con el aclamado compositor de música para videojuegos Akira Yamaoka y Jimmy Urine, de Mindless Self Indulgence. | | | | |
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