n. An event, etc, having tragic and comic elements.

Shame on you. It’s the lowest of humour and you shouldn’t be laughing. Oh, alright, there’s more.

Bicycle Built for Two Thousand. // At last, a horror film for vegans. // The shower curtain you’ve always wanted. // Tiny turntable. // Tetris HD. I dare you to play. // How to prevent piracy. // Boring to the ear, pleasing to the eye. // 4000 years of democracy in 90 seconds. // Testing is “racist,” claims Professor Lani Guinier, because “talent is equally distributed among all people.” (h/t, Maggie’s Farm) // More vintage Soviet posters. (h/t, Coudal) // Spy vibe. // “The inter-dimensional quest for a better you!” (h/t, B&W) // Unspeakably cheesy theme songs from 1960s Marvel cartoons. // Edible circuitry. // Scanned sandwiches. // The art of dirty cars. // Is it a hat? // And, via The Thin Man, it’s time to open The Ipcress File. 

Speaking of comic adaptations, here’s something for enthusiasts of incomprehensible kitsch. Marvel.com has unearthed episodes of the Japanese TV Spider-Man, or Toei no Supaidâ-Man, originally broadcast in 1978. The pilot episode is embedded below. It’s a heady mix of lobster monsters, giant robots, astro-archaeology and kung fu, and it’s not always easy to follow. You may want to bite down on something, possibly your own neck.

If the above is too rich to take in one sitting, you can always sample the trailer.

Oh, and cat lovers avert your eyes.

Now you can dress up like Astro Boy. Or Pikachu. Oh, there’s more. // Armour made of gel. // Self-assembling magnets. // Inside the collider. // Panoramic sunset, La Silla observatory, Chile. (h/t, Coudal) // Composite image of M82. // The Commodore 64. (1988) // Transparent appliances. // Transparent fish with tubular eyes. (h/t, Cronaca) // Apocryphal specimens. // Octopus chandeliers. // Flash drives of note. (h/t, Metrolander) // The MP3-grenade combo. // Robots! // Five moments of cinematic superheroism. // The secret lives of comic store employees. // Imaginary numbers. // 20 grim possible endings for Battlestar Galactica. // To hell with niceness. // Saturday Morning Watchmen. // And, via The Thin Man, it’s Mr John Barry.

A gallery of gulls with a taste for ice-cream. 

Run, children, run!