Things I Think Are Kinda Cool

This year was sort of crazy, right?  Try not to think too much about it…Happy NYE!

Is it possible to get an adrenaline rush while sitting at your computer? Press play and find out…

-via @brainpicker

A stylishly edited ski trek through the burbs:

-via Kottke

It’s not always about romantic bridges and pommes frites…on my last trip to Paris, it seemed like every time I turned a corner I discovered another kick-ass piece of street art.  Voila:

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Seeing the Northern Lights in person is near the top of my Bucket List, but I never knew what it actually was…until now:

-via Brain Pickings

Eve Fielding, from Kent in the UK, didn’t think anything was special about the little sunflower growing in her garden…until it kept growing…and growing…and growing. Now this monster is 23 feet tall, about to break the world record of 26 feet 4 inches.  I know it’s technically a beautiful flower, but it’s only a matter of time until it screams “Feed me, Seymour!” and starts belting out show-tunes.

- via Daily Mail

In Sicily, the volcano Mount Etna sometimes blows circles with its smoke.

-via Presurfer

Showoff.

The Yurikamome Rail Transit connects the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Odaiba.  Photographer AppuruPai created these stunning images of the railway by using loooooooong exposure shots.  Wow.

-via Today and Tomorrow

Check out more of AppuruPai’s beautiful photos here.

I feel like the Hammer Pants of the 90s were glossed over…but this was made in East London, so maybe they skipped those fashion milestones on that side of the Atlantic.  Can’t touch this:

-via Buzzfeed

Preview to the Zombie-pocalypse: