by Hoke » Wed Jun 30, 2010 12:17 pm
Sorry, Melissa.
The site is "Stumbleupon", and I guess it's one of those 'you have to be registered to access' things.
Stumbleupon is one of the more intriguing developments coming out of the whole democratized anarchy of the internet. Basically, when you sign up (free), you indicate as many interests as you wish, then whenever you open the site some sort of algorithmic thing pops up a page you might be interested in. If not, you just click and something else comes up, then something else, then something else.
It's sorta-kinda random generated series of things---but not entirely random.
Magnificent timewaster too...but you come across some of the strangest, weirdest, and most amusing stuff.
This is a strange---and rather gruesome in content---series of old photos showing some Russians lovingly getting a piglet drunk on something in a Russian bottle---looked like wine to me---then putting him in a padded cradle and harness, sealing it in a large ball, then shooting it out of a large mortar-like cannon, replete with scientist-types and grim men in Russian military uniforms scribbling on official clipboards. Finally, in the last photo, the pig walks (staggers?) out of the opened ball, apparently okay, if a little befuddled. Like I said, kinda cruel, but weird. Funny thing is, they give you a close up of the bottle they were sousing the pig with. :^) Hey, maybe someone out there reads Cyrillic and will mention what it is.
