#richard spikes

[readyforevolution]

In 1932, Richard B. Spikes received a patent for an automatic car gear shift. Major companies welcomed his inventions. Its patent #1889,814.

By the time he created the automatic safety brake in 1962, Spikes was losing his vision. To complete the device, he first created a drafting machine for blind designers. The machine would soon be used in almost every school bus nationwide.

These are other inventions by Richard B. Spikes:

railroad semaphore (1906)

automatic car washer (1913)

automobile directional signals (1913)

beer keg tap (1910)

self-locking rack for billiard cues (1910)

continuous contact trolley pole (1919)

combination milk bottle opener and cover (1926)

method and apparatus for obtaining average samples and temperature of tank liquids (1931)

automatic gear shift (1932)

transmission and shifting thereof (1933)

automatic shoe shine chair (1939)

multiple barrel machine gun (1940)

horizontally swinging barber chair (1950)

automatic safety brake (1962)

[hexhomos]

If we never get a scene of arc!viktor asking jayce to join him in his big villainous granola pyramid scheme because 'they need each other' then that tv show truly lost. Viktor asks jayce to join him in both the 2011 & 2015 tellings of their game bios and it is SUCH a staple of doomreed multiverse stories.

My expectations are, as always, on the floor, but you should feel personally offended if we're robbed again. like thats personal homophobia

[frogaroundandfindout]

You know those mother fuckers that identify busts of Alexander the Great by his middle part and curls?

THATS HOW I FEEL IDENTIFYING DICK GRAYSON IN BATFAM ART

[cinemachronicles]

Lily’s Movie Challenge (12/370): Do The Right Thing (1989)

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[skullislandproductions]

Giving Barney Bear the star treatment! Happy 85th birthday. “The Bear Who Couldn’t Sleep” June 10th, 1939.

[shinigami-striker]

Richard Steven Horvitz | Monday, 07.29.24

Same voice actor, different video game characters - featuring Richard Steven Horvitz. Happy birthday! 🎂

2005

Kakeru/Spike - Ape Escape: On the Loose (video game)

Rzz (Psychonauts) - Psychonauts (2005 video game)

2011

Kaos (Skylanders) - Skylanders series (video games/Skylanders Academy) (2011-2018)

2020

Lani-Loli - Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (2020 video game)/Crash Team Rumble (2023 video game)

2023

Daggett Beaver/Zim - Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (2023 video game)

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[ladykardasi]

My Blorbos...

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[nabakovian]

films that are classics to me: part 3

just saw someone else do this but i'm making a running list of movies that are classics To Me (a mix of movies that are widely considered classics and movies that no one on god's green earth cares about except me)

full list on letterboxd

1. elvira: mistress of the dark (dir. james signorelli)

2. dead ringers (dir. david cronenberg)

3. do the right thing (dir. spike lee)

4. the fly (dir. david cronenberg)

5. twilight zone: the movie (dir. steven spielberg)

6. scanners (dir. david cronenberg)

7. the last waltz (dir. martin scorsese)

8. jeanne dielman, 23 quai du commerce, 1080 bruxelles (dir. chantal akerman)

9. black christmas (dir. bob clark)

10. female prisoner #701: scorpion (dir. shunya itō)

11. lake mungo (dir. joel anderson)

12. juno (dir. jason reitman)

13. little miss sunshine (dir. valerie faris)

14. school of rock (dir. richard linklater)

15. house of 1000 corpses (dir. rob zombie)

16. mulholland drive (dir. david lynch)

17. ginger snaps (dir. john fawcett)

18. in the mood for love (dir. wong kar-wai)

19. but i'm a cheerleader (dir. jamie babbit)

20. final destination (dir. james wong)

21. lake placid (dir. steve miner)

22. the blair witch project (dir. eduardo sanchez)

23. the truman show (dir. peter weir)

24. matilda (dir. danny devito)

25. jumanji (dir. joe johnston)

26. natural born killers (dir. quentin tarantino)

27. addams family values (dir. barry sonnenfeld)

28. twin peaks: fire walk with me (dir. david lynch)

29. basic instinct (dir. peter verhoeven)

30. my cousin vinny (dir. jonathan lynn)

[greensparty]

This Month In History - July Part 1

This month there's so many pop culture landmark anniversaries to the point where I needed to do a part 1 and part 2. Here is part 1 of what I celebrate this month in history:

July 1, 1979: Sony releases the walkman

On this day in 1979 the first ever walkman was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2019. Happy 45 walkman!

July 2, 1999: Summer of Sam opens

In July 1999, one of Spike Lee's most underrated movies was released. The fictional narrative film looks back at the Summer of 1977 in NYC as a Bronx neighborhood becomes paranoid about the Son of Sam murders and begin suspecting one of their own as the killer. It also showed the way that you could be at a disco in NYC and then within minutes be at a punk club. I loved the cast and the way that Lee showed the paranoia growing within this group, not unlike that Twilight Zone with the neighbors getting suspicious. Happy 25th SOS!

July 3, 2004: Before Sunset opens

In July 2004, one of the greatest sequels ever made was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2019. Happy 20th BS!

July 5, 1989: Seinfeld premieres

In July 1989, the pilot episode of Seinfeld aired on NBC. Here is my piece I wrote in 2014. Happy 35th Seinfeld!

July 9, 1999: American Pie opens

In July 1999, one of the funniest movies of 1999 opened. Here is my piece I wrote in 2014. Happy 25th AP!

July 6, 1964: A Hard Day's Night opens in the U.K. and July 10, 1964: A Hard Day's Night soundtrack

In July 1964, the soundtrack to the aforementioned Beatles movie was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2019. Happy 60th AHDN album!

July 11, 2014: Boyhood opens

In July 2014, Richard Linklater's epic 12 years in the making was released. The MA premiere took place at the 2014 IFFBoston, where my doc Life on the V: The Story of V66 had its World Premiere. To know my film was under the same umbrella as Linklater was truly an honor and when I saw it I was blown away. He had the creativity, patience and vision to show a boy ACTUALLY growing up over the course of 12 years. I named it my #1 Movie of 2014 and also my #1 Movie of the 2010s decade. This is also a movie with a great deal of truths that I find myself referencing frequently. Happy 10 Boyhood!

July 14, 1969: Easy Rider opens

In July 1969, one of the great 1960s movies was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2019. Happy 55th ER!

July 14, 1999: The Blair Witch Project opens

In July 1999, the high standard of all found footage movies was released. Here is my piece I wrote in 2014. Happy 25th TBWP!

Stay tuned for Part 2 of This Month in History for July.

[randomrichards]

PROBLEMISTA:

Timid toymaker

Works for deranged art critic

Level 10 quirky

[skullislandproductions]

Bugs Bunny turns the tables on Yosemite Sam (General Pandemonium) in this scene from “Carrotblanca” 1995 directed by Doug McCarthy. I animated a couple of long scenes where Bugs does a quick change into several different characters in order to keep Sam off balance. Bugs is pictured here, as a cigar chomping cop in the interrogation room.

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