Archive for October, 2005
What’s That on the Floor?
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Bathroom for the Inseparable Couple.
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One Handed Clock.
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What’s so special about this clock? Designed by Benjamin Franklin (when life’s pace is slower than it is today) it only has one hand and measures time in 15 minutes increment! Link |
Driving Too Fast, Perhaps?
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Morons Pose with Loot, then Arrested.
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What did two bank robbers do after they pulled off a bank robbery? Why, they took pictures of themselves with the loot, of course!
Link (via Our Strange World) |
Where Spidey Goes Tinkle.
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Cowboy Boot Chair.
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What to get your favorite cowboy? How about a cowboy boot chair!
If that’s not kitsch, I don’t know what is! Link |
Lego Guitar.
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Why You Should Drive Carefully Here.
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Butterfly Bug.
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Sawaya’s Cool Lego Creations.
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Nathan Sawaya has created a lot of table top and large sculptures, mosaics, and other nifty stuff from lego bricks. Link |
Scream Re-enacted by Bunnies in 30 Seconds.
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The movie "Scream" in 30 seconds and re-enacted by bunnies. Link
Don’t miss other movies re-enacted in 30 seconds, again, by bunnies. Link They’re awesome! (via growabrain) |
World’s First Video Recorder.
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That’s Ampex VRX-1000, the world’s first commercial videotape recorder. It debuted in 1951 at a cost of $50,000! Link (via Unique Daily) |
Nitsche’s Conceptual Photos.
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Dave Nitsche’s conceptual photos are sometimes witty, sometimes surprising, but always interesting. Link |
Nano-Microscopy of a Butterfly Wing.
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Sergei Kalinin of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Alexei Gruverman of North Carolina State University have created a new electromechanical imaging technique. They used tiny blasts of sound to probe the surface and subsurface of delicate biological materials (for example, wing of a butterfly). This new "nanoscope" can also visualize things at the level of a single molecule. Link |
Burger Bike.
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Solar Death Ray.
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Solar Death Ray is built with over 100 mirrors to focus the sun’s ray into a deadly beam. Link |
Stairway Illusion.
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Stretch Mini.
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If They Had Mated: Simpsons Edition.
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For more Springfield if-they-mated fun, see: Link |
Would You Have Invested in This Company?
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Would you have invested with these people in 1978? No? You should - it’s Microsoft. Link |
Funny Money From Around the World.
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Huh? Antarctica has a currency? Turns out they’re made by The Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office Ltd in Custer, Washington to raise funds for various scientific projects in Antarctica. Link See also Ron Wise’ AMAZING collection of over 10,000 paper money from all over the world. Link |
noitulovE.
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In a cheeky ad for Guinness called "noitulovE" (get it? No? You’ll get it when you see the ad), see what happened to these 3 drinking buddies.
One of the best ads I’ve seen in a long while. Link (via BoingBoing) |
Meanings of Symbols.
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Symbols.com has hobo signs from around the world.
No. 1 (French): "Here they give you food if you work well" No. 2 (US): "Here they’ll rough you up" Actually this cool website has many, many more definition of all kinds of symbols. Link |
Tiny Baby.
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Camille Allen made these amazingly detailed and life-like tiny babies from polymer clay (no, actually not marzipan). Link (Thanks Kandra!) |
Dr. Angry and Mr. Smiles
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Take a look at the pictures above - the left is Dr. Angry and the right is Mr. Smiles. Now, back away from your screen but keep on looking - see how the characters swap over? (via Link) |
The Game of (Mushroom) Life.
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Play the Game of Life (invented by John Conway in 1970 to illustrate cellular automaton) in this neat mushroom variation! Link |
Minaret at Jam, Afghanistan.
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The Minaret at Jam in Afghanistan was built in the 12th century. It stands alone in a remote valley surrounded by barren mountains. The tower is decorated with calligraphy and is accented with turquise ceramics. For more awesome pictures of places you’ll probably won’t get to visit (Afghanistan, Bhutan, Cambodia, North Korea and so on), see: Link |
Stupid Videos.
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If it’s a stupid, amazing, or funny video clip, chances are StupidVideos got it. Link |
Jordan’s Photos of Our Consumptive Society.
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Chris Jordan documents our penchant for consumption via his photo. The one you’re seeing above is (probably perfectly good) cell phones, all thrown away. Link |
