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Meatwater
Meatwater is dinner in a bottle. It comes in a variety of colors and flavors to satisfy any palate. And whether you seek simple nutrition or serious energy enhancement, MeatWater delivers. MeatWater creates a product in the marketplace that fulfills the desire for streamlined sustenance while embracing your inner carnivore.
Meatwater is available in the flavors Beef Jerky, Beef Stroganof, Cheese Burger, Chicken Teriyaki, Dirty Hot Dog, Fish'n Chips, Hungarian Gulash, Italian Sausage, Peking Duck, Tandoori Chicken, Texas BBQ, and Wiener Schnitzel.
Test Your Breath
Check your breath by breathing into the microphone on your computer. No microphone? No problem. Just type in what you last ate.
Test Your Breath.
You're Not Smart
Does your PHP network have double back-end XHTML redundancy? Is your PDA hard drive triple access enabled for Wi-Fi management? If you don't have end-point security in your adaptive architecture strategy, then you need us.
You don't understand things like Continuous Network Access Compliance Upload Speed (even though you pretend like you do at parties when people talk about it). You don't understand these things because you're not smart. But that's OK. We're smart. You can trust us.
If you hire us, you'll never see us in person. We might respond to your emails from time-to-time, but usually not. It's not that we're too busy to talk to you, it's just that your emails are usually so stupid that we're too busy laughing about them with everyone in the office.
MapJack
MapJack is like Google StreetView but with better quality. MapJack is a privately held company founded in 2006, a small team dedicated to high quality Immersive Street-Side Imagery.
MapJack's on a mission, on foot, by car, and by boat. Their coverage area doesn't stop street-side, they also include walking areas such as Parks, Universities and famous walking streets.
San Francisco was MapJack's starting point, and Sausalito and Chiang Mai in Thailand have been added. Coming soon are Lake Tahoe, Yosemite National Park, Pacifica, Palo Alto, San Jose, and Las Vegas.
17 Brilliant 404 Pages And Why They Are Cool
When you end up following a dead or incorrect link or mistype a URL, you are likely to end up on a 404 error page. It doesn't have to be a bad experience, though.
Here are 17 of the best 404 pages.
Home Schooled
Home Schooled is a comics series by American artist Ash Jackson.
Co-writing by Silas Jackson.
The Presurfer will feature a Home Schooled cartoon every Monday. This is an absolute exclusive cooperation between The Presurfer and Ash Jackson.
Home Schooled is more or less a reflection of the wacky and occasionally interesting adventures of the artist, Ash Jackson, himself, with the aid of his friends, family, and other cohorts.
Title: They call him 'Dylan, Satan-puncher.'
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The Laziest Camgirl Ever
Times were when a 'camgirl' had to do something to attract attention. Talk, walk around or whatever. This Japanese-American girl (or at least I think that's what she is) does absolutely nothing. Twenty-one year old MRirian, as she calls herself, just stares into the camera.
Still, in the past two months this 35 second video had 2,879,908 views. Maybe it's because she's so damn cute.
(thanks Marcella)
Photo Fakery
Like it or not, fake images are everywhere and have become a part of today's culture. Thanks to the popularity of digital cameras and the availability of desktop imaging software that allows users to easily manipulate images, fake images have become commonplace, especially on the Internet.
A fake image can be defined as an image of an object or scene that wasn't captured as the image would imply. In general, fake images are created to generate a deception, but not all fake images are bad. Identifying fake images can be straightforward if you know a few tricks.
Korean Drummer Steals The Show
I don't know the name of the band, the name of the song, or when this was recoreded. But watch the drummer.
(via Neatorama)
Guy Who Says 'Previously On Heroes' Wishes He Was Guy Who Says 'Previously On Lost'
David Cavanaugh, best known as the guy who says 'Previously on Heroes' at the beginning of the hit NBC program, revealed to reporters that his true career ambition is to become the guy who says 'Previously on Lost' on the popular ABC show Lost.
Sardoodledom
Is that a word? Yes, it is! The definition of sardoodledom is 'mechanically contrived plot structure and stereotyped or unrealistic characterizations in drama.' In another word, melodrama.
Eleven year old Kennyi Aouad became a crowd favorite after he couldn't stop laughing when he was given this word. He could hardly believe it when he spelled the word correctly.
The Ten Most Unreasonable Parking Fines Of All Time
Most drivers vent a little steam when they get a parking ticket - and the number who appeal successfully proves they're often right to be annoyed.
But a new list of the most ridiculous parking tickets ever issued shows that almost nothing will stop the determined parking warden from slapping a ticket on a vehicle.
Killer Fish Terrifies Britain
A savage fish more terrifying than a piranha has been caught in Britain for the first time - sparking fears of a deadly invasion. The vicious giant snakehead eats everything it comes across and has even been reported to kill people.
The monster - from south-east Asia - has a mouth crammed with fearsome teeth, can 'crawl' on land and survive out of water for up to four days. It is feared the fish had been smuggled in for an aquarium and then illegally released.
A Victim Treats His Mugger Right
Social worker Julio Diaz is my hero.
What a great story.
(via kottke)
The Most Depressing Watch Ever
This watch has been dubbed the 'Accurate' not so much for its abilities to keep accurate time, but for its reminder about our inevitable demise.
The Accurate watch continuously alerts us to the fact that life is short and that we should strive to seize the day.
Dropclock
Dropclock is an aesthetically intriguing motion clock screensaver. Every minute of real time is numerically expressed with heavy Helvetica dropping into water in super slow-motion.
Thriving Office
Home businesses know they must seem successful to become successful. So they play Thriving Office while on the phone.
This valuable CD, which is filled with the sounds people expect to hear from an established company, provides instant credibility.
Thriving Office contains the sounds of voices, phones, computers, and much more. One 39-minute track is 'Busy' and the other is 'Very Busy.'
(via J-Walk Blog)
20 Pareidolia And Apparitions: Clouds, Mars And Jesus
You've alle heard of the 'Face on Mars,' the 'Mother Teresa Cinnamon,' or the 'Twin Towers Demon.' Things that look like other things are often referred to as pareidolia.
A vague stimulus from an image or sound is being perceived as significant. A slight pattern in an object is perceived in our brain and linked to something we know in real life, such as a face or a religious symbol.
Here's a list of the top 20 things that look like things.
The Job
The Job is a comedic short film written and directed by Jonathan Browning. Taking a humorous look at the immigration debate, The Job pokes fun at a political hot-button issue.
(via Everlasting Blort)
Scientists Aim For Origami Space Flight
Japanese scientists and origami masters hope to launch a paper airplane from space and learn from its trip back to Earth. It's no joke. A prototype passed a durability test in a wind tunnel this month, Japan's space agency adopted it Wednesday for feasibility studies, and a well-known astronaut is interested in participating.
In the picture above, a 2.8 inches long and 2 inches wide Space Shuttle-shaped paper plane is seen in a wind tunnel before a durability test at a Tokyo University laboratory.
Water - H2O = Life
Water is a common chemical substance that is essential to all known forms of life. In typical usage, water refers only to its liquid form or state, but the substance also has a solid state, ice, and a gaseous state, water vapor. About 1,460 teratonnes of water covers 71% of the Earth's surface, mostly in oceans and other large water bodies.
Employed by cultures around the world in rituals and ceremonies, water bathes us from birth to death. Water is essential to life as we know it.
The Cosmic People Of Light Powers
Ivo A. Benda is the leader of a strange Chech movement called the Cosmic People of Light Powers. What he has to say is weird, very weird!People! Saurians from the dark worlds want to put chips into your bodies and enslave you like pitiful puppets!!! They already nowadays manipulate your thoughts and acts from 90 percent by means of remote controlled waves!
Ouch!
Some Canadian Global news reporter thinks the bottom of a sledding hill is a great place to do his broadcast. He was wrong. Or, in his own words: 'That was a bad idea.'
(via Optical Poptitude)
TV-B-Gone: Turn Off Any TV
TV-B-Gone is a universal remote control that is designed not only to turn TVs on and off, but also to enhance your life. You control when you see, rather than what you see.
The TV-B-Gone device is so small that it easily fits in your pocket, so that you have it handy whenever you need it wherever you go: airports, bars, restaurants, laundromats, etc.
The Supra Glacial Stream
Matt Nolan, a professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, spends most of his time studying the changes in glaciers and his projects range from hydrology, limnology, and science outreach, to glaciology, which is his favorite.
Meltwater on the surface of the glaciers drains into small streams that feed into this large one, which has melted itself several meters into the glacier. The stream ends in a moulin - a more or less vertical shaft carrying this melted-water to the bottom of the glacier. Falling into this stream is not advised.
18 Foods That Make Your Skin Glow
Top skin creams average about $400 an ounce (and you thought gas was expensive!), yet most offer little proof that they do half of what they promise. Want to save a bundle and improve your skin?
Load your shopping cart with nutrients that research has shown to have skin-hydrating, sun-protecting, and even wrinkle-preventing powers. Here's a grocery list of best foods for your skin.
Graves With A 'Memorial Window'
Memorial Japanese stone maker Ishinokoe will soon begin producing grave stones with QR codes embedded in them.
They are calling the concept Kuyou no Mado, roughly meaning 'Memorial Service Window,' as visitors can scan the code with their mobiles and get information on the deceased.
Contents can include pictures, video, family information, and other items. While using a QR code for this may actually seem a bit outdated in a country of burgeoning RFID technology, they are simple and will likely be readable by generations of future devices.
Visual Acoustics
Visual Acoustics is a concept for interactive expression. A canvas to paint reactive music and vision as a real-time artistic performace.
Brushes are painted across the screen, each consisting of an instrument (piano, violin, flute, guitar, harp, strings, bass, tenor sax) and accompanying visual. The position of the mouse pointer on the screen determines which instrumental note the brush paints onto the screen.
(via Ursi's Blog)
Night Photos Of Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch
Jonathan Haeber shot some truly amazing night photos of Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch.
(via Weird Blogs)
Survivor Lie Detector Game
Can you tell a true story from a tall tale? Here's your chance to (im)prove your prowess. Drag a Survivor onto the skull, then watch both short videos and guess which is true.
Guess wrong, and one of your four torches gets snuffed. If you finish the Survivor Lie Detector Game with at least one of your torches still burning, you'll unlock special bonus footage.
(via One Click)
Frozen Frogs
Frogs that survive freezing excite our imagination with visions of immortality. Underlining this excitement is the unexpected: our experience tells us that freezing kills. We've all read news stories of people who have lost fingers or toes to extreme cold, or even their lives. Thus, a whole animal that can survive freezing comes as a shock.
When the mercury falls, the common wood frog displays a rare trait called freeze tolerance. The animal becomes, to the eye and touch, a frog shaped ice cube.
A Day In The Life Of The World's Tallest Man
Leonid Stadnik's phenomenal height (8 feet 5 inches) has forced him to quit a job he loved, to stoop as he moves around his house and to spend most of his time in his tiny home village because he cannot fit in a car or bus.
But Stadnik says his condition has also taught him that the world is filled with kindhearted strangers.
(via MW Daily)
Taxi Illumination In Japan
Prowling the city of Tokyo are hoards of taxis, chasing down lonely passengers on their way, to and fro. Characteristically, all are equipped with automatically opening doors and a driver's white gloves.
However, little distinguishes these roaring vehicles, classically Japanese, outside the small glowing beacon perched on the center of their tops - each company from every region set themselves apart with their own special logo and shape. How practical, since, from far, a passenger can see what type of ride they are in for that night.
Suddenly Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci's 15th century depiction of Jesus announcing that one of his 12 disciples would betray him is so iconic that it has been co-opted by those wishing to give weight to their parodies, tributes and caricatures.
Suddenly Last Supper.
Red Hot Riding Hood
A famous Tex Avery 1943 animated short. It was voted #7 of The 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time.
The Strange Museum Llonovoy
A travelling exhibition of unusual toys. More than 370 original toys, collected and created by Miquel Angel Juan, out of nothing. Music boxes, robots, soldiers, animals, clowns, religious toys.
The Strange Museum Llonovoy.
(via Everlasting Blort)
Darvaza, The Flaming Gas Crater
Located in the Turkmenistan desert, the Darvaza flaming crater is one of the most apocalyptic landscapes in the world. It is 60 meters in diameter and 20 meters deep. It is not caused by volcanic activity or a meteorite impact.
This crater was created sometime in the 50's when the Soviets were prospecting for natural gas in this area and it's been burning since then.
(via Dark Roasted Blend, via Fogonazos)
Trakonya Mutator USB
This is crazy. The Trakonya Mutator is an interactive hardware/software addon for the Unreal Tournament game. It helps the player to feel the game and to feel the pain.
An electric shock is sent to the user when their player takes damage. This electric shock is low but can be harmful. It is not recomended for people who have any health problem and people who need medical device. In any case it is not advised to use the Trakonya Mutator for over 10 minutes.
The Great Tantra Challenge
The word 'tantra' is derived from the combination of two words 'tattva' and 'mantra.' 'Tattva' means the science of cosmic principles, while 'mantra' refers to the science of mystic sound and vibrations. It is also often accused of being a kind of black magic.
On 3 March 2008, in a popular TV show, Sanal Edamaruku, the president of Rationalist International, challenged India's most powerful tantrik to demonstrate his powers on him. That was the beginning of an unprecedented experiment.
After all his chanting of mantra and ceremonies of tantra failed, the tantrik decided to kill Sanal Edamaruku with the 'ultimate destruction ceremony' on live TV. Sanal Edamaruku agreed and sat in the altar of the black magic ritual.
What The World Will Look Like When We've Gone
What would the world look like when we've gone? How much would we leave behind? What would an alien visitor learn about us upon landing on our planet a century or more after we had disappeared from it? The answer, astonishingly, is: almost nothing.
Within a hundred years most traces of our modern-day lives would be so destroyed by weather, corrosion, earth tremors, surviving animals, insects and bacteria that the monuments and hieroglyphics of ancient civilisations would be better preserved than our buildings and our billions of books and electronic records.
Let Your Worries Go
Financial worries. You may be familiar with the feeling. Northwestern Mutual has a simple solution. Let them go! You can launch your worries to outer space, over land, into the sky, or under water.
Just select your worries, put them in a vehicle, and launch. I know, it's too simple and it probably won't help. But you have to agree, it's a well done way of advertising.
Dear Agency
Chances are you're tired. Fed up. Confused. All telltale signs of a relationship going down the tubes. Maybe they don't answer the phone anymore. Maybe their notion of a great idea involves a talking baby. Or a monkey. Or both. The point is, your marketing agency's not cutting it and it's time to do something about it.
Just answer a few simple questions and a perfectly worded Dear John letter is created telling your agency to buzz off. No stressful phone calls or awkward goodbye hugs.
Well Done
Croatian creative agency Bruketa & Zinic have designed an annual report for food company Podravka that has to be baked in an oven before it can be read.
Called 'Well Done,' the report features blank pages printed with thermo-reactive ink that, after being wrapped in foil and cooked for 25 minutes, reveal text and images.
Home Schooled
Home Schooled is a comics series by American artist Ash Jackson.
Co-writing by Silas Jackson.
The Presurfer will feature a Home Schooled cartoon every Monday. This is an absolute exclusive cooperation between The Presurfer and Ash Jackson.
Home Schooled is more or less a reflection of the wacky and occasionally interesting adventures of the artist, Ash Jackson, himself, with the aid of his friends, family, and other cohorts.
Title: I am the Matrix.
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RealScoop
RealScoop utilizes proven voice analysis technology to analyze statements made by public figures. The 'Believability Meter' analyzes each celebrity video second by second, displaying the real-time results in a color-coded manner from left to right. The most believable statements are green, gradually turning red as they become more questionable.
As an example, here's a video of Eliot Spitzer announcing he is resigning as Governor of New York following the Emperors Club scandal.
(via Uncertain Times)
50 Things You Never Knew You Could Do With Tennis Balls
Since they wear out and lose their bounce quickly, most tennis balls simply end up in the garbage when they stop being useful on the court. If you can't stand to throw them away, they tend to pile up quickly.
So, what can you do with tennis balls?
Adopt A Who
Horton Hears A Who is a new CG animated film based on the book, first published in 1954 by Ted Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.
With Adopt A Who you can create your very own Who. Choose your language, name your Who, pick a boy or a girl, a house and a background and you're ready. You can talk to your Who, feed it, and dress it. Here's my Who.
(via The Thinks I Think)
What's Your Style?
The MyDeco Stylefinder will help you discover your style.
I am a 'City Sophisticate.'You love the variety and bustle of city living and embrace all that modern living has to offer. Your home has a clean, easy look that shows off key pieces of furniture and accessories to maximum effect.
Playboy, gent, aesthete - your living room is a shrine to bachelorism. The living space has sharp lines and a hedonistic approach to life that's all about having fun and very little to do with mundane chores.
You make quite a statement with clean, strong lines in your bedroom, using a palette of beautifully muted colours to create the perfect retreat from daily stresses and strains.
You're a modern maverick, a supremely elegant entertainer. At home, your dining room combines clean, contemporary lines with quite formal sophistication.
Are You Getting Bored Of Facebook?
Created and launched in February 2004 by Harvard students Mark Zuckerberg and Chris Hughes, Facebook is an online social networking directory that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them.
The Effectiveness Of Aluminium Foil Helmets
The belief that an aluminium foil helmet can significantly reduce the intensity of incident RF radiation on the wearer's brain is not completely without a basis in scientific fact.
A well constructed tin-foil enclosure would approximate a Faraday cage, reducing the amount of radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation entering from outside.
On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets: An Empirical Study.
The Most Horrible English Words
Do you know what 'floccinaucihihilipilification' means. It means 'act or habit to deny the value of some particular things.'
10 of the most horrible English words.
Beautiful Picture By Marcin Nawrocki
A beautiful picture by Polish photographer Marcin Nawrocki. The title of the picture is 'porozmawiajmy.' I'm not familiar with the Polish language but it could mean something like 'Hi there!'
11 Interesting Uses Of Eggs In Advertising
When you think of Easter, amongst other things, many of us think of eggs. Perhaps some Cadbury chocolate eggs or the dyed, bright colored Easter eggs kids find in Easter egg hunts.
11 Interesting Uses of Eggs in Advertising takes a different look at eggs, and companies around the world use the incredible egg in advertising for a variety of products.
The Universal Packing List
It is easy to claim that all travellers pack too much, but it all depends on what kind of trip you are doing.
The Universal Packing List generates a custom packing list for any journey.
The program makes some of the decisions for you from knowing what kind of trip you are doing. No scuba diving? Leave the snorkel behind! Never warmer than +10 centigrade? Leave your shorts behind!
The Fuehrer Bunker
A virtual reconstrcution of Adolf Hitler's bunker. From its planning phase in 1935, until it was extended in 1943. The film covers the interior of the Fuehrer Bunker, its different construction phases, as well as the New Reich's Chancellery and its system of underground air raid shelters.
Voiceless Phone Call
A neckband that translates thought into speech by picking up nerve signals has been used to demonstrate a 'voiceless' phone call for the first time.
With careful training a person can send nerve signals to their vocal cords without making a sound. These signals are picked up by the neckband and relayed wirelessly to a computer that converts them into words spoken by a computerised voice.
German Wartime Flying Ace Discovered He Shot Down His Hero
A German fighter ace has just learned that one of his 28 wartime 'kills' was his favourite author. Messerschmidt pilot Horst Rippert, 88, said he would have held his fire if he had known the man flying the Lightning fighter was renowned French novelist Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
The fliers clashed in the skies over southern France in July 1944. Rippert said: 'If I had known it was Saint-Exupery, I would never have shot him down. I loved his books. I knew he was a French pilot, but he was probably my favourite author at the time.'
Sister Who?
I am a Sacred Clown, forms of which have been part of every tribal society since the beginning of human history; the one whose job is to inspire others toward personal and spiritual growth and a positive attitude toward discovery, diversity, and constructive change.
A soft-spoken and gentle gay man also known as Denver NeVaar, I am passionate about the value of life and spirituality, have competed in bodybuilding, and enjoy hiking and skiing. I am a nun according to the more inclusive definition of a commitment to spiritual service and have never done anything intentionally sacrilegious or disrespectful of any member of any religious order of any form of spirituality.
I am the painter's canvas upon which symbols, colors, questions, insights, and various forms of prayer are presented to others within a wide variety of social situations.
16 Of The Most Extreme Beds You'll Ever See
Ever wanted to have a super bedroom, to amaze your friends, or your girlfriends? If you need a little inspirational help for this task here is a collection of 16 of the most extreme and modern beds you'll ever see.
Save Walter
For sale on eBay: Walter.Walter was kidnapped from his home at the Sweet Claw Honey Factory last week. He was kidnapped by the Teddy Bear Serial Killer – the most evil, diabolical teddy bear serial killer in history.
Walter has been kept locked in a bedroom without hugs or honey for days. No one knows Walter’s location and the police have exhausted all leads. Walter is safe for now, but time is running out. Act now or the Teddy Bear Serial Killer might have claimed another victim.
Flicker Time And Compfight
Two new applications that involve Flickr. The first is Flicker Time, a nice clock made from random images from Flickr. You can enter two tags to customize the clock to your liking.
The second is Compfight, a Flickr photo search tool. Compfight is AJAX-powered utilizing Flickr's API.
Become A Gnome
Have you ever wanted to become a gnome? Well now you can! This is not an ordinary web page; it has been designed with new technologies that allows it to transform you into the gnome of your dreams.
Remember, if you choose to be a gnome, the only way to go back is to use the 'Anti Converter.'
Awesome Pin-Ups Vintage Inspiration
Who doesn't love Pin-ups? These pretty ladies have been out there for over 50, 60 years, and still look fresh and awesome. And they are great source of inspiration!
Vintage posters will rock once you fix a pin-up in it... but first you must find the right theme... and boy, there are a lot of themes for this pin-ups.
Color Chart: Reinventing Color From 1950 To Today
Color Chart is an exhibition that takes as its points of departure the commercial color chart, an item that openly declares the status of color as mass-produced and standardized.
Banded Icebergs
One of them looks like a giant mint humbug, with its clear blue, green and brown stripes. The other looks as if it has been shot through with a streak of spearmint.
These stunning banded icebergs - formed over hundreds, if not thousands, of years - were pictured floating in the waters of the Antarctic.
(thanks Stanley, via Neatorama)
Abandoned Wooden Russian Houses
Some examples of abandoned masterpieces of Russian medieval wooden architecture. Some of them look like the inhabitants just left, with the furniture still in its place.
Cows On The Moon
The reason why cows go 'Moo' is because they have trouble getting their tongue around saying the letter N. If it weren't for this unfortunate speech impediment we'd understand that they were trying to say Moon.
Cows, or 'Cosmocows' as they prefer to be known, have been exploring the lunar surface for years. Their hooves are perfectly adapted to the dusty lunar surface and they have learnt to use their ears as stabilisers.
Taaz
Photometria, a San Diego-based technology company, created Taaz. Taaz is a fun, easy-to-use website that gives women the opportunity to 'try on' the hottest makeup and hairstyle looks from the convenience of their homes. Taaz allows women to become their very own makeup artist and create the perfect look for any occasion.
Users start by uploading their own digital photo and then experiment with a palette of thousands of colors and shades in products ranging from foundation and concealer to multi-tone eye shadow and lip gloss – even colored contact lenses. With the addition of a hairstyle or change of hair color, the look is complete.
Taaz is free but you have to register to use the application.
Guy Robot
Robots made from range a of industrial tributaries: aerospace and avionics surplus suppliers, automotive salvage yards, long-haul microwave equipment recyclers, decommissioned plumbing and refrigeration remnants, vintage hand-tool swap-meet winnings.
(thanks Rich)
Bad Gift Emporium
At the Bad Gift Emporium they have lots of bad gifts. Really bad gifts. So bad they're actually considered good (at being bad).
(via Optical Poptitude)
Survival Kit In A Sardine Can
A genuine air-tight, waterproof, crushproof sardine can packed full of 25 survival items. Go fish with the hook and line, find your way home with the compass, boil water in the can for your tea and sugar, use the first aid supplies to survive the wilderness.
Since being well prepared is half the challenge, you'll have a good head start with this Survival Kit. Put one in your car, boat, motorcycle, fishing vest, backpack, bike, emergency kit, etc.
(via Random Good Stuff)
Questionaut
You may recognize the design of the game 'Questionaut.' Yes, it's done by Amanita Design, the Czech creators of Samorost.
Questionaut was created for the BBC and meant for 11 years old kids. It's a game were your friend's hat gets carried away by a bubble, and you have to chase after it in your hot air balloon fueled by pure knowledge.
Vintage Ads
A Worth1000 Photoshop contest.
Modern products in a vintage light.
(via Dark Roasted Blend)
Doggnation
Doggnation is another game by Bart Bonte.
Once upon a time there was a peaceful nation of 'doggs.' They were living in a small castle that could use a little upgrade. Will you help these 'doggs' to upgrade their castle? In each level 'doggs' will walk to the castle, just make them bring the needed blocks. Use your mouse.
Lexisum
Lexisum is a Wikipedia lookup web application. Enter your search term and Lexisum will search Wikipedia while you type.
Lexisum takes the first paragraphs of an article that you can preview at various sizes, colors, fonts and print.
(via Lifehacker)
Dan Dunn's Paintjam
Dan Dunn's Paintjam is an exciting, high-energy, improvisational painting performance. Watch in amazement, as the most astounding paintings takes shape as if by magic, in just minutes!
Dan Dunn throws himself at the canvas in a rhythmic frenzy, revealing the final image at the last minute with a few well placed strokes and a flip of the canvas.
Real Mario
If Mario was real, it would be one creepy plumber. Created with Photoshop CS2 and a bunch of random faces pasted over a 3d render of Mario from Nintendo.
Super Real Mario Brother by Pixeloo.
Why Choose If You Can Combine?
An advertisement from the University of Brussels, Belgium.
(via Grow-A-Brain)
The House In The Clouds
Walking towards the 'House in the Clouds' in Thorpeness, a village in Suffolk, England, for the first time can be a confusing experience if you approach from the right angle as the otherwise normal-looking home appears to either float above the trees or perch on a non-existent hill behind the surrounding greenery.
What you're actually looking at is the top of an old 30,000 gallon water tower, brilliantly designed 85 years ago by architects who were asked to disguise what would have been an ugly 70ft high blot on the landscape.
Tree Jewelry
When was the last time your favorite tree demanded anything from you? Attention? Conversation? Compliments? Surprise that oak, that maple, that honey locust.
Drape a gleaming stainless steel necklace around your precious. Fitted on indestructible marine line, finished with marine hardware. Lasts forever.
(thanks Dieter)
Home Schooled
Home Schooled is a comics series by American artist Ash Jackson.
Co-writing by Silas Jackson.
The Presurfer will feature a Home Schooled cartoon every Monday. This is an absolute exclusive cooperation between The Presurfer and Ash Jackson.
Home Schooled is more or less a reflection of the wacky and occasionally interesting adventures of the artist, Ash Jackson, himself, with the aid of his friends, family, and other cohorts.
Title: He Graduated With a Degree in Dentist.
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Love In A Backward World
The story of a couple who spot each other across a crowded street and fall in love. Although everyone else in the world around them moves backwards, the couple moves forward as they find each other.
Diseases Of the Mind: Highlights of American Psychiatry Through 1900
Over the ages, philosophers, theologians, and physicians had accepted insanity disorders within their purview. By the late 18th century, however, the first two had largely withdrawn and physicians, social activists, and the state took responsibility for the care and treatment of the mentally ill.
Psychiatry in the 19th century was based primarily in mental hospitals. The later-organized profession of neurology claimed a role in treating mentally disordered people usually on an outpatient basis. While relations between psychiatry and neurology have waxed and waned during the subsequent years, by the end of the 20th century medical advances have brought the two together in a new field of neuroscience.
Body Noise - What It Means, What To Do
Your jaw pops like a bowl of Rice Krispies - in meetings, at mealtime, during candlelight moments. Is it a joint that needs fixing, or just an annoying sound you can live with? Most body noises, although embarrassing, are harmless, but occasionally they're a signal that something's not quite right.
Snoring, belching, a growling tummy, passing gas, and joints that crackle. Why does that happen, what to do about it, and when to get help.
Body Noise - What it Means, What to Do.
Anti Polygraph
A polygraph is used to detect possible deception during an interrogation. A more common name is lie detector. Did you knop that the consensus view among scientists is that polygraph testing has no scientific basis?
The FBI considered the creator of the lie detector test to be a phony and a crackpot. The man who started the CIA's polygraph program thinks that plants can read human thoughts.
Learn how to pass or beat a Polygraph Test.
Orbit Wheel Skates
A cross between a skateboard and inline skates, but with more freedom and simplicity than either, the Orbit Wheel is a brand new concept for wheeled sports.
The Orbit Wheel's concept is basic, but with the wheels whirling around your feet, you are capable of countless tricks and maneuvers that can be as complex and creative as you can come up with.
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Ruminant Bloom
Oh yes, without question something to have in your living room. Ruminant Bloom are beautiful, blossom-like lamps that are made from preserved sheep stomachs, each with a unique structure.
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Mr. Guy Ritchie Thanks The Presurfer
On January 31 of this year I posted about the Bumllionaire project where Mr. Guy Ritchie, a real bum, tries to get as much donations as possible to put him on the next Forbes' Richest People List.
Yesterday I discovered that Mr. Ritchie actually made a YouTube video to thank The Presurfer for posting about his project.
The Smart Goggles
Those frustratingly frantic searches for mislaid car keys or mobile phones could soon be a thing of the past. Japanese scientists have invented a pair of intelligent glasses that remembers where people last saw their keys, handbag, iPod or mobile phone.
The Smart Goggles - which come with a built in camera, display screen and computer brain - can even identify unfamiliar plants or faces. In fact, the only thing it can't help you find are your glasses.
Password Strength Checker
Password strength is the amount of security a password can provide against password-guessing attacks. It can be measured in bits of entropy, effectively a measure of how random a password appears to an attacker.
There are still people who use the name of their spouse as a password. Or the brand of their car, or the name of their cat. Password Strength Checker is designed to assess the strength of password strings.
The instantaneous visual feedback provides the user a means to improve the strength of their passwords, with a hard focus on breaking the typical bad habits of faulty password formulation.
Tribal Fashion Show Inspired By Mother Nature
With colourful make-up of bright yellows, startling whites and rich earth-reds, flamboyant accessories and extraordinarily elaborate decorations, these looks are the creation of the Surma and Mursi tribes of East Africa's Omo Valley.
Inspired by the wild trees, exotic flowers and lush vegetation of Ethiopia, Kenya and Sudan, these tribal people have created looks that put the most outlandish creations of Western catwalk couturiers to shame.
Down For Everyone Or Just Me?
You can't reach a site and you want to know whether it's down just for you or for everyone.
Go to 'Down For Everyone or Just Me?' and check it out.
Dog Rides Comfortably In Sack On Running Board
From the June 1936 issue of Popular Mechanics comes this insane idea of strapping your dog to the side of the car.
To Eat Or Not To Eat
We read the latest research on our favorite foods, and the findings are often contradictory over time. First, this is good for you, then it's bad for you, then good again.
The truth is, most foods are fine in moderation. This article gives both the good and the bad news about some of your favorites: chocolate, coffee, eggs, beer, and more.
(via Weird Blogs)
Slipper Genie
Wood, tile, and vinyl - virtually any floor is easier to dust when all you do is walk across it. Just think how much easier it is to maneuver your foot around than a cumbersome mop.
The fluffy microfiber 'fingers' that make up the soles on these soft fabric slippers grab dog hair, gather dust bunnies and collect dirt.
Amplifier Institute Failures
Some less successful projects from The Amplifier Institute.
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The Awesome Highlighter
Have you ever received a link from a friend, but weren't sure why? The Awesome Highlighter allows you to highlight text in a webpage so that when you send a link you can be certain the recipient will know why.
Just insert a web page's url in the box and click 'highlight page.' Select the text you want to highlight with your mouse and save the highlighted page. Then copy the url in an email, forum or blog.
Informal Names For Unknown Persons In Various Countries
In America, someone whose name is not known is usually named John Doe. In Peru it's Juan Pérez. In Greece Giorgos Tade, in Finland Matti Meikäläinen, and here in the Netherlands we call him Jan Modaal.
Informal names for Unknown Persons in various countries.
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Flattops And Crew Cuts
All cultures have hairstyles. An adult's hairstyle is a personal statement about who he or she has chosen to become.
A flattop seems to say, 'I work hard and play hard. I'm a survivor. I am self-sufficient. I live intensely.' In the mid-1950's, the flattop was the most popular men's hairstyle in the United States. Many of the US astronauts, past and present, have worn flattops.
The World's Billionaires
There are 1062 people in the world who have a net worth of 1 billion or more. Forbes lists all of these billionaires with a short bio, and what industry they are in.
Puddleblog
Puddleblog chronicles the epic journey of one puddle, bracing for an uncertain future. Specifically, the puddle that graces the corner of Jay and Plymouth, a couple blocks east of the Manhattan Bridge in New York City.
Tommy Westphall's Mind
Tommy Westphall was an austistic child on the TV series St Elsewhere who, it was revealed in the closing moments of the final episode of that series, had dreamt the entire run of the show. St Elsewhere has direct connections to twelve other television series - many of them direct crossovers of character to and from the series.
If St Elsewhere exists only within Tommy Westphall's mind, then so does every other series set within the same fictional sphere. Some of the links are direct, some series spin off entire other series, obviously expanding their fictional universes.
(via Weird Blogs)
Matt Cutts Interviewed
Maybe you remember that last month one of my other sites, The Generator Blog, was banned because Google suspected it of being a spam blog. I learned the reason it was banned was because the word 'generator' appears hundreds of times on the page and that looks like 'keyword stuffing.'
With the help of Philipp Lenssen of Google Blogoscoped and Matt Cutts, Google's head of web spam team, the blog was unbanned.
Here's a video of an interview Rand Fishkin had with Matt Cutts in which Matt actually mentions The Generator Blog. You have to jump 22 minutes into the video to hear it.
Random Facts From Female Pornstars
Random facts from female pornstars.
Refresh the page for another fact.
It's safe for work.
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Maple-Bacon Lollipops
Lollyphile are the first to make a bacon-based lollipop. And not just any bacon, they use sustainable, organic, cured bacon, which goes well with the organic Vermont maple syrup they use as a base.
The salty chunks of bacon make a delicious and unique counterpoint to the subtle sweetness of the maple. A perfect gift for the sweet-toothed pork aficianado in your life.
The Ultimate Office Etiquette Guide
If you've ever been sat at your desk, hard at work, trying to finish your report in time for that very important meeting with the Managing Director; you'll know just how annoying it is to have the wacky office comedian come striding up to you in his Homer Simpson tie, wanting to play his new collection of stupid cell phone ringtones.
Welcome to the dark and murky world of Office Etiquette.
How To Give A Great Man To Man Hug
Don't get left behind, learn how to show your affection for your fellow man. Give a great man to man hug to your closest friends and family without getting that awkward feeling.
Periodic Table Printmaking Project
Ninety-six printmakers of all experience levels, have joined together to produce 118 prints in any medium; woodcut, linocut, monotype, etching, lithograph, silkscreen, or any combination. The end result is a periodic table of elements intended to promote both science and the arts.
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UFO Lands On Desktop
A well done video of a UFO landing on top of a desktop and then transforming into a cell phone. It's an advertisement for the Samsung U700 cell phone.
Pleo
Camarasaurus was a late-Jurassic North American herbivore, and 60 feet long in adulthood. Now you can have your very own camarasaurus in the size of a newborn.
Pleo is an autonomous robotic life form modeled on a one-week-old Camarasaurus dinosaur. Pleo is designed to mimic life which means Pleo thinks and acts independently, just like a real animal.
Swimming At The Edge Of Victoria Falls
This is not a Photoshopped picture. The guy is swimming at the Devil's Pool, a natural rock pool at the top of the Victoria Falls.
The Victoria Falls is a waterfall situated in southern Africa between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe. From September to December, due to low water levels, it is possible to swim at the edge of the falls in a naturally formed safe pool, accessed via Livingstone Island.
(thanks Kevin)
The Seekers - The Carnival Is Over
The Seekers were a group of Australian folk-influenced popular musicians. The group was formed in 1962. They were the first Australian popular music group to achieve significant chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Their most famous configuration was with Judith Durham: lead vocals, Athol Guy: double bass, vocals, Keith Potger: twelve string guitar, banjo, vocals, and Bruce Woodley: guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals.
This video is from their farewell concert in London, July 7 1968. 'The Carnival is Over' was written by Tom Springfield and the melody is based on a old Russian folk song. In my opinion one of the most beautiful songs ever written.
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Do You Believe In God?
People all over the world are asked if they believed in God?
On this page you can vote for yes or no. It then shows a country by country breakdown of the results.
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Art By Pascale Nubret
Digital imaging artist Pascale Nubret was inspired by Jeroen Bosch, Salvador Dali and Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
2008 Top 10 Dirtiest Hotels
Check out TripAdvisor's 2008 Top 10 Dirtiest Hotels, chosen by their members as beyond scummy, and prepare to be utterly disgusted.
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Re-creating Children's Drawings
South-Korean artist Yeondoo Jung re-creates children's drawings.
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The Knork
What do you call a combination of a knife and a fork? A Knork!
The Knork is a simple, single utensil that functions as a knife and fork together as one.
Its innovative shape has a balanced handle that provides stability and comfort. This design enables you to more easily cut food by using a rocking motion on the gently curved outside tines.
(via Weird Blogs)
Marvin Painting Installation Process Timelapse
You may have now been to or heard of Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation's amazing new DC restaurant/lounge dedicated to Marvin Gaye at 14th/U Street, NW called Marvin.
Eric commissioned ToolboxDC to design and build an installation piece in the form of a large mixed media mural of Marvin Gaye, now prominently displayed as the restaurant's centerpiece. Here's a timelapse film documenting the lengthy installation process.
(thanks Nikolas)
2008 Pieces Of Flair Cheap Perfume Song-Off
Pieces of Flair is hosting its first ever Cheap Perfume Song-Off. Readers can listen and vote to determine who will walk away winner of the Pieces of Flair 2008 Cheap Perfume Song-Off.
The rules are: 1) Limit one entry per person/band. Original songs only. 2) The phrase 'cheap perfume' must be used at least once. 3) Entries will be listed along with any statements of inspiration, etc., that might help voters understand your artistic vision. 4) All entries must be received by Noon EST on April 3, 2008. 5) Pieces of Flair readers will then vote on the winner.
Home Schooled
Home Schooled is a comics series by American artist Ash Jackson.
Co-writing by Silas Jackson.
The Presurfer will feature a Home Schooled cartoon every Monday. This is an absolute exclusive cooperation between The Presurfer and Ash Jackson.
Home Schooled is more or less a reflection of the wacky and occasionally interesting adventures of the artist, Ash Jackson, himself, with the aid of his friends, family, and other cohorts.
Title: Make Me a Millionaire, Abu Daaly!
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Hex Silliness
Did you know that 'l33tspeak' could be applied to hex values in graphic programs?
You can also see what color your birth date is.
This is mine:
Boten Anna By Basshunter
Basshunter is a Swedish producer, a cyber geek who wrote a song about an experience with meeting a girl on the internet. The girl was called Anna, and the song 'Boten Anna'.
The song ended up in the hands of a local radio DJ who played it out on air. After its first airing the station was inundated with phone calls to play it again. The whole of Sweden got caught up in the story and when it was released in Scandinavia it became the fastest selling debut single since Abba, and Basshunter their biggest selling debut artist ever!
Manterns
Manterns are soy wax candles scented specially for men. With unique scents like bacon cheeseburger, the ballpark, dirt, beer and hot wings, the man in your life is sure to love this one of a kind gift.
These manly candles come in 8oz whiskey and 16oz pint glasses for enjoyment long after the candle is gone.
Face In Hole
Wouldn't it be great if you could be a different person everyday? Many of us have tried to manipulate pictures in order to try something different or just to have fun. But not only it takes loads of hard work but also the results aren't usually all that great.
With Face In Hole you can easily create a totally 'new look' for you and your friends. You just have to select a scenario, upload and adjust a photo (or use your webcam) and there you have it, a great picture that you can send to your friends, post in your blog or make available to the world.
That's me in the picture above as Austin Powers.
Athlete Superstitions
When you're an athlete you have to spend hours working and dedicating yourself completely to your sport. Success is always in reach, not because you practice so much or because of your natural talent. But because of your lucky pair of underwear.
Superstition plays an important part in the lives of athletes. Rituals can be seen everywhere. Jumping over the baselines when taking the field in baseball? Pretty standard. Wearing the same cup from high school on through your pro career like Mark McGwire reportedly did? Here are ten of the most absurd superstitions.
The Man Who Can Withstand Freezing Temperatures
Dutchman Wim Hof, also known as the Iceman, is the man that swam under ice, and stood in bins filled with ice. He climbed the Mt. Blanc in shorts in the icy cold, harvested world records and always stands for new challenges.
Scientists can't really explain it, but the 48-year-old Dutchman is able to withstand, and even thrive, in temperatures that could be fatal to the average person.
Wim Hof's home page.
Wikipedia Article Traffic Statistics
What do Wikipedia's readers care about? Is Britney Spears more popular than Brittany? Is Asia Carrera more popular than Asia? How many people looked at the article on Santa Claus in December? How many looked at the article on Ron Paul?
Enter a wikipedia article title and see how many times it has been viewed. There is also a list of the most viewed pages that told me that an article on canine reproduction has been viewed 1,955.436 times in Februari 2008.
ManagedQ
ManagedQ's goal is to be the Internet's first search application dedicated to helping you manage your entire search experience: from the keyword, to results, to previewing, to refinement and repeating with a new query.
ManagedQ starts with a keyword, but from there on everything is different. Firstly, each result comes with a large screenshot to give you a better idea of what's on the other end of that link. The entire result is then downloaded to your browser and scanned to find the important ideas and concepts, presenting them to you in what is called the Executive Summary.
Special Effect Contact Lenses
Contact lenses with a theatrical special effect of unprecedented quality and craftsmanship.
French Mayor Bans Villagers From Dying
The mayor of a village in south west France has banned residents from dying. And Gerard Lalanne has threatened 'severe' punishment for anyone who disobeys.
The mayor issued the unusual edict when it became clear that there was no room left in the overcrowded village graveyard in Sarpourenx in the Bordeaux region.
Badges Of Secrecy
The emblems' origins remain somewhat mysterious, but the nature of some of the Pentagon's most top-secret missions has now been revealed via a series of cryptic badges that depict aleisn, spy satellites, cyberattacks, and covert renditions to allude to the 'black world' that inspired them.
Author Trevor Paglen, who happened upon the patches while conducting research on secret military locations, showcases his collection in a new book, 'I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to be Destroyed by Me.' In an audio narration he explains the significance of some of the insignia.
Yuno PC
The Yuno is the perfect personal computer for any professional business person or anyone who is always on the go. Not only is it a mug for your morning beverage, it is also a touchscreen display for only the information you want to see, so you are not bound to a desktop during your morning routine.
All it takes are a few touches to display what you want and then you leave it. It then becomes an incredibly informative beverage mug. The Yuno is perhaps the most intuitive computer, because not only does it work without you operating it, you drink from it increasing the user interface on another level.
Food Fight
Food Fight is a short film by Stefan Nadelman. It's an abridged history of war, from World War II to the present day, told through the foods of the countries in conflict. Watch as traditional comestibles slug it out for world domination in this chronologically re-enacted smorgasbord of aggression.
See the Official Food Fight Character Cheat Sheet for a breakdown of the foodstuffs.
Poop For Peace Day
Better jot this down in your agenda.
April 18 is Poop For Peace Day.
Poop is the one experience all human beings have in common. We may have varying ideas of God and politics, but the power of an impending poop is a higher calling to which every human must answer.
Side by side in a public bathroom, any two human beings are stripped of their differences and reduced to their most basic essence: a pair of feet sticking out below the stall, and a pair of butt trumpets performing a greasy symphony to lament humanity's non-negotiable deference to the call of the vile.
Computer Models Reconstruct Bach's Head
A modern reconstruction of Johann Sebastian Bach's head using state-of-the-art computer modeling techniques shows the composer as a strong-jawed man with a slight underbite, his large head topped with short, silver hair.
The bust, unveiled in Berlin on Monday, was created by anthropologist Caroline Wilkinson in her lab at the University of Dundee in Scotland.
NASA Lunar Illumination Movie
This movie is a simulation of the amount of solar illumination in the south polar region of the moon over a solar day generated using high resolution topography.
