A very creepy clock radio. Mr Clock Radio has 50 different wake-up shows with multiple wake-up settings.
Take a look at the video to see Mr Clock Radio in action.
Mr Clock Radio
State Duma Members
Thumbnail photos of members of the State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia. They don't look very happy.
(via Dark Roasted Blend)
9 Extraordinary Human Abilities
Some people are blessed (or cursed, depending on your point of view) with the ability to recall a scene as if they were looking at a photograph. Other people can recreate music from memory. What other extraordinary abilities might humans have?
Here's a list of the most well understood and interesting abilities rated from most common to most interesting and rare. Bear in mind that most of these unusual abilities are genetic and cannot be controlled by the person affected but are an inherent quality of their physical self.
Buzzball
The Buzzball delivers a thrill like no other interactive ride can. At the heart of the Buzzball is a dual motor configuration, enabling the pilot to control the motion and direction of travel via left and right control triggers, which provides power to the driving wheels.
Once the Buzzball is in motion the pod maintains an upright position until the pilot turns, causing the pod to rotate inside the ball against the direction of travel, which applies a braking force and the pod to lock with the ball. This causes the pod to rotate with the ball until the weight of the pilot and pod overcomes the inertia forces and causes the Buzzball to change direction.
24 Unforgettable Advertisements
Why should ads be boring? Check out this collection of unforgettable advertisements from around the world.
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: The Pick-up Artist Part 2.
click on the picture for real size
The Future Comes To Life
It lives, it breathes, it moves.
And it's capable of communicating with your cellphone.
The process that leads to the development of an Ingeneo creature requires the use of cutting edge technologies, skills and solid theoretical knowledge of various branches of modern science.
Of course, Ingeneo creatures are fake. They are made by a group of designers from Florence, Italy.
Image Fulgurator
The Image Fulgurator is a device for physically manipulating photographs. It intervenes when a photo is being taken, without the photographer being able to detect anything. The manipulation is only visible on the photo afterwards.
The Fulgurator can be used anywhere where there is another camera nearby that is being used with a flash. It operates via a kind of reactive flash projection that enables an image to be projected on an object exactly at the moment when someone else is photographing it.
Every photo another photographer takes of an object at which the Image Fulgurator is also aimed is affected by the manipulation.
See the Image Fulgurator in action at Checkpoint Charlie.
The Writer's Creativity Finder
The Writer's Creativity Finder tells you where to look for ideas for stories, articles or books. Here's how it works...
1. Take out a reference book. 2. Look to see how many useful pages are in the book. 3. Enter the number of the first and last page. 4. Click on the Idea Finder button. 5. Go to the page in the book and see how it could help you.
(thanks Joel)
Finger Yoga
Yoga is a discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity. Hatha yoga is the branch of yoga which concentrates on physical health and mental well-being. Finger yoga is hatha yoga for the fingers.
To a certain extent, hands represent a microcosm of the organs of action. They need a slightly different emphasis, perhaps from the other limbs. In particular, they are easier to apply excess force to, and potentially expose more connective tissue to stretching forces.
A Lefty Will Win The White House
The nominations of senators McCain and Obama will renew one surprising trend: for the fifth time in the last 35 years, America will have a lefty in the White House. Since 1974, presidents Ford, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Clinton have all favored their left hands, while President Carter and the current President Bush are righties.
Studies have shown that whereas righties favor the left hemisphere of their brain, which controls language, left-handers are more likely to have bilateral brain function, which could allow them to visualize problems more broadly and with more complexity.
The Rewind Museum
The Rewind Museum has a good collection of old technology. It is unique in that it covers a wide range of vintage consumer electronics and concentrates on manufacturers first achievements. e.g. first VCR, first laser player etc.
Instant Origami
Instant Origami is the contemporary interpretation of the traditional Japanese paper folding technique - focusing on speed and imagination rather than on the technically brilliant execution.
The goal, to create a representation of an object by folding a single piece of paper without the use of glue, remains unchanged.
The Moaster
The Moaster is the highest popping toaster in the world. Freddie Yauner from London, England, the man behind 'The Moaster,' used power generated by a high-pressure CO2 gas system and mechanical ram.
Yauner managed to get his toast to pop up about seven feet into the air - but that figure was restricted by the height of his ceiling, so he will try and re-set the record with an attempt conducted outdoors.
Where The Hell Is Matt?
Matt Harding is a 31-year-old deadbeat from Connecticut and known as 'that guy who dances on the internet.' He only does one dance. And he does it badly. But he does it everywhere, all over the world.
Goodbye Bill Gates
Yesterday, on June 27, 2008, Microsoft's Bill Gates left the company he co-founded more than 30 years ago. He is going to devote himself to philanthropic work at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Half the world hates him, the other half loves him. Whatever you think of Bill Gates, he has been one of the most influential people in the PC industry.
What we'll miss about Bill Gates - a very long goodbye.
Botanicalls Twitter
Botanicalls Twitter answers the question: What's up with your plant? It offers a connection to your leafy pal via online Twitter status updates that reach you anywhere in the world. When your plant needs water, it will post to let you know, and send its thanks when you show it love.
Twitter is social software that asks a simple question: What are you doing? Botanicalls Twitter is a system that was developed to allow plants to place phone calls for human help. When a plant on the Botanicalls network needs water, it can call a person and ask for exactly what it needs. When people phone the plants, the plants orient callers to their habits and characteristics.
20 Beautiful HDR Pictures
HDR (High Dynamic Range) is a photographic technique in which several shots are taken of the same high-contrast scene at different exposures. Highlights from the underexposed images and shadows from the overexposed frames are blended together to create a more natural look.
20 Beautiful HDR pictures.
Stupid, But Very Lucky Driver
This driver doesn't see a train speeding at his car until the last seconds and literally avoids a crash by a couple of feet.
I'm not 100% sure but when I look at the train's colors, this happened here in the Netherlands.
(via Joanne Casey)
Downloading Windows Moviemaker
Someone decided to download Microsoft's Windows Moviemaker. This is what he said:
So I went back to Microsoft.com and looked at the instructions. I have to click on a folder called Windows XP. Why should I do that? Windows Update knows I am on Windows XP...
...What an absolute mess....
...So after more than an hour of craziness and making my programs list garbage and being scared and seeing that Microsoft.com is a terrible website I haven't run Moviemaker and I haven't got the plus package...
Who is this someone? Well, It's Microsoft's Bill Gates himself. It's from a leaked memo from Microsoft, it's several pages of Gates just laying into his design and programming staff for - among other issues - his personal experience when trying to install Windows Moviemaker. And it's a very fulfilling read if you've ever been frustrated by a Microsoft product.
Yvette's Is Now Open Till 6 P.M.
Yes, they still exist. Web sites so ugly they make your eyes hurt. Yvette's sells tuxedos, bridal-, prom-, evening-, and pageant gowns. And shoes. Yvette's also paints your portrait in oil on canvas.
And obviously, ugly sells. It's what tech geek blogger Robert Scoble called 'anti-marketing design.'
10 Things You Didn't Know About Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley. From his humble beginnings in Tupelo, Mississippi, to his lonely, pitiful death in the bathroom of Graceland, his Memphis, Tennessee mansion, Elvis redefined music.
In a career spanning about 23 years, he single-handedly transformed himself from a poor sharecropper's son to the icon of rock and roll music.
How well do you know Elvis? Here are 10 facts that only the most-dedicated Elvis fan will know regarding 'The King'.
(thanks Tony)
The Bug Free Page
Do you also hate it when flies are walking over your screen? Now there is a simple solution: The Bug Free Page. The Bug Free Page is an online bug repellent. Load this page and they soon will be gone! Really!
The Bug Free Page emits an ultra high frequency which is not attractive for all those nasty mosquitos and flies. Moreover, the color yellow works as a natural repellent.
(thanks Symen)
14 Simple Ways To Super Charge Your Brain
Have you ever felt exasperated when you bumped into someone at the store but absolutely couldn't remember their name? Sure, it happens to all of us. Despite being the strongest computer on the planet, our brains do lapse.
No matter how powerful our brains are, they need recuperation time, to be kept in shape, and even an occasional charge. How? Almonds, apple juice, sleep, meditation, whole wheat, and sex.
Yes, these are some things you can begin doing as soon as today to tune up your brain.
10 Stunning Bridges From Around The World
Bridges have long been a thing of fascination in the human mind because of what they connote: connection. Even though much of our communication is carried out via email or telephone, we are still nonetheless a sociable bunch. We go places, see things, visit people and experience life, all of which requires movement and interaction. Bridges are therefore a facilitator of connection in the broad mesh of human social life.
Take a look at 10 of the oldest, newest, biggest and best bridges in existence today from around the globe.
(thanks Andy)
Alfred Hitchcock The Birds Barbie Doll
Together at last! In a pairing nobody saw coming, Mattel married two classics together to make the Alfred Hitchcock The Birds Barbie Doll.
As you can see, the doll is being assaulted by a trio of angry avian attackers, making this one of very few products to be both awesome and classy.
Estimated to arrive in October 2008.
(via boynton)
Weird Encyclopedia
Atlantis, Alien abductions, Zombies, the Mongolian Death Worm, the Minnesota Iceman. It's all in the Weird Encyclopedia.
An encyclopedia of the weird, the strange, the fascinating, the mysterious, the unexplained. Its tagline is 'mundus vult decipi, decipimur' roughly translated to 'the world wants to be deceived, so let us deceive it.'
Who Are These Guys?
We have no clue who these guys are. Not even one of them. But we want to find out. And perhaps go meet them and hang out. And such. If you know who these guys are, or have any hot leads, we'd love to hear from you:
Dr. Seuss Collection Organized By Color Spectrum: The Update
Last February I posted about a Dr. Seuss collection in their proper color spectrum order.
Now, a couple of months later, the books have been reordered. Some books have jumped across the shelf, while whole groups remain intact. What does this all mean?
(thanks Chad)
Fly-Swatter 1:1000
Whenever you're chasing flies with your swatter, the end result is the fly dies. The animal has no chance. And that's actually not very fair.
Now, with the 'Fly-Swatter 1:1000' which has an opening the size of a fly, it has a chance. Of 1 in 1000.
(via Zoomdoggle)
Photos Of Amazing Golden Ray Mass Migration
Looking like leaves floating in the sea, thousands of Golden Rays (Rhinoptera steindachneri) are seen here gathering off the coast of Mexico.
The spectacular scene was captured as the magnificent creatures made one of their biannual mass migrations to more agreeable waters.
20Q: Star Trek
You may have heard of the original 20Q, which first gained popularity as an online game where users log onto the website and play against an artificial intelligence foe. Players think of an animal, vegetable, mineral, or other object and 20Q guesses what the player is thinking in twenty questions or less.
Now there's 20Q: Star Trek. Think of a sentient being, place or thing from Star Trek, and the 20Q Artificial Intelligence will read your mind by asking questions.
Oops!
Some ladies wanted to thank George Brownridge.
They soon realized their mistake and the next day this advertisement appeared.
(via It is OK)
Cheatneutral
When you cheat on your partner you add to the heartbreak, pain and jealousy in the atmosphere. Cheatneutral offsets your cheating by funding someone else to be faithful and not cheat. This neutralises the pain and unhappy emotion and leaves you with a clear conscience.At Cheatneutral, we believe that we should all try to reduce the amount we cheat on our partners, but we also realise that fidelity isn't always possible. That's why we help you neutralise your cheating. Your actions are offset by a global network of fidelity, developed by us.
By paying Cheatneutral, you're funding monogamy-boosting offset projects - we simply invest the money you give us in monogamous, faithful or just plain single people, to encourage them to stay that way.
Testfreaks
TestFreaks collects product information and reviews from over 60 countries and several thousand sources to give you the best possible advice via user reviews, professional reviews, prices, blog posts, forum threads, news, rumors, manufacturers descriptions and specifications, manuals, videos and more.
Soungle
Soungle is a free site, developed by Southern Codes, for finding all kind of sound FX and musical instruments samples on their online library. Soungle is not a web search engine. It only searches in Southern Codes' growing monster database.
Keyword searches are performed by entering any word or phrase in a search box. Clicking on the play icon allows you to listen to the file. The download button instantly downloads the sound effect or musical instrument sample file.
Attention Chicken!
Attention Chicken! is a three dimensional version of the collage that goes by the same title. Nicolas Lampert and Micaela O'Herlihy created a ten-foot rotisserie chicken out of polystyrene foam, hard coated, and then painted with latex paint and final coat of high gloss varnish.
(via Everlasting Blort)
Map Of The World 2.0
A map of the world made of 1001 different clickable web 2.0 company logos. The logos will appear in full-size when you hover over the mosaic.
Ball Girl Makes Incredible Catch
A minor league ball girl makes an incredible catch on a foul ball in left field.
Swedish Furniture Name Generator
This is the kind of stuff you dream up while waiting around in IKEA for 2 hours. Enter your first name and it will create your Swedish furniture name.
Totlol
Totlol is a community-moderated video website designed to be enjoyed by those between the ages of 6 months and 6 years. Launched for beta testing in May 2008, Totlol is an independent website made in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Videos available at Totlol are all intended to be enjoyed by tots. Parents can easily find the content they want because all the 'other stuff' is out of the way.
(thanks Dave)
Pale Blue Dot
Ice Core Scientist, a.k.a. Steven McGlinchey, is an Irish artist. Pale Blue Dot is a tribute to the late Carl Sagan.
(thanks Bronagh)
Creative Calendar Designs
How many creative solutions for calendar design are out there? If you take a look around you'll find out that most calendars are designed in a 'standard' linear fashion. Calendar cards usually have the same structure: the month is designed in bold while the days are placed below within a rigid grid structure.
It doesn't have to be like this. In fact, there are a number of creative approaches one can consider when designing calendars.
90 Pound Halibut
I will just say it... my Mom is 82 years old in 2005 and I couldn't be prouder of her. This year she caught a 90 pound Halibut, a 55 pound King salmon and then a 50 pound King salmon.
This year was a good year for her AND for us as she can't possible get all that fish back to Atlantic, Iowa. The freezer is half full of fresh fish!! Thank you, Mom.
(via Grow-A-Brain)
Floating Hedgehog
Shming the African hedgehog swims and floats.
Do not try this with an inexperienced swimmer. Shming is an excellent swimmer, but you could drown one if you don't know exactly what you're doing! Even the best swimmer should never, ever be left alone!
Ghostbike
GhostBikes are bicycle memorials placed in various cities around the world. A Ghostbike is a junker bike that has been painted stark white and afixed to the site where a cyclist has been hit or killed by a car driver.
Ghostbikes are intended to be memorials for the fallen and reminders to everyone to share the road with one another.
Ghostbikes is a project by Code in Motion.
Bucleta
Bucleta is a very strange site. The site is interactive - full of colors and animations - and you can click on almost everything. Its purpose? I don't know.
Bill Gates Looks Back
Microsoft's Bill Gates gave Fortune magazine access to some rare photos from the Microsoft archives - and shared his memories about them.
(via Doobybrain)
Thrift Hunting
ThriftHunting.com is an online community for the modern day treasure hunter. Basically for anyone who enjoys the thrill of looking for valuable items at thrift stores, garage sales, yard sales, etc.
Thrift Hunting also hosts an online utility named 'hunter' that uses an item's UPC or ISBN to search for the minimum price as listed on various websites.
Taipei 101's Amazing 728-Ton Stabilising Ball
The enormous steel ball you see in the photos and the video in this article is the world's largest 'tuned mass damper' and sits near the top of the world's largest completed skyscraper on earth, Taipei 101 in Taiwan.
The idea behind a tuned mass damper is quite simple: as a building sways (resulting from high winds, earthquakes etc.), its tuned mass damper, essentially a finely tuned and ridiculously heavy pendulum, will move in opposition to the structure's oscillations and minimise any movement.
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: The Pick up Artist Part 1.
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Star Wars Crawl
Easily create your very own Star Wars-esque prelude text crawl. Use it for a joke, homemade movies, e-cards, birthday wishes, or just to recreate the magic of the original films.
Like this one.
Make your own Star Wars Crawl.
(via Dump Trumpet)
Automotive Monogamy
Italian photographer Matteo Ferrari took pictures of people who drove the same car for many, many years.
I Am Neurotic
It's like PostSecret but you don't have to send a postcard. At 'I Am Neurotic' readers reveal their crazy little habits. Send in your neuroses to iamneurotic.com and have them judged by the internet.
It'll Never Work!
In 1946, Darryl F. Zanuck, head of 20th Century-Fox said: Television won't be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.
Dr. Dionysus Lardner (1793-1859), Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy once said: Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia.
And from a 1949 Popular Mechanics magazine: Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.
A list of inventions that were ridiculed by esteemed individuals, only for the product to become a raging success.
Martian Skies
The atmosphere of Mars is hundreds of times thinner than Earth's atmosphere and is made of 95% carbon dioxide, 3% nitrogen, 1.6% argon, and contains traces of oxygen, water, and methane. It can support dust storms, dust devils, clouds and gusty winds.
With an amazing number of six current live probes exploring Mars, there are many thousands of images available. Only a few, however show atmospheric phenomena. Presented here are some of the best images of Martian atmosphere in action.
Related: Martian weather report.
Absinthe Lollipops
The US Government recently approved the sale of absinthe within certain guidelines, namely that there is less than 10ppm of thujone. Absinthe Lollipops contain an amount of thujone that is within the legal limits set by the US regulatory authorities and of the European Union.
Our Absinthe Lollipops are really freaking awesome. And we say that without even an ounce of hubris. People go crazy (not like, cut-your-ear-off crazy, tho) for them. We're pretty sure they're the ultimate party favor. The combination of absinthe's mystique and the inherent sexiness of lollipops is a pretty explosive one.
Firefox 3 World Record
Last week, the all new Firefox 3 browser was downloaded more than 8 million times in 24 hours. That's more Firefox downloads than ever had in a single day. At the moment, the people of Guinness review this World Record attempt.
If you downloaded Firefox 3, try this. Type about:robots in the address bar to see this Easter Egg.
8 More Abandoned And Decayed Hotels From Around The World
In April I did a post about 16 Abandoned And Decaying Hotels From Around The World. There are many more of these strange wonders out there.
Here are 8 More abandoned hotels.
(thanks Andy)
9 Things You Didn't Know About Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin remains the most famously multi-talented figure in America's history. His accomplishments include signing the Declaration of Independence, publishing the famous Poor Richard's Almanack, serving as postmaster of Philadelphia, founding the first American fire insurance company, living in Paris as American ambassador to France, and inventing useful objects like the lightning rod, the Franklin stove, and bifocal glasses.
Many people know that Franklin supported having the turkey as the national emblem for the United States, as opposed to the majestic Bald Eagle, but here are 9 things you didn't know about Benjamin Franklin.
(thanks Tony)
Smartest Website In The World
Did you know that The Presurfer is the 36th smartest website in the world? Last month I did a post about IQLeague who have some kind of online IQ test on their site and they group IQ scores by referrer website.
So, every time one of you went there to take the online IQ test, your score was remembered and an avarage score was calculated. At the moment, The Presurfer is the 36th smartest website in the world. Thanks to you!
Magnigraph Generator
With the Magnigraph generator you can create your own vector images in black, white, red or blue. Great for your signature, a sketch, even a photograph. Your magnigraph can then be scaled to arbitrary size, for printing on T-shirts, mugs, or posters.
You can upload an image from your computer, or your can point at an image on the web. Low resolution, high contrast images work best.
(via Tonistasworld)
More generators on my Generator Blog.
10 Things You Can Clean in Your Dishwasher Besides Dishes
It turns out a lot of stuff you usually clean by hand, can be tossed in the dishwasher. Hubcaps and wheel covers, keyboards, baseball hats, and children's toys, to name a few.
Robot For Lonely Men
She is big-busted, petite, very friendly, and she runs on batteries. She is a robot. Japanese firm Sega Toys has produced a 15 inch tall robotic girlfriend that kisses on command, to go on sale in September for around US$175, with a target market of lonely adult men.
Using her infrared sensors and battery power, the diminutive damsel named EMA (Eternal Maiden Actualisation) puckers up for nearby human heads, entering what designers call its 'love mode.' EMA can also hand out business cards and sing and dance.
Watch the video.
Hell On Earth
There are places on our planet which literally resemble hell on earth. Places that you'd think were conceived by the minds of apocalyptic science fiction writers. But they are however quite real. Places, closed off to the tourists, places where no photographers are allowed to go, and those that do, get their cameras taken away and arrested by the police.
One such place is Chittagong in Bangladesh. Several beaches around Chittagong bear strange ships, parked in the sand.
Here are the ship breaking installations, where immense ocean freighters and tankers are torn apart by hundreds of gritty, lean, strong, bronze-skinned, men - by manual labor.
57 Useful Google Tools
If you're like most people, you use Google's products several times a day to search for information, check email, get a map and lots of other useful functions.
What most people don't know, however, is just how many useful tools Google has out there than can make everything from tracking a package to creating and publishing webpages a breeze. Here are just a few of the products Google offers that may be worth giving a try.
8 Classic Movie Robots That Actually Suck At Their Job
Basically, robots can make everything cooler, from wars to weddings. Hollywood knows this and tries, when possible, to give us what we crave in the form of kickass robots with kickass abilities.
Most of the time, though, these robots that look so cool on screen are so incompetent at their jobs, they'd have had better luck just sending a random intern to do it.
Searchme Visual Search
SearchMe is a search engine that displays results not in the usual text-list format, but as an image gallery of actual Web pages you can flip through and filter results by topic. As you start typing, Searchme lets you see what you're searching for.
Bi-Cycle
A unique tandem bicycle, Bi-Cycle allows both riders to contribute equally to the riding experience. Since both riders can steer and pedal at the same time, riding this bike demands a trust bond between the riders.
Bankrupt! 65 Famous People Who Lost It All
Sometimes people make fortunes only to lose them later, for all sorts of reasons.
Here's a list of 65 famous people who found themselves destitute despite once having been extremely well off.
Science Made Stupid
Since the dawn of time, man has looked to the heavens and wondered: where did the stars come from? He has looked at the great diversity of plants and animals around him and wondered: where did life come from? He has looked at himself and wondered: where did I come from?
Later, he began to ask more complicated questions. He looked in his wallet and asked: where did my paycheck go? Am I on the right bus? Who do you like in the series? To the former questions, at least, science has provided answers.
(via Neatorama)
The Trons
New Zealand band The Trons is made up of four robots who play guitars, drums and keyboard to convincing effect. Meet Ham the gregarious frontman, Wiggy the lead guitarist, Swamp the drummer, and Fifi the keyboard player.
(via Wired Blogs)
One Hundred Push Ups
Can you do 100 push ups? Maybe you think there's no way you could do this? But you can! All you need is a good plan, plenty of discipline and about 30 minutes a week to achive this goal.
If you're serious about increasing your strength, follow this six week training program and you'll soon be on your way to completing 100 consecutive push ups.
The World's Weirdest Wedding Customs
All over the world, people practice numerous wedding customs that have been passed on through many generations. Although each has a long history of meaning and significance, many just seem strange and out of place in today's culture.
Check out some of the historical wedding customs that are still practiced today, much to the intrigue and wonderment of its audience.
How To Nap
For years, naps have gotten a bad rap, derided as a sign of laziness, weakness, or senility. We are 'caught' napping, or 'found asleep at the switch.' But lately napping has garnered new respect, thanks to solid scientific evidence that midday dozing benefits both mental acuity and overall health.
How to nap.
(via Optical Poptitude)
6 Famous Catchphrases In TV History
What'chu talkin' 'bout, Willis?, Beam me up, Scotty, and De plane! De plane! are some of the most well know catchphrases. Every TV show wants one, but few achieve it: a catchphrase. The best ones not only propel their show into the limelight, but eventually take a life of their own, sometimes getting into the dictionary, sometimes even electing a president.
Here are the stories behind some of TV's most famous catchphrases.
Talking Jesus Doll
Now you can bring the teachings of the Bible to life for your children, one character at a time. The Talking Tales of Glory Jesus Doll recites easy-to-memorize verses from the Books of John, Mark, Psalms, Luke and Exodus for your children to learn and remember for the rest of their life.
The Talking Jesus Doll is a religious treasure that recites key verses from the Bible aloud. Just press the button and the Talking Jesus Doll speaks to your child. It’s a great way to create a personal connection between God’s word and your child.
Taking Archival Photos To Another Dimension
Artist Joshua Heineman is breathing new life into the past using old digitized photographs from the New York Public Library. He makes them wiggle and by doing so he creates some sort of 3D pictures.
Bored?
What to do when you're bored. Or homesick, drunk, evil, when you're not sure which fork to use. Or when you forgot someone's name.
(via The Thinks I Think)
Extreme Ironing
Extreme Ironing is an extreme sport and a performance art in which people take an ironing board to a remote location and iron a few items of clothing. Extreme ironing combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well pressed shirt.
Some locations where such performances have taken place include a mountainside of a difficult climb; a forest; in a canoe; while skiing or snowboarding; on top of large bronze statues; in the middle of a street; underwater; whilst parachuting, under the ice cover of a lake; and in warzones.
A gallery of extreme ironing performances.
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Three different versions of The Lion Sleeps Tonight.
The Tokens
Pat and Stanley
AXE Angels
The Wide Divide
In 1940, half of the execituves earned more than 56 times the average worker's pay. In the 1980s, executive compensation began to rise faster than the earnings of most workers.
In 2004, half of the executives earned more than 104 times the average worker's pay, and the top 10 percent earned at least 350 times the average worker's pay.
Small Step
Some people believe that the Apollo Moon landings were faked by NASA. They state that the Apollo astronauts did not land on the Moon, and that NASA intentionally deceived the public into believing the landing(s) did occur by manufacturing, destroying, or tampering with evidence.
And you know, they are right. Here's proof that the Apollo Moon landings were faked.
(via Ursi's Blog)
The World's Smelliest Postage Stamps
There have been many attempts to improve the revenue-generating power of the postage stamp. In the last 35 years, there has been a growing number of scented stamps being issued. From the first smelly stamp through to the most current olfactory offering, the use of scented stamps are a novelty that are becoming more and more prevalent.
A rose-scented stamp? Yes. I can also live with a stamp smelling like jasmine or sandalwood. But how about a sweet-and-sour-pork-scented stamp? Here is a list of some of the more notorious scented postage stamps available for collectors. Every stamp is valid postage in the country it was issued.
(thanks Tony)
Strangest Internet Cafes From Around The World
Internet cafes used to be just a place where you could browse the Internet and grab a cup of coffee, but competition being what it is, some Internet cafes are offering something a little more than a cup of joe.
Baby Doll Fair
Images of a 'Baby Doll Fair' in St. Petersburg, Russia, where dolls of infants, toddlers and babies are presented and being sold.
Valentina Tereshkova
On this day, 45 years ago, on June 16, 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was launched into space aboard the Vostok 6, becoming the first woman to visit outer space. She spent three days aloft before returning safely to earth.
The flight made Valentina Tereshkova a national hero and she was awarded the high honor of the Order of Lenin. Her flight was considered a scientific coup for the Soviet Union, which also had the first man (Yuri Gagarin) and the first dog (Laika) in space. Before her flight Tereshkova had been an avid amateur skydiver, which led to her selection for the cosmonaut corps.
Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Goat Herder
A festival dedicated to finding the most beautiful Damascene goat drew goat breeders and livestock merchants to the Saudi capital Riyadh. The Mazayen al-Maaz - or 'Beautiful Traits of Goats' - festival saw the display of dozens of Damascene goats. Damascene goats with their distinctive protruding nose, have historically played a crucial role in traditional Arab nomadic lifestyle and economy.
To be honest, I had to look twice to recognize a goat in the picture above.
(via Neatorama)
Link Checker
SEOPro's Link Checker is a free tool to see who's linking to your site. Type in your URL and wait about 25 seconds before the list appears. You might discover some sites you never knew were linking to you.
Artificial Structures On Mars
When it comes to evidence for artifacts on Mars, people divide into two categories: those who find scientific analysis more convincing than imagery; and those who find the reverse to be true. This website, 'Artificial Structures On Mars,' presents evidence that may appeal to both categories.
They provide statistical proof that at least one Martian surface feature, the 'Face' on Mars, is artificial. They also show images of possible artifacts on Mars of the character that, if seen on Earth, they would immediately be categorized as the products of large-scale biological, and in many cases human, activity.
Their main conclusion is that to determine the truth, high-resolution pictures to verify or refute artificiality are urgently needed during the short remaining lifetime of the MGS spacecraft.
Unknown Worlds By Revilo
In this collection of paranormal cartoons, award-winning cartoonist Revilo depicts a universe more or less like our own - except for the talking haystacks, giant pet spiders, and seriously oversized felines.
(via Grow-A-Brain)
Nurses And Midwives Uniforms
A pictorial history of nurses and midwives uniforms in the UK.
(via Everlasting Blort)
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: The Worst Sound in the World.
click on the picture for real size
Cracking The Maya Code
The people of the Maya civilization used a hieroglyphic writing system. Signs - some representational, some quite abstract - are either logographic, representing words, or syllabic, representing consonant-vowel sequences. Typically, up to five signs are fitted into tight squares, which are further arranged into rows or grids.
Now you can read Maya hieroglyphs carved on an eighth-century stone monument, and hear them spoken aloud.
Happy Cows
A happy cow is a productive cow. A productive cow gives more milk. More milk means more money. That's farmer Kirk Christie's philosophy. And how does he make his cows happy?
By giving them a new barn, waterbeds, and a flat-screen television. The idea is to boost milk production by making the cows more comfortable. Dairy scientists at Iowa State University estimate cows with comfortable bedding produce 6 percent more milk daily.
Powerthirst
Powerthirst is everything you ever wanted. Powerthirst is crystal meth in a can. Warning: may contain Anna Kournikova.
Monstruos Diabolicos
Monstruos Diabolicos (diabolic monsters) is a set of 80 trading cards by Spanish illustrator Rafa Toro that feature face drawings of monsters.
(via I.Z. Reloaded)
Save Your Own Life: How To Survive
Strange things happen every day. For example, almost 2.5 million people called poison centers for help in 2006. In 2004, 112,000 people died of injuries from falls, drownings, and other accidents. In 2006, search-and-rescue rangers in national parks responded to nearly 4,000 calls. Every year, around 3,000 succumb to choking.
You always assumed freak accidents would never happen to you. But they can happen. Here's how to save your own life and survive.
How To Build Hover Shoes
Hover shoes which will allow you to 'float' over any predominantly metal base. All you need is a pair of shoes, a soldering iron, solder, wire, 50 lb lift magnets, two 9v batteries, and a glue gun.
(via UniqueDaily)
Great Art Parodies
Artist and author Joel Schick has posted a fantastic gallery of 'Great Art Parodies' with a Sesame Street theme.
(via Neatorama)
10 Most Bizarre Species Names
Ever heard of Calponia Harrisonfordi, or Carmenelectra shechisme? The first one is spider, the second one is a fossil moth.
10 Most Bizarre Species Names.
7 Abandoned Wonders Of The Former Soviet Union
The former Soviet Union has some of the most interesting, unique and strange abandoned buildings.
The complex political, military and social history of the country has led to everything from almost-finished buildings abandoned before actual use and entire abandoned cities to chilling gulags in which tens of millions of prisoners met their end.
How Many Sequels?
Shown are some films, but how many sequels have they had? Simply click on 'There was more' if you think 'There was more'. Or 'That was it' if you think 'That was it'.
10 Shocking Facts About Global Slavery in 2008
According to research carried out by the organization Free the Slaves, more people are enslaved worldwide than ever before. In its 400 years, the transatlantic slave trade is estimated to have shipped up to 12 million Africans to various colonies in the West. Free the Slaves estimates that the number of people in slavery today is at least 27 million.
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center suggests that three out of four slavery victims are women and that half of all modern-day slaves are children. Countless other people are in other forms of servitude which are not legally classified as slavery, according to the Anti-Slavery Society, described ambiguously by some as unfree labour.
Old-Style Photo Generator
Upload a photo and the Old-Style Photo Generator turns it into a photo looking like a hundred years old.
(via INutil/E)
Fight The Smears
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has launched a website to dispel rumours about his faith and patriotism and his wife's views on race that have dogged his candidacy for more than a year.
The fightthesmears.com website offers detailed responses to several rumours that have continued to circulate online and in conservative news outlets despite efforts to knock them down, and encourages supporters to e-mail those responses to others.
Pig In Boots
Pigs like muck, or so we are told. But what if a little piggy suffer from mysophobia, a fear of dirt?
Owners Debbie and Andrew Keeble were at a loss, until they remembered the four miniature boots used as pen and pencil holders in their office. They slipped them on the piglet's feet - and into the mud she happily ploughed.
(via A Welsh View)
6 Upcoming Countries Worth Visting Now The Conflict Is Over
For people who live in historically peaceful nations it is easy to forget that there are nations across the world currently struggling with conflict or recovering from the devastation of civil war. Many of these countries have suffered internal conflicts for decades and only achieved a state of peace in recent years.
Here's a look at six upcoming countries that suffered recent, often extended, conflicts but which are now essentially at peace.
Baby Sloths
These are some of the baby sloths at the Aviarios del Caribe Sloth Refuge in Costa Rica, the only sloth sanctuary in the world.
(via Dark Roasted Blend)
Water, Water, Everywhere
Water is having a significant impact on many people's lives around the world right now. From droughts to quake lakes, floods to monsoons, people and animals are dealing with water in many ways.
In these photos, we can see people play, wash, mourn, survive, escape, celebrate and marvel with something so basic as water.
BMW Shape-Shifting Car
BMW has come up with something as strange as it is innovative - a shape-shifting car covered with fabric. Instead of steel, aluminum or even carbon fiber, the GINA Light Visionary Model has a body of seamless fabric stretched over a movable metal frame that allows the driver to change its shape at will.
The GINA - which actually runs and drives - is a styling design headed straight for the BMW Museum in Munich and so it will never see production, but building a practical car wasn't the point.
Wordle
Wordle is a toy for generating 'word clouds' from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. You can create something as simple as this:
Or something a little more complex like the first phrases from Alice in Wonderland:
Physics
A shoe. And some balloons. Tie the balloons to the shoe and see it skyrocket into the air. Until the shoe comes too close to the sun, then the balloons pop, and the shoe falls down to Earth. Start again.
Physics is a 3D Engine demo by Masayuki Kido.
Ovulation Moment Caught On Camera
A human egg has been filmed in close-up emerging from the ovary for the first time, captured by chance during a routine operation. Fertile women release one or more eggs every month, but until now, only animal ovulation has been recorded in detail.
Gynaecologist Dr Jacques Donnez spotted it in progress during a hysterectomy. The pictures, published in New Scientist magazine, were described as 'fascinating' by a UK fertility specialist.
Baby Smash
Kids love to play with the computer. Unfortunately, they also have the habit of renaming your hard drive or deleting your files. Not on purpose of course, but by accident.
That's where Baby Smash comes in. As babies smash on the keyboard, colored shapes, letters and numbers appear on the screen. Baby Smash will lock out the Windows Key, as well as Ctrl-Esc and Alt-Tab so your baby can't get out of the application.
Was Your 13th Birthday Present This Monumental?
On this day (June 12) in 1942, a young girl in Amsterdam turned 13 years old. For her first birthday as a teenager, she asked for and received a small book which was meant to hold autographs. The girl had noticed the red and white plaid book in a nearby shop window a few days earlier. She intended to use the book as a diary.
The girl's name was Anne Frank. Based on an early entry in the diary, the prospect of writing her thoughts down on paper was somewhat strange and novel to young Anne. Who could possible care what a 13-year-old had to say, she ponders: For someone like me, it is a very strange habit to write in a diary. Not only that I have never written before, but it strikes me that later I, nor anyone else, will care for the outpouring of a thirteen year old schoolgirl.
Nothing could be farther from the truth. The words written in the girl's simple handwriting would open the eyes of millions of people to the sad realities of racial hatred.
Moodstream
Moodstream is a powerful brainstorming tool designed to help take you in inspiring, unexpected directions. Whether you want images, footage or audio, or just need a stream of fresh ideas, tweak the Moodstream sliders to bring a whole new creative palette straight to you.
You can tweak Moodstream to your mood and energy level based on sliders describing tagged asset attributes, such as happy vs. sad, warm vs. cool, or nostalgic vs. contemporary.
Bush And McCain Are One And The Same
According to UFO correspondent Dick Kennedy, president George W. Bush and Republican candidate John McCain are one and the same - a shape-shifting alien lizard creature from the Zeta Reticuli star system.
The revelations come from an insider from Bush's own staff. Speaking on condition of anonymity, Mr X said he could no longer stand the horrific sights to which he was subject as the alien being shifted from one hideous form to another.
There's a lot of credibility to these accusations, as the two 'men' are rarely seen in the same place, said one Washington insider.
Objectum-Sexuality
Objectum-Sexuality, or objectophilia, is an orientation to love objects. OS people feel a strong attraction towards objects possessing, in particular, certain geometry/function. Often this attraction is regarded as an obsession to a degree that provokes criticism.
Here are 3 examples of Objectum-Sexuality.
Eija-Riitta Berliner-Mauer.
Eija-Riitta Berliner-Mauer, 54, whose surname means Berlin Wall in German, wed the concrete structure in 1979 after being diagnosed with a condition called Objectum-Sexuality. Mrs Berliner-Mauer claimed she fell in love with the structure when she first saw it on television when she was seven.
She began collecting 'his' pictures and saving up for visits. On her sixth trip in 1979 they tied the knot before a handful of guests. She insists she has a full, loving relationship with the wall.
Mrs Berliner-Mauer, who lives in Liden, northern Sweden, said: I find long, slim things with horizontal lines very sexy. The Great Wall of China is attractive, but he's too thick – my husband is sexier.
Erika La Tour Eiffel
Erika La Tour Eiffel, 36, is an ex-US Army soldier living in San Francisco. She is also a former world champion in archery – propelled to success, she believes, by her love for Lance, a bow.
She now claims to be married to the Eiffel Tower, following a ceremony with friends last year in Paris, at which she promised eternal love to the iron monument and changed her name legally to reflect the bond. Erika La Tour Eiffel says: There is a huge problem with being in love with a public object, she says sadly. The issue of intimacy – or rather lack of it – is forever present.
Sandy K.
Ever since she was eight years old, Sandy K., 25, from Berlin, Germany, was hopelessly in love with New York's Twin Towers.
For Sandy, the attraction to things is so overpowering, she confesses: When it comes to love, I am only attracted to objects. I couldn't imagine a love affair with a human being.
This post was inspired by an article on Neatorama.
The Name Behind The Initials
We know a good number of famous middle initials. But how many of us actually know the less famous, oftentimes strange names they stand for?
Find out with the 'Middle Initials' quiz.
I scored 67% (8 out of 12).
(via Neatorama)
Hypnosis - Myths And Facts
Basically anyone can be hypnotized as long as they are not children under the age of 4, people who are mentally challenged, people who are under the influence of drugs and alcohol, and people who are unwilling to be hypnotized. And no one can control your mind, unless you let them.
Hypnosis - Myths And Facts.
7 Modern Wonders Of Green Technology
Green architecture comes in many forms though lately it seems like these forms are stranger than ever. Urban skyscraper farms? Floating eco-cities? Glowing solar towers? Turbine-driven skyscrapers? Magnetically levitated wind collectors? Where does it end?
Take a look at seven of the most amazing real and conceptual designs currently at the forefront of ecological innovation. These examples push the limits of ecological architecture and contemporary urban design discourse.
15 Wackiest Classified Ads
For sale: soccer ball. Signed by famous Brazilian soccer player Pele... or by some guy named Peter.
15 Wackiest Classified Ads.
Color Allusions
Though printed in black and white, great literature is bursting with vibrant colour. Color Allusions is a rebus-style puzzle, where color words and parts of words have been replaced with colored boxes.
Try to guess the exact hue of each. Roll your mouse over the colored boxes to reveal the missing words. Click the colored boxes to learn more about each hue.
Color Allusions.
Winter Wizard
I've posted about Larry Carlson before. He's a visionairymulti multi media artist. Working with computers he creates artwork that is completely mind blowing.
Check out his new Winter Wizard digital artwork.
(thanks Larry Carlson)
Top Ten Videos Of Babies Falling But Not Getting Seriously Hurt
Babies may not know how to talk or use the bathroom, but they sure know how to fall off things.
More videos of babies falling.
(thanks Lauren)
Bookmark InSuggest
If you have a del.icio.us account, you can use Bookmark InSuggest. Bookmark InSuggest will analyze your online bookmarks and recommend other bookmarks that matches your taste.
Desktopography
What we see everyday can affect our mood and state of mind. Enhance your desktop with a wallpaper creation from Desktopography and feel the essence of nature and the outdoor existence on your computer. Bring tranquility to your desktop, feel the wilderness and give your background a breath of fresh air.
The Desktopography project arrived in 2005 as a place to download nature/topological themed wallpapers with edits from selected designers. Everything iss free, and some of the artwork is really amazing.
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'm red this time!
click on the picture for real size
Cat Plays Theremin
The theremin is one of the earliest fully electronic musical instruments. It was invented by Russian inventor Lev Sergeyevich Termen in 1919, and it's unique in that it was the first musical instrument designed to be played without being touched.
To play the theremin, the player moves his hands around the two metal antennas, which control the instrument's frequency and amplitude.
Deadly Glasses
London designer Kacper Hamilton has created a set of cups inspired by the Seven Deadly Sins. Each glass encapsulates a sin, which is revealed through the ritual of drinking.
The 7 Deadly Glasses are about celebrating passion and encouraging the user to be sinful in a theatrical fashion.
(via Coilhouse)
Slow Motion Punches
Production company Action Figure filmed its employees being punched in the face in slow motion to the rhythm of Robyn's Be Mine song. Why? I really don't know.
The Windsor Housewife Who Got A Royal Guard On The Way Home From Her Shopping Trip
It's not everyday you're the subject of a Royal Guard of honour as one unsuspecting woman found on her way home from shopping in Windsor. Carrying her bags through Windsor Great Park, the woman was greeted by a Royal Guard on the Long Walk.
(via UniqueDaily)
8 Of The World's Most Unusual Postage Stamps
Most people would state that postage stamps are probably the most mundane item that could be collected. To many people, stamps are nothing but tiny rectangles of paper with pictures of flags or dead presidents on them.
In last Friday's post at 'Stamps of Distinction', Tony, who maintains the site, attempts to abolish the mundane classification by showcasing what he thinks are 8 of the most unusual stamps that exist. Every single one of them is valid as postage in their country of issue.
World Ocean Day
Today is World Ocean Day. World Ocean Day is an opportunity every year to honor the oceans and products they provide, such as seafood, as well as marinelife itself for aquariums and pets. The oceans also provide sea-lanes for international trade. Global pollution and over-consumption of fish have resulted in drastically dwindling population of the majority of species.
The concept of a World Ocean Day was first proposed in 1992 by the Government of Canada at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Although not yet officially designated by the United Nations, an increasing number of countries mark June 8th as an opportunity each year to celebrate our world ocean and our personal connection to the sea.
Big Fat Lie
Exercise won't make us thin, carbohydrates are what cause obesity, and eating fat doesn't cause heart disease. As you pound the treadmill in the gym, consider this: what if someone told you it was all in vain? What if no amount of exercise will make you thinner, and everything we've been led to believe about exercise, diet and obesity is wrong?
This intriguing possibility has been raised by Gary Taubes, America's most controversial science writer and the author of a book called 'The Diet Delusion: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom on Diet, Weight Loss and Disease.'
Condiment Gun
Sausages, chips and burgers will be unable to dodge the splodge once you arm yourself with a Condiment Gun. This brilliantly ridiculous sauce dispenser looks just like a comedy cartoon six-shooter and it's ideal for anyone who loves squirtable condiments such as ketchup, mustard and brown sauce.
All you do is load up the Condiment Gun's cartridge with your favourite sauce, bung it in and squeeze the trigger. Just think, armed with a Condiment Gun you can re-enact your favourite pistol-based movie moments and add a dash of flavour to your food at the same time.
(via Everlasting Blort)
Firefox 3
Firefox 3 will ship this month. Take a look at some new features in Firefox 3, presented by Mozilla developer Mike Schroepfer.
Watch Live Streaming News From Around The World
LiveNewsCameras.com is a collection of live video streams from television networks from all around the world. At the moment they have about 150 live streams.
(via Neatorama)
FaceSaerch
A couple of weeks ago I posted about CreativeSpace, an image search where you can scroll through images visually with a scrollbar.
Now, from the same creator, Austrian developer Franz Enzenhofer, comes FaceSaerch (yes, that's the way it's written). It has the same features but this time it only looks for faces.
(thanks Franz Enzenhofer)
Well, I finally created a Twitter account. For the few of you who don't know what Twitter is, it's an online service, free for everyone, to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?
I still don't know what Twitter can do for me so at the moment I'm just experimenting with the service. I probably don't have the time to keep everyone updated on everything I do, but I'm looking into the possibilities of using Twitter to promote this blog.
My Twitter account.
The Mapsters
Ever wondered how maps are created? Wonder no more. It's these not-so-little guys that do all the hard work.
To celebrate the official launch of Nokia Maps 2.0 which has come out of beta, here's a fun website from Nokia: The Mapsters.
The new interactive website allows you to take control of one of the creatures and create a map of Paris, Tokyo or London.
(via b3ta)
Discover Your Color Personality
Everyone has an emotional association, and you are drawn to different colors for various reasons. The Color Sense Game helps you discover your color preferences based on your five senses, your interests and your style. This game is meant to be enlightening and entertaining, a quiz that allows you to shed some light on your color personality.
Me, I'm Al Fresco.
Fresh and balanced, the Al Fresco greens are a natural and versatile choice. They recreate nature and put the essence of renewal in our everyday lives.
We Didn't Start The Viral Video
A compilation of all the popular viral videos over the last couple of years.
Free Political Documentaries
In order to have a true democracy, there has to be a free flow of easily accessible information. Unfortunately, many important perspectives, opinions, and facts never make it to our televisions or cinemas.
Freedocumentaries.org is a site where anyone with an internet connection can watch a movie to educate themselves or simply explore another perspective whenever they please. These movies aren't just for education but are also for entertainment.
Human Car Wash
People need bathing. Hospital patients need bathing too and to speed up this process, may we suggest the Human Car Wash? The Human Car Wash eliminates slipping and falling because the washees are strapped into a hanging harness and merely need to stand or dangle in a fixed position while the conveyor belt moves them from station to station.
First the wetting station, then the soapy spray station, next the rinsing station and at the end, no towels are needed because there's a blow drying station!
For more absurd patents, visit Patently Absurd Inventions.
16 Post-It Note Pranks, Sculptures And Murals
Never underestimate the power of simple office supplies. Post-It notes come in many vibrant colors and provide everything from a building block for engaging sculptures to a collection of blank slates for interactive community art projects.
Here are 16 projects that involve covering, cladding, sculpting and decorating with simply sticky pieces of paper.
Spot The 6 Differences
You know the concept. Shown are 2 pictures and you have to spot the differences. 6 Differences is beautifully animated and the theme is night time which makes it sometimes hard to spot the differences.
6 Differences is the sequel to 5 Differences where the theme was day time.
(thanks m.c.)
Guideal
Guideal is the link between people wishing to show around their neighbourhood or city and tourists wanting to discover a location in the company of one of its residents.
Each amateur or professional tour guide creates his/her own tour according to his/her knowledge and personality and is paid, if he/she wants to, for each tour accomplished.
With Guideal, anyone can be a tour guide!
(thanks Yohann)
Bicycle City
There is a niche of people in the world who want to live somewhere better. Somewhere that isn't an asphalt jungle. Somewhere their kids are safe and won't get hit by a car. Somewhere with clean air, beauty and a good job.
They want a new design for a city - a place that is designed and built now for this century. Bicycle City is a planned, compact design community. Its eco-friendly, car-free design is healthy, sustainable and animal-friendly.
Bicycle City is designed to have the best of large cities and small towns. Bicycle City is walking-, running- and cycling-friendly with most everything needed located nearby. If someone owns a car, they park it conveniently on the outside perimeter of the city. Children and animals are safer without motor vehicles. Without the need to drive to work, people use less energy, save money and have less stress.
(thanks Ashley)
IT Posters To Cover Your Empty Walls
If you have lots of empty wall space in your office you need to check out this. It's a list of posters that focus on interesting information rather than nice-looking sunsets. And all are computer and network related.
Hair Hats
Hair hats by Nagi Noda, a Japanese pop artist born in Tokyo in 1973. She rose to prominence as an art director designing print advertising, book designs and CD sleeves before turning to larger clients such as Nike. Her commercials have won a host of prizes in Japan.
The UroClub
You arrive at the golf course, and soon you're on to 18 holes with your best buddies. After drinking sport ades, water, beer, and whatever, you're on the 3rd hole with no rest room in sight. There are no trees or bushes around and you just gotta go, what are you going to do?
The UroClub is intended to eliminate anxiety and any feeling of uneasiness on the course. It can be emptied at the nearest restroom or later on, when the golfer returns home.
(via UniqueDaily)
Instant Rimshot
A rimshot is the sound produced by hitting the rim and the head of a drum at once, with a drum stick. Rimshots are usually played to produce a more accented note, and are typically played loudly.
Instant rimshot.
Bomomo
Bomomo is another product by Philipp of Google Blogoscoped. With Bomomo you can make wonderful works of art, like this one.
Just hold down your mouse button and move it. Only works in Firefox, Opera and Safari.
Family Feed Bag
New Wearable Feedbags Let Americans Eat More, Move Less. A parody by the Onion.
(via Ehrensenf)
How The Web Was Won
Vanity Fair has an article about the history of the internet.
Fifty years ago, in response to the surprise Soviet launch of Sputnik, the U.S. military set up the Advanced Research Projects Agency. It would become the cradle of connectivity, spawning the era of Google and YouTube, of Amazon and Facebook, of the Drudge Report and the Obama campaign.
Each breakthrough - network protocols, hypertext, the World Wide Web, the browser - inspired another as narrow-tied engineers, long-haired hackers, and other visionaries built the foundations for a world-changing technology.
Keenan Mayo and Peter Newcomb let the people who made it happen tell the story.
The 100 Greatest Movie Posters
A great movie poster is a hard thing to find. Most posters are cut and paste jobs that don't sell the movie very well at all. A great poster should intrigue, shock, inspire and excite. It should be aesthetically beautiful or original. Above all, it should be so memorable that a single glance will be instantly recognizable.
The 100 Greatest Movie Posters.