January 2008
104 posts
Guitar Zero Plasticky Goodness →
“Plasticky Goodness // Current” interviews the band called Guitar Zero. (via SB)
WatchGameplay video for worldHack, developed by a local here named David Whitlark.
Xenu Filters Google Translate →
Apparently step one of Xenu’s plan to bring down Scientology is rewriting Spanish history.
— via TJ Colvin, Bennett
sounds "yummy" →
What’s better, a “free” pizza, or a free “pizza”? I hope that the large cheese “pizza” is actually, like, socks. Thanks, Mike.
It's that time of year - free games all around. →
It seems that everyone wants to post their toplists for free game recommendations at the moment. First up is Gnomes’ Lair with 100 excellent free games in bloom. Can’t forget 1up with 101 Free Games 2008. And last but still well worth checking out is Indiegames’ (formerly Indygamer) Best Freeware Arcade Games 2007 and Best Freeware Adventure Games 2007. If that isn’t enough...
WatchSweeeeeet conway’s life on Vimeo (via Vimeo) — via bennett, god among men
Automated Mario →
Okay, these are just fun — a series of custom-designed Mario levels that let the little plumber make his way through a whole level without the player ever having to touch a controller. A triumph of cleverly-placed blocks! Find many, many more at this list of Automated Mario videos
Motorized cordless twin rubber band minigun,... →
Rubber band warfare just got deadlier. (Single YouTube link to rubber band gun AWESOMENESS.)
DNA seen through the eyes of a coder →
BECAUSE NUMBERS DON’T LIE →
#6 Funny Kid Isnt Sorry About Huge Party →
Break - 13 new posts today
Fear Factor →
Switchgrass Makes Better Ethanol Than Corn →
statemachine writes to mention that the USDA and farmers took part in a 5-year study of switchgrass, a grass native to North America. The study found that switchgrass ethanol can deliver around 540 percent of the energy used to produce it, as opposed to corn ethanol which can only yield around 24 percent. “But even a native prairie grass needs a helping hand from scientists and farmers to...
60 Minutes Interview Mark Zuckerberg →
I was there the day 60 minutes came to interview but they were careful to keep us away from the camera crews.
Hang your books from the rafters →
Love this storage idea for sticking your books up in the rafters. I get rid of books as fast as I can, but I overflow my shelves all the time and end up colonizing the floor with tottering heaps. Better to colonize the ceiling! Link (Thanks, Alice!)
Top Ten Best Ever →
The top 10 list that destroys all previous top 10 lists: McSweeney’s Top Ten Best Ever.
[ART] Pulp Fiction →
Without a translation, all I can guess is that this is from some sort of “Best Of” TV Show and these are the three best examples of uber-Origami skills. I can’t tell if they’re all done by one person or three different people, but either way, they are certainly amazing! Comments
The Hubble telescope recently captured an image of... →
The Hubble telescope recently captured an image of a double Einstein Ring. An Einstein Ring happens when two galaxies are perfectly aligned. The closer galaxy acts as a lens, magnifying and distorting the view of a more distant galaxy. But today astronomers announced that they’ve discovered a double Einstein Ring: three galaxies are perfectly aligned, creating a double ring around the...
CES Credentials-B-Gone →
Juvenile? Awesome? Awesomely juvenile? The kids of Gizmodo bring some TV-B-Gones to the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas. This is what happened. Given the general atmosphere of electronic saturnalia that pervades CES, the stunt is faintly satisfying as a piece of agitprop (or, shall we say, shit-disturbing). It’s just insanely unprofessional… depending, of course, on what you...
How to Make Fireballs That You Can Hold: →
Foreboding ads featuring the World Trade Center →
Copyranter has been collecting old print advertisements that feature the World Trade Center.
Left: Pakistan International Airlines, 1979. Center: Asbestos Corporation Limited, 1981. Right: World Trade Center, circa 1984.
Fun chemical reaction video →
The Wired Science blog posted a YouTube video of a liquid that changes color from clear to yellow to blue over and over again.
In 1973, the spectacular demonstration was perfected by Thomas Briggs and Warren Rauscher, two amazing high school science teachers. Over thirty-five years later, chemists are still trying to fully understand how it works.
What they do know: Several reactions take...
Does one's choice of typeface affect the grade you... →
Does one’s choice of typeface affect the grade you get on a college paper? Papers written with Georgia and Times New Roman (serifs) got As while those with Trebuchet (sans serif) got Bs. (link)
What is the Future of Wireless Power? →
mfbatzap writes “According to Firdooze, we have seen various devices that can free ourselves from wires at CES 2008. The manufactures, Wildcharge, Powercast and Fulton Innovation, came out with two different methods of transmitting power from source to the devices. Wildcharge and Fulton banked on magnetic coupling while Powercast decided to go with RF (Radio Frequency). So which technology...
Best. Tombstone. Ever. →
Did you know that Merv Griffin earned more money in his career from royalties off the “Jeopardy” theme (which he composed) than from any television show he ever produced? That used to be my favorite fun fact about Merv, until I came across this on TMZ: Simply amazing. The man remains a national treasure, even in death.
[from nelson] The Wire: 4 seasons in 4 minutes →
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[from luke.hoersten] Buxfer: Track Your Money →
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Kanye Goes 150 →
So who’s getting one of those 150-inch TVs that dominated CES headlines? Kanye is, that’s who.
Japanese Bug Fights .com →
Japanese insects fight to the (unclimatic) death. Very difficult for me watch for some reason. I think because bugs creep me out? via: Bennett Andrews Internet Awesome Oracle
Matt Stuart shoots photos of visual puns and... →
Matt Stuart shoots photos of visual puns and coincidences. (link)
Christian Atheism at Speaker's Corner →
Today in my ongoing series of photos from my travels: the Christian Atheism guy who stands quietly at Speaker’s Corner in London every Sunday, with signs that proclaim: CHRISTIAN ATHEISM: TO FOLLOW JESUS, REJECT GOD. Link
Ask 37signals: Why did you restart Highrise? →
Johni Brown asks: Can you describe initial direction you took when developing Highrise, before you started over? How did it differ from today’s Highrise? What aspect of it were you unhappy with, and why? The primary problem with the first version of Highrise was that we didn’t use it ourselves. It was built on fantasy requirements of what some people might need one day. That’s an incredibly hard...
probably ok →
Anna saw this one in New York. Evidently the Irish team is probably pretty good.
Right Brain v Left Brain | Herald Sun →
I stared at this illusion for way too long… very impressive technically. Tricking your brain into spinning the dancer the opposite way is very difficult. Clockwise spinning is most natural for me.
Beautifully terrifying photos →
…of nuclear tests in French Polynesia. via: http://www.kottke.org/08/01/the-best-links-2007
Soundsnap.com: Find and Share Free Sound Effects... →
Online database of free audio.
Patton Oswalt Eats At KFC →
Comedian Patton Oswalt has gotten a lot of mileage out of KFC’s Famous Bowls (“a failure pile in a sadness bowl.”); after years of mockery, he finally tries one for himself, and writes about the experience.
Free Text Messaging - Send Free Text Messages to... →
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