Hit The Button
Payback
Does somebody owe you money? Send them some Nigerian Money Collectors?
Fast As You Can
Which car is faster over a quarter mile?
Race two of your favorite cars head to head with The Quarter Mile Simulator.
I want an Enzo! (via The Presurfer)
Lets Get Physical
Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics strikes a blow for decency in movie physics! Want to know how many bullets can be fired by a real machine gun? If the gold in The Italian Job could be really driven around in Minis? Why falling people are always attracted to glass? This is the place…
Test Your Nerves
Night of the Living Dead has become public domain! Download this scary classic…Bring the popcorn and don’t forget to browse The Internet Archive. They have a huge collection of videos, audio, text and web resources…free knowledge.
Let There Be Light
Hungarian architect ?ron Losonczi has invented concrete blocks that thanks to an array of fiber optics lets light shine through. LiTraCon products are expected on the market at the end of 2004…So be patient and put off building that house of yours until you can get the walls to light up!
Read an article from Optics.org.
Crazy Ideas
Every day lots of new inventions are patented…Some are innovative, some creative, and some are just far out. The Wacky Patent of the Month is devoted to showing you the most outrageous inventions along with their explanations.
Here’s Johnny!
What’s next in entertainment devices? The iPod3…a full immersion VR trip. Excellent animation, I only wish it were real!
Water and Oil
Type has become so commonplace that we barely notice it anymore…The Untitled Project isolates the text from its original graphic design. Type and graphic are separated giving a new perspective on the interaction between the two. (via Kottke)
Kill ‘em All
Theres a new trend in construction equipment…or so I think. It was about time that all the young, cool, black-shirted construction workers got some gear that doesn’t make you them look like a dorks. Hoodlum welding has some pretty impressive welding hoods…and Death Stick makes the coolest looking hammer ever. This gear could take serial killing to a new level!
Irresistible Folds
Origami, the art of folding paper (Japanese ‘ori’, to fold, and ‘kami’, paper) combines simple folds to make extremely detailed designs. Hojyo Takashi’s website has a variety of superb designs…and to think that it is only paper.
All in All
This is something I’d love to have in my living room:
The Periodic Table of Elements with the real elements inside…Pity that you can’t have the radioactive stuff!
Big Wheel Keep On Turnin’
Perpetual Motion Machines are hypothetical machines that make energy from nowhere. In order to work they have to break the First or Second Law of Thermodynamics. A lot of time and effort has been invested in inventing one, but all of it has been in vain… Eric’s History of Perpetual Motion features a comprehensive list and links to the many that have tried. Perpetual Motion Pioneers shows some of the best efforts, and Is Perpetual Motion Possible? has some good animations that will show you how some of these machines are supposed to work.
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!
Last year I went to visit my dad in Miami, He lives there now. We were both watching TV, and a sitcom (can’t remember which) came on. It had been a long time since I last watched American TV…anyway, I was caught off-guard by the fake dubbed laughs. I don’t need to be told when to laugh! Read a Short History of the Laugh Track…and have the last laugh.
The Law
Law of Nations:
In an underdeveloped country, don’t drink the water;
in a developed country, don’t breathe the air.
from The House of Murphy.
SSSSSSSSSS….SSSS
Do you like spray painting but can’t afford the hassle with police? Have you ever wandered what it would be like to spray paint a subway car? Graffiti Studio is an online or standalone software that lets you paint on the sides of trains and subways of different cities…Have fun and don’t let it drip!
(via Pablo)
Color Methods
I am totally addicted to any How-To that I find…And what could be better than Howtoons? One-page cartoons showing “How To” build things. I definitely need a workshop!
Cumbia y Vallenato
Giovanni and Paola have set up 100%Natural, and online store that sells handmade products by Colombian artisans. The catalog is very well thought out and the prices are excellent. Take a look at what they have to offer, and admire the beauty, colors, textures, and people.
Clever idea
BugMeNot bypasses the login of web sites that require compulsory registration and/or the collection of personal/demographic information.
A lot of web content is behind a registration form. Don’t you hate it when you click on a link that takes you to a registration page that you have to complete in order to read the info? The ugliest part is receiving endless spam offers after that…
Enjoy.
Small Pop
While we are still zooming at the small scale…Ballonmolek?le is dedicated to making molecules out of balloons, and it even shows you the technique to make your own.
Micro Machines
We rarely remember that there is a small animal world everywhere. Protozoa are the most abundant animals in the world in terms of numbers and biomass…Droplet is a collection of fascinating amateur protozoa microscope images. We are surrounded!!!
Creative Layers
Ok, here is a good one…
While surfing around I found this “documentary” about how 40 people bought the same car on the same day in a small town in Sweden. The town, Dalaro, had never even sold 40 cars in a year. The documentary was made by this guy Carlos Soto, who turns out to be venezuelan…hmmm got me interested. I check out his website and find his cut of the video. He points out inconsistencies and says the documentary is fake, he was lied to by Volvo and the townspeople…
And now for the Blair Witch Moment:
Carlos Soto doesn’t exist.
Everything is a Volvo creation.
A spoof inside a spoof.
Do a Pollock!
Frong 4
Friday Song 4 is here…Pseudo Hip Hop orchestra crash.
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Selling Loud
In Ubatuba the truck that sells propane plays Kenny G. You can hear him from very far away…He used to play Vivaldi, but a lady complained that it was an insult to the Four Seasons!
T u r bu len c E
Every time just right before food is served on an airplane you get some turbulence…The captain turns on the fasten seat belt sign, “uhhh Ladies and gentleman we are encountering some heavy turbulence, please go back to your seats and fasten your seat belts please”. A few moments later the food carts arrive and there is no one in the hallways…Fine. But why do you have to lie?…the trick is getting old! Do they have a special turbulence button, or do they just wiggle the steering? Love to know if you noticed it too.
