Jump in my Car
David Hasselhoff’s Jump In My Car video is possibly the best music video in the entire universe (if the universe was extremely small, cheesey, and only allowed to exist in Germany)
Add comment July 14th, 2006
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PictoOrphanage
The PictoOrphanage will take in orphaned 2D characters and help them through the process of becoming born as a full-fledged three-dee being. Quite odd.
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Flying Lawnmower
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No! It’s a Flying Lawnmower
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Star Wars On Earth
Joey Interactive blogged about photographer cedric delsaux, who has some really cool photos of Stars Wars characters set in a modern urban backdrop that works very well.
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Please Don’t Suicide Bomb
I’m not sure how effective this Big Budget Anti-Suicide Bombing PSA for Iraq will be. I can only imagine it will have very little effect, or even perhaps a negative reaction.
Add comment July 11th, 2006
Plen the Rollerskating Robot
Shell out $2,200 and a ticket to Japan and you too can own Plen the Skateboarding robot. “Plen the Skateboarding robot is up for grabs in Japan. With a height of approximately 23 cms or 0.75 feet Plen is powered by a 32 bit ARM7 CPU at 33MHz and has 18 movable joints. It connects to the PC via USB and can also be controlled by a cell phone via Bluetooth. It comes with a Lithium Ion battery pack, charger, USB cable and Roller Skates. Plen’s battery provides 25 minutes of walking time.” Video clip #1Video of Skateboarding, Roller Skating and more!
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Christian Dior Me
Really *ahem* interesting Christian Dior Fall 2006 Collection.
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cold feet?
Get yourself some USB foot warming slippers. I know I need a pair - my feet are always cold! Hrm, yes, and this IS a ridiculous way to utilize your usb juice.
Add comment July 6th, 2006
bumptop
The bumptop physical desktop is an excellent execution of an alternative method of interacting with files. While not very practical or usable, it’s a beautiful mix of real physics and digital organization.
Add comment July 5th, 2006
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya | Dance Steps Video
I’ve started watching The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. I’m a few epsiodes in, and am enjoying it thoroughly - The ending song is really cute and has the characters from the show doing a cutesy dance number.
The funniest thing is the SOS-Dan fansite that shows the dance steps so that you can learn the dance too! Then you can teach your socially awkward male friend. And once he’s mastered the steps, teach it to his Gundam figures, and also to the random cosplayers from Finland. Go Fin anime fanatics, go!
Add comment July 5th, 2006
Modern Empires
Imomus at Click opera has a piece called ‘Empires and Dance’ which provided a new perspective on what I am used to from living in the USA, offering Berlin as the location where a new model is being worked out. Imomus:
Berlin is in fact a laboratory for future ways of doing things. This city is not just post-industrial, but post-imperial. It’s a divergence machine.
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Reverse-Colorblindness Test
This page features an interesting switch on the usual colorblindness tests - these tests are only correctly visible to people who are colorblind. It taps into the fact that colorblind people can detect subtle changes in intensity (contrast?) much better than us normies. Of course, they do sacrifice the ability to see certain hues. I’m not sure of the scientific integrity of this test - but the general theory seems sound. I guess you’d need to validate the test images by having lots of colorblind folks confirm they can see the ‘hidden’ images. Maybe I should make my own anti-colorblind test and it always works because there simply is no hidden image at all! *evil grin*
Add comment July 2nd, 2006
Bleep Labs Thingamagoop
Bleep Labs has a wonderful video clip of their new ‘thingamagoop’ synth-toy-robot. It is so cute and funny and bleepy - it had me rofl-ing .
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C’était un rendez-vous
C’était un rendez-vous is a 1978 cult short film by Claude Lelouch in which a ‘Ferrari’ races at high speed through the streets of Paris in the petit hours of the morning. While probably driven by a professional driver, this was not a closed course - but claims of of going over 100 mph are exaggerated, and the soundtrack with its gear changes and high pitch engine whine is also cleverly overdubbed. See the video. See the ‘making of’ video which features the much-less-glamorous-than-a-Ferrari Mercedes. Oh the wonderful illusion of filmmaking!
Add comment June 30th, 2006