March 2008
running a fun-run
6.9 - Barcoded Gravestones →
Japanese gravestone maker Ishi no Koe (“Voice of the Stone”) is going to sell gravestones with embedded two-dimensional bar codes called QR code (common in Japan).
When scanned with a QR…
See-thru laptops! →
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Wow - Flickr user Kap4001 removed the displays from 5 laptops just to … wait, no he didn’t -
Every screen is showing exactly whats behind it - relative…
1.0 - Toy plastic shield bears Gorey-esque warning... →
Jamin sez, “This is the safety message stamped on a plastic shield we bought at Target. I have to admit that I’m a little freaked out by it. It appears to be a warning FROM THE FUTURE! It reads…
It’s Photoshop. On the Web. From Adobe. (p.s. It’s... →
We all knew this day would come sooner or later, but that doesn’t make it any less exciting, does it?
Today, Adobe releases Photoshop Express for the web.…
Fire Horses →
Norman Foster’s Almaty Twin Towers in Kazakhstan →
World-renowned architect Sir Norman Foster seems to be making a lot of friends in the former Soviet Union, with news of new Foster design proposals in Russia and Central Asia being approved…
7.0 - Photorealistic papercraft heads →
Artist Bert Simons makes realistic papercraft heads. Link (Via about:blank)
1.0 - Five New Yorkers That Wear One Color →
“New York magazine interviewed five New Yorkers who wear only one color all day, every day.” [via adriennea on Twitter]
Boston Dynamics Big Dog (new video) →
This is the latest video of the Big Dog from Boston Dynamics. What would you do if you came across this in the woods? I know, take it apart and see how it works, or run for your life! It is…
Javan Ivey →
Javan Ivey →
The best business card ever →
Okay, this is my favorite business card of all time:
In case you can’t read the image, it says:
USED CARS — LAND — WHISKEY — MANURE — NAILS
FLY SWATTERS — RACING FORMS — BONGOS
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Recycled Book Cuffs →
Jamie Keiles creates fashionable wrist cuffs using the spines of old and damaged books, stitched up with leather backings and heavy-duty snaps. (She’ll line them in vinyl too, if you’d…
Let your shirt memories live on →
Filed under: Fashion, Shopping Guide
Do you have an old t-shirt that’s kinda out of style but you won’t throw it away for sentimental reasons? That Smiths shirt you wore to their…
Knit Graffiti in Yellow Springs, Ohio →
Garth at Extreme Craft writes: Speaking of public art, Knit graffiti isn’t just for the shadowy yarn anarchists of Knitta anymore. The town of Yellow Springs, Ohio has gone cuckoo for…
Exclusive Video of Facebook Chat Demo →
Earlier today Facebook held a press conference to talk about new privacy controls and to confirm that they are launching a web chat product in the coming weeks. Our real time notes from…
HA,HA, ss-stop!! →
I’z tiklish!!
no. i r srsly. stop. plz.
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6.9 - Measuring cup with unusual units of measure →
Harry White designed this measuring cup with units of measure like “tyrannosaurus rex brain,” “vol. of body cells that die on a good day,” and “enough plutonium to make a bomb.” He also…
SUSTAINABLE STYLE: Organic Tees and Hoodies for... →
Edun Men’s ‘Twisted Tree’ Tee, $55 and People Tree’s ‘Pedal Power Hoody’, £45.00
Organic cotton collections for men no longer consist of just plain old white tees. Both Edun and People…
A Steampunk Dalek Model, By Mr Holden →
We’ve seen the beautiful Steampunk dalek character design by Mr Promus-Kaa, and now the terrible anachonistic force from an alternative Skaro have independantly developed a third dimension! …
1.0 - "Conflict Chair" by Aviad Gil - olive wood... →
“Conflict Chair” by Aviad Gil - olive wood + red felt. Trees that were used to manufacture this chair were uprooted during the construction of “The Conflict Wall” that separates Israel and…
San Zhi →
I came across a flickr set today with some amazing pictures of an abandoned housing complex called San Zhi outside of Taipei, Taiwan. A google search didn’t bring up much information, but…
seventypercent.com - The chocolate connoisseur's... →
Coffee Printer →
How can you make coffee more interesting? You could print fancy designs on it. I am not sure how practical this is but WOW does it ever look cool!
“Long time ago, I saw a great video…
Has A Portfolio →
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Street Art At It's Best #2 →
Origin Unknown
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How To Be Happy: Work out what inspires you to... →
‘My parents tell me that I need to stop making career mistakes and sort myself out. I’m 21, but I still don’t know what I want to do with my life. Should I settle for just anything to please them?’…
BBC - BBC Two - White - Spectrum →
Klockwerks by Roger Wood →
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Physics report-card for science fiction movies →
IO9’s produced a science fiction film physics report-card that evaluates the accuracy of the physics in a large number of top-grossing sf films. Basically? They all stink. Link
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Rotting pegs to save Eavis cows →
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Animation discovered on 5,200-year-old pottery →
A 5,200 year old piece of pottery from Iran has been discovered to embody the oldest known animation in the world — a wild goat eating vegetation:
The wild goat motif can be seen on Iranian…
Kimya on tour
Fri-May-9 London UK Ladyfest London Underworld Sat-May-10 Brighton, UK Duke of York Cinema Sun-May-11 Manchester, UK Night and Day Mon-May-12 Bristol, UK Thekla Tue-May-13 Edinburgh, UK Caberet Voltaire Wed-May-14 Glasgow, UK ABC2
Cathedral of Junk →
Once a bible school teacher, now a full time maker Vince Hanneman is the owner and creator of the Cathedral of Junk in Austin Texas (in the lo-co area, also called lower…
Introducing Natural Glow-in-the-Dark Water! →
Deep in a mangrove swamp on the island of Viques, in Puerto Rico a fish moves.
Image by Frank LLosa
Eerie blue and green glows swirl and light up the water like an underwater aurora borealis…
Aperture 2.0: the Ars Technica review →
It has been over two years since Apple released Aperture 1.0. Version 2 of the application is upon us; Ars goes in depth to see what Apple has been up to since version 1.5.
The Idea Behind "Can Google Hear Me" →
You might remember the crazy story behind CanGoogleHearMe.com: Aaron Stanton had a great idea he couldn’t bring to life and he decided to pitch it to Google. Last year, he created a site…
Geek Bling: Periodic Rings Are Elemental →
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je comprends…moi non plus →
marc in san francisco spotted this at a restaurant in the haight called all you knead (have fun with those puns, kids). i can certainly empathize, but after reading some of the reviews…well,…
How to NOT apply to the BBC [PIC] →
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EMO BATH →
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Emo wall feels ur pain…
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Abandoned Wooden Miracles →
Some other masterpieces of Russian medieval wooden architecture were found abandoned.
Some of them look like they are just left - even some furniture stays on its places. The reason they…
New Release For BBC Mobile →
Hi. I’m Matthew Postgate: Controller, Mobile in BBC Future Media & Technology. Today, the BBC’s mobile team launched a significant release of the mobile version of bbc.co.uk. We’ve…