ZeroN – Levitated Interaction Element: nifty little demo.
5/21/2012
5/19/2012
Easy Macro Cell Lens Band: this looks very handy. {via}
25 Handy Words That Simply Don’t Exist In English: love these sorts of lists. {via}
5/17/2012
Drive a Tank: they absolutely need to franchise this. These prices seem quite reasonable.
5/16/2012
Super Soaker Central: my childhood would have been so much better had this sort of thing existed back then.
Man completes triathlon – juggling: come on, only two balls while biking?! You can do better than that.
5/15/2012
5/14/2012
Easy Macro Cell Lens Band: impressive and so clever. {via}
5/11/2012
Fetus Soap: no, not something to clean your fetus. Just click. {via}
5/9/2012
Download Kindle Best Sellers for Free – Zero Dollar Books: a surprising selection.
How to make any elevator an express to your floor: I can’t vouch for this since I live in a town (Phoenix) where most buildings have less than three floors.
5/8/2012
Zorbing: now I know the name.
5/4/2012
5/3/2012
INCREDIBOX: enh, kinda cool, I guess.
5/2/2012
The Fresh Prince of Downton Abbey: I recently got into Downton Abbey and so I naturally like this.
4/30/2012
LunchboxAwesome: I wonder if the kid appreciates it.
4/26/2012
1995 Pontiac Grand Am GT: it’s getting noticed but I doubt the people most impressed by this are in the market for a $700 busted Pontiac.
4/25/2012
I am Molly Ringwald. AMA: sure to be a crowd pleaser!
4/24/2012
What Happened? Bandages: no one will buy it, though. {via}
4/19/2012
Official National High Five Day Music Video: third Thursday in April. Hilarious video!
4/12/2012
Even in the 1870s, humans were obsessed with ridiculous photos of cats: people are people.
4/9/2012
The Dukes Of Hazzard All About Jumps: two thoughts—1) Hazzard County must have the highest per capita number of ramps of anywhere on earth and 2) I wonder if the production company behind Dukes of Hazzard also ran some sort of stunt driver training program to increase revenue.
A Show with Ze Frank: inspiring first episode.
Writers Diet: cut the flabanche.
4/6/2012
Google Maps Floor Plans: I could see retail locations participating in this, but who else would?!
Halloween Joke Blood Pillow: love it!
Liquid Body Armor Hardens on Impact: wow. I’m struggling, though, to think of non-armor uses.
4/3/2012
Learning From 11 Years of Personal Publishing Analytics: I’m a sucker for charts and analysis. {via}
3/27/2012
KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON Image Generator: irritating meme.
3/26/2012
Star Wars Millennium Falcon Silicone Ice Tray: if any of my children ever get into Star Wars, I am all over this.
[UPDATE: Looking around the site, there's more. And more. And more. And more. Good gravy!]
3/25/2012
25 Death-Defying Photos by Vadim Mahorov: whoa. Just mother-f’in whoa.
Wondermark – The Cookie Pushers: this hits pretty close to home as the father of three Girl Scouts.
3/10/2012
I Hanker for a Hunka Cheese: boy does that take me back.
3/9/2012
Numbers API: cool way to assess number facts.
3/8/2012
The Personal Analytics of My Life: that is some serious tracking going on there.
3/2/2012
WTF QR CODES: funny.
2/27/2012
Hindenburg: the only thing I ever knew about it was its fiery demise. It was so much more.
2/9/2012
Creative Outlet Stickers: adorable. {via}
1/30/2012
Star Wars Uncut – Directors Cut: that is simply amazing. {via}
1/24/2012
10 Worlds Most Dangerous Airports: sweet sassy molassey! Worth watching to the end.
1/19/2012
Ask Cool Tools: the blog is outstanding and this looks to be just as helpful.
1/18/2012
1/10/2012
Angry Birds: something about this just cracks me up.
1/7/2012
Comic Sans Project: who doesn’t love a little Comic Sans? {via}
12/16/2011
Share a secret – One Time: nice little idea.
Peter Schiff at Occupy Wall Street – Full Version, Almost 2 Hours Long!: he is a very patient person.
12/13/2011
Whole Foods Parking Lot – Music Video [HD]: possibly the only rap video where you’ll ever see quinoa.
A Never Before Seen Optical Trick Creates Ultra-Secure Cash: a watermark that can’t even be seen? Microscopic holes that only let certain wavelengths through? Yowza!
12/7/2011
The Right (and Wrong) Way to Die When You Fall Into Lava: whoa, makes total sense when you think about it.
12/6/2011
Google Search for “sin(x)+0.5*sin(2*x)+0.333333*sin(3*x)”: now with graphing.
12/2/2011
Worlds biggest ever insect found called the Weta Bug: there go my plans to visit New Zealand ever.
11/29/2011
Google Maps: that is nuts—wait until Google Street View goes indoors as well. Oh, never mind.
11/26/2011
Mieders Alpine Coaster (with no brakes!!): whoa. Just whoa. {via}
11/11/2011
The Man Who Pressed His Luck … and Won: memorizing five patterns under the circumstances is still amazing.
11/8/2011
Not an animated GIF: nice. If you want to prove to yourself that it’s not animated, look at it at a high angle. {via}
10/26/2011
I see what you did there Pixar: that is so awesome! {via}
10/20/2011
Chuck Lorre Productions – Vanity Cards: the full archive of all those messages that Chuck Lorre appends at the end of his shows.
LaunchRock: this is bubblicious.
10/18/2011
Teenage Mutant Ninja Noses: I hope this never turns into the arrow in the FedEx logo for me—meaning I can’t not see it when I look. {via}
10/14/2011
10 Stubborn Food Myths That Just Won’t Die, Debunked by Science: excellent list, I held a few of them that I clearly need to research more.
The Light Cycle: whoa. {via}
10/13/2011
Shit That Siri Says: this reminds me so much of the old Apple—the one that produced Clarus the Dogcow and had Easter eggs all over its software.
10/11/2011
WeatherSpark: man, that is a rich interface to put it mildly.
10/10/2011
Ladies and Gentlemen, the best pet Halloween costume of all time: agree wholeheartedly. My dog, however, would be the fastest damn AT-AT you ever saw.
Better Than Plumbing: come to think of it, why was Mario a plumber? There must be some backstory that I never got.
Ask Jon Skeet: for when you don’t care what anyone else has to say on StackOverflow.
10/6/2011
This Is Why I’m Broke: this is some sweet stuff!
10/5/2011
Wine Cellar: I hate wine but I love trap doors.
I think he nailed it: hah!
Storage on the Ceiling – Kiss Garage Clutter Goodbye: this is an awesome idea.
10/4/2011
Division of Labor: funny work signs.
Sea Captain Date: my that’s niche-y.
9/25/2011
This is What Happens When Your Dad’s a Graphic Designer: haha. My wife and I once co-opted George and Lorraine McFly’s backstory to explain how we met.
9/22/2011
Climbing Red Gates in Moscow: chilling and nauseating.
9/21/2011
Wolf Urine Lure: read the one entitled “One for the cellar.” Also, enjoy the reviews for fresh whole rabbit and the Luke Skywalker Ceremonial Jacket.
9/14/2011
Berkshire triple murder suspect arrested: once you’ve done that to your face, you have to go “entrpreneurial” as no one is going to hire you.
9/13/2011
Nerdy Day Trips: nothing in Arizona?! Well, I guess that’s probably true.
9/3/2011
When Bieber Fans Read The Onion: heaven help us.
8/29/2011
Gold Coins – The Mystery of the Double Eagle: utterly fascinating.
8/25/2011
8/24/2011
Steve Jobs’s Best Quotes: his impact on computing cannot be overstated. Also, watch his Stanford commencement speech for more inspiration.
The Mindset List: 2015 List: man, I feel old. {via}
Urban Dictionary – get an inbox: very useful term.
Blisteringly sexy, she killed Nazis with her bare hands and had a 5 million-franc bounty on her head. As she dies at 98, the extraordinary story of the real Charlotte Gray: quite the headline. The film adaptation is available on Netflix streaming.
8/23/2011
Scientists undo evolution to create a chicken with a maniraptora ‘snout’: not allowed “for ethical reasons” to hatch the animal?! Come on, maybe it’s delicious! {via}
Hangman’s Rope: read the reviews. Also, if you search for “noose” on Amazon, you get another way to kill yourself.
How to get $12 billion of gold to Venezuela: the proper response to a dictator trying to get his inflation hedge as he simultaneously tries to wreck his economy? “The gold stays put.”
8/14/2011
Fuck You Yelper: amen!
8/5/2011
Things That Look Like Other Things: neat stuff. {via}
6/30/2011
Goodbye to Chuquisaca: look at the hamburger joint sign a little more than halfway down the set of photos.
6/24/2011
8 Facts You Didnt Know About The Ice Cream Man: I did not know that.
6/23/2011
Should I Change My Password?: check your email address against recently-hacked databases.
6/21/2011
Cat Cake: nice!
6/17/2011
Dear Photograph: these are so touching. I wish I had more childhood photos so I could make these juxtapositions.
6/10/2011
BMW Powered Twin-Rotor Hoverbike: one step closer to the speeder bikes from Return of the Jedi.
6/9/2011
Roswell Martians Might Have Been Nazi Kids From Mengele’s Lab: that crazy Stalin.
6/5/2011
AirDisaster.Com: whoa. Just whoa.
5/31/2011
Birthing Dolls: this is why I have a category called WTF on this blog.
5/30/2011
Police Brutality at the Silent Flashmob at the Jefferson Memorial: this is really hard to watch, especially given that it transpires in a shrine to our most liberty-loving Founding Father.
