blog archive for December, 2005

gun run

Gun Run is a very fun little flash side-scrolling game. I rarely find anything I play more than once, but I have played this thing about 30 times. Enjoy.


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2007 Camaro concepts

If the 2007 Camaro looks anything like these concepts, I am getting one. I like this better than the Corvette, better than the Mustang, better than every other American “muscle car.” Stunning design.

[via autoblog.]


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tim tom

Screenhead calls Tim Tom “stop-motion comedy noir” and I guess I have to agree. I think the story is dumb, but the animation is fantastic in this award winning student film. It’s French, so what do you expect? I have no idea what’s going on. Enjoy.

[via screenhead.]


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supamonks

Here’s a really fun short CG animation about a monk who has enough and has to takes matters into his own hands when barbarian hoards attack. Very simple, very smooth, and with a great soundtrack. Enjoy SupaMonks.

[via screenhead.]


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banned xbox ad

The folks over at Microsoft seem to make a lot of mistakes. The advertising for the XBox has been pretty weak overall, but despite that, they sold over 40,000 XBoxes on eBay alone!
I don’t know which ad agency did this ad that Microsoft apparently rejected, but it is outstanding. I am going to assume […]


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AWESOME monster art

This is a really sweet gallery of fine art photoshopped to include modern horror film monsters and villains. It started off as Photoshop contest on Worth 1000, but I think the results exceeded their expectations. I LOVE this “Young Bathers” (Bouguereau and Chucky).

[via hedonistica.]


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luckiest man alive

Holy shit. This car goes out of control. Sweet. This guy, well, he’s standing right there. Definitely going to die. But this tree. It just sort of jumps in the way and saves him. So good. I love the internet. Watch this video to see what I am rambling about.

[via hedonistica.]


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historical rabbit animation

That’s a misleading title. This is an ad for Motorola that follows a cute little bunny through many of the recognizable animation styles throughout history, from the Mickey Mouse steamboat thing, through Tron, and modern CG, all landing themselves on the screen of a Motorola phone. Pretty sweet.

[via hedonistica.]


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I LOVE this wood LED clock

It’s a little pricey at $469, but this handmade wooden clock is imported from Japan, and uses LEDs through a thin layer of wood to get this effect. I LOVE it! (This tube lamp is pretty sweet also.)


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Borat responds to Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry announced plans to sue Sacha Cohen (Ali G) after his appearance as Borat hosting the European MTV Video Awards last month, for, basically, making Kazakhstanis look bad. Borat himself got involved, and issued this response video where he tells them basically to “go ahead and sue that Jew”. I haven’t seen much […]


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botched demo

Demolition experts tried to bring down a 200′ tall building in Sioux Falls, SD yesterday, but it did not go as expected, and there is video to prove it.

[via boingboing.]


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jennifer aniston topless?

Jennifer Aniston and her lawyers have been warning publishers not to print the topless photos recently taken of her without her knowledge when she was sunbathing in her own backyard. Well, they leaked, and SaveManny.com has them.
I am personally not sure these are real. I think I can see some under-nipple scars from breast augmentation […]


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Bill Gates donates $450 million for innovative health breakroughs

Pretty great idea by Bill Gates - funding highly experimental and alternative solutions to major 3rd world health problems. This includes figuring out why 10% of Kenyan prostitutes are resistant to AIDS, finding away to block mosquitos from smelling humans, making mosquitos transmit Vitamin A instead of malaria, and dry-storing vaccines. Way to go, Bill.
Eighty […]


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lu..!

This middle aged guy’s webcam video rendition of “What Is Love?” is definitely going to be the next big thing on the internets. I just laughed so hard, I gave myself a splitting headache. You’ll know what I mean by the title “Lu..!” in just a few minutes. Enjoy.

[via my favorite new website, savemanny.com]


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PWNed

Not for the faint of heart, this video is basically a collection of people getting very, very hurt trying to do stunts. It’s like Jackass on crack. Some of the is shit is absolutely unbelievable. Enjoy.

[via manny.]


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Le Papillon

Le Papillon is a stunning animated short film by Antoine Antin & Jenny Rakotomamonjy. This watercolor and brush stroke illustration style is gorgeous, and perfectly suited for this ancient Japanese material. Don’t miss this one.

[via drawn.]


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BatMitzvahpalooza

It appears that the initial reports were completely true. 50 “I got shot 8 times” Cent took $500,000 to play at some rich, Long Island, 13 year old, Jewish girl’s Bat Mitzvah a few weeks ago. Her father, David H. Brooks, is a rich manufacturer of bulletproof vests for the Army (how ironic) and spent […]


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out of control christmas lights

I have resisted linking to this video of the most ridiculous Christmas lights display I have ever seen. This is 10x worse than the Griswalds, and 20x worse than the D’Antonios who used to live across the street from me when I was a kid. This guy is using a whole computer controlled system for […]


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Just a little bit special…

English translations of Japanese phrases done by non English speaking Japanese people are more often than not very very funny. As is the case with the airport navigation assistance sign that reads ‘Retarded flights restaurant”. Gold.
But I need to ask myself constantly which would be weirder? If it’s possible that there isn’t […]


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y.ah.oo

Yahoo! finally bought del.icio.us! I KNEW this was coming. I just wasn’t sure if it would be Yahoo! or Google to do it. Yahoo! is making a ton of great buys/hires lately, Flickr.com, Upcoming.org, Tom Coates (plasticbag.org), AJAX and RSS in webmail, new Maps, and now del.icio.us.
With a market cap worth roughly half that […]


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russian parkour

I have written about Parkour before. It is the French-born art of running and jumping and flipping and climbing around urban environments. It is utterly incredible to watch, and it is quickly spreading around the world. This new video, Dvinsk-Clan, Le Parkour features a crazy young Russian guy in one of the best examples of […]


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atomic situp

Best video of an Atomic Situp of all time. Other than it’s perfect execution, the soundtrack is peeerrrrrfect.

“Hello darkness my old friend…”
[via smithappen.]


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Amazon/Alexa opens up entire web index to the public

This is stunning/revolutionary news. Amazon owned, Alexa, the web crawler that powers Amazon’s A9 search service among other things, has decided to open up the entire web index to anyone who wants to use it via web services. Welcome to the Alexa Web Service Platform. They are charging nominal fees for bandwidth consumption, storage space, […]


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tab x

Almost a year ago, I switched completely to Firefox for all my web browsing needs. There was a time when I used Safari on OS X and Firefox on PC, but I like Firefox so much, especially the new G4 optimized 1.5, that I have switched completely. Both Safari and Firefox offer tabbed browsing, which […]


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30 facts about chuck norris

I had no idea that Chuck Norris was such an interesting guy. Here are 30 Facts about him for you to chew on.
I laughed out loud at most of these.
Chuck Norris sold his soul to the devil for his rugged good looks and unparalleled martial arts ability. Shortly after the transaction was finalized, Chuck roundhouse […]


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cute attack

I know this post makes me gay. I know it, and I don’t care. Cute Overload is a new blog dedicated to compiling photos of cute. Yes, cute. You might think that sounds dumb - well, it’s not. It’s fucking great. I laughed out loud more than once. Please go look at this, and test […]


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best car mod EVER

Fuck the fast and the furious. This guy was hot, so he took drastic measures. God bless American ingenuity.

[via savemanny.]


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lazy sunday

I didn’t see Saturday Night Live this past Saturday, but I think this short film aired for the first time during it. “Lazy Sunday,” The Chronic of Narnia is a brilliant rap video that you must watch right away.
The Chronic [WHAT?] Cals of Narnia!”

[via waxy.]


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he vs. she

A college writing professor had a brilliant idea some years back. In order to explore the differences between the way men and women think and write, he assigned students in male/female pairs to each write paragraph of a short story back and forth for the entire class. One would start, and the other would continue, […]


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stuck in queens

Maybe I am just a pussy, but I “worked from home” today because of the NYC transit strike. For any of you outside of NY, it might be news for you to learn that the corrupt MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority) and it’s workers in the greedy TWU (Transit Workers Union) are having painful contract negotiations, […]


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best retraction EVER

From Regret the Error, Crunks ‘05, Correction of the Year for 2005, as published in the Denver Daily News on July 27:
The Denver Daily News would like to offer a sincere apology for a typo in Wednesday’s Town Talk regarding New Jersey’s proposal to ban smoking in automobiles. It was not the author’s intention to […]


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heli attack

Heli Attack is a complicated but really amazing Flash platform game. Sort of stunning that you can do all this, this well, in Flash. Nice work over at miniclips. Excellent pixel art too.

[via drunkencat.]


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black

This is awesome. I don’t want to ruin it. Just watch this video.


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thai kickboxer

I am pretty sure, but not positive, that this is Tony Jaa, from Ong Bak, doing an on-stage demonstration of his otherworldly martial arts ability. If not Tony Jaa, this Thai kickboxer is also going to be very famous very soon.

[via drunkencat.]


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firefox extensions

I have really been getting into this Firefox thing. I’ve been using it for a while, but my recent discovery of Tab X opened up this new world of extensions to me. I have always known there were some useful ones out there, but I never really looked for anything for myself. Well, I have […]


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Johnny Damon goes to the Yankees!!???

4 years, $52 million. Holy shit. Johnny Damon is a Yankee.
UPDATED 12/21, 5pm: Here’s an excellent ESPN article by Jim Caple, “Damon still an idiot,” about why Johnny Damon is not a good fit in NY. Hint: The dress code, haircuts, and corporate pinstripes. Excellent piece, in my opinion, also nailing why Giambi has been […]


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xbox 747 race ad

I am not sure about the origin of this XBox commercial. It might be spec work, or it might be a foreign commercial. In any case, it’s pretty awesome. Not as good as the banned ad, but excellent in its own right. Enjoy.

[via manny.]


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Dan Osman - Lunatic.

Dan Osman is apparently a bit of a rock climber.

Remember Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible II? Yeah, well, Dan’s better. And it’s real. Watch this video to see what I mean.
[WARNING: Video is fine, but the site it’s on is filled with NSFW ads and video links!]
I’mma chalk this one up on the […]


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Time.com’s ‘Best Photos of the Year 2005′

Time.com has a featured page up called ‘The Best Photos of 2005′.
I stumbled upon it just now as I was clicking away at my never ending list of bookmarked links.

The photos (24 of them) are just stunning. Every single one of them.
If these photos were set to a soundtrack, I’m not ashamed to say […]


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40 fucking comments: a confrontation with a comment spammer

About an hour ago I noticed 40 new emails in my inbox. Since it’s the holiday season, I have been seeing massive amounts of email SPAM lately. I was even more annoyed when I checked them. Unlike the other 900 SPAM messages I got today, these were all new comment notifications from this website, all […]


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adding and subtracting

I am all for individual freedom for things that don’t hurt anybody else. I am all-for body modification and elective surgery. I might label somebody weird (that tattooed lizard guy) or desperate and sad (that lion faced plastic surgery lady) but I completely support their right to do the things they do. When I saw […]


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reuters best photos of 2005

Reuters posted their 40 best photos for the year, and they are even more incredible than Time’s. Honestly this is an unbelievable collection of photography that is not only a brilliant showcase of stunning photos, but near perfect visual summation of 2005. Brilliant!
I love the soccer pic below. One of my all-time favorites.

[via kottke.]


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some girls gone wild [NSFW]

Some people have complained that I don’t cover enough adult content. I try hard not to make this website too tittified, but sometimes I can’t resist. I’ll let this post be a little early Christmas present to the adult men in the audience. If you are not an adult man, this post is not for […]


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unreal insect macro photography

Lord V is an amazing photographer on Flickr. His set of macro shorts of insects is absolutely stunning. If you don’t puke, you’ll be completely amazed.

[from digg.]


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chinese photographer in hot water

Chinese photographer, Liu Tao, was criticized recently for lying in wait to take pictures beside the massive pothole that caused this awesome accident, instead of warning people of the hidden danger. I’ll be honest, I’m so glad he waited. You HAVE to look at the whole series.

[via digg.]


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clikclak

Wow. A TON of great animated films have been coming out of France in the last few years. I have linked to a few great short films recently, but this one may be my favorite. I don’t want to ruin it by describing it too much. ClikClak is an absolutely genius 3D animated short film. […]


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O’Dwyer VLE

I was watching Discovery Channel tonight and accidentally watched an interested piece about a whole new type of firearm developed by Australian inventor, Mike O’Dwyer. The O’Dwyer VLE (Variable Lethality Law Enforcement) a completely electronically controlled handgun with no moving parts, multiple barrels for variable round selection, and fingerprint recognition security. Bullets are stacked one […]


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merry christmas charlie brown

Merry belated Christmas everyone, and Happy Chanukah, and all the rest. I guess I forgot to make a special Christmas post this year. I really enjoyed this Charlie Brown Christmas adaptation from TV Funhouse on Saturday Night Live. I think it’s an appropriate Christmas card. Enjoy.

[from matt.]


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fuggyfuggy

The way of the ninja is not always as glamorous as it might seem in the movies. FuggyFuggy shows us the way. I think the “prudence” lesson is particularly good.

[via what do i know.]


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iFilm’s Top 25 web videos of 2005

iFilm did a good job of collecting their top 25 “viral” videos for the year. Most, if not all of these, you have already seen, whether from here where I linked to many of them during the year, or from other blogs, or emails from friends. This collection is nostalgic, and funny, and a little […]


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real life wile e. coyote (c. 1912 france)

We’ve all watched Roadrunner. We all know what happens when Wile E. Coyote dons a flying suit. We all know.
Well, in 1912, in France, they didn’t know. Inventor Franz Reichelt created a parachute which can only be described as a sheet, which he tied around himself before JUMPING OFF THE EIFFEL TOWER! That’s right. And […]


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rocky balboa

An older, post-op Sylvester Stallone started filming the latest installment of the Rocky series on December 2nd. Rocky VI, “Rocky Balboa” will feature Stallone as Rocky, again in the ring, which I absolutely did not suspect when I first heard rumors of the film. Sly is definitely in great shape for a 59 year old […]


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