I am sitting home, watching TV on New Year’s Eve because it is my most hated holiday of the year. I am sure you all had a good time, but for me, stomach-sinking, soul-stealing worries about returning to work in a few days, coupled with the amateur-hour style drinking that goes on tonight keep me […]
I sort of can’t believe I forgot to post this game when I first saw it. You might remember the delightful first edition of this game, Samorost (”self-grower”), that Witold wrote about here back in September of 2003! Samorost 2 is more of what you would have loved from that version. The puzzles are hard […]
Last month, my friend Chris posted the website cuteoverload. Now, for those of you who never owned a pet or does not like animals, this site is not for you. Chris mentioned that he liking this site made him gay. Funny thing is, Chris has been gay for a long time now and just needed […]
Somebody used rudimentary image stabilization techniques on the Zapruder JFK assassination video with striking results. I wonder why nobody ever did this before. It’s truly incredible. Be warned, the head wound is not pleasant to watch, and appears far more gory in this crystal clear video.
Somebody else did a quick stabilization of the famous Patterson-Gimlin […]
In 1957 or ‘58, black astronauts, or “blackstronauts” if you will, formed their own space agency, the Negro American Space Society of Astronauts [NASSA], after being locked out of the official NASA by racism and bigotry. Follow their story in this stunning documentary, not by Ken Burns, The Old Negro Space Program, and learn about […]
These giant plush microbes are amazingly cute. I would like to collect the whole set, but in particular, I’d like to have about 20 of the bedbugs on my bed. Awesome.
[via gilbert.]
What a fantastic article. Popular Mechanics, a little pissed off at all the bullshit conspiracy theories about the September 11th terrorist attacks, went ahead and contacted EXPERTS and WITNESSES and debunked, theory by theory, all the bullshit conspiracy bullshit. From military missiles to demolition explosives, they do a significant job in explaining all the false […]
Here’s a fairly incredible little experiment with Flickr’s API. Retrievr has a tiny little sketch window where you select a color and a brush size and draw a quick little representation of what you are looking for. The app then searches Flickr for photos that roughly match the sketch by color and shape. Brilliant - […]
I recently wrote about the O’Dwyer VLE, which appears to be an unbelievable system for small-arms and handheld weapons, but this new system I just learned about, if it works as promised, will revolutionize infantry warfare, maybe all warfare, forever. The DREAD Weapon System is based on a completely new method of delivering projectiles of […]
At the LA Auto show today, a VW executive drove this concept 3 wheeled vehicle through the crowd and onto display, surprising everyone in the auto industry. The Volkswagen GX3 is nearly production ready and is just waiting for “significant US interest” to make it to market in 2007. This gorgeous little thing will cost […]
Some NFL fans were offended during this past Sunday’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints game when Tampa Bay cheerleaders came out at halftime and did a dance routine to “Rock You Like A Hurricane” by the Scorpions. Now I’m an insensitive bastard, but even I know that wasn’t appropriate. I guess it’s still […]
As far as I can tell, this photo of this one-eyed kitten is real. “Cy” was his name (like cyclops) but he only lived for like one day. I would buy his little carcass on eBay if was up for sale there.
[via boingboing.]
The latest short film, Tempbot, by director Neill Blomkamp (also directed the Citroen Transformer ad and Alive in Joburg) is a fantastic little story about a robot working as a temp in small little office building. As in his Joburg piece, the surface is science fiction, but the story is really about discrimination and the […]
Google has been adding great features and releasing new products steadily for 6 months now with no sign of letting up. i have been meaning to write a long post outlining them all. For now, I will just say that not only did Google add pay-for content from CBS and NBA, and others, they added […]
A bold gesture from a friendly African cab driver saved my soul tonight. I left work tired, aggravated, dejected, and depressed, reevaluating my chosen life and location, too tired to take a subway. 7:45pm and sober is a stretch for taking a cab, even for me. On Madison Avenue, between 41st and 42nd, at 7:45, […]
I just made and ordered the greatest stamps in the history of postage. .39 cents my ass. I paid $35 for 40 stamps, but they were worth every fricken penny. I don’t know if you remember this dog from way back when, but I never forgot him. Now he’ll be on my postal mail for […]
I am a little worried about this upgrade. I am about to shut down all the plugins and do the install. Everything might be fucked for a while. Please be patient. Wish me luck.
UPDATE: Wordpress 2.0 is now up and running, but as you might be able to notice, a bunch of shit is broken. […]
Honda just released the new Civic in Europe.
It’s a drastic change from the previous versions.
I haven’t done any research on Honda’s plans for US release (or lack there of), but I ran across this awesome awesome commercial for it. Honda’s been known to have some great commercials (well, at least one other one Chris […]
This nerd built a replica Leaning Tower of Pisa out of 12,000 blocks, without any adhesive, over the course of 2 weeks. It was to be reviewed for the Guinness Book of World Records. Then the reporter came to interview him…
He even WARNS the guy about the cord. He WARNED him. He told him […]
I don’t know where these people are from, but the fishing is incredible. In fact, you don’t even need a fishing pole if you have a flashlight and a rowboat. Just go out there and do your best to protect your face from the catapulting fish. Seriously, the boat fills up with insane fish in […]
What do you do with 45 foot long, 8 ton, stinking, dead whale carcass that washes up on the beach in your small town in Oregon in 1976? Cut it up? Bury it? Burn it?
How about blow it up with 20 cases (a half ton) of dynamite? At the time, it seemed like a good […]
I received this just a few minutes ago:
The excitement and the small exertion had caused Major Smythe to pant, and he felt the old pain across his chest lurking, ready to come at him. He put his feet down, and after driving his spear all the way through the fish, held it, still flapping desperately, […]
This video of a Japanese Yo-yo tournament shows some amazing kids with sick sick Yo-yo trick skills.
Some of the stuff doesn’t even look like it should be possible.
Go watch.
Having a bit of an issue with image uploading.
Sorry about not having a screencap.
Just go watch the video, pick a frame you like, and pretend it […]
Here’s one to boost ‘dem clicks.
Brittany Daniel (fame of ‘Sweet Valley High’ in her early years, to ‘Joe Dirt’ with David Spade in 2001) has been, to me, one of the hottest women alive on the planet today.
That said, I’ve always wondered when she would get naked.
It seems that she chose not only to be […]
Wordress 2.0 broke Ecto and sucks at image handling. I am working some stuff out now.
I have never seen this Chappelle Show clip of Black Bush before. It is uncensored, and I have no idea where it is from, since I thought I had seen every episode of the show. Dave proposes in standup intro clip before the skit that President Bush would never have gotten clearance for the War […]
Quite a few years ago, my good friend Witold shared a surreal little photo with me that he had taken from one of the upper floors of the Woolworth building of the World Trade Center and some other surrounding building. It was noteworthy because is looked so fake - almost like a miniature model of […]
‘Jerryl Canon Rock’ is what this video is called. It’s on the Best of Google Video list linked from Totally Crap to a site that is run by I have no idea who. There’s no title, name, nothing. So whoever is responsible for that list, thanks. You’re awesome.
So basically, I thought […]
The first video on this great collection of Google Videos is a fantastically dry and bizarre short about how to eat sushi at the sushi-ya the traditional way. At the beginning it’s hard to tell if it’s serious or not. But it gets better and funnier and odder as it goes on. If you love […]
We have been watching in awe for a few months now as a Japanese magician has been amazing us in various short clips on the web. We’ve seen him make tea out of thin air, pass a salt shaker straight through a glass table, pull a hamburger right out of the sign in from of […]
Ok really. There is no need for me to find this video so funny.
It’s called “I Yell at my cats” which pretty much sums it up
(Audio NOT appropriate for work)
Oh and and cat-lovers will probably hate it, so I figured Chris would enjoy it.
Watch this fantastic short Flash film called ‘The Wand’ created by Nick Worthey that won the Intel Indies Film Contest for the week ending Jan. 20, 2006.
There’s not much to say about it except that it’s simple, funny and thought provoking.
It’s brilliant.
[via jay is games]
So MTV News decided to run a piece on the release of the new Kevin Federline single: PopoZao.
This jackass sat at the soundboard and grooved out at his own song like a tool for 3 minutes. If you didn’t hate K-Fed before, this video will surely do the trick.
Thank God for the Internet though, because […]