Andy's Blog: June 2007

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Friday, June 29, 2007

Zelda Theme on Youtube

31 versions of the Zelda theme on every instrument you can think of.

One Day in Space

Pictures from NASA's STS-117 Atlantis mission.

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Bloxorz

Game: Use the cursor keys to guide the block into the hole.

Dramatic Prairie Dog

A blog dedicated to the dramatic prairie dog. In case you have been on Mars the last couple of weeks here's the link to the original video.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Ultimate Rube Goldberg Machine

Video: Contraption II

Cocaine Crop Circles

These bizarre patterns were made by a cocaine user trying to escape the police.

(via J-Walk Blog)

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Sesame Street - James Earl Jones Counts to Ten

Monday, June 25, 2007

Pretty good list.

Some rules: We only drew from the movies (TV spaceships like the Battlestar Galactica -- which is killer -- and the Draconian Marauder from Buck Rogers don't count), and we only included legitimate spacecraft. Flying cars and unmanned rockets don't count.

Spoilt Brat

(via The Bog Brush)

Human Slinky

I'd like to see him go down a flight of stairs.

The Cigarette Preferred by Doctors

World's Biggest Limo

Representative of the luxury days of railroad travel, she is classified as a “Tractor-Trailer Limousine”, and is the only one ever built.

I don't think I could handle the interior.

Sunday, June 24, 2007

News Accident

A Fuji TV reporter tries an emergency escape device and the device fails. She falls about 5 stories, but luckily only breaks a hip.

Friday, June 22, 2007

Battleship Canoe

Scale model battleship that's also a 2 man canoe.

The Best Thing

The Best Thing is a project to find the best thing in the world. Users vote on submissions and an algorithm calculates the results. Vote/submit here or see the best things ever.

Intelligent Animals

Video: These animals know a trick or two.

Kid Zeppelin

Cool Case Mods

Collection of unusual PC case mods.

Weird Food

A look at some of the weird foods eaten around the world.

Link Dump

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Lego Stop Motion - Building the Falcon

World's Most Expensive Ferrari?

Guy who's spent $4 million upgrading his Enzo.

Kids Build a Rollercoaster Loop on Railtrack

Viral for some company

(via Cynical-C)

Baked Potato Song

Listen to the wise words of the baked potato.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Kung Fu Baby

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Robot Chicken Star Wars

Full movie

Monday, June 18, 2007

1000th Post

W00t!

Top Ten Things Britain Brought to Ireland

Animation: This is not work safe but very funny.

Andy Warhol Eats a Hamburger

$207 Million

Pictures of money and weapons seized in a drugs raid in Mexico.

(via J-Walk Blog)

100 Free Games

100 free (and legal) games available for download.

Cat and Mouse Armor

Suits of armor designed to be worn by cats and mice.

Miniputt 3

Pretty decent full-screen golf game - Miniputt 3

Could You Survive a Zombie Apocalypse?

Take the test and find out.

Paper Toys

Lots of print out and build paper models.

Daft Charleston

Fingerjig

Test your typing skills with Fingerjig.

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Saturday, June 16, 2007

The View From Everest

See the world from 8.5km up.

World's Famous Photos

Famous photos from history (you may find some images disturbing).

Fake Smiles

Can you detect a fake smile? Take this quiz and find out.

Ball Control

(via Fazed)

Weird Vehicles

Large collection of unusual vehicles.

Flying an RC Plane Through a 3.9km Tunnel

From a moving car.

Friday, June 15, 2007

Treadmill Challenge

(via Across the Board)

Quantum Physics Explained In Animation

Dr. Quantum, is a character of a great educational series, explaining with animation simple words the Quantum Physics Phenomena. In case you don’t know what the “Double Slit Experiment” or the “Flatland” is (like I didn’t), just watch the following videos.

Spiderman?

Derv is marking some RE exam papers and just came across this:

Q - All criminals should always be forgiven. Do you agree? Give reasons.

A - some crimes like murder shouldnt be forgiven i don't know how spiderman did it.

Prisons of the World

An interesting (and scary) look at prisons around the world.

Shadow Sculpture

Gallery of clever shadow sculptures.

(via Geek Press)

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Link Dump

The ultimate reverse video

Celebrity mugshots

How to cut off your own head with a chainsaw

World's tallest sandcastle

A Guide to British Accents

Homer Simpson Quiz

Quiz: What is Homer about to say?

Britain's Got Talent - 6 year-old Connie Sings

First Person View of a Fatal Head On Motorcycle Collision

Scary video of a head-on bike collision (site may have nsfw banners).

Bad 747 Landing

POUND

A short film by Evan Bernard.

Analemma

If you took a picture of the Sun at the same time each day, would it remain in the same position? The answer is no, and the shape traced out by the Sun over the course of a year is called an analemma. The Sun's apparent shift is caused by the Earth's motion around the Sun when combined with the tilt of the Earth's rotation axis.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Nessun Dorma

Surprising clip from the UK TV show Britain's got Talent.

DIY Boombox

Home made boombox made from plywood and old car parts (with video).

(via Make Blog)

World Trade Center Simulation

A detailed computer simulation of the impact to the north tower.

(via Dvorak Uncensored)

Close up Pollen

(via A Welsh View)

Teacher Attack

This teacher is under the illusion he is Bruce Lee

Monday, June 11, 2007

Re-enactment - Full Metal Jacket

Video - Re-enactment of the first few minutes of Full Metal Jacket. (STRONG LANGUAGE)

Geometry Puzzle

Build up 3D models, match the patterns and number of blocks used. Use your mouse to rotate the board.

Extreme Facial Surgery

Guy who's had extensive facial surgery to make him look like a grey alien.

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Sunday Games

Drift n Burn
Age of speed
Sewer Run 2
BMX Freestyle
Guardians of Altarris
Super Cyborg Livestock from Outer Space

Saturday, June 09, 2007

Spray Can Art

Child Prodigy

Wheelchair Backflip

Boxhead 2

Game: Addictive little kill the zombies game. Space to fire. 1-9 changes weapon

World's Biggest Earth Mover

Picture: The 'Bagger 288' built by German steel company Krupp.

More info and pics.

Update - More pics and info

(via Digg)

Friday, June 08, 2007

Funny Signs

A collection of funny signs from around the world.

Pig Blaster

Game: How far can you propel your pig using only fart power?

DIY Guns

Gallery of home made Chechen weapons seized by the authorities.

(via Futurismic)

Thursday, June 07, 2007

How to Start a Rumour

Heh, this made me laugh.

Moon Libration

Wikipedia entry on moon libration with a nice animated .gif showing the process.

Update - here's a Hi-res version

Dragon Tank Truck

Awesome dragon themed truck mod. Pity there are only a couple of pics.

The Oldest Song in the World

The song was etched on 3400 year old clay tablets found in the ancient Syrian city if Ugarit in the early 50s. It took 15 years for Professor Anne Draffkorn Kilmer to finally decode the notation.

Click here to hear a sample of the song.

(via Linkfilter)

Physics Lesson

What happens when you shoot a ball at 100kph from the back of a truck moving at 100 kph?

(found by Colin)

Bigger is Better

7 Insane soviet projects.

Man Trying to Move Shelves With a Bicycle

(via Arbroath)

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Survival of the Fittest M&Ms

Someone with far too much free time.

George Costanza's Answering Machine

What The World Eats

What people around the world eat in a week.

Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Steam Trek

What Star Trek might have looked like 100 years ago.

(via Gravity Lens)

Monday, June 04, 2007

Insane Surfing

Update - Lee comments "That wave was measured at 66 feet, caught 100 miles off the coast of San Diego at a place called the Cortez Bank.....a huge sea mountain under the ocean. it produces waves that will never be ridden......skindog is the guy who is riding it. he would have been dead if he had come off. In his own words"