Friday, December 19, 2008

Google Earth NYC

Wow! New York in Google Earth is looking pretty good after the new update.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Lighter in a Blender


(via TechEBlog)

What The Hell?

I have no idea what is going on here but it looks fun/extremely dangerous.

Unanswered Questions of 2008

Slate explainer's list of unanswered questions of 2008.

(via Monkey Filter)

Time Lapse of Fog in San Francisco

Periodic Table of Awesoments

Heh, this is pretty funny.

Music Reversals

List of backwards messages in music.

Doom Comic

I think this is a repost but I can't be bothered checking. Full scan of the one issue Doom comic from 1996.

Voices From The Past

Incredible old wax cylinder recording of a family celebrating Christmas during the First World War.

(via A Welsh View)

Hangover Helpers

Hangover cures from around the world.

12 Ships With Impossibly Large Cargo

Incredible.

Heavy lift ships can carry loads of tens of thousands of tons, including oil platforms, other ships and even dry docks. The are often semi-submersible so that they can sink below the water line to let their cargo slide off. The sheer size of their cargo often looks impossible, as these items suggest.

Cute Things Falling Asleep

Video blog of cute things falling asleep.

Video Game Systems 1983

Scans from an old video games catalog from 1983.

Dolphin Stampede

Monday, December 15, 2008

Zombie Personal Ad

(via Tri-Ops)

World War

Incredible short animation. Created by Vincent Chai for his final degree project whilst studying 3D Animation at the University Of Hertfordshire.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Cartoon Particles

Can you guess who these disassembled cartoon characters are?(via Mental Floss)

1930s Parkour?

Friday, December 12, 2008

Who Needs a Treadmill?


Robocop Rap


Related - Predator Rap

Go Karts Tear Through the Isle of Man at 100MPH

(video) Tearing through the Isle of Man at 100+ mph.

Vintage Vespa Images

I'm a sucker for all things retro. Flickr set of vintage Vespa images.(via Bibi's Box)

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Woman Refuses to be Towed

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

I Have a Huge Bathroom

Strange Craiglist post from a crazy woman looking for someone to live in her bathroom.

1970s Radios

Great Flickr set of 70s radios. I remember these.

Finger Breakdancing


A-Bombs in the Backyard

Gallery of photos of the Nevada nuclear test site by photographer Barbara Scheide.

Monumental Video Projection 2009

Mapping 3D images onto architecture for incredible effect.


Found by Lee

Exploding Beer Bottle

Frozen beer bottle + hot stove = Not a good idea. Nice noise though.


Found by Nick

Pyramid Adventures

Speed of Light

Nice real-time animated .gif showing the speed of light from the Earth to the Moon.

Venus Flytrap in Action