My wish by Rascal Flatts. LINK: Youtube
Happy New Year everyone. Wishing you all a prosperous 2009. Thank You for your support.
The song expresses what I could not put in words.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Happy New Year Everyone
Play Piano With Balls
A guy plays a large piano with 6 balls. He is extremely accurate and hits all the right notes. LINK: Youtube
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
The Internet Movie Cars Database
Want to know if the car you drive has appeared in any movies?
The Internet Movie Cars Database has the most complete list on the web about cars, bikes, trucks and other vehicles seen in movies. LINK
Fishdog
A TV commercial for the VW SpaceFox from Buenos Aires based BITT Animation.
The biggest challenge no doubt was to find a realistic way this strange pet should act and move. Now its easier to think about it after seeing the finished spot, but believe me it took many hours of research & development to find the right way he was going to behave. Agency: Almap BBDO, Sao Paulo
, director: Armando Bo, production: Rebolucion, Buenos Aires. LINK, Via: Youtube
New Year’s Sparkling Wine Recommendations
I know next to nothing about champagne or sparkling wine, but I do know I’d like to have a bottle that costs more than $3.99 for my little gathering. But not much more than that. Luckily, Slashfood has my back. They have rated eight brands of bubbly of varying tastes and low price points, so if you are as clueless as I am, you should find this helpful. They even have a bottle of sparkling wine that tastes decent and costs, yes, $4. LINK
New Car Feature Alerts Drivers When They Fall Asleep
Wrinkly Aardvark Baby
20 Amazing Places to Bungee Jump
Scaly Pangolin in Kalahari Desert
This pangolin is quite scarce, even in the Kalahari. This video shows how it wraps itself when danger is near and how it moves off.` LINK: Youtube
Monday, December 29, 2008
The Wolves
The Gray Wolf (Canis lupus; also spelled Grey Wolf, see spelling differences; also known as Timber Wolf or Wolf) is a mammal in the order Carnivora. The Gray Wolf shares a common ancestry with the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris), as evidenced by DNA sequencing and genetic drift studies. Gray wolves were once abundant and distributed over much of North America, Eurasia, and the Middle East. Today, for a variety of human-related reasons, including widespread habitat destruction and excessive hunting, wolves inhabit only a very limited portion of their former range. Though listed as a species of least concern for extinction worldwide, for some regions including the Continental United States, the species is listed as endangered or threatened. LINK: Youtube
GIANT SPIDER CAPTURED ALIVE !
This is a fishing spider(dolomedes vittatus). Also to stop the guessing..the cap is a YUENGLING beer bottle top.. LINK: Youtube
Abraham Lincoln's Tomb (Interior)
A look inside Abraham Lincoln's massive tomb - quiet, moody. LINK: Youtube
U.S. Presidents Grave Sites
Slide show showing where all the U.S. Presidents are buried. Shown in the order as they served. There is a list at the LINK: Youtube
Rare First Studio Recording Of 'Me And Bobby McGee' By Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer from Port Arthur, Texas. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company, and later as a solo artist. Link
The first recording of Me & Bobby McGee in the studio. Janis sounds amazing and completely nails it in one take. Is raw and unedited - features studio conversations at beginning. Enjoy! LINK: Youtube
Janis Joplin on Wikipedia.
Official Janis Joplin Website.
Hidden Mystery of US Dollar Bill
Guinness World Record Penny Pyramid and Collapse
The Fairest Domino of Them All
One year in 40 seconds
Vimeo user Eirik Solheim captured a year’s passage through four seasons with photos taken at regular intervals and assembled them into this stunning video. I suggest clicking through to the full-sized video. LINK
How To Do Almost Anything With Social Media
A hand-picked selection of Mashable's social media How-To articles in 2008; some holiday reading, perhaps, or something to refer back to once you restart the daily grind in 2009. LINK
The 13 Most Famous Numbers And Their Stories
The number 7 has a special place in various cultures based on its relative frequency. Scientific experiments have shown how favorable this number is chosen by participating humans.
It is the most frequently selection if people are asked to name their favorite number. As blue is as often chosen as the favorite color the phenomenon is also called 'blue-seven' phenomenon.
The 13 Most Famous Numbers And Their Stories. LINK
Ryo Sehata's sellotape art
Japanese artist Ryo Sehata makes large sculptures from sellotape. Scientific American has a video interview with Sehata. LINK
Be sure to watch the video here, Sticky tape creations.
Cherri Wood's watercolors
Thinkspace Gallery's exhibition in the Gen Art Vanguard New Contemporary Art Fair at Art Basel earlier this month in Miami, Florida.
You can see her work on Flickr and at her LiveJournal. Via: Boingboing
Timothy Leary videos at Archive.org
The above screenshot is from a documentary called Growing Up In America: Breathing Together, Revolution of the Electric Family, from 1986, which has interviews with Allen Ginsberg, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman, Fred Hampton, Deborah Johnson, John Sinclair, and Timothy Leary.
Timothy Leary Archive: Videos, LINK
Sunday, December 28, 2008
My Tribute to "Johnny Horton"
Please Mr. Custer - Cherokee Nation - Half Breed - Indian Outlaw
Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr. Bojangles - 45 RPM ORIGINAL
The Bonte Games
A collection of all Bart Bonte's point and click games as well as a top 10 of his personal favorites. LINK
Dopplr
Dopplr is an online service for frequent business travellers. Dopplr lets you share your travel plans privately with a group of friends and colleagues whom you have chosen. It then tells you when people you know will be in the same cities. It also reminds you of people who live in the places you're planning to visit.
Dopplr works on your personal computer and mobile phone. It links with online calendars and social networks. You put in your travel schedule and link to your friends. It allows you to see where everyone is. link
Day Of Birth
Day of Birth basically tells you the day of the week that you were born on. It also tells you other pointless but fun things such as: your star sign, how old you are, what season you were born in, how long until your next birthday, and how many days/hours/seconds you have been alive.
The site also provides links to other websites, so you can find more information such as famous people or events that share your birthday. LINK
Spellify
Spellify is an automatic text field spell checker and also available for download. Type or paste some text into the text field on the site. No need to press the enter key. The spell checker automatically checks the text when you're finished.
Spellify comes in 10 languages: Danish, German, Finnish, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Swedish. LINK
Peel Microcars
Peel microcars were built in Peel, Isle of Man, in the 1960's by Peel Engineering. Owner designer Cyril Cannell and his workforce led by George Gelling created these cars in premises close to Peel harbour.
Peel Engineering was at the forefront of glass fibre ad plastics moulding technology, famous for its motorcycle racing fairings and boat-building expertise. LINK
The House That Nikolai Built
Dominating the skyline of Arkhangelsk, a city in Russia's far north-west, it is believed to be the world's tallest wooden house, soaring 13 floors to reach 144ft. The house that Nikolai Sutyagin built is also crumbling, incomplete and under threat of demolition from city authorities determined to end the former convict's (he spent 4 years in prison on racketeering charges) eccentric 15-year project.
Building began in 1992 and was two stories high, but he soon added three floors. He was not happy with the outcome and he added more floors and just kept goin.
Now penniless Nikolai Sutyagin lives in four poorly heated rooms at the bottom of his wooden log cabin with his wife and daughter. LINK
Amazing Audio Illusion
When this video is done playing, replay it to hear an amazing audio illusion. It sounds like the tune is continuing to 'creep-up.' LINK
The Largest Helicopter Ever Built
The Russian Mil V-12 was by far largest helicopter ever built. It was developed in the Soviet Union during the 1960s.
The V-12 featured two rotors mounted side by side at the ends of a large wing. Each rotor had a diameter of nearly 115 ft. The helicopter was so enormous that the distance from the edge of one rotor disk to the other was almost 220 ft, even wider across than the wingspan of a Boeing 747.
More large helicopters at Aerospaceweb. Via: Presurfer
Cocaine Toothache Drops
Instantaneous Cure! Price 15 Cents. For sale by all Druggists. Cocaine is the new anaesthetic now used so extensively thoughout Europe and this country by Physicians, Surgeons and Dentists.
This preparation of Toothache Drops contains Cocaine, and its wonderful properties are fully demonstrated by the many recommendations it is daily receiving. Take no other except Cocaine Toothache Drops. Prepared by the Lloyd Manufacturing Co., 219 Hudson Ave., Albany, N.Y.
From The Nearly Genuine and Truly Marvelous Psychoneuropharmacological Mental Medicine Show, an online gallery of modern and vintage psychiatric drug advertising. LINK
Saturday, December 27, 2008
I'm Impressed - They Might Be Giants
The video for I'm Impressed, off of the TMBG album, The Else, 2007. LINK: Youtube
Beastie Boys - Shadrach music video
Mayday/Air Crash Investigations - Fire Fight
Cute baby Fruit Bat
A volunteer for Wildlife care and rescue in Australia, was looking after 3 baby fruit bats in December 2007. They've since been released to a fruit bat shelter and then probably released into the wild. LINK: Youtube
12 year old violin prodigy!!!!!
Cincinnati Starling: students of Kurt Sassmannshaus. Amazing violin acrobatics, Bazzini Round of the Goblins. LINK: Youtube
TYPING
Improve your typing with this online keyboard.
Tried it out and it has greatly improved my typing.
LINK
SAFE -T- BED
Somewhere between a sock and an actual bank lies the Executive Safe-T bed. Hollandia International's design incorporates a heavy-duty safe underneath the mattress and a cover in the head joint of the bed base.
The bed was originally developed for a wealthy international customer that wanted to keep a handgun close by at all times, but it is just as useful for keeping you valuables secure. The safe can be added to any Hollandia bed for around $400, but the beds themselves can run in excess of $20,000. LINK
This Chandelier Is Fan-Friggin-Tastic
The enthusiastically titled "Fan-Tastic Chandel-Air" by Meyda lighting combines, you guessed it, a chandelier and a fan into one crazy looking customizable design.
The first design in the series, "Tall Pines at Dusk" features "a Silver Mica shade transformed into a decorative /functional casement for a 29-inch fan." It is also designed to be an energy saver with blades that can reverse direction—pulling hot air up in the summer and pushing it down in the winter. LINK
Kazoo Man plays Metallica
The art and beauty of the KAZOO.
Filmed and recorded at The Batcave, Las Vegas, NV. LINK: Youtube
Viva La Pop
Friday, December 26, 2008
MSNBC News
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
This has got to be one of the most heartbreaking stories of the year. It’s tough to take, but it has a way of putting everything in perspective. LINK
Arcade Fire Videos
Both are music videos (Black Mirror and Neon Bible from their Neon Bible album), but are completely interactive. And pretty amazing.
For Black Mirror, you can turn on and off the various song tracks as the music is playing, so you can hear what the song sounds like with, say, just piano and vocals. I’ve seen stuff like this before, but the implementation is really good.
For Neon Bible, you get to control the lead singer’s various movements as he sings the song. Granted it’s a limited set of movements, but I played through it twice and found a completely different set of actions from one time to the next. So for those of us who really like easter eggs, this site can keep you entertained for a good amount of time.
What’s great about both is that they are on a timeline. You have certain windows of opportunity to do something, and once they pass you’ve missed them. So it becomes like a game (unlike most easter-eggy experiences, where the environment is static and you have all the time you want to click away). A really great idea.
Remix Black Mirror
Play with the Neon Bible
Praxis - Guitar Solo/Machine Gun (Live) Vegoose
Buckethead solo into Machine Gun (Hendrix/Band of Gypsies Cover) recorded at Vegoose (Las Vegas 2006) by Vince Tocce. LINK: Youtube
Europe's forgotten animals
A million or more wild animals languish in Europe's zoos, circuses and dolphinaria or are kept as pets. ENDCAP is a pan-European initiative to seek improve the conditions for these animals to ensure their basic needs are met. LINK: Youtube
Christian the Lion
Christian the Lion - the full story (in HQ) LINK
Christian the lion - Full ending. LINK
I posted Christian the lion before but found both videos so thought I would do a repost. This is a very touching story and brought tears to my eyes. Not tears of sadness but tears of joy.
Christian left the Kora Reserve in 1973. He made his new territory along the Tana river, but when the Wakamba herdsmen kept bringing their livestock to his hunting ground, he moved on. George Adamson said in his autobiography, "I used to count the days on which we hadn't seen Christian, but when they reached 97, I gave up recording them in my diary." Because a lion can live from 12 to 15 years in the wild, Adamson believed that Christian ended his days in the Meru National Reserve only a few miles up river.
"Lion Man" Gareth Patterson, author, environmentalist, and the person who continued George Adamson's lion rehabilitation work, revisited Kora in 1998. This is what he found...
http://www.fatheroflions.org/Kora_Rev..., LINK: Youtube
Zoo in Australia celebrates Christmas early
(NECN/ABC) - Christmas came early in the animal kingdom at Taronga Park zoo in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday.
Some of the zoo's most famous residents awoke to some very merry treats.
The excitement was clearly too much for some, although zoo workers insist the lioness with her head in a paper bag was hungry or curious but not camera-shy.
For the meerkats it was a big event.
Even when one managed to get into a package but not out of it, until zoo staff went to help.
Mary the Gibbon, at 50 years old, had seen it all before and could barely be coaxed to ground-level for her Christmas goodies.
But she finally accepted her gifts and went back to the peace and quiet of her tree to enjoy the treats. LINK
At World's End: 25 Post-Apocalyptic Visions
From time immemorial, societies have sought to establish a lasting presence on this planet that would remind latecomers of their glory long after they themselves have abandoned ship and turned to dust.
It doesn't always work out the way we plan, however. These sobering examples of post-apocalyptic art remind the living that what remains are more often ruins. LINK
Devil's throne
Behold the Devil's armchair. The 1960s chair above, by Anthony Redmile, is made from malachite, bone, horn, and wood. Anthony Redmile carved armchair. LINK
Green Sahara Photos by Mike Hettwer
Photo: Mike Hettwer
Alan Taylor of the Big Picture Blog over at Boston Globe has a(nother) neat post - this time of fantastic photos of Mike Hettwer of a dinosaur fossil excavation in the Sahara Desert:
About 9,000 years ago, a very wet climate prevailed in parts of the Sahara Desert called the Neolithic Subpluvial period. Lasting several thousand years, this Green Sahara was home to many grassland and woodland animals as well as humans. While on an expedition for dinosaur fossils with paleontologist Paul Sereno in Niger in 2000, Hettwer discovered a burial area containing hundreds of skeletons from two distinct cultures, each thousands of years old - the Kiffian and Tenerian. Also found in the dry and desolate site were hunting tools, pottery, and bones of large land animals and fish.
Link | Many more excellent photos at Mike’s website: Link, Via: Neatorama
World’s Largest Santa Ice Sculpture
The Rocket Sled that Made Winter Cry
Ky Michaelson, or The Rocketman as he's known in some circles, doesn't trudge through the frozen winter tundra like the rest of us.
His custom-built rocket sled is modeled after a miniature Radio Flyer. Of course, his features machined aluminum rails, oak planks, front-mounted steering bars, speedometer, and, oh right, a freaking rocket strapped to the back. LINK
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Interactive Snow Projection
Large scale snow sculpture at Mount Buller (Australia) illuminated by 3d projection software by ENESS. LINK: Youtube
Guitar chair
The contour of the chair cradles your body, similar to a sports car seat. The body of the chair is a transparent root beer brown color with a lacquer finish. The Guitar Chair is a bent-wood design, formed from dry molded Russian Birch...
The guitar chairs are extremely comfortable. The neck of the guitar is thin enough to miss shoulder blades and, at the same time, provide ample and flexible support. LINK, Via: Boingboing
Prison vs. Work
IN PRISON: You spend the majority of your time in a 10X10 cell.
AT WORK: You spend the majority of your time in an 8X8 cubicle.
IN PRISON: You get three meals a day.
AT WORK: You get a break for one meal and you have to pay for it.
IN PRISON: You get time off for good behavior.
AT WORK: You get more work for good behavior.
IN PRISON: The guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you.
AT WORK: You must often carry a security card and open all the doors for yourself.
IN PRISON: You can watch TV and play games.
AT WORK: You could get fired for watching TV and playing games.
IN PRISON: You get your own toilet.
AT WORK: You have to share the toilet with some people who pee on the seat.
IN PRISON: They allow your family and friends to visit.
AT WORK: You aren’t even supposed to speak to your family.
IN PRISON: All expenses are paid by the taxpayers with no work required.
AT WORK: you get to pay all your expenses to go to work, and they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners.
IN PRISON: You spend most of your life inside bars wanting to get out.
AT WORK: You spend most of your time wanting to get out and go inside bars.
IN PRISON: You must deal with sadistic wardens.
AT WORK: They are called managers.
LINK
What a Wonderful Mario World
Louie Armstrong sings "Super Mario World". LINK: Youtube
For those of you who don't know, this song is a parody of
"What a Wonderful World" by Louie (Louis) Armstrong, and can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtPF9M...
Navy Numa Numa
This is a nice piece of classic fun.
This is a spoof of Numa Numa as done by the crew of the USS Enterprise. LINK: Youtube
Halftime Show - Video Games
This awesome band plays the following video game themes and shows them off:
Pong - Tetris - Mortal Kombat - Pokemon - The Legend of Zelda - Mario Bros. Theme - Mario Underground Theme - Super Mario Theme - Mario Water Theme - Mario…something…Theme. LINK: Youtube
John Henry Faulk’s Christmas Story
John Henry Faulk told this Christmas story on NPR in 1974. They published it on the web in 2005. It’s still a wonderful story.
The day after Christmas a number of years ago, I was driving down a country road in Texas. And it was a bitter cold, cold morning. And walking ahead of me on the gravel road was a little bare-footed boy with non-descript ragged overalls and a makeshift sleeved sweater tied around his little ears. I stopped and picked him up. Looked like he was about 12 years old and his little feet were blue with the cold. He was carrying an orange.
Read the rest at NPR. Link, Via: Neatorama
Giant, Sandcrabs To Be Displayed in Britain
This disturbing thing that sort of resembles a rolly polly is set to go on display in England for the first time ever. These rare Isopods live deep in the ocean in extremely cold temperatures, but for some reason, fishermen in the Atlantic discovered 9 of them in their lobster nets. They’re ugly, but sure are interesting to learn about.
Link, Via: Neatorama
World’s Most Disturbing Primate
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Collection of Beardyman Beatbox (videos)
Beardyman at the Beatbox Convention 2008 (mic & kaos pad) p1. LINK
Beardyman at the Beatbox Convention 2008 (mic & kaos pad) p2, LINK
Beardyman Vs the Jungle Drummer Vs DJ Fu, LINK
Beardyman Beatbox, LINK
Beardyman on the beatbox, LINK
Beardyman, Original Nuttah- in beatbox, LINK
Beardyman, LINK
Here is a collection of Beardyman Beatbox. Hope you enjoy.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
A series of pictures which accompany Pink Floyd's masterpiece 'Wish You Were Here'. RIP Syd Barrett. LINK: Youtube
Time Warp Water Droplets on Discovery Channel
Slow motion video of water drops feat. Martin Waugh. LINK: Youtube
Turtle Frog - Myobatrachus gouldi
The incredible Turtle Frog (Myobatrachus gouldi). The Turtle Frog is a fossorial (burrowing) species, and probably the most fossorial of all Australian frogs. They even call and mate underground, where the eggs are laid in the moist sand and develop directly into frogs. LINK
10 Super Creative Garden Sculptures
Only creative people are really gifted to do some amazing things with the garden plants. LINK
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Sky Fortress - New Tower Defense Game
A short tower defense game of mechical and spiritual enemies. Both need specific towers to kill. LINK
Igloo 360 projection tent at Glastonbury 2008
This is a video of the igloo projection tent in the dance village at glastonbury 2008. Featuring Ninja Tune, Dave Beer, Future boogie, Bristol High Fi and many more. LINK: Youtube
Interactive Snow Projection "Australia"
Large scale snow sculpture at Mount Buller (Australia) illuminated by 3d projection software by ENESS. LINK: Youtube
Extreme offroad from Russia
We've seen similar Russian prototypes (by engineer Grachev), but German-made? LINK: Youtube
Steampunk Mechanical Elephant
This amazing mechanical design was made out of transmission parts, electrical conduits, plumbing pipes and 20-gauge cold rolled steel.
It is 36" x 36" x 18" and weighs about 85 pounds.
All the joints move and lock in place; turning a gear on the elephant's side winds a cable around a shaft which raises and lowers the trunk; the ears move back and forth and can fan out (to dissipate heat). LINK
Snow Prints
These prints were made by simply pushing our faces into fresh powder on cars. They are all concave but create a super cool illusion of 3D sculptures. LINK
8 of the Most Beautiful Mountains in the World
Shivling - Uttarakhand, India
The Shivling mountain, so-called because of its status as a sacred symbol of the Hindu god, Shiva, literally means ‘the phallus of Shiva’. Considered one of the most stunning peaks of the Garhwal region, the mountain soars 21,329 feet high. The Tapovan meadow which lies between Shivling and Gaumukh has become a popular pilgrimage site due to the stunning view of the mountain from that location. LINK
Ants' Metropolis
You have to see it to believe it - what scientist uncovered when they filled ant's tunnels with cement... The structure that simply boggles the mind. (this is an episode from "Ants! Nature's Secret Power". LINK: Youtube
Ghost Rides: Abandoned Parks in South Korea
Woncheon Lakeland in Suwon (a small town of 1 million people that lies about 30 minutes south of Seoul). Not just one, but two old amusement parks lie there, full of surreal and bizarre sights. It starts pretty normal, at the park gate (slightly dented on right side - maybe a truck took a turn too fast).
More weird gateways appear, and then - bingo! - a "castle of horror": LINK
Kevye West: 808s & Expiration Dates (Guac Lockdown)
Pitch auto-correction and a simple beat can make anything chart-worthy; even a freestyle about guacamole and expired milk. LINK: Youtube
Ice Wines from Around the World - Episode #599
Gary Vaynerchuk tries 3 Ice Wines from around the world the day after the Jets ripped his heart completely out of his body. LINK: Youtube
Ludacris Co-Starring T-Pain - One More Drink(Official Video)
Ludacris Co-Starring T-Pain in "One More Drink".
Goes good with my prior post, don't you think?
Sit back and enjoy youre time in the Theatre of The Mind. LINK: Youtube
ABC’s: Dirty Slang
Beer Dick - This is what most guys get after a good night of drinking. They tend to screw anything with a pussy while experiencing beer dick. Or get lost in there fantasy world.
Be sure to check out the LINK above, it sure has some true factors in it.
Will Pearson: Panoramic Photographer London
Will Pearson is a London-based panoramic photographer. He has been taking panoramic photographs, stereographic images and virtual tours for more than a decade - both in London and around the world. His photography encompasses architectural shots showcasing sculpted lines and dynamic buildings to Shanghai skylines, to the wild landscapes of the American desert and windswept Cornish beaches.
Will Pearson: Panoramic Photographer London
And don' miss his 360 Virtual Tours and his Gigal Pixel Panoramic Images! Just scroll down the site! LINK
Rarindra Prakarsa Photography
Golden Moment
He lives in Jakarta, Indonesia.
He is a semipro photographer and has a very impressive portfolio.
All photos with beautiful lighting, nice composition, fantastic colors.
Rarindra Prakarsa Photography, LINK
Jemapur - Maledict Car
Jemapur - Maledict Car (Dir. Kosai Sekine), LINK
Tokyo gets mirror-tweaked to kaleidoscopic effect in Jemapur’s “Maledict Car” video directed by Kosai Sekine (produced by W+K Tokyo Lab). Sekine’s previous work includes the quirky “Right Place,” which won the best short film award at Cannes in 2006. LINK
Kosai Sekine - Right Place, LINK<
Optron: Brilliant instrument of noise
Improv musician Atsuhiro Ito wields a flickering noise contraption called the “Optron” (or “Optrum”), a miked-up fluorescent light tube he plugs into an array of effects pedals and plays sort of like an electric guitar. The Optron is featured in some Sony Walkman commercials. LINK
+ Optron - Walkman CM 1, LINK
+ Optron - Walkman CM 2 (with Yoichiro Shin on drums), LINK
Shrimp defense
Smooth nylon shrimp (Heterocarpus laevigatus) inhabiting the dark depths of the Pacific employ a brilliant method of defense. When threatened with attack, the creature spits a cloud of bioluminescent blue fluid from its mouth, temporarily blinding its predator and allowing escape. LINK
This rarely seen footage of the smooth nylon shrimp’s defense mechanism in action was shot at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. LINK: Youtube
Monday, December 22, 2008
Murata Boy, the Robot that can Ride Bicycles
Murata Boy, is a robot capable of riding bicycles unassisted. Balancing, pedaling and directing the bicyclee, turning the bike to avoid obstacles, etc. LINK: Youtube
A Wintery Touchdown Celebration
So, it snowed during the New England Patriots-Arizona Cardinals game yesterday(I’ll let you guess where they were playing). Of course, that means that touchdown celebrations have to be taken to a whole new level, like this one from Patriot Wes Welker: LINK: Youtube
http://www.blacksportsonline.com presents Wes Welker Snow Angel Touchdown vs. the Arizona Cardinals.
To hear Welker's reaction to being penalized go to http://www.blacksportsonline.com
I thought this was cool even though it might not have been appropriate for the occasion. I do this every year when it snows.
What do you think? Rude, or funny? Personally, I enjoyed it.
Light Up the Christmas Tree Puzzle
Faux Fire
Want to listen to some Christmas music and feel like your sitting by the fire place with that special someone.
Not the real thing but it's only as cozy as you want to make it.
Click on the LINK
Chopstick octopus
Recycle artist Masataka Koike creates realistic-looking marine life sculptures from used wooden chopsticks. This octopus, which took eight months to complete, is made of 2,000 chopsticks.. LINK: Youtube
The Christmas siphonophore pays a visit
From Pink Tentacle, this video of "a bioluminescent deep-sea siphonophore — an eerily fantastic creature that appears to be a single, large organism, but which is actually a colony of numerous individual jellyfish-like animals that behave and function together as a single entity." LINK, Via: Youtube
Photos of formalin-preserved animals
Joanna at Morbid Anatomy found a beautiful photo gallery of animals preserved in formalin. LINK
Minneapolis , Mn "Holiday Lights"
This holiday display is set to the Run-DMC holiday classic, and here’s a link to the actual Run-DMC video. This should take you back, especially if you were of the MTV-viewing age in 1987. LINK
Troy Lykken and Keith Gettelman Holiday Lights show in south Minneapolis. Via: Youtube
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Tortuga Episode 1
Tortuga Episode 1 is another new point and click type room escape game which is created by Mateusz Skutnik and Marek Frankowski for pastel games, In this game, you are locked in a ship and you need to escape the ship by collecting items and solving puzzles. Enjoy!!!! LINK
Nathan "Flutebox" Lee and Beardyman @ Google, London
The UK's premier beatboxers performing live at the Google offices in London.
This is totally awesome. The two guys should think of doing an album together. LINK: Youtube
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Sonacom
Create your own (wallpaper) images through sound using Sonacom.
As orbs float across the screen, click on them to unlock their sounds and the site will generate an explosion of graphics based on the qualities of the audio clip. Click on a colourwheel on the left to choose between different sound files based on emotion, imagination, evasion, and more. LINK
Flip Title
This is a cool online tool! Anything you write will become flipped upside down.
Freak your friends: ʇuɐʍ noʎ ɹǝʌǝʇɐɥʍ dılɟ! LINK
Cookstr
Cookstr is a cooking site dedicated to providing the users with great recipes from the best chefs and cookbook authors.
Enjoy thousands of recipes from cookbooks you know and love, and discover wonderful new cooks.
Find a recipe for a favorite dish, or discover something you've never made before. LINK
Critter Carols
Send a pet e-card and let your dog or cat wish your family and friends a happy holiday season! These funny holiday greeting cards from Critter Carols feature your dog or cat singing. Just upload a photo of your pet to a wintry background, choose a holiday song, and let 'em sing, let 'em sing, let 'em sing!
Critter Carols, An ElfYourself For Your Pets! LINK
Tumble Waiter
Move slowly, destroying bulk food blocks (blocks disappear by clicking on them) as you go and you might get the order to the table in one piece. If you have to redo an order the cost of the food will be taken out of your points ... good luck!
Tumble Waiter, LINK
Orangutan Does Housework
A 49 year-old Orangutan at a Japanese zoo has developed a taste for house cleaning. Visitors to the Tama zoo in Tokyo watch as Gypsy the orangutan methodically cleans her enclosure. It is thought she learnt how to house clean by imitating the zoo's cleaners. LINK: Youtube
Doe saved from icy death
Smack dab in the middle of Lake Zumbro, a doe is trapped, not able to grip the slippery ice. With the wind-chill of 30 below zero, it could be a death sentence.
A sentence Steve Breland won't see carried out. "I'm going to try and put this rope around its neck without choking it," said Breland. Fear sets in for the helpless doe but Steve presses on.
Steve gives the doe a free toe. It's a full days workout for Steve and a lifetime of fright for the doe.
Every time Steve gets the doe off the ice, the deer goes right back on the ice again.
"There he goes back on the ice again," laughs Breland. But after a chuckle Steve was getting frustrated. "This is starting to tick me off," said Breland.
In the end, the deer makes it off the ice, takes a rest and says thanks Steve. LINK: Via: Liveleak