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June 30, 2006
BusinessWeek's collection of the IDEA
BusinessWeek's collection of the IDEA 2006 Award Winners - the best designed products of the last year. Some really incredible, innovative stuff here.
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June 29, 2006
A step-by-step guide to taking
A step-by-step guide to taking photographs of fireworks. ... and also, this is an awesome collection of interpretive firework photos.
Yesterday I noticed that the Sherway Gardens mall in Toronto's west end is due to see the opening of this city's third Apple Store. Is this some kind of revolution? How many other cities have multiple Apple Stores? Way cool. So far only Los Angeles has three stores. It's a tremendous step for Apple to make in our town, considering the lack of decent frontline retailers for Apple computers. Apple has proven that they know best how to market and build their products, and they are proving now that they know best how to sell them to the consumer, too. The only downside is that there are no other Apple Stores in Canada.
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June 28, 2006
A collection of artworks reproduced
A collection of artworks reproduced in the dust on the rear windshield of the artist's Mini Cooper.
Lightning Photography - incredible.
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A collection of artworks reproduced
A collection of artworks reproduced in the dust on the rear windshield of the artist's Mini Cooper.
Lightning Photography - incredible.
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June 27, 2006
Wikipedia's entry on "Jumping the
Wikipedia's entry on "Jumping the Shark" - helpful.
Joe Frank, an incredible monologuist, now has a twice-monthly podcast!
A really cool 3D logic puzzle.
A handy visual guide to the relative size of commonly known planets and stars.
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June 23, 2006
Here's an essay that draws
Here's an essay that draws a connection between Islamic Extremism and MGM Musicals.
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June 22, 2006
Diesel Wins at Le Mans
Diesel Wins at Le Mans
"Over the past weekend, in front of a record 235,000 spectators, the Audi R10 took first place in the 24 hours at Le Mans, arguably the world's premier endurance racing event. This marks the most significant victory yet for a diesel-powered car in a major racing event, and possibly an important turning point in the perception (held by many Americans) that diesels are noisy, stinky, and slow: the Audis were the quietest, cleanest, and fastest cars in the race. Significantly, they were also the most fuel efficient." (kuro5hin)
Starlings are the coolest birds if only for their swarming flock tendencies... They look like a horde of mad bees when they waft around, like something an animator would come up with or a Hollywood special effects department.
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June 20, 2006
Carolina Canes Oilers, Win Stanley Cup, Swear Mightily
A terrific collection of photographs of contortionists.
The ultimate retro-watch. This one is based on Stonehenge, and even includes a compass to orient yourself.
Why the Pepsi Challenge doesn't work. As an inveterate Coca-Cola drinker (diet only these days, but the love is still there), I've known this forever but for different reasons. Coke itself doesn't fare too well in this story, either - it reminds me of the story in one of my favourite films, "The Coca-Cola Kid".
BOUND BY LAW? A most useful comic on the Copyright situation. "Tales from the Public Domain..."
Dalsa has shipped a 111-megapixel CCD image sensor. It features 10560x10560 resolution. Wow. That's a big file.
Madame Talbot's Victorian Lowbrow. Has to be seen to be believed.
Tintinologist.org is the 'net's definitive source on everything to do with Hergé's intrepid boy reporter.
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June 19, 2006
Hoopleheads rejoice.
This guy has posted a wicked-cool collection of animations of astral photography.
See what happens when college students with access to liquid nitrogen have a pool party...
A handy list of all the problems solved by MacGyver, and how.
I love this: "Blogger O.V. Hawkins made the following observation:Paul McCartney wondered musically forty years ago, "Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm Sixty Four?"Paul turns 64 this weekend.His wife has filed for divorce.So apparently that answers THAT question."
An anti-war film made entirely using The Sims 2.
Worth1000's photoshop contest for new-style Boy Scout Merit badges.
A truly dynamite Folger's coffee ad!!!!!
It's a shill for Sprint but it's pretty entertaining nonetheless.
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June 15, 2006
SLATE.com commissioned some pulp-fiction remix
SLATE.com commissioned some pulp-fiction remix covers of six literary classics. Awesome!
Nasa has footage of a meteoroid hitting the moon! Cool.
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June 07, 2006
Bradgelina LoPitt's Baby Bjorned
Here it is a coupla days before it hits the newsstands... one of those children who will be hounded and hounded...
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June 05, 2006
Phew!
Back from 9 days' vacation in London, Paris and the Loire Valley. Marvellous. Shot over 1,500 photos, too. So much to go through! Anyway, here's some of what's been backed up in my mailbox the past week...
The "oops" list - a compendium of vehicle crash photos and movies. Awesome.
Ouch! CoolHunting has footage from the 2006 NYC Tattoo Convention.
Priceless. Stephen Colbert's Commencement Address to Knox College, a liberal arts college in Illinois.
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