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Activity Corner

2009-11-13T10:00:00.000-08:00

Lucky Fridy the 13th edition!

Dodge Viper logo is an upside-down Daffy Duck.

If your boobs aren't big enough, get this Chinese inflatable bra. (Possibly NSFW with many bra and cleavage shots.)

20 great warning signs. I like #6 the best.

And, really dumb warning labels.

Five modified Roombas, a laptop, radio controller, and a whole lotta geekiness results in Roomba Pacman.

Water drops in super slow-mo, with an explanation of why they do that.

10 geeky laws that should exist, but don't.

All I can say is, wow. The all-inclusive all-you-can-eat buffet guide. Great tips for getting your money's (and your mouth's) worth!

List of cats with fraudulent diplomas. Srsly?

Forget garden gnomes, real geeks get a garden Jawa.

Room- or officemates stealing your food? Protect it from "refrig-a-raiders" with the Fridge Locker.

Ok, people, you can stop sending me this now, I've already seen it! The Star Trek Enterprise chandelier.

Artistic Japanese barcodes.

Add some Christmas spirits to your tree with the ornament flask.

Hand-painted bacon fingernails.

Verizon rips off the holiday classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer to rip on the iPhone.

If you haven't seen the clip from the Today Show's Halloween special, here's the Ewok humping Al Roker's leg.

Are your hands cold =and= you're in the Christmas spirit? Then you need the USB Christmas heating gloves.

Do you take surveillance video with your iPhone? Check out this iPhone 8x telescope attachment with case and tripod!

Get a Transformers USB flash drive in either Jaguar or Tigertron forms.

If you're like me and suck at bowling, then you need the new steerable bowling ball.

Remember the original ninja cat video? Well, now he's back with a stationary camera so you can see how he does it in the return of ninja cat.

Tennessee rock slide caught on tape.

Go to the link and click More to read the description FIRST before you watch the best marriage proposal ever.

15 fireplaces for the super rich.

10 abandoned bank vaults.

Memorial Day/Remembrance Day/Armistice Day was this week, and in honor of all our service men and women, check out these videos of dogs welcoming their soldiers home.

Friday Game

2009-11-13T00:30:00.000-08:00

Here's what happens when you combine Tetris with a platformer. You have to move your little ninja around, making sure he dodges all the falling blocks, which magically fall perfectly into position. There are a ton of achievements to earn, too.

See how long you can survive while being Tetris'D!

Tyler Tagging

2009-11-12T08:00:00.000-08:00

This is the kind of tagging that goes down in the 'burbs, bub!

(And why the dots in the "O"?)

Crazy Cartography

2009-11-11T00:30:00.000-08:00

Mankind has long struggled to represent the real world with maps. But not every map is a straightforward representation; they can be strange interpretations, fanciful what ifs, or specifically focused. Travel through the times and spaces of Strange Maps.

Return to Tagger

2009-11-10T08:00:00.000-08:00

Apparently, a tagger is trying to mail a metal phone pole somewhere. Wonder what the postage will be?

Caption Contest

2009-11-09T08:00:00.000-08:00

Peculiar Pictures

2009-11-09T00:30:00.000-08:00

It's often hard to tell what's going on in a photograph if you don't know the context. But it's especially bizarre when the pictures come from an earlier time (say, around the turn of the last century) when they were expensive and rare occurrences. You'll fascinatedly look through the specimens on display at Black and WTF?

Caption Contest Winner

2009-11-08T10:59:00.001-08:00

This week's winner is Hurley.

See the original image here.

Activity Corner

2009-11-06T10:30:00.000-08:00

If you know Trader Joe's, then you know why this is the greatest Trader Joe's commercial ever. (Thanks Andy!)

15 awesome ultramodern fireplaces.

Since we all use battery-operated technology, an article everyone should read: Four essential tips for charging and extending battery life.

In the 70s, the game of Battleship wasn't sexist, it was status quo.

Using Rubik's cubes as pixel art.

I think I'll just quote the video description: Some kinda weird bollywood beatles clones. (I love the "recreation" of Western 60s dancing.)

Proof that people will invent descriptors when none exist (or they don't know the proper ones), here are the results of asking kids what they call LEGO pieces.

Kinda long, but interesting to see American Idol's Simon Cowell on his first-ever TV appearance as a contestant on a British game show.

I can't help but crack up each time I watch the dog AT-AT costume video. Many viewings I've made, yes!

Check out the amazing finalists in the Star Wars diorama contest.

If you're not familiar with Lady Gaga, you need to see her hit Poker Face before you can truly appreciate Christopher Walken performing Poker Face.

The 20,000-piece LEGO kitchen counter.

The literal periodic table.

A collection of motorcycle club colors and logos.

Everyone's heard of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. But there are other lesser-known ones. Here are 13 additional leaning towers.

I don't know what to call this other than photography of photography.

The 15 best man caves on the internet.

How to use an apostrophe.

15 abandoned theaters.

The most popular Christmas toys, by year, since 1960.

Recycled train cars.

2 musicians 1 guitar.

Friday Game

2009-11-06T00:30:00.000-08:00

Here's an interesting game that combines shooting with typing. I know, I know, "typing game" sounds boring, and it might be at first, but just wait until the waves of bad guys come bearing down on you. See how long you can last against the onslaught in Word Shoot.

Pithy Python

2009-11-05T08:30:00.000-08:00

Two tickets for John Cleese at The Moore: $110
Two veggie burritos at Taco Del Mar: $12.51
Two "suckerpunches" in the theater basement bar: $14
Seeing Raggs, world's biggest Monty Python fan, go apeshit when John came on stage: Priceless

Music Appreciation

2009-11-05T08:00:00.000-08:00

Spotted on Dexter Avenue. I have a feeling there's not so much appreciation any more. Still, it makes me wonder how exactly one appreciates G&S.

Hippo Birdy

2009-11-04T09:00:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday, weebat!

Watching History

2009-11-04T00:30:00.000-08:00

Reading about history is so last century, especially given today's internet attention span. Thankfully, YouTube is there to collect all sorts of historical videos, whether authentic or recreated. But how do you find them? By tuning in to a site that has tracked down and categorized 101 historical moments you can relive on YouTube.

To The Batcake!

2009-11-03T08:00:00.000-08:00

The scene: Murder mystery dinner on Halloween at DK and Crazy Ash's house.
The food: Cupcakes made by Nicole.
All mine: Chocolate. With a bat on top.
The photo: Poor low-lite iPhone picture.

Caption Contest

2009-11-02T08:00:00.000-08:00

Supporting role? I thought they meant acting wise.

Acronym Abuse

2009-11-02T00:30:00.000-08:00

It's common for departments, agencies, and organizations to use acronyms to shorten their official names. But sometimes you have to wonder why they didn't check those acronyms ahead of time. Do they know, or are they just blinded by original intent? See when initialisms go awry at Acronyms Sometimes Suck.

Caption Contest Winner

2009-11-01T14:55:00.000-08:00

This week's winner is Hurley.

See the original image here.

Activity Corner

2009-10-30T10:30:00.000-07:00

There will probably be some Halloween stuff mixed in here today. Just sayin'.

A math professor's Halloween lecture.

Cool interactive comparison (move the slider at the bottom) of cell size and scale.

For the gamers like me: an MMO player analyzes Facebook games.

Nerdy forum conversation started by the question How come Gandalf didn't know Bilbo had the One Ring?

A Grand Prix pit stop is only 7 seconds, but contains almost 116 man-seconds of tasks. Here's how they do it.

I don't speak Klingon, so I don't know what's going on in this Klingon military recruitment video.

How big is Antarctica?

When decorating for Christmas, sometimes it's better to just say ditto.

When geeks have twins.

The world's greatest treehouse.

For Halloween, don't make a meat loaf, make a meat hand.

Continuing the 3-wolf-moon t-shirt theme, it's the 3 Worf moon t-shirt.

Razor blade soap. I love the comment about rust.

Make your bed look like you're a homeless person with the oxymoronic cardboard print duvet.

What will they invent next in the name of fashion? How about LED eyelashes. Make sure you watch the video.

A proper British write-up of how to prepare a scone for tea. So that's that, then.

Why settle for an ordinary powered wheelchair when you can go offroad with the 6x6 Explorer 6-wheel drive electric wheelchair?

Hilarious video of a woman recreating YouTube hits.

Flammable ice.

Epic Oldsmobile jump.

Are you afraid of bats?

All the famous vampires get together for a vampire reunion.

Details on the Disneyland/Disney World Haunted Mansion's tombstones named after real people.

How to growl like Chewbacca.

Minimalist nativity set.

Halloween cocktail: the bloody brain shooter.

The 12 most creative bathtubs.

The top 10 ghost ships.

I have Beatles Rock Band and am also a geek, so of course I love the Hey Jude flowchart. (Thanks Rod!)

Friday Game

2009-10-30T00:30:00.000-07:00

Here's a fun little Halloween physics game. Try to save the good pumpkins by removing the rotten ones in Pumpkin Remover.

Good luck with the last level.

Net Neutrality Simplified

2009-10-29T09:00:00.000-07:00

I use the internet a lot, and I pay for it too. But what everyone pays could change drastically if the Big Cable companies (Comcast, Time Warner) get their way. Here's a simple illustration of what could happen if they pass McCain's bill to block the FCC's net neutrality rules:

(click to biggify. Source: reddit.)

Do we really want internet access to be =more= confusing than cable TV packages already are?

For more info, including how to make your opinion heard, see The Consumerist.

Old Timer

2009-10-29T08:00:00.000-07:00

Wow, that is one tall-ass old-growth tree. You don't often see these monsters in built-up areas around Seattle.

Automatic Advertising

2009-10-28T00:30:00.000-07:00

At first, the idea of a computerized "ad generator" sounds strange. All this site does is match up Flickr pictures and supposedly random "slogans". But, being exposed to advertising everywhere, you quickly become mesmerized by the apparent appropriateness of the slogans to the pictures.

I went expecting to just look, and ended up staying for quite a while. In fact, I left the window open and just switched back to it from time to time for a little hit. The fact that the ads go by a bit too quickly adds to the appeal. After you watch it for a while, you'll see some of the same words being reused, but it's still pretty interesting.

See the ad generator for yourself.

Post-It Planning

2009-10-27T08:00:00.000-07:00

Wall of post-it notes for some kind of project planning. I especially like the "Oh shits" part.

Caption Contest

2009-10-26T08:00:00.001-07:00

Dude! I'm gaming here. Can I get a little privacy?