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"Elvis didn't do no drugs!" said Penn & Teller

Penn & Teller decipher the magical stories of the bible while managing to reference Elvis Presley, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. And rest assured there’s a few silly (and amazing) magic tricks thrown in for good measure. Check it out for yourself. However, be warned that this clip isn’t for the faint of heart.

Posted on Thursday, 15 Dec 2005
Tags: funny

Definitely jellin'!

^{Foto: Asahi Shimbun/Tetsuji Asano/AP}

Meet Echizen kurage. All you need to know is this sucker is 6 foot wide, 450 pound poisonous jellyfish.

Random jellyfish trivia:

A collection of jellyfish is known as a smack.

Posted on Wednesday, 14 Dec 2005
Tags: animal, nature

Yahoo's widgetry

Yahoo! bought Konfabulator a while ago, but just recently put up a section of their site dedicated to widgetry – which looks remarabkly similar to Apple’s widgets. I like the fact that there’s finally some new cross-platform hotness going on. Mark another one up on the board for Yahoo!

Posted on Tuesday, 13 Dec 2005
Tags: software, yahoo!

Yahoo! + del.icio.us = Yummy?

Ladies and germs, according to the del.icious blog, it appears that Yahoo! has bought out del.icio.us. Check out Mr. Smiley face to the left, doesn’t he look like he’s ready to munch on another cute little internet company? Hey, his mouth looks like asideways letter D!

:D is for De-licious.

I know quite a few people who have been Yahoo! loyalists from the get-go but I never jumped on board for one reason or the other. However, recently I’m starting to come around. As a designer, I’m kinda diggin’ a lot of their interface improvements. But more importantly, I think their adoption of tags (Flickr, del.icio.us, etc.) is forward-thinking. It’s entirely possible that it’s a defensive move as well (what up G). At any rate, I’m kinda happy Flickr and del.icio.us are in the same family now, I just hope the big ol’ internet corporation doesn’t eff it up.

Posted on Sunday, 11 Dec 2005
Tags: del.icio.us, flickr, software, yahoo!

Psychology of color perception

^{Image: Aiyoshi Kitaoka}

Akiyoshi Kitaoka from the Department of Psychology, Ritsumeikan University in Japan has an amazing page of illusions and color perception pieces, check it out here!

Posted on Thursday, 08 Dec 2005
Tags: color, psychology

Soundbike

Soundbike is a portable sound piece that uses motion-based mini-generators mounted to an ordinary bicycle to broadcast the sound of laughter as the bike moves through the urban environment. The laughter is generated by playing sequences of short source clips that respond to the bike’s velocity.

…I’m holding out for the Fartbike personally.

Posted on Thursday, 08 Dec 2005
Tags: art, bike

Panoramic head

Check out the story behind this crazy image!

Posted on Thursday, 08 Dec 2005
Tags: photography

Vinny the video editor needs a G5

Vinny the video editor needs your help ($5000) buying a new G5 (since Final Cut Pro 5 won’t run on a G4). He promises to entertain all of us by blowing up his old & busted G4 once he meets his financial goals.

Check it!

Posted on Tuesday, 06 Dec 2005
Tags: funny, mac, new york city

Helsinki fashionista

^{30 July 2005, Fredrikintori}

Ville (20) “Drunkenness and hangover are in fashion at the moment.”

See what normal people in Finland are wearing on the streets over at Hel Looks.

Posted on Sunday, 04 Dec 2005
Tags: fashion, finland, photography

The history of the peace symbol

It was designed in 1958 by Gerald Holtom, a professional designer and artist and a graduate of the Royal College of Arts. He showed his preliminary sketches to a small group of people in the Peace News office in North London and to the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War, one of several smaller organisations that came together to set up CND.

More here & here.

Posted on Thursday, 01 Dec 2005
Tags: identity, politics

Save Darfur

^{Art: Brian Morris}

How many people watched Hotel Rwanda? How many of you felt horrible after seeing all the senseless killing? How many of you know it’s happening in Darfur?

In this article, Nicholas Kristof writes about what can be done to prevent these murders.

Posted on Wednesday, 30 Nov 2005
Tags: africa, darfur, human rights, politics, sudan

Firefox 1.5

Get it while it’s hot!

Posted on Wednesday, 30 Nov 2005
Tags: software

What am I worth?

According to Dane Carlson, there is indeed a dollar sign attached to my misguided efforts from linking all of this crap together. Apparently this blog is worth $564 . All I want to know is when to expect my check in the mail?

Posted on Sunday, 30 Oct 2005
Tags: blog, software

Star Wars (animated gif)

Star Wars: A New Hope
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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
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From this guy.

Posted on Tuesday, 25 Oct 2005
Tags: animation, funny, graphic design

Top 10 Oldest currently-registered domains

1. SYMBOLICS.COM 15 March 1985
2. BBN.COM 24 April 1985
3. THINK.COM 24 May 1985
4. MCC.COM 11 July 1985
5. DEC.COM 30 September 1985
6. NORTHROP.COM 07 November 1985
7. XEROX.COM 09 January 1986
8. SRI.COM 17 January 1986
9. HP.COM 03 March 1986
10. BELLCORE.COM 05 March 1986

Here’s the Top 100 if you’re so inclined. Fascinating Data!

Posted on Monday, 24 Oct 2005

Secret service tracking your printouts (at home)?

Everyone kinda suspected this, but now it’s out in the open. Government agencies have partnered with printer companies in order to track what you’re printing out of the printer you paid for. Check out the The Washington Post article, then look at C|NET’s photos (nice one)!

Posted on Thursday, 20 Oct 2005
Tags: hardware, politics