July 2009
Tom Insam: ‘It’s Hard to Like Android’ →
Tom Insam on the little annoyances in Android: Linux vs Windows/MacOS, all over again. You gain Freedom by using an open platform, making life worse for yourself in a thousand tiny ways, any one…
Cracked Reveals Secrets Of How To Win In NASCAR... →
As part of an in-depth look at NASCAR’s “martyr” approach to safety (One famous person must die to get each safety measure adopted), Cracked put together this diagram explaining exactly how…
Honest Portrayal →
I bet she isn’t going to like the end result, but she’s the one who sat there looking all fat and grumpy. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment »
Cosmopolis →
Cronenberg to direct a DeLillo novel! I was hoping for Mao II, but it’s Cosmopolis. [via]
Cremation urns that look like the dear departed →
Cremation Solutions sells “personal urns” that look like the person whose ashes they hold.
Now we can create a custom urn in the image of your loved one or favorite Celebrity.
New…
Wouldn't that be L'Ira di Khan? →
Le Wrath Di Khan. This is too much of a geekgasm not to share. Mike Fasolo, Writer: “I only wish we could have gotten the Kirk puppet to make that ridiculous face Shatner makes in the movie…
Amsterdam: O'Reilly Factor vs. reality →
Bill O’Reilly recently invited a couple of pert blond Republican strategists to frighten Fox viewers about Amsterdam’s lax pot laws, which have made the city a “mess,” and “cesspool of…
Apartment Therapy →
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How To Disappear Completely. →
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Conan O'Brien & Andy Richter dub... →
anime, not manga
An Ugly Policy from American Apparel →
A “pissed-off American Apparel store manager” has blown the whistle on Dov Charney’s latest business strategy.
It seems the CEO “is demanding the firing of employees he deems unattractive and…
Dave Cronin’s Spot-On Criticism of the iPhone... →
This has bothered me for two years now, but I never really thought about just how wrong it is: Whenever someone calls me, I don’t answer, and the caller leaves a voicemail, a “2” is displayed in…
911 call from baby and other adventures →
My mom recently sent me a copy of a small town newspaper from near where I grew up. Here is a sampling from the police log section of calls made to the local police dispatch center. The writer’s…
2003 Goals →
This was found in a library book, which is heartening, really, that someone with 110 lbs as a goal weight still reads. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment »
Austin Kleon: How to draw faces →
Flickr Photo Download: Smoke.... →
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Settlers of tiny Pacific island go nuts →
The Spratlys island chain consists of hundreds of tiny islands in the South Pacific. The LA Times calls it “the most disputed island chain on Earth.”
The Philippines government, in an…
Firefighter allegedly shoots cyclist in head to... →
Police say firefighter Charles Diez was upset that a man was riding a bike with his 3-year-old son on a busy street so shot the cyclist in the head. The bullet embedded itself in the…
Bizarre Driving School Mural →
Jason Torchinsky is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. Jason has a book out now, Ad Nauseam: A Survivor’s Guide to American Consumer Culture. He lives in Los Angeles, where he is a tinkerer and…
Hot Tub Time Machine →
NSFW trailer for an upcoming feature-length film starring John Cusack, Crispin Glover, Chevy Chase and Lizzy Caplan debuted at Comic-Con. It really is about a hot tub time machine. This is…
Flickr Photo Download: scarfacebook →
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Dresden Codak Show: Official Trailer →
http://vimeo.com/5673004
The Sosnowski Residence by Chen + Suchart Studio »... →
Sweet looking place in AZ
Meet the Sartorialist of Tokyo's Film Camera Scene... →
As The Sartorialist goes around the world photographing people with incredible style, John Sypal goes around Tokyo, taking photos of people with incredible film cameras. Tokyoites do nerd…
Chi...Chi...Chi...Chicken →
When the ‘secret’ of the Colonel’s blend of herbs and spices was revealed, The Guardian had to test the recipe - and then see if it could be bettered … (video)
Trompe-l'œil video projection on building facade →
Urban Screen’s mesmerizing building facade video: “How it would be, if a house was dreaming.” (Via Dangerous Minds)
Yogurt container typologies →
A pair of photographers have photographed all sorts of different yogurt containers in the style of Bernd and Hilla Becher’s typologies. Tags: berndandhillabecher photography
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Tron Legacy trailer →
directed by the guy who did iSpec; I like the little viral site, with imaginary Space Paranoids machine
#360 small talk →
James Paterson's 3D illustrations with Rhonda →
from the creator of the Sonic Wire Sculptor [via]
Facebook = lobster trap →
I love a good analogy: Facebook is basically designed like a lobster trap with your friends as bait. (via migurski) Tags: Facebook
Will Sleep for Food - Boing Boing →
via http://www.boingboing.net/2008/12/29/will-sleep-for-food.html
Great Ad, seen in Popular Science October 1976 →
Jason Torchinsky is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. Jason has a book out now, Ad Nauseam: A Survivor’s Guide to American Consumer Culture. He lives in Los Angeles, where he is a tinkerer and…
Watching them swim →
Get your Wednesday started off on the right foot: load this video up in HD, full-screen, let it buffer, and then just watch for awhile. You’ll feel right as the mail. The main tank [at the…
PowerPoint considered militarily harmful →
Writing in the Armed Forces Journal, retired Marine T.X. Hammes excoriates PowerPoint and its impact on decision-making in the military:
Our personnel clearly understand the lack of clarity and…
Duncan Malashock - today and tomorrow →
via http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2009/07/14/duncan-malashock/
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1950s Beauty Pageant Judging Guidelines →
Gwen of Sociological Images compares a chart used by judges in the 1950s to pick Miss Universe with the 4H market steer charts she used to to see when she was in 4H.
First, some people…
Kitchen appliance junkbot →
Colombian junkbot builder Mario Caicedo Langer made the “PROCTOR SILEX: DEFENDER OF THE KITCHEN” robot out of broken kitchen appliances, noting “when you grow up watching ‘Transformers’, ‘Short…
be polite to the creature →
Jay Murray →
A DeLillo character reviews a David Foster Wallace book in a literary journal. (It’s the same character who’s in that most-photographed barn passage.) [via]
Apartment Therapy New York | House Call: Eli's... →
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Prove You're Human →
Keyboard Cat t-shirt →
A t-shirt design by OXEN over at Threadless. And the crowd goes wild. Three Keyboard Cat Moon (Thanks, UPSO!)
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View Images →
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Cartype : Chrysler related emblems →
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Image: Vague Scientist →
“the magazine for people who try to have conversations about science news” [via]