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Smith & Wesson Tactical pens
I spotted the Embassy Pen (top image) over at Uncrate and really dig the minimalist Maglite-esque look of it. It's $38.50 from County Comm. I showed it to Rob and he hipped me to the bad-assness of the Smith & Wesson Military and Police Tactical Pen that's just $26 from Amazon. Now if only I could manage to hang on to a pen for more than [...]
INEBRIATION: Inception Parody
"Inebriation" is a mock trailer created by Atomic Productions parodying the concept of Inception, in a dangerous and unstable world of shared drinking and drunk within drunk.
A clever way to use a “worthless” currency
Foreign investment is a tricky game. Not only must a company profit, it also has to transfer the profits home. Companies have done creative things to convert currency, and my favorite example is Pizza Hut in the former Soviet Union: For example, consider the situation faced by Pizza Hut when it wanted to open a chain of restaurants in the [...]
Drilling robot to explore mysterious tunnels in Great Pyramid
Does the Pyramid of Cheops hide more secrets within its massive volume? A 1992 robot explored one tiny passage only to be blocked by limestone doors with brass handles -- and the next one drilled through only to find anther door behind it. (more...)
Secret knock detecting mechanical iris project
Chris Schaie's beautiful Mechanical Iris, Steve Hoefer's Secret Knock detecting Arduino code, and an engraving made with my scratch-built CNC-Router to make the entrance to my garage/workshop/lab a bit more special. (more...)
Herman Miller Embody Chair Review
Is a chair's purpose merely to furnish a place for us to sit? There are countless directions to discuss this subjective matter, but suffice it to say that a chair's purpose goes beyond a solid foundation for resting our weight. In an ideal chair, the design would be suitable for hours of comfortable sitting. The chair would accommodate healthy [...]
Solar eclipse at Easter Island (part 2)
Another Easter Island solar eclipse photo was suggested by a reader. Another fantastic photo. I like this one better (by Juan Carlos Casado): http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002605 Also, make sure you check out Guisard's shots of Easter Island at night here and here. Something about those ancient sentinels silently staring into [...]
Solar eclipse at Easter Island
There was a total eclipse of the Sun on July 11th. Don't feel bad if you missed it. It was really only visible over the southern part of the Pacific Ocean. Easter Island is one of the few spots of dry land that got a glimpse. This shot was taken by photographer Stephane Guisard and was featured on Astronomy Photo of the Day. "View total solar [...]
A lust letter to NYC’s indie burlesque scene photos
Jeff Simmermon's homage to the NYC indie burlesque scene, in text and photographs. Here's a large Flickr gallery, and here is a blog post.
The “Barefoot Bandit” strikes again
This dude is literally "trolling" the world. A Seattle teenage fugitive who evaded capture for two years was being hunted by both the U.S. authorities and Bahamian police today after allegedly crash-landing a stolen plane on the Abaco Islands. Colton Harris-Moore, from Puget Sound, north of Seattle, was dubbed the "barefoot bandit" last autumn [...]
Do you have a Kindle yet?
I ordered my Kindle DX in January, and would highly recommend it, if you are only looking to read books It does this one thing very, very well, and I find that trait more worthy of my money than something like the iPad that does several things, but all of them, in my experience, half-assed. I didn't buy my Kindle to browse the web (although [...]
The new “OK Go” video plays with the speed of time
OK Go strikes again. Their last video memorably featured a Rube Goldberg machine that filled a two-floor warehouse and took four minutes to complete its sequence of wonder and mayhem. This time, the tech-happy band recruited Jeff Lieberman and Eric Gunther–artists, musicians, and all-around interesting guys–to direct the video. (more...) [...]
New Mortal Kombat movie trailer
For anyone that did not watch Mortal Kombat Annihilation, it was the worst time to spend 90 minutes. That is the reason for a revamp of the Mortal Kombat movie franchise. A release date is set for 2013, and is to be a darker theme version of the first Mortal Kombat. A couple of names being thrown out there are "Mortal Kombat: Devastation" and just [...]
GoldenEye remake for Wii and DS leaked by Activision
I thought waiting 12 years for a StarCraft sequel was bad, but it turns out we've actually been waiting 13 years for a GoldenEye remake, and we didn't even know it was coming. Many companies have wanted to remake the game, and everybody else has wanted to play it, but it's always been held up by red tape. The James Bond License was bought [...]
Everyone on TV reads the same newspaper
Everybody on TV and in movies reads the same newspaper, it seems... and they've been reading that standard newspaper prop for decades. At a guess: paranoid studio lawyers don't want to use real newspapers because they think that they might get a copyright complaint from the paper (despite this incidental use being clearly fair use), so they [...]
Think critically when looking at statistics (A valuable lesson)
Today, I finally caught that infographic on Internet porn facts that's been going around like a bad itch in a delicate place. I'm a bit skeptical about how accurate it is—if you scroll to the bottom you will see that the number one source is an article in the Daily Mail. But, it did make me think about how a single soundbite statistic doesn't [...]
The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia
All cameras aimed at a grinning Johnny Knoxville—flanked by a bluegrass band—outside the theater where "The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia" made its Los Angeles debut. The "Jackass" star served as the film's executive producer, which might lead one to assume it's the same sort of death-cheating, stunt comedy stuff for which [...]
Zappos lost $1.6 million over-night due to pricing mistake… and honors prices
The deal is obviously dead now, but kudos to Zappos for honoring their mistake. Hey everyone – As many of you may know (and I’m sure a lot of you do not), 6pm.com is our sister site. 6pm.com is where brandaholics go for their guilt free daily fix of the brands they crave. Every day, the site highlights discounts on products ranging up to 70% [...]
Water balloon
Available in 1080p, not surprising. Note: there are three balloons: two saline, one fresh water.
Sarah Palin look-alike competition at Chicago’s Admiral Theatre
On the same night that Sarah Palin spoke before thousands in Rosemont, a Chicago gentlemen's club held a Sarah Palin look-alike contest. We don't know how much the real Sarah Palin made from her event. But the look-alike contest winner, a Brazilian stripper who gave her name as Eloah Rocha, earned what the club said was a $2,500 first [...]
