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Top 10 Photos of the Week

October 31st, 2009 at 3:37 am » Comments (0)

Baby Tesla’s favorite holiday was always Halloween
The only difference between daytime and night time is sunshine. Well, that and vampires and other creatures of the night that never come out during the daytime because the sunshine will cause their face to melt. Some people would actually look better if they let their face melt, but [...]



Elite Marshmallow Blaster

October 26th, 2009 at 8:44 am » Comments (0)

Mom always said not to play with your food, but the Elite Marshmallow Blaster could potentially prove to be too much of a temptation as this $55 pump-action single shot device is more than capable of firing standard marshmallows up to 40 feet far – we’re sure it can also handle other foodstuff, but keeping [...]



Interview with Photoshop Genius – Erik Johansson

October 25th, 2009 at 4:27 pm » Comments (0)

Photo Manipulations are always very interesting to watch because – and that’s what is important – they give a realistic view of an unreal picture. Erik Johansson, a 23-year-old computer engineering student, from sweden has a sense for good ideas for manipulations.
1. First of all we would like to thank you for taking the time [...]



Top 10 Photos of the Week

October 25th, 2009 at 8:09 am » Comments (0)

Somehow judgement day feels different when you’re a highly trained cow
The reason why we spend time putting together this weekly assortment of “life beyond the edge” photos is because creativity is inspiring. Ingenuity has a way of unleashing the inner trolls in each of us and replacing them with the kinder, more gentler turbo-gnomes [...]



Politically Incorrect Balloon Boy Halloween Costume

October 21st, 2009 at 7:50 pm » Comments (0)

Politically Incorrect Balloon Boy Halloween Costume in Action.

I think we laughed for about 20 minutes when we came across this…
“Now you too can enjoy all the media attention you want with Plantraco’s Balloon Boy Hoax kit. A great flying saucer that is going to put a big smile on your face. Colorado flying saucers and [...]



The Delicate Art Of Parental Failure

October 21st, 2009 at 2:57 pm » Comments (0)

“Daddy, look at all the FILM (Females I’d Like to Milk)!”  thinks baby Gordon.

As a perspective parent I have been bumping into a lot of new parent web sites. Many of them have some great do’s and don’ts that they recommend or condemn. The fine folks over at Parent Fail spotlight the don’t side of [...]



Coffee PC = Computer + Coffeemaker

October 20th, 2009 at 7:31 am » Comments (0)

 

Isn’t this what a computer was REALLY designed to do?

Tim Quax of ByteMods combined a PC with a coffeemaker to make this Coffee PC case mod. Best of all, the coffeemaker is controlled by software:
The relay gets it’s power from a molex connector on the power supply; a small amount however, just enough to not [...]



Top 10 Photos of the Week

October 18th, 2009 at 8:54 am » Comments (0)

Cows are both the cause and the victims of today’s obesity problem
Last week we started down a different path, but somehow we ended up on the path we were meant to be on anyway. So we’ve concluded that there are no different paths. Every “new” path is merely our destiny wrapped in new clothing, secretly [...]



Bubble Boy Blowing

October 17th, 2009 at 7:09 pm » Comments (0)

Brandon Hardesty is filled with wide-eyed comical amazement at the killer soap bubbles he’s able to blow after filling his mouth with — yeccch — baby shampoo. He does it so we don’t have to.



Top 10 Photos of the Week

October 11th, 2009 at 7:43 am » Comments (0)

The pit crew worked furiously to get Bossy ready to roll again,
but as everyone knew, cow repair was not an exact science

Andy Warhol once said, “Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there – I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. Right when I [...]



Wack-A-Banker

October 9th, 2009 at 1:36 pm » Comments (0)

Engineeer and cartoonist Tim Hunkin created an arcade game that at first appears to be an ATM or banking kiosk. When coins are inserted, the banking poster drops and reveals Wack-A-Banker, giving you an opportunity to take your aggressions out on a group of financially oppressive stereotypes.



Top 10 Photos of the Week

October 4th, 2009 at 1:15 pm » Comments (0)

Beware of crazy little men carrying vacuum cleaners,
for they represent an entirely new breed of suckers

Some photos cause headaches and others cause scandals. However, this particular combination of photos has been selected to cause a jock rash in people without a sense of humor. (Pics)



Ohio As A Piano

September 29th, 2009 at 11:20 am » Comments (0)

Andy Woodruff noticed that Ohio has 88 counties, the same number as keys on a piano. So he went to work on a map application that assigns a note to each county. You can play a song on the map (a couple of songs are plotted out for you) or reassign the notes based on [...]



Sunrise Theatre, Things Do Go ‘Bump’ In The Night

September 28th, 2009 at 6:04 pm » Comments (0)

Who are you gonna call…Ghostbusters!
FORT PIERCE — A team of paranormal investigators dimmed the lights at the Sunrise Theatre on Saturday night to see if any lingering spirits refuse to let the curtain fall on their stay at the 86-year-old downtown institution.



Top 10 Photos of the Week

September 27th, 2009 at 8:58 am » Comments (0)

Junior cowboys always work their way up the
livestock food chain before they get to horses

If wishes were fishes, and hope springs eternal, then wishes for hope would be wishes for eternal fishes. Hmmm, maybe not. Putting a square peg in a round hole is not the same as drilling a round hole into the side [...]



Virus Sculptures From Old Computer Parts by Forrest McCluer

September 24th, 2009 at 7:16 am » Comments (0)

Talk about computer viruses! Sculptor Forrest McCluer took salvaged 30 old PCs from the landfill and turned them into sculptures of viruses (the biological kind). This one above is inspired by the T4 Bacteriophage:
The “T9 Track Virus” is another version of the T4 Bacteriophage. It consists of PC power supply cables, CD-ROMs, sections of 9-track [...]



Top 10 Photos of the Week

September 20th, 2009 at 8:48 am » Comments (0)

Hey, knock it off with the legs! I’m the cute one!
Not all humor is funny to all people. Similarly, not all humor is funny to me. Therefore, I am the same as all people. Hmmm, great logic is the antithesis of great humor. But not all people are logical, so therefore logical people are the [...]



Not-Rubik’s Dodecahedron

September 20th, 2009 at 8:20 am » Comments (0)

Spy toy gadget maker Brando has this “Magic GIANT 12-Surface IQ Pentagon – Fantastic Edition” for $49.90.

The FANTASTIC SIZE and COMPLEX IQ Cube!! The GIANT 12 surfaces IQ Pentagon! You may never face this complicated one! Your home cannot miss this one. You may not solve it, you can just disassemble it and try it [...]



Top 10 Photos of the Week

September 13th, 2009 at 9:31 am » Comments (0)

Joy riding around the nuclear power plant does have a few side effects
Every week we spend time finding and sorting through our top ten photos. And every week we end up with more than ten. Its not because we can’t count. Rather, it’s because we don’t think you can.  (Pics)
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Madison, Wisconsin’s Official Bird: Pink Plastic Flamingo!

September 3rd, 2009 at 7:29 am » Comments (0)

IT’S OFFICIAL!

The budget wasn’t the only thing that the council members of Madison, Wisconsin, had to consider during its meeting: they also decided to make the plastic lawn flamingo its official bird!
The new mascot was debated for five minutes, and then the Common Council voted 15-4 to make the plastic pink flamingo the official city [...]



World’s Strangest Conventions

August 29th, 2009 at 4:06 pm » Comments (0)

One word..Strange!
Imagine a hotel where, in a single weekend, Brad and Angelina, Jennifer Aniston, John Mayer, and Jessica Simpson all stay under the same roof—without a single catfight or a single tabloid reporter there to document the drama. Sound impossible?



Top 10 Photos of the Week

August 29th, 2009 at 3:39 pm » Comments (0)

Even mothers have trouble loving some babies
The next time you smile, remember what you’re smiling about. Is is from something that you witnessed visually? It it from an idea that sparked suddenly in your mind? Or is it from combination of visual, auditory, and intellectual experiences. What you will soon realize is that all the [...]



After Dinner Nipples

August 25th, 2009 at 5:07 pm » Comments (0)

At last, a mint-chocolate treat other than those Andes Mints
After a hard day of work and a fine meal, what better way to unwind than to pop a nipple into your mouth. Chocolaty goodness with a mint fondant center. Makes the gourmet meal the second best thing you are getting that night.



Glow In the Dark Toilet Paper

August 24th, 2009 at 11:43 am » Comments (0)

Perfect for your next power outage
Surely with this technological breakthrough, humanity has finally reached the pinnacle of a new and great scientific age. For years man has struggled with wiping his butt in darkness. But no more. Glow In The Dark Toilet Paper has arrived. Surely it is reverse engineered alien technology.



Japan’s New Powdered Beer

August 23rd, 2009 at 6:08 pm » Comments (0)

Powdered Beer! What a brilliant idea! Or not!
David Ewalt: A lot of weird and wonderful stuff comes out of Japan. Kaiju. Crazygame shows.The tanuki. They make good beer, too — I’ll put a mass-market lager from Asahi or Kirin up against Budweiser or Miller any day. But I wasn’t quite so impressed when I [...]