Helmets
...if you really can't fathom or understand riding without a helmet, can I please request you close this entry and ignore it. I've been cycling in Sydney since about 1994 and I've never worn a helmet....
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Google Illiterate
Google's beloved RSS aggregator, Google Reader will be powered down on July 1, 2013 (previously).
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homicidalbrunette: first the Ring now the Throne
homicidalbrunette:first the Ring now the Throne
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Glitch furniture makes your bedroom look like it's malfunctioning
This isn't Photoshopped. Furniture designer Ferruccio Laviani created this hand-carved storage unit so that it appears that you're looking at a warped image. Could you have this in your home without it...
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Glitch art blankets and textiles
Artist Phillip Stearns makes blankets and tapestries out of glitch art. Some of the source images are taken from intentionally short-circuited digital cameras.All items are woven in the US and cost...
View ArticlePhotolettering
Fantastic — and free — new iPhone app from the typographic masterminds at House Industries. ★
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No More Kinder Surprise Smuggling: New, Legal Chocolate Eggs With Toys Inside...
Chocolate and toys: everything America lovesIf you’re a lucky and/or worldly person, you’ve experienced the tiny ovoid wonder that is the Kinder Surprise candy. It’s a chocolate egg with a plastic egg...
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Mickey wields his lightsaber in the first official Disney-Star Wars promo art
I have bad news for the five people who believe that Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm would lead to the destruction of the perfect and completely unspoiled Star Wars franchise. It's happened!Yes,...
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Behold the majesty of the Amazing Spider-Beard
Behold the Spider-Man-themed beard of Chad Roberts, who understandably won the recent 2nd Annual Garden State Beard And 'Stache Competition, held by the Garden State Beard and Mustache Society. I can...
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Stop Justifying Your Spending Yes’s
Imagine, for a moment, that you’re standing in a store. You’re holding an item you want in your hand. As you look at that item, thoughts are running through your head.Usually, you’ve already decided...
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What if Fred Savage's grandpa read him A Game of Thrones instead of The...
In The Princess Bride, Fred Savage's grandfather cheers him up by reading a humorous tale of adventure and romance with a happy ending. But what if instead, Grandpa read him the much darker story of...
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A musher explains why Radagast the Brown's bunny sled isn't so ridiculous
A great many Tolkien fans were dismayed by the portrayal of Radagast the Brown in Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Hobbit, especially the invention of Radagast's mode of transportation: a sled pulled...
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I can't see and I have a goiter with a goiter of its own.
Taco Bell is to food what the propeller beanie hat is to transportation: wildly insufficient, but not altogether un-enjoyable if approached with the right attitude: Will Dorito-Sheathed Tacos Be The...
View Article1Keyboard
Wiener Apps – 1Keyboard:1Keyboard to rule them all!1Keyboard is a virtual bluetooth keyboard application for OS X.Turn your Mac into a Bluetooth keyboard that works with all of your devices,...
View ArticleRidiculous Fishing
The new iOS gaming hotness is Ridiculous Fishing. In it, you try to get your hook as deep as you can, then catch as many fish as you can on the way up, and finally shoot as many of the fish as you can...
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Apollo F-1 engines recovered from the bottom of the Atlantic by Bezos...
So this is wild. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' eponymous Bezos Expeditions has successfully recovered F-1 rocket engines – used during the Apollo missions – from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. Pictured...
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Trio of Meerkat Kits Born at Paradise Wildlife Park
On February 14, Meerkat mom Twig delivered three kits at theParadise Wildlife Park in the United Kingdom. The little Meerkats, all males, were named Mr. Darcy, Romeo, and Puck after characters in...
View ArticleHALP! I spilled worcestershire sauce in my mum's new car!
Had a bottle of the stuff tip over on the passenger seat, to the tune of about 2 tablespoons. Fabric seat, brand new car, she's coming home in June so I have a bit of time to get that new car smell...
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Pepper Potts suits up in her own armor in the newest Iron Man 3 trailer!
We've heard the rumors, but this newest Iron Man 3 TV spot confirms it — Pepper Potts has her own Iron Man armor. Well, technically she's Iron Woman, but I hope they use the infinitely more awesome...
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A nerd's eye view of history
One insider's view of the mobile phone & internet revolution in the UK, 1992-2002. Featuring awkwardly stages pictures of the author, Simon Robinson, with Atomic Kitten.
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