February 2010
4 posts
Kinekt Design - Gear Ring →
The Gear Ring is made from high quality matte stainless steel. It features six micro-precision gears that turn in unison when the outer rims are spun
January 2010
21 posts
Brothers' Arm Removal/Transplant →
Dave had spent two and a half years in pre-med at Queens University in Kingston, and using contacts made both there and online he and his twin brother have changed themselves in ways far beyond anything anyone else has ever attempted.
A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter →
This black box is a piece of art that perpetually tries to sell itself on ebay.
How David Blaine Held His Breath For 17 Minutes →
In this highly personal talk from TEDMED, magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes — a world record (only two minutes shorter than this entire talk!) — and what his often death-defying work means to him.
The Girl Who Conned The Ivy League →
How a high school dropout created the ultimate fake ID, scammed her way into Harvard and Columbia, and became the target of a nationwide manhunt
Use Google To Hack Into A Secrect World →
Want to gain access to security cameras positioned in parking lots, busy inter-state highways, college campus etc., then just type the following in the Google search box and hit enter.
intitle:”Live View / – AXIS”
38 Snowmen Nightmares: Calvin and Hobbes In Real... →
For ten winters, Calvin and Hobbes created entire worlds of snowmen living or dying in unhappily ever after ways. Here are some of the best snowmen nightmares, where fans of the comic strip created tributes to Calvin and Hobbes snowmen in real life.
Facebook unleashes lawyers on Web 2.0 Suicide... →
In a nutshell, the Rotterdam-based Suicide Machine helps users of Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn — and, once upon a time, Facebook — sever ties quickly and painlessly with the real and faux friends they’ve accumulated in their social networking travels.
Getting my face tattooed →
Dude gets glasses tattooed on his face
Best Fails of 2009 →
Their parents would be so proud… if they weren’t in this video.
So Dad, why IS the sea salty... and where do... →
Are you stumped when your child asks: ‘Why is the sky blue?’ ‘What is time?’ and - worst of all - ’Where do babies come from?’
The hardest questions of all to answer were identified by a survey of 2,500 parents this week.
So, to spare your blushes, we enlisted the help of a panel of experts to reveal just what you should say next time little Johnny puts...
Welcoming 2010 →
People all around the world gathered in groups large and small last night to usher out the previous year, and welcome the arrival of 2010. Under a rare New Year’s Eve Blue Moon, crowds watched fireworks, cheered, made resolutions, and counted down to midnight. 2010 is the year of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac, signifying a year of bravery and courage. Collected here are some photographs of...
December 2009
19 posts
Starry Twitter: Hacking the Stephen Fry account →
I will tell you about how to “fuck” a micro blog famous personality quickly and easily play-by-play.
Who Can Name the Bigger Number? →
In an old joke, two noblemen vie to name the bigger number. The first, after ruminating for hours, triumphantly announces “Eighty-three!” The second, mightily impressed, replies “You win.”
k2xl: in 1998, i made a C++ program to calculate pi to a billion digits.
k2xl: i coded it on my laptop (pentium 2 i think) and then ran the program.
k2xl: the next day i got a new laptop but decided to keep the program running.
k2xl: it's been over seven years now since i ran it. and this morning it finished calculating.
k2xl: the output:
k2xl: "THE VALUE OF PI TO THE BILLIONTH DIGIT IS = "
k2xl: mindblowing eh?
k2xl: i looked in the code of my program, and i found out that i forgot to output the value :(.
jonukas: hello, hope someone can help me. How with c#, i can make 3.576 to 3.58 ?
ttvd: if(value == 3.576) value = 3.58
ttvd: np!
Restaurants Use Menu Psychology to Entice Diners →
In the world of menu engineering and pricing, a dollar sign is pretty much the worst thing you can put on a menu, particularly at a high-end restaurant. Not only will it scream “Hello, you are about to spend money!” into a diner’s tender psyche, but it can feel aggressive and look tacky.
“MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT! I just bought the DVD “Tiger Woods Best 18...”
– reddit
Learn to Let Go: How Success Killed Duke Nukem →
What happened to that project has been shrouded in secrecy, and rumors have flown about why Broussard couldn’t manage to finish his life’s work. What went so wrong?
This is what happened.
When Lego lost its head - and how this toy story... →
Five years before we edged to financial catastrophe, an unlikely rehearsal was played out by toy giant Lego. In as long as it takes to develop a new model Star Wars range, it went from massive profit to near-fatal loss. The question is, how did it happen? And more to the point, how did this toy story get a happy ending?
“If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said a faster...”
– Favorite quotes
WatchWe’re not gonna take it (via Vimeo)
A Traffic Light Augmented by Progress Bars →
The Ecological and Economical Traffic Light Concept [relogik.com] by Damjan Stankovic is a Red Dot Design 2009 Award winner and consists of a simple yet, potentially highly practical visualization concept for everyday traffic lights that could reduce pollution and promote safer driving.
November 2009
14 posts
Revolutionary Weight Loss Program →
Hans Rosling shows the best stats you've ever seen →
You’ve never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called “developing world.”
