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Tron vs. Saul Bass

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:49:21 +0000

Inspired by Saul Bass, Hexagonall put together this very sweet opening title for the film "Tron." [via Chris Wiggins]

A Simple Description of APIs

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:52:58 +0000

Mike and his daughter Autumn show us what open development and a card deck have in common. (Thanks, Mayor Mike!)

Dramatic Kitten

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:56:15 +0000

(Thanks, Chris!)

Baby Rocking Out to Bob Marley

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01:23:01 +0000

Baby finds comfort in listening to Bob Marley. (Thanks, Tom!)

Asian Male Disguises Himself as Old Caucasian Male to Board Airplane

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 21:21:47 +0000

Somehow a 20-something Asian male disguised himself as an old caucasian male and boarded a plane from Hong Kong to Canada with only an Aeroplan card. The passenger's intention was to seek refugee status in Canada.

Autotune of Jimmy McMillan, The Rent Is Too Damn High [VIDEO]

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 04:44:13 +0000

Rent Is Too Damn High Autotuned - Watch more Funny Videos
[via eagles7977]

Geek News Roundup, November 6, 2010

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 04:06:16 +0000

Jetman! [via invisiblepilot]

"My son is gay": A mom writes about how her 5-year-old son dresses up as Daphne from Scooby Doo for Halloween and is judged by the other moms at his preschool. [via efrost]

Calculate How Much Damage An Asteroid Will Cause - Gizmodo

Amazing Star Wars Cupcakes - Craftzine

Beautiful Modeler - use an iPad to make 3D models [video] - Make

Yard On

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:56:21 +0000

I was behind this truck the other day. It took me a minute, but I got it... Just in case you can't read the writing on the truck: "I've got a yard on for you!" Bad humor at its best.

Dusting Off the Commodore 64

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:38:58 +0000

Jason set up his ol' Commodore 64 last weekend and so far it's been a big hit with our little nerdling. Actually, I think Zach prefers the C64 over the Wii. It's nice to know he has an appreciation for retro gaming.

This neighbor is getting the boot

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 03:52:20 +0000

After a tree limb crushed our car in last week's windstorm, it was determined that the large maple in front of our house needed to be cut down. As the tree was being cut down we met a new neighbor:

Sorry about losing your home little guy.

Watch out for that tree!

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:46:18 +0000

Just in case you were wondering how windy it has been in the midwest... I found this tree limb with a diameter of more than 15" on top of Jason's car.

Didn't see that coming!

Frustrated Flight Attendant Escapes Down Emergency Slide

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:16:35 +0000

Flight attendant Steven Slater apparently was fed up after working for 20 years in the customer service business.

Slater was working on a flight from Pittsburgh that had landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, when he was hit on the head by a bag a passenger was pulling out early from an overhead compartment.

According to the New York Daily News, words were exchanged and Slater's reaction was to blow his top. He spewed profanity at stunned passengers, grabbed a beer and activated the plane's emergency slide, then bolted off the plane...

JetBlue reported the incident, but police did not arrive until Slater had left the scene. He was arrested at his beachfront home in the Rockaways.

Slater was reportedly smiling when police led him away in handcuffs and when he was later charged with reckless endangerment and criminal mischief.

Every workplace should have an emergency escape slide. Seriously.

[via AOL Travel News]

Silverfish Hand Catch

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:05:02 +0000

If you haven't been browsing under a rock for the last two days, it's likely you've been watching an impressive campaign running across Facebook, Twitter and Youtube featuring the Old Spice Guy delivering, in almost real-time, personalized messages to just about anyone that asks him a question.

In the final video, he signs off with the phrase "Silverfish hand catch." I could be reading too much into this, but I'm wondering if this was intentionally written in not only for its humorous, non-sequitur punch, but as a unique tracking phrase. It's not so easy to misspell, and googling the phrase in quotes (and paging to where repeat posts get cut off) provides a quick-and-dirty mechanism for seeing how many people have blogged about a specific detail of the campaign.

Perhaps we'll see random phrases become a part of every viral video campaign.

Calculator hairball.

I need volunteers! To look at my knives.

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:53:35 +0000

An old friend found this posted on a bulletin board. Funny yet scary at the same time. Would you volunteer? (Thanks, Sara!)

Geek News RoundUp, June 18, 2010

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:03:06 +0000

Wellie Boots Power Your Mobile Phone While You Walk [VIDEO] - Mashable

This Is How Video and Photos Taken By the iPhone 4 Really Look - Gizmodo

Is TechCrunch really for sale? - VentureBeat

Pictures of alcoholic drinks under a microscope reveal the molecules that make up our favourite tipples - Telegraph