A blog by Rob Cruickshank.

 
If you bought yourself high-speed internet for xmas, you may want to take a look at Darkstrider: Explorations in the Art of Stop Motion Animation.
(via MeFi)

posted 9:02 PM

 
More Apple stories. Von Bark actually sent me this before I posted that graphing calculator bit a few days ago.
"Currently, the Folklore site only supports a single project, about the development of the original Macintosh, but that will be changing soon."
posted 11:24 PM

 
"Open the pod bay door, HAL."

posted 10:01 PM

 
On-line Stanford computer museum. Weird navigation. Amazing pictures. Pretty much everthing is cool. If you can find it.

posted 10:11 PM

 
Carpet Skates. Pretty much the only interestingly dangerous toy in the "10 Worst" list. "Do not use on or near stairs." I like that.
Why don't the people who compile these things put all the boring "choking hazard " toys in a separate list, so we can go right to the good stuff without wading through a million lame-ass teddy bears with some bit that comes off?
(via Near Near Future)

posted 9:39 PM

 
Christmas decorations in the 1940s, from the Minnesota Historical Society.
(via GMT plus 9)

posted 9:26 PM

 
Merry Xmas. Watch out for the Krampus!

posted 4:49 PM

 
Like the Dead Media Project. But for food. Some of these items, like, "Green Giant Canned Corn-on-the-Cob" probably won't be missed much. And WTF is a "Chicken Dinner" candy bar? Something like this?
(via memepool)

posted 11:52 AM

 
The Norden Bombsight.
Update: don't overlook this. It's big and might take a bit to load, but it definitely belongs in the "Why can't more things look like this?" file.

posted 4:31 PM

 
Yay Martin! He wins a prize, and I'm too lazy to even put up a string of minilites. Or even finish the 3d slides that I took of his place last year.

posted 3:15 PM

 
One day, while checking out a brand new Mac, I noticed a new app: Graphing Calculator. An hour or two later, I got back to what I was supposed to be doing. Who knew that the story of its creation was so completely bizarre?
(via /.)

posted 8:42 AM

 
Raised by wolves. And ostriches.
(via exclamation mark)

posted 6:16 PM

 
Steer the drunk guy with your mouse.

posted 5:22 PM

 
Hacking bikes. Who needs a Bic?
(via /.)

posted 10:19 AM

 
Man! Che is really hard to cut out! And there are still some flat surfaces that don't have a stencil of his mug on them!
I wish there was an easier way.
(via cool hunting)

posted 1:34 PM

 
USB eye massager. It just sounds cool. Say it: "USB eye massager".
(via b3ta and pretty much everyone else)

posted 9:43 PM

 
Futurist Performance. I wouldn't mind seeing this one.

posted 3:22 PM

 
Play tiny little organs.
(via thingsmagazine)

posted 10:53 AM

 
Make tiny little oranges.
(via boing boing)

posted 3:44 PM

 
An Open Letter to the Listerine Girl.

posted 8:39 PM

 
A little data mining for ya- here are the top 10 search engine queries that caused people to wind up here:

1) pj katie's farm
2) doodleart
3) marshmallow cannon
4) Ass Parade
5) TURTLEKISS
6) rob cruickshank blog
7) "listerine girl"
8) vamhus hair
9) E-plus energy drink
10) swanksigns

And no, I don't want to know what "ass parade" is. On the other hand, if you have some PJ Katie episodes on tape, we should talk...

posted 6:10 PM

 
CraneAccidents.com .
Damn, I love the innernet....

posted 1:25 PM

 
Google Suggest. Why don't they get it over with and just wire it right up to our brains?

posted 3:42 PM

 
Best fainting goat video I've seen in a while.
(Thanks Christine! Told ya they were real!)

posted 2:15 PM

 
I will admit to having had conversations which consist largely of various inflections of "dude".
For example:
"Dude?" (translation: why is your arm in a sling?)
(I explain why)
"aww,dude.." (Translation: I'm really sorry, that sucks. How did it happen?)
(I explain what happened, and where)
"Dude!" (translation: Wow, at least you were doing something cool! Way to go.)
(via MeFi)



posted 9:11 PM

 
Want your own Enigma Machine, but don't have the attention span for something like this? Now there's a Paper Enigma Machine!
(via Coudal Partners)

posted 10:47 AM

 
Nightsave Deer. Glowing deer to reduce collisions at night! Remember, I'm still asking people to dig up examples of phosphorescent and luminous artworks, pleeeeeeze.
(via exclamation mark)

posted 11:22 AM

 
Marcel Duchamp's Rotoreliefs. Or make ur own.
You can see a quicktime movie of his Rotary Demisphere ,and read some theory, here. Much more exciting than this.

posted 4:01 PM

 
Text-based pong.
(Thanks, Sally!)

posted 1:55 PM

 
Just in time for Christmas- shocking tanks! What a brilliant idea. I've seen their shocking roulette, and almost bought it, but figured I could make my own, and never did. Can you think of a game that couldn't be improved by the addition of electric shocks for the loser? I can't.
(via MeFi)

posted 11:18 AM

 
An introduction to cluster ballooning. BB gun optional.
(via MK's del.icio.us)

posted 1:35 PM

 
Digital sundials.
(Thanks, Dan!)

posted 1:14 PM

 
I've added an Atom feed to the site. It's handy if you are running Firefox- the "live bookmarks" are neat. Give it a try.

posted 4:47 PM

 
Magic Eyes!

posted 9:05 AM

 
Are you supposed to invite your friends to inspect your mouth with a flashlight and a dental mirror, or do you pull out a saliva-covered Scooby Doo or Hello Kitty and wave it in their faces? Or is it just your little secret?

posted 1:07 PM

 
Before Pong, there was table hockey. I can't accept the new sets with plastic players. The only ones worth playing are the ones where you can cut yourself on the guys.
(via thingsmagazine)
Update: They show you how to make your own metal men. A similar technique could be used to make metal women, too!

posted 11:28 AM

 
Czechoslovakia radiomuseum.

posted 4:08 PM

 
Mister Jalopy's Hoopty Rides. It's like a vehicular Heavy Little Objects . Anyone who lusts after old gauges, fiber washers and bookmobiles from ebay is my kind of person. If he sells that Curta I can stop clicking on it. I don't need it, idontneeditidontneedit

posted 10:21 PM

 
"Legend has it that while on a tour of the home pong manufacturing facilities, the Sears people were shown the Video Music prototype. One of the people from Sears asked what they were smoking when they designed it, and one of the technicians stepped out from the back room and produced a lit joint. "

posted 9:58 PM

 
Go to a Starbucks during the "holiday season". Look at the wreath on the door (the one that swings around and hits you.) Tell me that doesn't look like a spray-painted pangolin.

posted 3:32 PM

 
"Emerging Infectious Diseases is not about art. The journal has a cover to protect the scientific content from the elements. But as a communication tool, art seems to work. Our readers enjoy the covers. We don't know exactly why. But as Georges Braque once said, 'There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain.' "
(via coudal partners)

posted 10:05 PM

 
This is the beginning of the end. For god's sake, don't give them guns.
(via MeFi)

posted 7:09 PM

 
Hermit crab housing crisis.
(via boing boing)

posted 5:30 PM

 
Calder's Circus. I probably would have known about this if I'd gone to art school but better late than never. There's some video here- the mpg clip works, but the Real player stuff crashes my computer. Maybe you'll have better luck. Those of you who've seen the puppet shows that I do with Von Bark will understand why I think this is cool. Plus, I've been ripping off a lot of Calder ideas lately.

posted 11:45 AM

 
Science geeks rejoice. Google Scholar is very cool. Now you can do fun searches like this. And scary searches like this.

posted 11:28 AM

 
Everyone and their dog has been blogging this one, but if you haven't seen it yet, here y' go.
It really should be titled How Computers Should Look, and How IT People Should Dress.

posted 11:45 AM

 
An interesting article about Ferranti Canada, and their early computers. I did not know that the trackball is a Canadian invention! What I was actually looking for was information about flip disc displays which, it turns out, are also Canadian! I always thought they were British. You've seen them on buses and game shows. Paul Davies made a beautiful artwork out of them.

posted 1:06 PM

 
If you spend much time in downtown Toronto, you've seen the Rat Guy. He's an old guy in a long coat, who always has some rats perched on his shoulder, or, if you're lucky, a whole row on his arm, like songbirds on a telephone wire. He'll sell you a rat if you want one. I bet he'd have a really good time at this.
(Thanks, Ron!)
UPDATE: just noticed this in the FAQ:
"We strongly caution against the purchase of rats outside in the parking lot as these animals were not registered and we cannot be assured of their health or viral status. If you do decide to purchase a rat outside the show arena, please do so after you have been inside to ensure you do not bring a virus in with you on your clothing or hands."


posted 5:09 PM

 
I saw this the other night. All the sadness was outweighed by the sight of a bunch of teenagers in leather jackets, in the next row, who were jumping up and down, shushing eachother, and singing along to all the songs.
posted 7:23 PM

 
Electromechanical telephone relays.
I still use a rotary phone. I like to imagine it connected to these things, even though I know that it's not so.
posted 7:17 PM

 
A really complete Mainzer Cat site.
posted 7:07 PM

 
Story of the General Instruments pong-on-a chip. I just got a Coleco Telstar on ebay for a penny!
posted 2:28 PM

 
I'd always wondered if this would work. I guess it does.
Fish highway!
There's a "skate" (read: expensive clothing) shop downtown that has a similar setup, made from dryer duct, for their ferrets.
(via grow a brain)

posted 1:26 PM

 
"Some parts of the internet should be nice, for the nice people."
Adorablog is a blog about cuteness. We're not nice people, but hey, we won't say no to kittens and stuff like that.

posted 1:00 PM

 
Half of them are sorry. That's a start.
(thanks, Sarah!)

posted 2:51 PM

 
Got 'im, got 'im, need 'im..
Trading cards featuring champion athletes and war heros. All of them are pigeons.
(via coudal partners)

posted 9:17 AM

 
Interesting approaches, loose pitbulls, and more Unusual Aviation Pictures.
(via The Cartoonist)

posted 2:09 PM

 
All your frog are belong to us.
(The first time I saw this, I was too dumb to click on the main page. You're smarter than that.)
(via everyone)

posted 1:55 PM

 
The Rolling Ball Web
An Online Compendium of Rolling Ball Sculptures, Clocks, Etc.
Just like it says.

We had one of these as kids. (caution, tripod site, sorry)

posted 1:20 PM

 
A request: I'm looking for references to new media or kinetic art (or any art, for that matter) using phosphorescent or fluorescent pigments. Stuff like this, and this, and this. Anything. Even if it's not a link, even if it's "some guy, um, in Europe, um, made this thing, that like, glowed, and stuff".
Yes, I'm working on something, yes, it glows, and no, I won't tell you what it is. Not right now. It's that cool. Soon. I promise. Thanks.

posted 5:02 PM

 
A FPS flash game where you shoot kittens with rubber bands.
Do I even have to tell you that it's via b3ta?

posted 2:01 PM

 
Yay CBC for adding an audio stream in Ogg Vorbis format.

posted 1:42 PM

 
I've been fascinated by FLIP ever since seeing it in the book that turned me and my sister into fish freaks. Up till now, I'd never seen the inside, although I spent many hours as a kid imagining what a living space that had to rotate 90 degrees would look like.

posted 10:39 AM

 
"Blendie 2000 is a free standing blender as seen in the video documentation. Any person may walk up and try to talk with Blendie. If they make their voice sufficiently blender-like then Blendie 2000 will begin to pitch-track and power-match their voice. For example, if the person growls low pitch low volume at the blender it will spin slowly. If they want to mix sticky peanut butter or crush ice slowly they may need to keep the same pitch but increase volume for more torque. To ask Blendie 2000 to whip some cream fast the person will have to make a higher pitched blender sound for Blendie to match and whip with."

Even if you are on dial-up, and have to leave your computer on all night to download it, watch the video. No, really. You must.

One thing that occurred to me, watching it, is that if you somehow get your hand caught in the blender, you can't scream.

(via Eyebeam ReBlog)





posted 3:26 PM

 
This SO kicks the sorry ass of the Barbie Country Camper. Because it's REAL.
(via Sachs Report)

posted 8:26 PM

 
"The Cloud Harp is a meteo-electronic installation that converts real-time, thanks to an infra-red laser beam and a telescope sharing the same optics, the height, density and structure of clouds into sounds and musical sequences. "
(Thanks, Maria!)

posted 7:29 PM

 
World's smallest pong.

posted 7:18 PM

 
Remember the Fairlight CMI? If you were poor, you had a Yamaha CX5M instead.

posted 2:42 PM

 
LittleFilm.org has an excellent page about preserving and archiving your home movies.

posted 1:40 PM

 
"So when is the last time you saw a grown man dressed up like a cat dancing to rap music about elevator safety?"
Pictures, dammit! We need pictures! And MP3s!
(although this PDF is pretty good... escalators won't "reach out to grab you" after all. Whew! )


posted 9:55 PM

 
Good things come from Minnesota. Like Prince, Bob Dylan, 3M, my girlfriend, and now, this.
(caution: scary stuffed animals!)
"The organization's mandate is to advocate the showmanship of oddities; espouse the belief in natural adaptation and mutation; and encourage the desire to create displays of curiosity."

(via grow a brain)


posted 2:10 PM

 
Make ur own pong! Need to find a General Instruments 8500-1.

posted 10:52 PM

 
If you live in Toronto, and like Super8 , check out this Martha Colburn screening. As long as you're not one of those sensistive, easily offended types, that is.

posted 4:00 PM

 
Everyone's all excited about the discovery of tiny people who lived in Indonesia. For me, the cool part is that all the news reports mention them living alongside tiny elephants. Just like on the Flintstones!

posted 1:00 PM

 
Use the internet to pay for your Kite Aerial Photography experiments!

"I am currently without a working camera. I miss being able to take photos. I hope you enjoyed seeing the last photos I ever took. Please donate to my camera fund at the top of this page and I will be eternally grateful! I promise not to do anything stupid like this again. "

posted 1:07 PM

 
Good thing I just renewed this domain. It looks like the market is heating up. These folks get extra points for coining the phrase "lifestyle pets". Brilliant.
(via /. )

posted 8:48 AM

 
No wonder kidney stones hurt when you pee them out. They're all pointy and stuff.
(Thanks, Sally!)

posted 1:12 PM

 
John Peel is dead.
(via MeFi)

posted 11:00 AM

 
Let's chuck a cat around in zero gravity! And get the government to pay for it!
(via boingboing)
UPDATE: The United States Airforce computers can preserve command and control in the event of nuclear attack, but can't handle a few thousand people downloading a cat movie.

posted 9:00 AM

 
Museum of hand-held electronic games. I have a Tomytronic Planet Zeon. It's worse than crack.
Used to have this, too.

posted 11:44 AM

 
An interesting article about Alexander Calder.

posted 10:52 PM

 
If you grow a mouse brain in a jar, it'll play video games. Cool.
(via boingboing)

posted 3:20 PM

 
WASFTBOTS: Dead sunfish look pretty strange.
(via boingboing)

posted 9:54 PM

 
Making "socks with five toes"? How about a "worm up suit"? Consider using Crabyon™!

posted 9:47 PM

 
My sister and I, as children, used to press our ears to the speakers in the living room, trying to catch every moan and groan on Glenn Gould records. Had we had one of these, we might have had a slightly more normal childhood.
(via MeFi)

posted 1:26 PM

 
You may remember the Meccano differential analyzer I posted a while back. If you've finished building that, it's time to start making mechanical logic gates out of Lego.
(Thanks Nick!)

posted 1:48 PM

 
Weird-Ass Stuff From The Bottom Of The Sea: big squid caught on a line in B.C.
(via Collision Detection)

posted 8:10 PM

 
William Gibson has fired up his blog again.

posted 3:08 PM

 
The Predicta Project. Wonderfully detailed site about a custom car.
(via The Cartoonist)

posted 1:03 PM

 
Sorry for the lack of new posts lately. In addition to having my hands full with this, I went here, and got one of these. I'll be back up to speed soon.

posted 3:47 PM

 
Barcode yerself. Unlike real tattoos of barcodes, these ones are machine readable.

posted 2:01 PM

 
Infrared cats.
(via collision detection)

posted 4:43 PM

 
Super-creepy North Korean mystery hotel.
(Thanks, Ron!)

posted 8:49 AM

 
Transportation Futuristics.
(via pretty much everyone)

posted 3:37 PM

 
Swimming in goo.
(via kottke.org)

posted 10:07 AM

 
Last night we went out to watch the full moon come up. Since it's Mid Autumn Festival we weren't the only ones. We were, however, the only ones who didn't whip out a phone-cam, snag a picture of the moon as soon as it was up, and leave. And we didn't have low-fat mooncakes from Starbucks either.

posted 2:40 PM

 
Can anything be cooler than Mechanical Pong?
(via /. )

posted 4:15 PM

 
"What exactly is the procedure of whaling (with the above-mentioned equipment)? Row. Halt. Lure the whale to you with song and bate. Carress it. Get a line around its tail or other protrusive parts. Stab it with the sword. It will not die from the first wound, it will go berserk. Hold on to your boat. Whatever happens, hold on to your boat and the whale gets tired and hopefully it looses energy as it bleeds. When it thus calms down, approach it yet again (or, more gracefully, get it to approach you), carress it and stab it. Repeat as needed. Under all normal circumstances, but dependent on the size and age of the whale, it will die within 12 hours from its first wound. Drag the whale to shore (no, whales do not sink upon their death, they float). "

From A Beginner's Guide to Whaling.
(via MeFi)

posted 3:06 PM

 
You will be assimilated. But first, we'll braid your tail, and put a nice ribbon in your mane.
(via boingboing)

posted 4:39 PM

 
One of deer season's little ironies: The time when you most resemble a white tail deer is the moment when it would really, really suck to be mistaken for one. Don't die with your pants down.

posted 10:37 AM

 
Weird-ass pigeons. I hope hurricane Ivan frees a whole whack of these headless wonders or these powder puffs with beaks to spice up the gene pool a bit.
(via b3ta)

posted 2:36 PM

 
Update on the scary bike lock situation. Kryptonite issues a recall.

posted 2:12 PM

 
Meat and potatoes.
(Thanks, Ron!)

posted 10:18 AM

 
The best food on sticks at the Minnesota State Fair.
(via kottke.org)

posted 4:06 PM

 
A Kryptonite lock can be picked using nothing more than a Bic pen. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
(via eyebeam reblog)

posted 1:59 PM

 
Board Meeting 2004 was a great success. Like Critical Mass, but way faster, better dressed, and more dangerous. Perfect. (And no, that's not me, that's a different Rob on that page.) There is a picture of me somewhere in there- see if you can spot it.

posted 1:16 PM

 
b3ta says it better than I ever could: "Like a thalidomide velociraptor..." Those of you without broadband will be spared the sight of the nightmare-inducing freak doggie running around. Trust me, it's pretty damn strange.

posted 10:24 PM

 
"I need not explain how these Shadows were suggested, to any one who has seen WILKIE'S picture, "The Rabbit on the Wall." But by what pains they were invented can never be revealed; for it is known to my tortured digits alone, and they, luckily for me, are dumb. I calculate that I put my ten fingers through hundreds of various exercises before my "Bird" took wing; my left little finger thrills at the memory of "Grandpapa"; and my thumbs gave in no less than twenty times before "Boy" was accomplished. Yet now how easy it is to make the "Duck" to quack, the "Donkey" to bray, "Toby" to wag his tail, and the "Rabbit" to munch his unsubstantial meal."

Hand Shadows to be Thrown Upon the Wall.

posted 10:06 PM

 
Tokyo Polaroid Plus.
(via GMT plus 9)

posted 11:27 PM

 
Is it just me, or does this look an awful lot like this?
posted 7:12 PM

 
This jaw-droppingly cool picture of a bucket-wheel excavator has been showing up all over the net. Via Grow A Brain : a lego version, complete with lego protestors.
My dad went up to the Athabasca Tar Sands when I was a kid and returned with tales and pictures of the bucket-wheels. They've been replaced by trucks and shovels now, but apparently they have one on display. As cool as it is to see stuff blow up, this makes me sad.

Update: More pictures of the big bucket-wheel in Germany.
posted 1:16 PM

 
Build ur Own Mystery Spot!
First, you'll need a little cabin...
(Thanks Chris!)

posted 4:23 PM

 
Bukey the cat says "MMMM...this is some good shit, man!"
(via Grow a Brain)

posted 1:05 PM

 
"Until today, our success can't stop us from trying our best to serve customers."
The Thep Padung Porn Coconut Co. should really sell T-shirts, I think.


posted 4:29 PM

 
A collection of scanned instruction manuals for old Philips "EE" electronic experiment kits. Not just electronics diagrams in Dutch, lots of pictures too. Large PDF files.
(via The Cartoonist)


posted 1:35 PM

 
This is no longer true, apparently.

posted 4:51 PM

 
Origami meets robotics- Oribotics. With so much clunky robotic art out there, it's always nice to see something like this.
(via Eyebeam reBlog)

posted 10:55 AM

 
Discover the power of carrots.

posted 9:27 PM

 
386DX plays all your favourites.
(thanks Ted!)

posted 9:20 PM

 
James Clar does cool things with LEDs.
(via Eyebeam reBlog)

posted 11:58 AM

 
Classic press cameras. Not quite as much information as on graflex.org, but lots of nice pictures.

posted 3:49 PM

 
One of our cats was known in the neighborhood as "that funny long-legged cat". She was a long-tailed Manx, but she could have passed for a cabbit.
(via MeFi)

posted 10:19 AM

 
Antique Motion Picture Cameras. Including the King Kong Camera.
(Via Exclamation Mark)

posted 9:30 PM

 
Cicada Lamps.

posted 9:10 PM

 
Picture of the Day has been renamed "Occasional Picture". There's a new one.

posted 9:26 PM

 
According to Amazon, customers who bought Dogtown and Z Boys also bought The Wizard of Oz. Really.
I'm confused.
posted 9:09 PM

 
Pontonology. My dad had a 180D.

posted 7:02 PM

 
They get bonus marks for spelling "hamster" correctly.
(via MeFi)

posted 6:46 PM

 
A catfish having a ball. I'm glad it it was ok in the end.
(thanks Kat!)

posted 8:16 PM

 
The Phillips Pavillion from the 1958 World's fair.

posted 2:58 PM

 
This is, hands down, my favorite warning sign in the whole world. I'm constantly kicking myself for not snapping a shot of one when I was in Japan, but thankfully, someone else did, and posted it on Swanksigns.org, along with tons of other good stuff.
(via Coudal Partners)

posted 8:22 AM

 
Watch this guy move huge concrete blocks. He claims he could build Stonehenge without pulleys, rollers, or aliens. I believe him.
(via bifurcated rivets)

posted 11:19 AM

 
Soldering in zero gravity is kinda different. Astronauts are going to spend way more time going "whoa, dude!" than fixing stuff.
(Thanks, Dan!)

posted 8:35 AM

 
Not finding what you want on Ebay? The Israel Ministry of Defence has some good stuff for sale. Need a Hercules?

posted 10:23 PM

 
Guide to KFC rip-offs in the UK.
(via b3ta)

posted 2:24 PM

 
Kodomo no kuni Artists and Children's books in 1920s Japan. I like this one and this one. And this one, and, and...damn, better free up an hour or two.
(via Coudal Partners)

posted 3:09 PM

 
The First Six Books of The Elements Of Euclid
In which Coloured Diagrams and Symbols are Used Instead of Letters for the
Greater Ease of Learners.
(via MeFi)

posted 1:16 PM

 
You can buy cannon balls on the net. Wow. I need a "relic room"!
(Thanks Tanya!)

posted 8:59 PM

 
Bumwine is a helpful site, if you're trying to figure out that all-important price/alcohol content/weight/toxicity equation. It needs some CanCon, though. What do bums here drink? Von Bark tells tales involving something called "fighting sherry" and googling that term led me here. There goes the evening.
(bumwine link via collision detection)

posted 5:00 PM

 
"It's time for you to become a well informed Tonka truck enthusiast."
(javascript and animated GIF encrusted, but worth the eye pain)

posted 1:32 PM

 
How to ship a brain. You'll need a bucket, some ziploc bags, and ice.
(Thanks Sally!)

posted 9:07 PM

 
More weird-ass stuff from the bottom of the sea.
(via boing boing)

posted 1:08 PM

 
Disgusting new worms. My sister has a whale vertebra in her back yard. Had it stayed in the water where it belongs, maybe these guys would have eaten it. Even without worms, it's greasy and horrible; I dropped it when she told me I might get seal finger from touching it.
(via kottke.org)

posted 1:21 PM

 
Badly drawn cats.
(via MeFi)

posted 12:37 PM

 
Crazy-ass Japanese arcade games. I love how everything is so mechanical! When I was a kid, all arcade games had moving parts, except Spacewar and Pong.
(via misterpants)

posted 10:45 AM

 
Go, kitty, go!
(via bifurcated rivets)

posted 3:25 PM

 
Enthusiasts with Pictures of their Stones.

posted 9:13 PM

 
Things might be a bit quiet here for a week or two. Maybe it's time for you to go outside and get some fresh air. Maybe a guest or two will add some links, or maybe you should just go read the blogs I swipe stuff from.
posted 8:13 PM

 
"We often spent many hours just cruising low and slow. Once I asked our crew commander if I could use the winch to troll for fish sometime. He didn't think I was serious, I guess, and said, "Sure". When I showed up one mission with a hook about 6 inches across, he stopped me fast! I was serious and thought we could handle a shark easily with the winch. I wonder what would have happened when we landed with a 12 foot shark hanging from the stern of our airship."

Larry's Blimp and Airship Picture Book. Not to be missed.
(via MeFi)
posted 10:57 AM

 
History of crampons.
posted 11:39 AM

 
The Centers for Disease Control have disease trading cards for your kids to play with. If you liked this movie, you'll appreciate the fact that "anthrax" is illustrated by a dead zebra, bleeding from the nose and mouth. That should make for some interesting conversations with the little ones. "That zebra's very sick, honey, I don't think he's going to get better...Oh look- staph!"
(via BoingBoing)
posted 10:25 AM

 
If you weren't sufficiently freaked out by the dog toy quiz, Kat points out that "dog toy" is the common name of this "adorable" (her word, not mine) soft coral. I want to know what "very hard to collect" means.
posted 3:34 PM

 
Hey, anybody know the name of that toy from the 70s that had a swirly coloured background hidden by a layer of viscous black goo trapped behind a layer of flexible plastic? You could squidge the goo around with a little T-shaped stylus, and make pictures. Email me, if you know this.
posted 3:40 PM

 
Hey stoners! DoodleArt is back! I never did get more than a little corner finished-I'm surprised Mom didn't put me on Ritalin.
posted 3:33 PM

 
The 365 Days Project that Von Bark blogged here back in December has a new permament home.
(Thanks, ted!)
posted 3:24 PM

 
Tempest Prognosticator.
posted 2:42 PM

 
Dog toy or marital aid? You decide.
(via memepool)
posted 1:41 PM

 
Normally I retch when I hear the word "branding" applied to anything other than this process.
I'll make an exception for this, however- Polaroid boxes from the 50s and 60s are among my favorite package designs- I have orginal boxes for my 545 holder, 3D glasses, and other assorted polaroid stuff.
(via coudal partners)
posted 2:15 PM

 
Live corpse plant webcam! I wish there was a way to to get the stink via internet.
(via collision detection)
posted 1:57 PM

 
Hey, there's a post on memepool about raccoon penis bones that looks uh, very similar to my post on the subject dated May 31. (no, I don't have permalinks, go find it yourself if you missed it)
After all the stuff I've lifted off them, it's nice to be ahead of the curve for once.

posted 6:47 PM

 
"If you (the builder) construct your A/W 95 the exact way the plans call for, you will have a flying helicopter capable of sustained hovering, side and backward flight and safe autorotations at a cost much lower then ALL the rest."

And if you don't, well, it's been nice.
(via thingsmagazine)

posted 3:14 PM

 
Hey you! Spit that out!

"If the deputy returning officer is unable to account for all ballots, the election results at that polling station can be contested on the basis of irregularity."

I swear to God , it actually says that.


(Thanks, Ric!)
posted 2:15 PM

 
This is very cute, but I think I'll stick with the original knock-off for now.
(via collision detection)
posted 12:27 PM

 
"The peanut butter and jelly sandwich, itself a staple in American life, will enter the twenty first century as a living history lesson on the importance of regulating, but not over-regulating a wide variety of foodstuffs in a dynamic marketplace."

A surprisingly interesting history of American food standards, and a celebration of the lawyers who delivered us from such horrors as "bred spred" and jars of chicken "veneered with white meat".
(via things magazine)


posted 12:28 PM

 
Defunct Amusement Parks.
(via Exclamation Mark)
posted 10:35 AM

 
Take care of your insulators.
posted 10:52 PM

 
Make-ur-own city model. Get a grownup to help you with the scissors.
(via coudal partners)
posted 3:11 PM

 
Psst! Wanna buy a watch?
(via The Digital Watch Forum)
posted 1:19 PM

 
There's a new ratfish!
I can think of at least one person, other than myself, who'll be thrilled.
(via boing boing)
posted 8:28 AM

 
Kids sure love playing with regurgitated fur and mouse bones, but moms sure don't like the mess! Now there's Virtual Owl Pellet! Fun for the whole family. And there's no chance of getting a piece of raccoon shit by mistake, like one of my friends did.
posted 11:01 PM

 
Eurobad '74 - "An exhibition of Europe's worst interiors from 1974."
(via coudal partners)
posted 10:05 AM

 
From the instruction sheet for a Compact Flash card: "Do not put the card into the mouth of any kids."

posted 9:23 AM

 
The Graphic Jet: a CO₂ powered 35mm camera.
posted 12:27 PM

 
Eclectic arrangements of Christmas favorites featuring the ethereal sound of the musical saw, the angelic sound of English Handbells and the rustic sound of pitched Alpine & American cowbells.
(via Grow a Brain)
posted 10:26 PM

 
Antique Mouse and Rat Traps.
I like this one.
This one is elegantly simple, yet ruthless. Wouldn't want to clean it out, though.
(via SharpeWorld)
posted 1:27 PM

 
Zen for Cub Scouts.
posted 11:28 AM

 
An online database of camouflage used by
United State Naval Warships during WWII.
posted 3:28 PM

 
Retrocrush presents the 50 coolest song parts of all time. It's like buying a bag of oreos and just eating the middles.
posted 5:01 PM

 
Haze paint development.
posted 10:19 PM

 
Like you're gonna make an atom bomb from an ASCII diagram. I love the recipe for urea nitrate too- "1/3 cup nitric acid"
"Honey, have you seen the measuring cup anywhere?"
(via exclamation mark)
posted 10:05 PM

 
"This isn't the only giant ball of "something" Alexandria, Indiana is famous for. Ten years ago, a utilities crew working on the sewer system found a 200 lb hairball clogging the pipes. It is believed to hold the record for the World's Largest Hairball."
(via bifurcated rivets)
posted 1:36 PM

 
Just like Hockey Night in Canada, the transit of venus has its own tune.
Now someone should write a tune called, "hey dumbass, those 'local' times are in UTC".
posted 10:27 AM

 
Transit of Venus tomorrow! (If you live in B.C. you're SOL. Sorry, Kat.)
posted 8:27 AM

 
"This is Flo. Her job is testing our image recognition algorithms, although she might not be aware of this."
posted 11:23 AM

 
Weird-ass mystery animal in someone's back yard. Looks like someone took clippers to a fox, and jacked up the legs a bit.
(via MeFi)
posted 4:46 PM

 
"On the other hand, the enclosed photographs of water and a frog hovering inside a magnet (not on board a spacecraft) are somewhat counterintuitive and will probably take many people (even physicists) by surprise."
(via things magazine)
posted 1:17 PM

 
8-track heaven. Don't miss the hate mail!
(via coudal partners)
posted 11:54 AM

 
Neat collection of spy radios.
(via eyebeam reblog)
posted 4:15 PM

 
Colossus has been rebuilt. Amazing.
(via /. but it's a BBC story, so they should have enough bandwidth)
posted 8:57 AM

 
Woo! Yay! A new kitten video! Chill Out!
(via b3ta)
posted 11:07 PM

 
"Being non-hunting hippies, we made our charms from the penis bones of freshly road-killed male coons. (We picked up road-kills anyway because we ate the meat and tanned the furs and sold the mittens and purses we made therefrom.) I should also note that rather than dedicate these love bones to the furtherance of overpopulated HUMANITY, we placed them by our pond, where visiting RACCOONS would benefit from the resultant sexual potency and fertility among their own species."

This and more at the Lucky W Illustrated Museum of
Lucky Charms, Talismans, and Protection Amulets

posted 8:18 PM

 
A canine Prometheus.
(via Grow a Brain)
posted 6:09 PM

 
Bruce Blair's Nuclear Column. Interesting writing from a guy who literally had his finger on the button.
(Thanks, Dan!)
posted 6:03 PM

 
The Listerine girl, explosions, monkeys, and other Stuff that is Awesome.
(thanks, MK)
posted 4:15 PM

 
For years, I've been telling people that the world needs something like this. I wish it didn't look like a Starbucks or Ben and Jerry's though. My cereal bar would have funky old kitchen tables, and loads of cereal toys on display. And I'd serve Kel Bowls.
(Via Grow a Brain)
posted 5:41 PM

 
Beats the heck out of catching a frisbee.
posted 8:04 PM

 
History of the Matador and Mace Missiles. Teracruzer sold seprately.
posted 7:12 PM

 
Armenianize your name.
posted 6:10 PM

 
Today is a Manhattan equinox.
(via MeFi)
posted 5:56 PM

 
Wondering if you left the stove on? You can check active incidents from the Toronto Fire Department.
(Thanks Ron!)
posted 3:49 PM

 
This is very cool.
(via boingboing)
posted 3:18 PM

 
Something for the ipod: MP3s of dental surgery. In German.
Via Sharpeworld.
posted 12:52 PM

 
My sister and I spent large chunks of our childhood playing with cornstarch and water. Had we thought to hit the mixture with our dad's old test oscillator, we could have done this. (big windows media file)
(via MeFi)
posted 11:07 AM

 
Amazing colour photos from the 30s and 40s. (free registration required.)
(via exclamation mark)
posted 9:51 PM

 
The brilliant Rob Cockerham has another ebay auction going.
posted 8:21 PM

 
While watching Condi Rice's 9/11 testimony, I was startled by the sight of one of the news photographers shooting with a speed graphic. Turns out it must have been this guy. You can see his work here.
posted 7:27 PM

 
Rubber geek, wisdom tooth, dinky tanker truck, and more heavy little objects.
(via things magazine)
posted 2:19 PM

 
Weird glass stuff from the bottom of the sea.
(via MeFi)
posted 4:57 PM

 
Reading this. Which made me google this. Damn. Didn't know those things existed. I'll bet the book drove prices up, just like it created instant demand for Cayce Pollard's jacket.And the true fan will need one of these, too. I wonder if Gibson spent the money for his advance on ebay?
posted 3:50 PM

 
Good news: you can serve God, and build that scale live steam locomotive.
posted 9:48 PM

 
Infinite cat project. It's cats, all the way down.
(via exclamation mark)
UPDATE: Right you are, Kat: Kevin was there first.
posted 6:14 PM

 
Everyone's posting the yucky tapeworm story.
posted 3:58 PM

 
Why not make some "curb feelers" for your underground mining equipment?

"This will give a warning nudge to anyone in the danger area, giving him or her about a two-foot running start to stop the machine or to yell at the operator to stop."
posted 3:15 PM

 
Make Ur Own longboard.
posted 12:54 PM

 
Really. How hard could it be?
(vie eyebeam reblog)
posted 11:01 AM

 
Brains, Brains, Brains.
(via exclamation mark)
posted 9:03 PM

 
The Glossarist: a searchable directory of
glossaries and topical dictionaries. "New Categories" include fisheries and body art. You may need both to discuss this with the experts.
(glossarist via coudal partners, I forget where I first saw the fish)
posted 1:32 PM

 
Become aware of your skull. And other stuff.
Follow These Instructions.
posted 10:27 AM

 
Yes! Yes! Yes!!!!!!
(via eyebeam reblog)
posted 4:59 PM

 
Every self-respecting cycling or running geek owns a heart rate monitor. If you don't have one, get one. Yes, you too, Mr. Horse.
posted 11:56 AM

 
Mechanical differential analyzers are cool. Mechanical differential analyzers made out of Meccano are wicked cool.
Update: Here's a nice explanation of how it works.

posted 3:48 PM

 
Need worms?
posted 1:31 PM

 
A gallery of General Radio equipment. Why can't all electronics look this nice?
posted 2:32 PM

 
War is now healthier for children and other living things.
(thanks kat!)
posted 2:05 PM

 
"The major goal of the Institute for the promotion of the less than one millimetre is to bring organisms normally neglected because of their invisibility under the attention of a wide audience. No longer will amazing creatures like 'Noctiluca scintillans ' or 'Volvox aureus ' be regarded as insignificant! Let the unicellulars rule the web!"
(via sharpeworld)
posted 12:24 PM

 
"I always knew this was going to happen. I always knew that skepticism and science were mere psychological decorations and vanities. Deep in our alligator brains we all know that the world is just chock full of evil and monsters and sinister forces aligned against us, and it is only a matter of time until they show up. Evolution know this, too. It knows what to do when the silent terror comes at you from out of the dark."

The Horror of Blimps.

(via MeFi)
posted 9:56 AM

 
There's a roti shop near you.
posted 1:40 PM

 
Who needs Orkut? Hook up with other apple snail fans on the discussion board at applesnail.net.
posted 4:34 PM

 
Yep, it's my birthday. I share it with the Ford Mustang. We're 40 today.
(It's not too late to get me a present.)
posted 1:36 PM

 
Russian and Soviet Airmail Stamps.
(via plep)
posted 4:03 PM

 
Got an old submarine? RTFM.
Full of beautifully illustrated pages like this one.

Update: if you want to be a 12 year old about it, you can look for the dirtiest sounding sub-assemblies. Try to beat this one:

1:IMPELLER SHAFT
2. PUMP FAN
3. ROTARY SEAL INSERT
4. SEAL RING
5. ROTARY SEAL BELLOWS
6. VENTING COCK
7. HOSE CONNECTING NIPPLE, TO CONTROL UNIT
8. PUMP IMPELLER
9. HOSE CONNECTING NIPPLE, TO RODOMETER
10. DRIP FITTING
posted 3:34 PM

 
Wild Pig Cam. Nice ambient audio. I have yet to see a pig.
posted 12:27 PM

 
This is so true...chicks dig puppets.

"You don't just have to use the "Puppet Method" in nightclubs to meet and attract single women. You can use your hand puppet anywhere to talk to women. Believe me, they will be laughing so hard they can hardly stand it!"



(via the Accordion Guy)
posted 9:46 AM

 
Everyone's favorite bear/cat-like creature, Mr Nobody, has a website now.
posted 9:22 AM

 
Thanks to my friend Ken , I now know what engine turning is about. Here's a reference, in case you need one while working on that Faberge egg.
posted 1:56 PM

 
Howtoons. Open source, nerdy yet hip projects for kids. Build a marshmallow cannon! Count in binary! Beautifully drawn, and they assume that your kids actually have some brains in their heads.
(via coudal partners)
posted 10:56 AM

 
Sharpeworld is back. If you don't have a high-speed connection yet, now would be a good time.
posted 10:46 AM

 
Live in Toronto? Need a cat? Have we got the deal for you!. Try looking them in the eye and saying no. You can't, can you?
posted 2:21 PM

 
Shake it
Shake it
Shake it like a Polaroid picture...
(via b3ta)
posted 8:47 PM

 
They used to have these at the malls at easter time when I was a kid. I think they had coloured bunnies, too. Our parents told us they injected the eggs, and we believed them. Later, I believed they were airbrushed, or dunked in a tank. You were right, mom.
A condom shop here has a (naturally coloured) live rabbit in the window for easter , along with some rabbit pearls.
(coloured chicks via growabrain)
posted 7:44 PM

 
Burger King's Subservient Chicken is the big news today.
posted 10:52 AM

 
It must be skateboarding dog week.
(Via MeFi)
posted 4:02 PM

 
I mentioned the skateboarding dog clip to someone who then told me they had seen a scuba diving dog on TV. This looks exactly how he described it, and doesn't look 'shopped, unlike other scuba dogs on the web. I must know more. Somebody must know some details.
posted 10:59 PM

 
Yay owls! I looked at the owl cam that I posted back there, and I saw the first baby owl! Then Mme. Owl came back and sat on it.
posted 9:35 PM

 
Vancouver's Neon Heritage.
posted 9:15 PM

 
Portland Oregon's legendary Burnside skatepark was built guerilla style by skaters, for skaters. No money, no permits, no nothing. Here's a nice Quicktime documentary about it. Full Tilt Boogie.
posted 8:44 PM

 
An IBM System/32 5320 that lived in my friend Dan's garage has found a new home. The nice thing about those old computers was all the possums you could fit inside. Nowadays, about the only critters you can keep are ants.
posted 12:36 PM

 
A skateboarding dog.
(via grow-a-brain)
posted 11:03 PM

 
"We think Sadie enoys the feel of low-level electric current."
O-Gauge Train Running, With Cats.
posted 10:22 PM

 
"Our liger could easily eat a hundred pound of food in a sitting but they tends to gain a little extra weight so we feed them about 25 pound of food a night. People often ask what our big cats eat. They love to eat something called, King Lion diet, which is made basically by taking a horse, a cow, a couple of pigs and a flock of chickens and putting them into a blender on high with all they parts and pieces. "
posted 7:43 PM

 
Make Ur Own lightbulbs and cathode ray tubes.
posted 6:54 PM

 
Live cam of the Eiger Nordwand.
posted 1:02 PM

 
My sister and I have a tradition of baking ugly birthday cakes for each other. We've made dead animals and maggots out of marzipan, we've made icing in ever colour known to man, but we've never, ever even come close to this.
(via boingboing)
posted 8:31 AM

 
Koopa is the chelonian half of the duo that is TurtleKiss.com. He is a Gulf Coast Box Turtle, who also happens to be the world's first and only internationally collected turtle artist! Koopa creates beautiful paintings with his plastron and feet. His works are the finest quality animal-created art available anywhere.
posted 10:51 AM

 
WASFTBOTS: A "fairly-well adjusted shark"
(via exclamation mark)
posted 10:27 PM

 
Owl cam!
posted 10:55 AM

 
Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing.
(via Exclamation Mark)
posted 7:54 PM

 
Trunk Monkey is the funniest damn thing I've seen in ages.
(via MeFi
posted 7:24 PM

 
If you have a bunch of drink boxes, you can make a really big picture of the two Kims.
(via Mr. Pants)
posted 2:14 PM

 
“She is not a mutant,” Loedermann said. “She’s just a plain and ordinary kitten.”

Dammit, what do you have to do to be considered a mutant these days?
(via everyone)

posted 1:42 PM

 
Last night I had to start a new foil ball. It had got to the point where the average size of the scraps of foil we'd been adding was just too small to make them stick. The ball was at least 5 years old, and was frequently pounded with a hammer to compact it. It's not fair cheating by just wrapping huge sheets on, like that lady in the picture. Other balls are made out of cigarette foil, or candy bar foil, which is waxed, and will stick to itself. I tried to spray the scraps with Krylon sparay adhesive, but it didn't work. Suggestions welcome.
posted 1:03 PM

 
"All of a sudden, he pulled out of his pocket a string of firecrackers and asked, 'Where can we set these off?'"
Smoking Dope With Thomas Pynchon
(via MeFi)
posted 9:32 AM

 
Ghost town. It's back, and improved. Do not miss it.
(Thanks Dan!)
posted 10:00 PM

 
Dude, that's soup. No way, dude.
(thanks, Lesely!)
posted 4:17 PM

 
Vintage Hinterland Who's Who clips. Yay!
(via coudal partners)
posted 10:11 AM

 
We need to do this in Toronto. Too bad the place where Vaughn Bark and I used to pull stunts like this is now an uber-trendy hotspot.
posted 2:42 PM

 
Creepy Hello Kitty Stress Test.
(via bifurcated rivets)

posted 11:09 AM

 
"It's just like the ones you found under rocks as a kid, only it's really fucking big. It even rolls up into a ball!"
Holy crap.
(via boingboing)



posted 8:28 AM

 
HELLO! I AM BENDY KITTEN
I AM THE PRODUCT OF TOO LITTLE KNOWLEDGE WHEN BREEDING.
I AM A WONDERFUL KITTEN, BUT PLEASE DON'T MAKE MORE LIKE ME!!!!
(via b3ta)


posted 11:19 PM

 
International Society of Skateboard Moms.
posted 10:47 PM

 
We're not devovled from brain-eating monkeys. No way.
posted 11:26 AM

 
A Dictionary of Units of Measurement.
posted 2:35 PM

 
Retro WASFTBOTS.
(via coudal partners)
posted 10:12 AM

 
Glowing weird-ass stuff from the bottom of the sea.
posted 5:17 PM

 
Things go better with Coke. Things like cabbage.
(thanks, Lesley!)
posted 3:07 PM

 
I would actually eat this.
posted 1:13 PM

 
We're looking for the worst Kraft recipes.
Like Day-of-the-Dead Bread. You make it with Koolaid. Get it? Or how 'bout sweet potatoes with marshmallows? God only knows what horrors lurk on that site. Drill down, and send em in, kids.
posted 1:04 PM

 
Constipated from that Atkins diet? Try some meat in your bran muffins.
posted 9:58 AM

 
text on things
(via coudal partners)
posted 3:23 PM

 
"Recently I hacked a Mario Brothers Cartridge and erased everything but the clouds."
(Via kottke.org)
posted 1:53 PM

 
Original perimeter barbed-wire topped chainlink fence intact.
360 degree view. Few Neighbors. Private, secluded location.
APPOINTMENT REQUIRED FOR SHOWINGS
DO NOT TRESSPASS OR DISTURB EXISTING TENANTS
$3,950,000 Minimum Sales Price
(Thanks, Dan!)




posted 4:48 PM

 
Need more WASFTBOTS? TONMO!
"Your Octopus, Squid and Cephalopod Information Center "
(via memepool)
posted 3:53 PM

 
Lobster a la King.
(thanks, Kat!)
posted 2:06 PM

 
International Vintage Electronics Museum
"NOTE: This is not a virtual museum. The exhibits really do exhist,(sic) the books are on our shelves etc. but, if you would like to visit, PLEASE phone beforehand. Thank you. (. . . and Yes! We have an electronic alarm in operation. Also a police station nearby . . .) "
(via thingsmagazine)

posted 11:52 AM

 
Electron Band Structure In Germanium, My Ass
(via boingboing)
posted 8:43 AM

 
The mother of all "weird-ass stuff from the bottom of the sea" sites! Holy crap, nothin' but WASFTBOTS!!!!!
(via MeFi)
posted 10:48 AM

 
Peanut butter. Bacon. Tang. Together at last! No, really!

posted 10:22 AM

 
Obsessive spacehopper fan site.
posted 5:19 PM

 
If you were excited by the haptic cow ass from yesterday's post, maybe you'd like to get lucky.
posted 3:53 PM

 
Parkour for rainy days.
(via MeFi)
posted 1:07 PM

 
"While using the Bovine Rectal Palpation Simulator the student palpates virtual objects resembling parts of the reproductive tract inside the rear-half of a fibreglass cow."
(Thanks Kat!)
posted 10:01 PM

 
World's Largest Collection of World's Smallest Versions of World's Largest Things.
(via coudal partners)
posted 3:22 PM

 
That's not drawing. That's typing.
(via bifurcated rivets)
posted 10:48 AM

 
MK has another blog.Lately, she's everywhere.
posted 12:59 PM

 
Everyone is blogging this one today:
My Chernobyl Rides
Not to missed. A real-life version of every creepy dream I've ever had.
posted 4:38 PM

 
There goes the afternoon...
(via MeFi)
posted 2:45 PM

 
You may hear a slight sizzling noise as your brain fries.
From the excellent Museum of Unworkable Devices.
(via Coudal Partners)
posted 11:29 AM

 
Subway systems of the world, presented on the same scale.
(via boingboing)
posted 8:40 AM

 
"What happens when bored morons get hold of a geographical database"?
(thanks, Henry!)
posted 4:39 PM

 
If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky
That would be like the splendor of the Mighty one...
I am become Death, The shatterer of Worlds...no, wait, it's just the radiance of
one sun, maybe two, at most, and I am only become shrimp.
(via MeFi)
posted 1:50 PM

 
Fun with ammonium perchlorate.
(via bifurcated rivets)
posted 11:31 AM

 
Creepy buzzword alert: "corporate worship experience" I hope that the UA3 that I got on ebay makes up for all the shrimp I ate.
posted 11:01 AM

 
"Why are you doing that? That sounds like that movie you like"*

*Actual girlfriend complaint about the Synsonics Drums being run through Audiomulch. I took it as a compliment. Now you can play, too.
posted 10:38 PM

 
God hates shrimp.
(via MeFi)
posted 3:54 PM

 
Why didn't I know about this? It's kinda like what this blog would look like if I didn't keep getting distracted by trepanation, sea creatures and kittens.
posted 10:05 PM

 
Get your shit together. (.pdf)
posted 4:06 PM

 
Pushing up tulips. Make sure you have the speakers turned up when you click "spring".
(thanks henry!)
posted 10:34 AM

 
"It was, at the time, the biggest catfish I'd ever seen. The man's fingers protruded from inside the catfish's gill cover. His arm, minus most of its skin, was clamped in the huge fish's vise-like maw. We managed to extract it using a tire tool from my truck."

posted 10:10 PM

 
The CIA has remote controlled catfish, electronic tiger shit, and pigeon cams. Maybe CSIS would like some stuff like that? You know where to find me, guys.
(via boingboing)
posted 8:40 AM

 
We're expecting the sequel any day now....
posted 6:36 PM

 
Crazy Drunk Guy.
(Thanks again, Henry!)
posted 4:01 PM

 
Really casual friday.
(thanks, Henry)
posted 3:34 PM

 
Version 2.0 of Hektor will give it legs, so it can wear baggy pants, and run from cops.
posted 10:59 AM

 
Grab the Dremel! Anyone can do it! It's not brain surgery. Oh wait, yes it is.
Caution!!!! If the sight of blood, and vivid descriptions of human stupidity upset you, better go here instead.
(via MeFi)


posted 3:59 PM

 
It's been ages since I've posted a "weird-ass stuff from the bottom of the sea" link.
This'll fix that.
posted 3:28 PM

 
Hey, all you hep cats!
(via memepool)
posted 8:59 PM

 
Happy pancake week, everyone!
You can keep it real, screw it up,or add a retro-racist vibe.

posted 11:54 AM

 
Seemed like a good idea at the time.
(via MeFi)
posted 9:39 AM

 
The Enigma-E is a DIY Building Kit that enables you to build your own electronic variant of the famous Enigma coding machine that was used by the German army during WWII.
(thanks Dan!)
posted 8:27 AM

 
"In cases where it is suspected that attempts are being made to defeat the marking system, ear marking will be found advantageous, since such marks are more difficult to remove. "

posted 3:16 PM

 
Even if you're on a low-carb diet, you can still eat a lot of grub.
(thanks Ron!)
posted 8:38 AM

 
Mommy! I want ebola!
(thanks, Jonathan and Kat!)
posted 12:47 PM

 
A passion for marionettes and glove puppets.
(via gmtPlus9)
posted 11:54 AM

 
The RCA Selectron.
posted 9:34 AM

 
Cambrian QTs (that's "cuties" for those of you who still talk on your cellphones) is a video game in which fauna of the cambrian explosion are depicted as big-eyed Japanese schoolgirls. No, really. At this point, I have no option but to repost something that I've already blogged.
(via macadamia)
posted 10:33 AM

 
Rockin' Rina's Women of 1970's punk.
posted 9:33 PM

 
Gallery of computation. Very pretty.
(via thingsmagazine)
posted 3:35 PM

 
"Canadian inventor John Hutchison is credited with the discovery of a highly-anomalous electromagnetic effect which causes the jellification of metals, spontaneous levitation of common substances, and other effects resulting from what is believed to be a very complex scalar-wave interaction between electromagnetic fields and matter. " Or not.
(Thanks, Dan!)


posted 8:25 AM

 
I used to force my dog to yawn, by faking yawns until her jaw started to twitch, and eventually, she gave in. You will, too.
(via B3ta)
posted 10:18 PM

 
Damn, I wish I'd thought of this...
posted 1:27 PM

 
"Electronic devices, such as hand-held games may be used once the captain has turned off the 'fasten seatbelts' sign."
(via boingboing)
posted 4:47 PM

 
MK sends some choice stuff:

Nobody here.

I may try this here.



posted 4:06 PM

 
Introduction to Motion Perception. Check out the Quicktime examples.
posted 1:37 PM

 
Nixie tube Cable Box is pretty neat, except for the Furry mascot in Tom of Finland jeans...
posted 10:26 AM

 
Struck trucks in Scotland. (via thingsmagazine) Annoying popups, but I guess, if you like that sort of thing, you'd better be prepared to pay for it (via boingboing)
posted 10:59 AM

 
Stencil Revolution. More than just Che Guevara and Col. Sanders.
posted 6:00 PM

 
Poor spider! Stuck in the bathtub! How are you going to get out?
(via boingboing)
posted 9:56 PM

 
Picture of the day has been updated for the first time in, uh, more than a day. Now I'm gonna start putting photos there too.
posted 10:41 PM

 
Reading: This and this.

Listening to: this and this. Also this , which always makes me pull out this.
And a brilliant mix CD by Ken, who, probably using tricks he's learned joining dissimilar metals, can put Black Sabbath and Oasis on the same disc and have it work...

Watching: This , this and this. Yeah, I know, I probably do have ADD. At least I've cut back on the sugary cereal.
posted 10:06 PM

 
"On retirement, I decided to undertake the design of an ultra-portable, personal bat detector".
posted 4:12 PM

 
Exploding whale redux!
posted 2:36 PM

 
This is cool. I had to go look up what a Rife-Bare tube was, and was rather disappointed to learn it was a quack gizmo, maybe like a modern violet ray machine or something. Looks like it would be fun to play with, although more likely to give you cancer than to cure anything.

posted 9:15 PM

 
Something the kids can play with while the grown-ups watch The Deer Hunter.
(via me fi)
posted 2:51 PM

 
I guess I can be thankful that I live in mere clutter, not squalor. No "sink pudding" in my place.
(via thingsmagazine)
posted 2:35 PM

 
Cicada swag, cicada pictrues, cicada sounds, cicada wedding planner(!) It's Cicadamania!
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posted 2:30 PM

 
Moscow House of Photography. A little hard to navigate, but lots of amazing images, like this one, this one and this one.
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posted 8:43 PM

 
Hey ya! Put that down.
posted 8:40 PM

 
For all you Wing fans, Ted sends a WFMU playlist with some full length Wing tracks. Great stuff. And God bless WFMU for making all their playlists clickable.
posted 9:47 AM

 
X-ray pictures of calculators and stuff. Very nice.
Hmmm....
posted 10:05 PM

 
The future starts now.
posted 9:11 PM

 
sally mckay has a nice little bike page now.
posted 9:04 PM

 
Feeling calm and relaxed? This'll take care of that for ya.
(via boingboing)
posted 8:41 PM

 
I'll bet they know some nice descent routes for El Capitan and the Eiger, too!
(thanks kat!)
posted 4:37 PM

 
Slackline is the new hacky sack. Remember though, it's all fun and games until...
posted 3:03 PM

 
Yeah, yeah, two things in a row lifted from coudal, but you simply must read these essays.
posted 8:19 PM

 
Even though I have bad memories of grumpy old drafting profs coming up behind me to snatch my invariably smudged and unfinished drawings, I still like the Drafting Pencil Museum. As long as I don't have to make any drawings with them.
(via coudal partners)

posted 8:09 PM

 
"NOW that the Beetles have taken the - latest step in their search for satisfaction, and publicly declared themselves pupils of a yogi, there is bound to he something of a rush to be "in" and meditate.

Unfortunately for the commercial market, meditation is not something like hash, that can be taken, or the mini skirt that can be bought in the fashionable parlours. But no doubt commerce will find a way round this."


posted 9:01 PM

 
"Hi, I am Wing!...My latest CDs are called 'Wing Sings The Carpenters' and 'Wing Sings All your favourites'
I have worked hard and I hope you have all found I am improving!"

(thanks Ted!)



posted 8:15 PM

 
Make-ur-own panoramic camera.
posted 11:52 AM

 
I was riding the streetcar today, eavesdropping on two teenage girls discussing the stars they wanted to get.
Good thing they come off.
(worst ink I ever saw: An attractive young woman with large and sadly inept tats on her calves. Left: Dolphin. Right: Winnie the Pooh characters. Just awful. )

UPDATE: Kat points out that this discussion is incomplete without a mention of www.badtattoos.com. Especially this one.
posted 7:24 PM

 
"I just, like, wanted to go in there. I thought I could slip back out, but I couldn't," Timmy said.
posted 4:37 PM

 
Give that cat a hand.
(via boingboing)
posted 3:44 PM

 
You might need some help with that new flat monitor.
posted 3:22 PM

 
"Hasta mañana.. el mundo es mi hogar"
Theme from the Littlest Hobo. In Spanish.
posted 3:07 PM

 
"Like any other nation, the Iraqis have a few smart people, a whole lot of average people, and a very vocal minority of stupid, stupid people. Unfortunately, in a place like Iraq, with a whole lot of extremely deadly shit lying around and virtually no rules and regulations for abovementioned deadly shit, some Cartoonish Buffoonery is inevitable."
(thanks Chris!)
Warning! Said buffoonery includes donkey beating, dog spearing, kid bashing, and more. Plus swearing.


posted 2:18 PM

 
Abandoned Bicycles of New York
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posted 9:47 AM

 
The Violence of the Explosion!
The Terror of the Scene!

" It was like any horrible disaster scene, with the addition that everything was covered in smelly sticky brown molasses."


(via bifurcated rivets)

posted 11:09 AM

 
"The idea is for anyone to anonymously confess to anything. it actually feels kind of good to know that someone will read it."


posted 11:13 PM

 
"Patient tries to climb into activity box, and is generally agitated - responds slowly to the suggestion he might like to draw some more. He has become largely none verbal.

'I am... everything is... changed... they're calling... your face... interwoven... who is...' Patient mumbles inaudibly to a tune (sounds like 'Thanks for the memory). He changes medium to Tempera."
(via pretty much every other blog on the web)



posted 10:10 PM

 
I miss the National. One time, one of my sister's art-student friends unwisely ordered a Screwdriver. When it came, it had been made with Tang. I was reminded of this incident when I stumbled across this.
posted 5:10 PM

 
"You are allowed to use the word "problematic" as a noun. You are also allowed to pretend that the works of Freud present a correct model of human psychology and the works of Marx present a correct model of sociology and economics." How to To Deconstruct Almost Anything.
(via /. )
posted 3:55 PM

 
Some chimps have better handwriting than me. Still, I'm fascinated by hand lettering. In my part of town, there's an old showcard painter who has done up his house, and a storefront, in weird slogans, like something from a John Gutmann photo, also a much-photographed butcher shop that still uses showcard lettering.
posted 11:49 PM

 
Some nice old neon at the American Sign Museum.
It would be nice to see more of it lit up, though.
posted 11:14 PM

 
Hey, what's with that skull?
posted 6:13 PM

 
Nice little page of old Vancouver neon.
posted 2:22 PM

 
What to do with all those chicken skins? You can eat 'em, or you can turn them into key tags.
posted 10:42 AM

 
Jim Woodring animations!
(via boingboing)
posted 7:36 PM

 
It's all fun and games till someone gets hurt. Then it's hilarious. Look out for the "head sauce"!
(caution: 26Meg, slightly gory, windows media download- right-click and save it, rather than streaming it.)
posted 3:52 PM

 
"Amar Sen is a versatile artist, basically a professional singer, composer, playwright, poet, presenter,magician, ventriloquist, painter, photographer and making love with the art of creative Hand shadow since 1973.
On the other hand, Sabyasachi Sen, an advocate by profession is an ardent practitioner of the art of illusion. He has made an extensive research and experiment with the art of magic,mimicry, ventriloquism and photography; was also associated with group theatre, and stage presentation; lured by the potential of the art of Hand shadowgraphy, he started extensive research since 1973. "



posted 3:39 PM