Endless Parade of Excellence

Sunday, October 31, 2004
 
"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! )



Friday, October 29, 2004
 
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)



Thursday, October 28, 2004
 
Make ur own pong! Need to find a General Instruments 8500-1.


 
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.


 
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!


Wednesday, October 27, 2004
 
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. "


 
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 /. )


Tuesday, October 26, 2004
 
No wonder kidney stones hurt when you pee them out. They're all pointy and stuff.
(Thanks, Sally!)



Monday, October 25, 2004
 
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.


Sunday, October 24, 2004
 
Museum of hand-held electronic games. I have a Tomytronic Planet Zeon. It's worse than crack.
Used to have this, too.


Friday, October 22, 2004
 
An interesting article about Alexander Calder.


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


Wednesday, October 20, 2004
 
WASFTBOTS: Dead sunfish look pretty strange.
(via boingboing)


Monday, October 18, 2004
 
Making "socks with five toes"? How about a "worm up suit"? Consider using Crabyon™!


 
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)


Sunday, October 17, 2004
 
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!)


Saturday, October 16, 2004
 
Weird-Ass Stuff From The Bottom Of The Sea: big squid caught on a line in B.C.
(via Collision Detection)


 
William Gibson has fired up his blog again.


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


Wednesday, October 13, 2004
 
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.


Friday, October 08, 2004
 
Barcode yerself. Unlike real tattoos of barcodes, these ones are machine readable.


Wednesday, October 06, 2004

Tuesday, October 05, 2004

Friday, October 01, 2004
 
Transportation Futuristics.
(via pretty much everyone)


 
Swimming in goo.
(via kottke.org)