Endless Parade of Excellence

Wednesday, January 30, 2008
 
A great toy commercial. And another.
I've posted about Marvin Glass, the man who designed these toys, before but I'd never seen the commercials.

(thanks, Grant!)


Tuesday, January 22, 2008
 
The Library of Congress has a Flickr stream. You should go look at it now.


Saturday, January 19, 2008
 
Visual directory of famous plane curves. I thought about this stuff a lot while making this.
(via MeFi)


Thursday, January 17, 2008
 
Come out to Mississauga and celebrate Art's Birthday today. There will be cake.


Wednesday, January 16, 2008
 
Translate text into nightingale.
You can then download it and use it as a ringtone. Isn't the future cool?
(via MeFi)


Thursday, January 10, 2008
 
Recently, InterAccess asked me to contribute weekly electronics-related posts to their blog Axon. If you go there now, you can learn how to make a crystal radio.


 
You suck at photoshop, episode 2. Even funnier than episode 1 .
(via boingboing)


Saturday, January 05, 2008
 
Mesmerising home-brew vacuum tube video.
(Thanks, Luis!)


Wednesday, January 02, 2008
 
If you are in Toronto, come out to InterAccess this Friday (Jan 4) to see me twiddle knobs with i/o media, and special guest Zimoun from Switzerland, who will be doing a set in total darkness. Show starts at 9, and latecomers will not be admitted.


Tuesday, January 01, 2008
 
How many five-year-olds could you take in a fight? It says I could do 11. Is that good?
(via Grow-a-Brain)