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Odd hand-drawn stop-motion ad for the Russian Gmail apparently created by Saatchi Moscow demonstrating the various features. gulfstream/2416
Eclipse features that Richard Stallman would like to have in emacs. The astonishing thing here is that someone so intimately involved with one prominant … gulfstream/2417
Famous photographs (e.g. Capa’s “Death of a Loyalist Soldier”), rendered in Lego. (Interesting details on how they were made as well.) gulfstream/2421
Artist reckons he sent a suitcase filled with GPS equipment around the world in a route tracing out the shape of a head—very very unlikely I say. gulfstream/2440
“Placeholder names are words that can refer to objects or people whose names are either irrelevant or unknown in the context in which it is being discussed.” … gulfstream/2441
Google reader Easter Egg! (My Google Reader shared items.) gulfstream/2449
Nice use of censorship bars: The BPA (a.k.a. Fatboy Slim), “Toe Jam,” featuring David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal. Directed by Keith Schofield. gulfstream/2451
120 calories’ worth of different foods. gulfstream/2322
google.com, as if it were optimised for Google. gulfstream/2341
If 24 were set in 1994. “The schematics file is too big to email—” “How big?” “Three floppies.” gulfstream/2350
The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks. I’m a bit trouble that I find it very much impossible to read these the way the signwriters intended, … gulfstream/2363
(video) “Trajan is the movie font.” Trajan is used on a whole bunch of movie posters. The piece also observes that big red fonts have become associated … gulfstream/2365
Super-adorable cupcakes—the Super Mario sets (1, 2) are wonderful. gulfstream/2381
Improv Everywhere’s “Frozen Grand Central.” (report) gulfstream/2389
Stuff white people like: recycling, expensive sandwiches, knowing what’s best for poor people. gulfstream/2398
The Avatar Machine: a frame holds a camera behind your body, and you “see” through goggles that display the image seen by the camera. (Other projects.) gulfstream/2306
“When’s it due back?” “The day after tomorrow.” gulfstream/1703
Conference accepts computer-generated computer science paper. (Looks like Alan Sokol, at least, was suitably cautious in not attempting to draw … gulfstream/1727
Estimation quiz. The instructions don’t really explain it properly, but the “error” you specify works a little bit like a standard deviation—it’s … gulfstream/1733
“The 3rd Annual Nigerian EMail Conference.” gulfstream/1771
Bastard tetris: next brick is the worst brick possible, as computed by a “special algorithm.” gulfstream/1778
Bikini-clad doll falls into spheres … mesmerising. gulfstream/1781
The All-New Sesame Street. gulfstream/1787
Star Wars business cards. gulfstream/1815
Octopus takes a shark! gulfstream/1823
What the “@” sign is called in different countries. gulfstream/1839
Stupidly expensive “audiophile” products … like the $485 volume knob and the $1500 power cord (“apparently the miles of lowly aluminium high … gulfstream/1873
This is No Game: “You will never know what it’s like to work on a farm until your hands are raw, just so people can have fresh marijuana. Or … gulfstream/1924
Flash games produced by the Nobel Prize’s education/outreach division, completely inexplicable in purpose and design. Michele puts it well: … gulfstream/1927
The right way to sell RFID (cartoon). (I didn’t know Dr. Fun still existed! Some others: beavers, Knuth.) gulfstream/1943
What’s the deal with these pictures and characterisations of scientists, supposed produced by 7th graders before and after visiting Fermilab? They’re … gulfstream/1981
The iPod, with packaging designed by Microsoft. gulfstream/1999
Dick Cheney’s “Downtime Suite” requirements. All televisions are to be tuned to Fox News! Can’t the Secret Service leave the lights on after … gulfstream/2033
Even Homer’s brain knows that “Money can be exchanged for good and services.” Looks like he’s gonna be able to avoid having to declare this as … gulfstream/2057
Beaver Overthinking Dam: “After much thought, Messner decided to reconstruct the anterior section of the dam with poplar wood on Tuesday, after he finished … gulfstream/2062
Don’t be mean, Apple! Also, the iLife ad is a bit unfair in that Microsoft wouldn’t be allowed to bundle anything vaguely similar with Windows. (It … gulfstream/2075
The ad-stripping, Cory-rant filtering version of Boing Boing has gone away. And because they sent a lot of traffic to one of his sites? Pussy. gulfstream/2092
(Video) How pregnancy happens. V. disturbing Mr. Penis. gulfstream/2094
Overheard in NY + Google Maps mashup. Nicely done! gulfstream/2108
Milk crate Tetris. gulfstream/2110
Three Japanese guys domino a whole apartment-worth of stuff. gulfstream/2121
Some really fun Japanese Rube Goldberg devices. gulfstream/2125
Great photographs, as reviewed by people on the internet. “Sam, GORGEOUS scene I luv it! Too bad u couldn't get a little more color in sky area. Blues … gulfstream/2132
David Brent on his hero, Nelson Mandela: “30 years in captivity. He got out in about 1990. He’s been out about 13 years ... and, he hasn’t reoffended. … gulfstream/2145
Captivating: art made from cut up pieces of A4 paper. gulfstream/2152
“Little Superstar.” (Sorry, haven’t been able to post for a while, Ruby on Rails messed with something and I’m now posting via RAW SQL STATEMENTS.) gulfstream/2164
The Suspicious Looking Device: “The only function of the Suspicious Looking device is to appear as suspicious as possible, whether carried in hand or … gulfstream/2166
Photographs of iconic scenes, with street-vendor postcards and trinkets substituted for the real thing. (Makes more sense when you see it.) gulfstream/2183
The ATM (cash machine) at the DNA Lounge gives out receipts which are headed “SHOPPING IS NOT CREATING / YOU ARE NOT WHAT YOU OWN”. gulfstream/2216
Terrific picture: small ginger cat looks up at a black bear perched high in a tree after scaring it there. (Although … Google is suspiciously ignorant … gulfstream/2222
“Get a First Life.” gulfstream/2223
Some include “exposures.” (Good discussion of the pros and cons.) gulfstream/2235
Perfect for internet dating! Computer scientists developer an image enhancement program that turn portraits into portraits that look like the original, … gulfstream/2246
Impressive continuously-shot fight sequence. gulfstream/2262
I like this: when Google employee #23, creator of Gmail, suggester of the phrase “Don’t Be Evil,” can’t get to sleep at night, he writes webservers … gulfstream/2275
“Mad Mother Psychoshower Curtain.” gulfstream/2291
