Loop the loop!

6 g's of fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiZoVAZGgsw

Remember Hot Wheels?

Fighting mosquitos with lasers

Check this out:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123680870885500701.html

Excerpt:
"A mosquito hovers into view. Suddenly, it bursts into flame."

Deepest Step Well

Some cool images here:

• http://www.moolf.com/interesting/the-deepest-step-well-in-the-world.html

Silly teacher

Hmmm... http://www.banterous.com/uploads/1/2006-12-03/1-kilometer-is-longer-than-1-mile_6875_(www.banterous.com).gif

Funny pictures

Funny or interesting:

• How does a giraffe sleep? http://dl.ziza.ru/other/122008/12/pics/086_pics.jpg
• Google search tips -- make yourself sound smart: http://imgur.com/EYY9.png
• Simplify your remote control: http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/22117/68128-finally-everyone-understand-remote
• Transportation comparison: car/bus/bike: http://makeitgreen.webs.com/cbb.html
  
• Creepy tree: http://www.coasttocoastam.com/timages/page/CreepyTree030109a.jpg
• Like a tree house, out of shipping containers: http://i.gizmodo.com/5169872/lotto-turm-play-the-lottery-with-naked-lifeguards-and-classy-hookers
  

Cool Videos

Check these out:

• Magnets in slow motion: http://cre.ations.net/creation/magnetic-self-assembly-in-slow-motion
• A $10k pencil sharpener: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKL6elkbFy0
• NFL Fantasy Football -- real? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ymkoh-vKzM
• AT&T predictions: 15 years ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZb0avfQme8
• A 21 hard-disk RAID system -- GBs/sec: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWOEa4Djs&fmt=22
  

Escher and Legos

If Escher played with Legos, this is what he would have built:

http://adsoftheworld.com/files/images/Legowaterfall.jpg

The history of Macs

Nice graphic:
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/10/macbooktiminelinfixed.jpg

The Earth from Space

What a cool planet we live on:

http://www.greatdanepro.com/Blue%20Bueaty/index.htm

I think I'll stay here.

Obama and Government Change

"Government" and "change" in the same sentence? That's wacky!

http://change.gov/

USS Enterprise inspiration?

Could it be?
http://totallylookslike.com/2008/10/31/uss-enterprise-totally-looks-like-sink/

Amazon improves packaging

Amazon addresses the issue of wrap rage:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200285450

Trick or Treat

Army man costume:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32094373@N06/3001326462/

Halloween on the iPhone

There's an iPhone app for everything:

• http://www.ismashphone.com/2008/10/jack-o-lantern.html
  

Photoshop tricks

Fun with photoshop -- averaging out moving people:

• http://www.jnack.com/adobe/photoshop/fountain/
  

Suburbia

Great picture -- almost looks computer-rendered:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Markham-suburbs.id.jpg.jpg

Toyota Commercial

One of the more unusual commercial:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TbalTCFxxs

Mandelbrot graphics

Flying down into the Seahorse Valley region:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAJE35wX1nQ&fmt=18

Math can be pretty amazing...

Amazing Pilot

Check this out -- wow!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRCbkBfdBrQ

(Is this for real, or a great fake?)

See also: http://www.reggiepaulk.com/2008/10/killathrill-generates-huge-buzz-with.html

Visualization of Machine Thinking

Wouldn't it be cool if you could watch computer programs execute like this?

http://turbulence.org/spotlight/thinking/gallery.html

Upside Down Bookshelf

Clever and interesting to look at:

http://www.instructables.com/id/S9GXD93FLM013FJ/

Huge Asteroid Simulation

Wow, so this is how it ends?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlF8APEkh-E

Fast cars and gas trucks

I love the scene with the truck hauling 5 trailers of gas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdSnZvseggw

Magical Money Shrinker

A massive zap of electrical current can really wreak havok on metals:

http://capturedlightning.com/frames/shrinker.html

Is this defacing currency? I guess it's just resizing it.

Radioactive granite?

I wonder how common this is? (vs. just somebody trying to profit on fear)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/garden/24granite.html?_r=3&pagewanted=2&sq=What%27s%20Lurking%20in%20Your%20Countertop&st=cse&scp=1&oref=slogin

Shampoo on high speed video

This is a pretty amazing effect -- the Kaye effect:

http://www.c00lstuff.com/523/Leaping_Shampoo/

Video with no cameras

This music video was "shot" without a single camera!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/07/15/bcnradio115.xml
http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/14/google-teams-up-with-radiohead-for-laser-video-remixing/

Pretty wild looking. Fun with lasers.

'George W Bush Sewage Plant' Proposed In San Francisco

LOL... You'd expect this in Berkeley, but now SF too:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/02/george-w-bush-sewage-pla_n_94601.html
"We believe this is an appropriate honor for a truly unique president."

more here on the petition:

http://www.kcbs.com/pages/2451354.php

Silly product reviews

People are getting creative, reviewing some Bic pens and a $500 cable:

• A $500 cable, the Denon AKDL1 Dedicated Link Cable
• Bic Pens

Wacky Business/Tech

Microsoft and Sony:

• Microsoft winners and losers. Now that Bill is retiring, a retrospective.
• Sony loses $3 billion on the PS3. They did it for you, the consumer.
• Gas prices too high? Pray to God for cheap oil!
  

Wacky Science

From the world of science:

• No ice at the North Pole? How unusual.
• Cancer gene screened out of embryo. Better living through genetics.
• More amazing Medical feats.
• Get your DNA tested. Find dead relatives.
  

National Security

National Security can be wacky too...

Read this: http://sodahead.com/question/108451/

Weekend Summary for July 4

A bit late, but still wacky:

• Cool Houses. Check out some of these!
• Corkscrew chair. Why not?
• Motorcycle mania! Check out this... contraption!
• Segway mania^2! Almost like Star Wars.
  
• Man travels 200 miles in a lawn chair. And a bit of helium.

Life without numbers?

More:

• A language without numbers? Natives in the Amazon.
  

$10,000 for speeding

She ignored the camera tickets, and ended up in jail for speeding:

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/119287

The Phoenix locals appear to have little sympathy, judging by the comments.

Urban Gardening

This should keep the deer away:

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/25/urban-garden-below-s.html

Grabbing space in Tokyo:

http://www.kirainet.com/english/making-good-use-of-a-little-corner/

Bill Gates frustrated by bad Microsoft software

This is a great rant from BillG in 2003 -- using Windows XP and trying to download MovieMaker:

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/141821.asp

Affordable Homes Abroad

This didn't quite persuade me to move to Colombia or Mexico, but check it out:

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/oct2007/gb20071011_887899.htm?campaign_id=rss_topStories

"Other spots that made the international most-affordable list included cities in Egypt, Bahrain, Poland, Malta, China, and Colombia."

They're comparing prices on 4br, 2200 sq ft homes.

Tricks & Technology

Some tricks:

Girls spins on escalator (don't try this, people lose fingers or their scalp doing this)

Parent of the year (Feed those varmints)

Fastest swimsuit in the world (What next, a robot suit?)

Read novels at work

This is so well done, you have to check it out:

http://readatwork.com/

Excellent job at formatting the stories into powerpoint format... LOL!