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Ford Focus TV ad

A new TV ad for the Ford focus where all the music is played on instruments made from car parts. Not sure what that says about the car, but it’s cool either way. [ READ MORE ]

The Insult Generator

Do you have trouble coming up with insults? Could you use some help? Well, the insult generator is here for you. Just go to the website, www.insultme.com, and get a randomly generated insult. Each insult is made up of four words with a picture for each word. [ READ MORE ]

Bizarre chair for your office

When I first saw this video I thought it was a joke. Then I found out it’s a real product. Why would you ever buy something like this? Not that I would recomend it, but you can check out the official site here. [ READ MORE ]

Swimming in the Devils pool

Fogonazos has a great post about a place called The devil’s pool. It’s a naturally occurring pool at the top of Victoria Falls that at certain times of the year becomes safe to swim in. I don’t know if I would want to get in the pool, but it really does look cool. Check out [ READ MORE ]

Dark Knight in Lego

The new Batman movie comes out this summer. And I’m really excited about it. Batman Begins was very cool and really got that dark comic book feel without feeling campy. It looks like I’m not the only fan looking forward to the new movie Dark Knight. A fan has redone the entire trailer using legos [ READ MORE ]

Star shaped forts

Deputy Dog has a great post with some awesome pictures of star shaped forts from several different locations in Europe and Asia. Star shaped forts, in contrast to circular or square shapes, allow for unrestricted fields of fire no matter how close to the walls an enemy is. In a square or circular shaped fort, [ READ MORE ]

Insect machines

I found these delightful insect art sculptures by Christopher Conte. He makes them using cast off machine parts and medical paraphernalia. They really are interesting. I posted a few of them here, but he has lots more at his site. So check them out. Microbotic.org [ READ MORE ]

Modern Alchemy

Well, it’s not quite alchemy, but it’s pretty close. Dr. Chunlei Guo of the University of Rochester, has found a way to etch metal with a high powered laser, in a way that causes it to turn nearly any color you can think of. What he does is etch the metal in such a way [ READ MORE ]

Restless mind syndrome – Finally some relief

Well, it’s Monday and this week is starting off like any other week. Very slowly and not all that exciting. As usual, it starts with me feeling rather foggy and having trouble concentrating. So I thought this ad for LiveScribe was appropriate. [ READ MORE ]

Horse pulled ski jumping

First you had the horse and buggy drifting, and now you’ve got horse pulled ski jumping. Who’s idea was it to try this? It just seems a little odd. [ READ MORE ]