After noting a man dressed as his own Facebook profile last Halloween, here’s a 3d kinetic sculpture of Twitter’s Fail Whale.
(Via Flickr)
Along with Weezer’s latest video, which stars a string of internet celebrities, it’s yet more evidence that the balance is shifting between the relative cultural clout of ‘mainstream’ media and teh interwebs.
An educational tract
For young children
I feel most edified. Rest of the book here.
Link via peacay at Bibliodyssey
It’s tricky to pick out a favourite presentation from Interesting 2008. But this one’s a contender: final year design student remixes Radiohead’s Nude for vintage computer parts.
Video here.
This man draws cartoons on the underside of motel drawers. And inside toilet cisterns. And things. And then sort of tells people where they are.
So good.
(Via Futurismic)
Classic rock, in tag cloud form.
This one’s pretty easy to guess:
I had to take off the ‘common word’ filter to make this one work:
And this is utterly my favourite:
Go make your own at Wordle
This, parents, is what happens if you drag your kids around ashrams all through their childhood. Introducing PraiseMoves ™, the angry, angry, angry ‘Christian’ alternative to yoga.
Paul just told me that Commander Adama’s shaving mirror in Battlestar Galactica is actually from IKEA. And, better still, that the model is called FRÄCK. I’m sure this is old trivia, but it just made me very happy.
Sprocket shopping. 63″ is WAY too low for summer riding and it’s time to gear up.
Found this app for calculating gear ratios and was tickled by the extra feature that calculates skid patches for you. If you tick the box for ‘Ambidextrous skidder’ it doubles your number of patches (and, I guess, the lifespan of your tires).
I think there should be a band called Ambedextrous Skidder.
A nice finale to an advertising triumvirate: I spotted this outside Liberty’s on Argyll St last night, cheekily advertising men’s pants at House of Fraser down the road.
Are they exciting advert innovators, or just too stingy to pay for a billboard? Either way, it’s a striking tactic.
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