Software with which to build things with virtual LEGO blocks. Isn't this the app those people in Douglas Coupland's book were trying to create?
2005 August 31 by Brian
A nifty time machine for your oh-so-hip desk.
2005 August 31 by Brian
Admit it. You've spent more than a mere passing moment with at least one of the Top Ten Web Fads.
2005 August 31 by Brian
Simple, satisfying, sandy.
2005 August 30 by Brian
Keep your noses clean, people. Studios mine P2P logs to sue swappers.
2005 August 30 by Brian
She certainly has a knack for finding groovy old stuff!
2005 August 30 by Brian
If this isn't a joke then that's one dizzy feline.
2005 August 29 by Brian
Better than Star Trek?
2005 August 29 by Brian
Marvel at the Karate Master! His final feat is his most amazing.
2005 August 29 by Brian
French fishermen on the island of Reunion have taken to using young puppies and kittens as bait for catching sharks. Former kitten Brigitte Bardot is lobbying the French government on behalf of the furry lures. What I want to know is, who's sticking up for the sharks?
2005 August 26 by John
Dedicated to the sharing of sequential image clips for your iPod photo: iPod scrubs
2005 August 26 by Brian
A mightily addictive game with only the faintest of a resemblance to Tetris. There are no instructions whatsoever, but if you use your noodle you'll figure it out.
2005 August 26 by Brian
Enjoy a collection of quintessentially Moog-ish tunes offered in tribute to Robert Moog, who passed away on the 21st of this month. Moog was a musical pioneer who revolutionized the music of the late 20th century with his creation of the first widely-used electronic instrument, the Moog Synthesizer.
2005 August 26 by Brian
Though this article claims that industries seeking zero piracy of technology are making an economic mistake, make an offense and Dick Tracy will get you.
2005 August 25 by Brian
Ridiculous, but nifty: Dial 117 on the retro rotary wheel and a lady speaks the time in Japanese.
2005 August 25 by Brian
So what's the solution? The space elevator, of course. Take a gander at this concept video (MOV). It's so crazy it just might work.
2005 August 25 by Brian
An update to a previous, presidential post: Mr. Walken's campaign is a hoax.
2005 August 24 by Brian
Via my buddy Jon, an interesting article in the Star-Telegram (free registration required) about the modern church meshing with the New Urban movement. Huh, why are we just now thinking of this?
2005 August 24 by Josh
Beginning at that magic date of 1958, a Classic Video Game History.
2005 August 24 by Brian
Large denomination bills in U.S. Currency - as if you weren't already feeling bad about your lack of cash.
2005 August 24 by Brian
Catholic priesthood recruitment posters enter the Matrix.
2005 August 23 by Brian
A List Apart updates with delightful new design and fresh content, especially the insightful "When You Are Your Own Client, Who Are You Going To Make Fun Of At The Bar?" by Jim Coudal. Read more about the redesign in this article.
2005 August 23 by Josh
Get educated, true believers!
2005 August 23 by Brian
Art with sparklers.
2005 August 23 by Brian
Growing up, I gravitated toward giant robots like Voltron and the Transfomers — massive machines that could decimate entire city blocks with a single misstep. Others among my peer group fell in love with near-supernatural heroes like Batman or Wolverine. But all of us, had we known better, would have jumped at the chance to play with little vinyl figures depicting the blind, the lame and the elderly. I can just imagine the arguments now: "You played with Crutches Man last time! Here, you take Deaf Boy and Walker Woman for a while." Oh man; a spunky Volkswagen and five robot lions never looked so good.
2005 August 22 by John
"... seeks to develop a unified plan for building the first habitat on Mars by exploiting local materials. The ultimate goal of the project is to build a growing, permanent settlement beyond the Earth, thus allowing civilization to spread beyond the limits of our small planet." ... Uh-huh.
2005 August 22 by Brian
Trick out your cell phone with a "clunky handset".
2005 August 22 by Brian
The Brazilian rendition of Star Wars. Yikes.
2005 August 22 by Brian
A silly salute to Mike Tyson's Punch-out (the classic NES game) that doubles as a playable advertisement for drinkable yogurt.
2005 August 19 by Brian
There's a lawsuit claiming that the movie The Island ripped off a 1979 scifi flick, the producers of a film now in production are vehemently emphasizing that they are not plaigarizing a cold war scifi classic (though their project looks to be not much more than a re-make of said cold war scifi classic), and that nasty little video game Doom has been transformed into a major motion picture. Is cinema dead?
2005 August 19 by Brian
Who knew? There's actually an entire website devoted to the topic Quark Xpress versus Adobe InDesign. The ongoing battle holds less interest for me than it once did, but if anyone wanted my opinion I'd answer with a question: Do you want a vehicle heavy on the horsepower, or a horse and heavy buggy?
2005 August 19 by Brian
Is this for real? John says, "He's played some villains, hasn't he? Could be just what we need in the war-on-terror era."
2005 August 18 by Brian
An interview with Bono on the thought that changed his world... "Either Christ was who He said He was—the Messiah—or a complete nutcase." An excerpt from the recently published biography by Michka Assayas.
2005 August 18 by Josh
Though Saul Bass was a powerhouse of graphic design, it's his brilliant cinema titles which I love the best!
2005 August 18 by Brian
Frisky, flying felines.
2005 August 18 by Brian
Some of these "uses" just seem too wacky.
2005 August 18 by Brian
I was surprised when I heard the Henrico County school district would be selling its used iBooks for $50 apiece, but I never would have imagined the chaos that resulted from the fire sale. Trampled persons? A folding chair used as a weapon? Police in riot gear? I have an iBook and I like it a whole bunch, but that's getting a little scary.
2005 August 17 by John
A bittersweet ode to the late painter and truly nice guy.
2005 August 17 by Brian
Long one of my favorite pixel/bitmap and pixel/bitmap-related locales of inexplicability.
2005 August 17 by Brian
Gallery upon gallery of beautiful and bizarre (and bizarrely beautiful) vinyl LP album covers.
2005 August 17 by Brian
While their website mentions an August 22 release date, Mint Royale's See You in the Morning is available on iTunes today. You've seen the video, right?
2005 August 16 by Josh
The magazine for people who like to make stuff.
2005 August 16 by Brian
Where I used to work, one of these babies would have been extremely useful.
2005 August 16 by Brian
Ho boy. Star Wars business cards.
2005 August 16 by Brian
A nifty notion: self-adhesive CD hubs. From the same folks who bring you artsy blank CD-R's.
2005 August 15 by Brian
Mostly amusing, and amusingly accurate, fake banner ads.
2005 August 15 by Brian
At last! Grafitti that's imaginative and a welcome alternative to the ubiquitous cliche tripe. Though it is, I suppose, still vandalism. (CORRECTION: According to the artist's blog, at least one of the works in his Flickr photoset was painted on a wall for which permission had been granted to use. That means I might have used the word "vandalism" too hastily. I apologize!)
2005 August 15 by Brian
The guy responsible for using homeless men as human billboards, aka Bumvertising, is receiving quite a bit of flak. There are lenty of critics who deem it all "derogatory and insulting", but no one has mentioned the fact that the hand-made cardboard signs are dramatically graphically superior to the crummy laserwriter prints which advertise the poker book!
2005 August 12 by Brian
The strangest thing (made of rubber) that you'll see all day: Celebriducks
2005 August 12 by Brian
At first glance, the Madonna Inn may not seem like anything particularly unique. But should you take the tour you'll encounter the Buffalo Room, the Caveman Room, Fleur-de-lis, the Love Nest, and Yahoo, and then you'll find yourself at a loss for words.
2005 August 12 by Brian
Download, play, and customize "an exact replica of the NES version" of The Legend of Zelda. At the moment it's only available for Windows, but Mac and Linux versions are in the works.
2005 August 12 by Brian
"Because a TV that is powered 'on' is like second-hand smoke: It fills the room with its sights and sounds, impinging on everyone in the vicinity. With TV-B-Gone™, you have the power to turn off any TV – to clear the air. Why should you be exposed to TV just because someone else is addicted to it?"
2005 August 11 by Brian
It's been running for a few years now, but is still keeping perfect time. And that eraser never gets any smaller.
2005 August 11 by Brian
Three technological "marvels": The Media Mirror, Shadow, and Blendie 2000.
2005 August 11 by Brian
If the seeming endlessness of reality TV has you down, perhaps the blending of it with scifi will ease your pain.
2005 August 10 by Brian
Many years ago I spent many, many hours playing games on a Commodore 64, so I really don't need to learn about the existence of sites like this.
2005 August 10 by Brian
I once found myself driving behind a car (manufactured by a now defunt Yugoslavian automaker) whose rear-end "chrome" emblem read not YUGO but instead YUCK. And it was so well done that you'd swear it came off the assembly line that way. Now the power is in my hands!
2005 August 10 by Brian
You be the judge. But don't stop playing it!
2005 August 9 by Brian
What looks at first glance to be an advertisement for a housing community (or at least vaguely so) is actually a slightly surreal picture book brought to life. Be sure you have a bit of free time on your hands before dropping by.
2005 August 9 by Brian
Not your everyday ephemera (plus a few kitty cat photos).
2005 August 9 by Brian
In order "to help online organizations bridge the gap between themselves and their markets" these splash pages attempt to "more honestly represent the true nature" of various sites. Satirical genius!
2005 August 8 by Brian
"Can a film emulsion color our memories? Gene Gable thinks so, and in this installment he takes a look at two recently eliminated media products that played a big role in defining the look of the last 50 years. Sometimes, he concludes, the value of an image is in its flaws". See and read.
2005 August 8 by Brian
A heap of UFO photos lovingly presented by the same uber-credulous whomever who also compiled a "curious" cache of Masonic and Illuminati symbols. Whatever.
2005 August 8 by Brian
Oh no! I thought this sort of thing was contained within North America, but it would seem that Europe has its own share of Carbage.
2005 August 5 by Brian
I don't understand the usability of these custom emblems ... unless, perhaps, one shares a hobby with Rosey Grier.
2005 August 5 by Brian
Animate as you did when you were a kid, but without ruining a perfectly good pad of paper: FLIPBOOK!
2005 August 5 by Brian
An automated housecat - created, of course, in Japan.
2005 August 4 by Brian
The pen-and-ink stippling prowess of Noli Novak leaves me weeping onto my cold press illustration board.
2005 August 4 by Brian
If you have Java, you might enjoy this little game applet. See how long you can weave your way between the enemy tracer lines before you light up the tunnel with a bright-red, direct hit.
2005 August 3 by John
iPod my baby can convert your little one into a quality music player with 70 years of battery life and the ability to learn new songs. Hooks up to mama for a fast energy recharge. Machine wash cold, tumble dry low. Um, that last one's without the baby in it.
2005 August 3 by John
An extra-silly video interview with Mac superstar David Pogue.
2005 August 3 by Brian
The pitch at TalkToAliens.com: "Our transmitter and 10.5-foot parabolic antenna will transmit your voice - LIVE, as you talk - to the deepest reaches of the cosmos". The catch: You access the transmitter via a 900 number at $3.99 per minute.
2005 August 3 by Brian
A beautiful game whose rules you'll have to discover on your own, and a silly game whose only rule is: Don't let the little man get the cursor!
2005 August 2 by Brian
Much tender loving care went into these cut-and-assemble morbidities!
2005 August 2 by Brian
The wildest automobile brochure you have ever laid eyes on. Far out!
2005 August 1 by Brian
Wow! Those B-grade scifi flicks had it right!: "Eerie Sounds of Saturn's Radio Emissions"
2005 August 1 by Brian
"Two photographs of the same person, from different periods of time (child and adult) are sliced together". I'm gonna have bad dreams.
2005 August 1 by Brian
