Following up the highly successful Web Directions conference in Australia is Web Directions North. If the speaker list, including Dan Cederholm, Cameron Moll, Doug Bowman, Dave Shea, and Veerle Pieters doesn't convince you to attend, perhaps the after-conference ski and snowboard trip at Blackcomb/Whistler will. Sign me up!
2006 October 31 by Josh
"It's pretty much my favorite animal. It's like a lion and a tiger mixed. Bred for its skills in magic." ... OK, it's got no skills magic, but it is pretty sweet.
2006 October 27 by Brian
Dave is deceased, so who's to stop us from pulling out some of those educational films that are in the public domain and remixing them into odd commercials for the Value Menu.
2006 October 27 by Brian
"This project [I, Mario] aims to expose all the strange things in the Mario universe that would be freaky and unnatural in a realistic setting. It uses the original Super Mario Brothers as a setting and basic story, but borrows elements from the other Mario games. It shows how Mario would react to being in the Mushroom Kingdom if he wasn't accustomed to fighting giant mutated turtles and talking to mushrooms, but was instead an ordinary, down-on-his-luck plumber who suddenly arrived in a strange, horrific new world."
2006 October 27 by Brian
A nicely well-done virtual pumpkin carver.
2006 October 26 by John
By now it's widespread news that Ev Williams has purchased back the full assets of ODEO from its investors. This is about the most refreshingly awesome thing I've read in a while. Great things will come of this. Hooray for Ev.
2006 October 26 by Josh
Watching real people experience the Wii made me wonder how many Wii owners will accidently throw their controller through their TV screen.
2006 October 26 by Brian
Hear the audio that scared your grandpa via Old Time Radio at the Monster Club. Orson Welles' notorious 1938 broadcast is, obviously, essential listening; but I also recommend "Revolt of the Worms", "Mars Is Heaven", and, most especially, "Three Skeleton Key". *shiver!*
2006 October 26 by Brian
Sony "protects consumers" by suing into oblivion an online retailer that was selling Asian PSPs to Europeans.
2006 October 26 by Brian
Kurt Cobain topples Elvis from his perennial postion as top-earning dead celebrity.
2006 October 25 by Brian
Homestarrunner's pumpkin carving templates.
2006 October 25 by Brian
If you're bugged by the enhancements being made to the original Star Trek TV series, perhaps this video will dispel your doubts and soothe your irritation. Just seeing the lady sing the theme's worldless vocal made me happy.
2006 October 25 by Brian
Don't flash one of these babies in front of the Firewheel staff or they're likely to overpower you and take it away: Target's Wii gift cards
2006 October 24 by Brian
Maybe the NeXT was a brick, but it was a forward-thinking brick: 10 Biggest Computer Flops Of All Time
2006 October 24 by Brian
A really nifty project, but too bad that the pumpkin will be completely rotten within a week: Make A Cylon Jack-O-Lantern
2006 October 24 by Brian
A special shout out to Anil Dash and Six Apart (makers of blogging software, Movable Type) for noticing our healthy obsession with DS icons. Movable Type made DSicons.com a breeze for us to set up and launch quickly. Thanks!
2006 October 20 by Josh
Hmmmmm. Somebody's making the claim that Pink Floyd's album Division Bell syncs with Planet of the Apes even better than Dark Side of the Moon does with The Wizard of Oz.
2006 October 20 by Brian
You could pay a visit to the flea market, or you could get Marvel's 1977-1979 Godzilla comics right here.
2006 October 20 by Brian
The last time I was in a Mickey D's I wasn't even treated as well as the negative examples in this old, groovy McDonald's training film.
2006 October 20 by Brian
Firmware update strips personal music player of its FM recording feature ... as dictated by, you guessed it, the RIAA.
2006 October 20 by Brian
A constantly changing, totally mesmerizing week's worth of art.
2006 October 19 by Brian
Twink, the toy piano band!
2006 October 19 by Brian
Were you to give John twenty bucks, he, being Firewheel's resident undead aficionado, would purchase this farcifully hilarious tee. I, on the other hand, would opt to blow the Andrew Jackson on some gentle 70's sci-fi satire.
2006 October 19 by Brian
Live long and prosper ... and record LPs: The Musical Touch of Leonard Nimoy
2006 October 18 by Brian
Real Beauty vs. Photoshop
2006 October 18 by Brian
Most retro revivals get my nod of approval, but I've grown quite fond of pushbuttons.
2006 October 18 by Brian
Nifty retro rockets that'll make you say gee willakers!
2006 October 16 by Brian
"When a boy and girl find an idol in the stomach of a rabbit, great riches follow, but for how long?" ... Run Wrake remixes these bygone childhood images into a superbly surreal animated film.
2006 October 16 by Brian
Paint like Jackson Pollock without the mess.
2006 October 16 by Brian
The Lego of Sleepy Hollow: How to hack LEDs into Lego minifigures for Halloween
2006 October 13 by Brian
Keep on truckin': Pakistan's Decorated Vehicles
2006 October 13 by Brian
Funky, freaky USB: mimoco mimobots
2006 October 13 by Brian
Whoops! Turns out that had I investigated a little further I would have learned that LEGO Ice Cube Trays, which I mentioned on Tuesday, actually are available here in the States. Thanks, Dave!
2006 October 12 by Brian
When you're not content with everyone on the street merely knowing you own an iPod.
2006 October 12 by Brian
Miracles You’ll See In The Next Fifty Years ... as poorly predicted in 1950.
2006 October 11 by Brian
Kids get to watch the freakiest TV programming.
2006 October 11 by Brian
Change your wherabouts and live in various environments with your own personal snail shell. Just be sure to only roll if you're outside of it!
2006 October 11 by Brian
Via YouTube, one ... two ... three ... four ... five episodes of Komaneko. It's a brief bit of stop motion animation (about stop motion animation) that's sweet enough to tenderize even the hardest of hearts. There's more at the official site, but not knowing Japanese makes exploration a bit daunting.
2006 October 10 by Brian
LEGO Ice Bricks are not available in America - in case you were wondering.
2006 October 10 by Brian
The Ohio State Chiropractic Board isn't quite certain of the validity of a doctor's claims that he travels back in time to heal.
2006 October 10 by Brian
If a video game console is nearing the end of its retail life, junior-size it!
2006 October 5 by Brian
Be the envy of all your interred friends! Speaking of which, don't take your passwords to the grave.
2006 October 5 by Brian
If instead it was the car I got for free by buying the guitar, maybe.
2006 October 5 by Brian
For all you fanboys (and fangirls!), 10 minutes of Reggie on TV.
2006 October 5 by Brian
MS + BK = an XBOX 360 game with your burger
2006 October 4 by Brian
The wisdom of Milton Glaser.
2006 October 4 by Brian
There's just something comforting about old B&W television commercials.
2006 October 4 by Brian
Before Shatner was Kirk and West was Batman there was sword and sandals.
2006 October 2 by Brian
A robot indicates that people taste like bacon. I hope robots don't like bacon.
2006 October 2 by Brian
Happy October 31st! Do you know what today is? That's right: It's Opening Day for the 2006-2007 NBA Season! Booyah! We've been waiting for this day since the Mavs got hoodwinked out of a Championship Trophy a few months ago. Unfortunately, we've never felt comfortable using the Firewheel blog to yap about our professional basketball bias. Instead we decided to build a new site.
Sometimes I'm just at a lack of words for websites we stumble upon thanks to our friends. Today we learned about Portal Labs, a developer of "powerful, customizable sales and marketing tools for entrepreneurs, Internet marketers, and those seeking an extra source of income." Sounds pretty professional, doesn't it?
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