February 11, 2010

Well done, Google!

Maybe I am a sucker for love stories, but Google’s Super Bowl commercial “Parisian Love” not only tells a great story and entertains, it underscores just how essentially resourceful Google has become over the past decade. More importantly, Google had no doubt of the ad’s appeal. It tested incredibly well on YouTube months before being aired.

February 6, 2010

Very Cool Rice Paddy Art

There are hundreds of varieties of rice in the world that grow in different shades of green and brown as they grow. By carefully planting, these beautiful works of art emerge as the growing season progresses.

February 4, 2010

GeekWare

To a real geek, jewelry is kind of pointless. But add a few gears, and suddenly it’s a thing of beauty!

February 2, 2010

There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege of having sex for the first time. Reason: under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for virgins to marry.

(Let’s just think for a minute; is there any job anywhere else in the world that even comes close to this?)


February 2, 2010
I can’t think of a better way to get the point across. Can  you?

I can’t think of a better way to get the point across. Can  you?

February 2, 2010
There is something perversely pleasant about comics for science and math geeks.

There is something perversely pleasant about comics for science and math geeks.

February 1, 2010

Michael Jackson Video Deconstructed

Take a video, replace the lyrics with what actually happens, and you get infected with an entirely different perspective.

February 1, 2010

Awesome Juggling to Beatles Soundtrack

Lots of people can juggle, but c’mon, this guy is really good!

January 31, 2010

The World Needs More Sidewalk Chalk

Great sidewalk art never fails to delight passersby. It makes one wonder why these are not permanent installations.

January 30, 2010

Can you believe it? Pee Wee Herman with an iPad. Admittedly, you have to be a Pee Wee’s Playhouse fan to dig this.