Mark Frauenfelder:
This guy created a fake ad for Gucci using a photo of himself, and asked the Swiss weekly SonntagsZeitung to run it, which it did. He also told the paper to send the $50,000 bill to Gucci, which it did. Now the paper is trying to find the guy, which it can't. Link
Fabian has sent this beautiful clip of Jake Shimabukuro performing Ukulele, a Hawaiian version of guitar. Beautiful. -Quang-
Originally seen @ haha.nu.
Christopher writes -
I came up with this self-organizing post-it note that you can print on your home computer. It's helped me immensely, and I've received so many compliments, that I decided to make it available for free online.
If you're like me, you live your life on post-its. Everything from grocery lists, to new ideas, to super important phone numbers that I should never, ever lose. It means that when I'm looking for that super important number, I have to look through every other post-it to find the one I want.
ENTER THE OVERnote
The OVERnote is something I came up with to help me navigate this paper sea. Now my notes are self-catagorizing and I can find things at a glance.
OUTDRA.WS – Link.
What would happen if you give some artists a kid’s drawing to copy and make their own? Here are some kid creatures redrawn by professional illustrators and artists. Link
The last time I visited St. Petersburg, Russia (then Leningrad), our taxicab was in 2 minor accidents over the course of a 3 mile drive (one was with a bike). After seeing the above video from Prospekt Slavy (Glory Avenue), I now realize it wasn’t just our driver. Hit play or go to …
Studying mathematics in more depth, we know that the visualization techniques have always been important. Nowadays, computer graphics become more sophisticated, giving us more ability to represent complicated algebraic expressions in a way we could not imagine ago. Click on the image to read the story of mathematics professor Tom Banchoff, who had never seen …
The Dopod U1000 has all the features of a UMPC but is small enough to fit in your pocket and you can use it as a mobile phone. Made by HTC corp Taiwan and later branded by Dopod the U1000 is powered by a 624 Mhz XScale processor and rides on the GSM 850/900/1800/1900 bands making it good for international roaming. It includes support for EDGE, UMTS and HSDPA which provide super high download speeds. One of the coolest…
We’ve featured Jeff Han’s Multi-Touch Interaction Screen before, but it’s sooo cool that we just have to do another. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] | Larger video at Flixxy – via Random Good Stuff
Attention Deficit LET’S GO RIDE BIKES!
Another one Lego creation continues to amaze us. This time, it is a beautiful Lego stadium. Author is unknown, help please.
Originally seen at haha.nu
