Jingle Cats
Merry Xmas from the Jingle Cats
antville Music Video Awards
Another good round-up of Music Video in the antville awards for 2006.
How Accurate is your PC Clock?
Check how accurate your PC clock is here.
Motivational gaming posters … now with more sarcasm
Talking of fd’ Flickr toys, one we’ve featured in the past is the Motivational poster maker which has been put to good use in this Motivational gaming posters competition.
cheers Steve
fd’s Flickr Toys
This doesn’t count as a repeat post – more of an update. fd’s Flickr Toys collection has grown even larger and now features such gizmos as a Warholizer, Hockneyizer, captioner and more slideshow, gallery tools. Bookmark it.
Gearing up for Christmas
Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite performed entirely on bicycle parts.
cheers KD
Jammin Johns
If custom toilet seats and/or guitars are your thing then you’ll love Jammin Johns. Me, I can probably manage to live without them. Ithink I’m too worried about the combination of a sound hole being postioned right behind my very own ‘sound-hole’ – the acoustics would be terrible.
SmackBook Pro
If you have a fancy new Mac Book Pro then check out this stunningly simple hack for the motion sensor. The SmackBook Pro uses the built-in gyro that normally is used to shut down the hard drive if the computer senses a jolt (to protect it if it falls) but instead shifts to a new virtual desktop screen if effect giving you multiple monitors on one laptop.
If, you don’t have a MacBook pro but do use multiple machines and monitors then you need to know about Synergy an opensource program that allows you to use one keyboard and mouse across several screens and ‘pooters. It’s utter genius – I can have a Unix machine with monitor next to a windows PC with monitor and the keyboard/mouse is controlled across the network so as the mouse moves off one screen it appears on the next screen (see?).
USB Airsoft Turret
If you get one of those USB foam pellet launchers for Xmas this year and fancy hacking it a bit to make it more’useful’ then check out the USB Airsoft Turret which tweaks the original by adding a BB gun to cause some real damage/welts. Evil.
Snowflake magnified
It’s fascinating how symmetrical a Snowflake magnified from 93x-36000x is.
World’s tallest man saves dolphin
Bizarre news of the day – the World’s tallest man saves dolphin. (Mind you, mrs grom is convinced that either the bunnies or the dolphins are going to take over the world so who’s going to save us from the dolphins then?) (and just in case nobody saves us, I, for one, would like to welcome our new dolphin overlords).
Can anyone see the problem with this fish tank?
Can any of our eagle eyed readers spot the possible problem with this fish tank?
Answers in the comments.
Bruce Potts ROCKS
Bruce Potts is a striking chap. The first thing people do when they see him is to try to strereotype him and make assumptions based on his looks. He’s actually a retired teacher and professor of Public Speaking who very eloquently teaches on the subject of tolerance which is pretty apt when you look at him. I’ve heard him speak and he’s a really nice guy.
Humping USB Dog
Has anyone still not seen the pointless USB humping dog? It’s not even a pen drive, it just humps away. As my friend put it; ” I wish I could have been in the meeting where they took it from an idea, on to a prototype, testing, production, marketing etc. and at no point did anyone say WHY?”.
Indeed.
Flickr Easter Eggs for Xmas
I’ve just come across a nice little easter egg in Flickr which you can see here and here. Simply add a note to an image (anyone’s image!) and type ‘ho ho ho hat’ or ‘ho ho ho beard’ (without the quotes) for the easter eggs to appear.
NORAD tracks Santa
NORAD (North American Air Defense) will be attempting to track Santa as he makes his deliveries this year. It’s good to see the USA defence budget being spent wisely. I suggest you also pop along and check out one or two of the promotional videos for real Santa footage.
Iggy Iggy Iggy
Please can The Stooges do the same as the New York Dolls and not suck completely.
Pee and Poo
Did you ever feel that all the money you spend on plush toys is like throwing money down the toilet?. Well in this case you may be right, Pee is a drop of wee, and poo is a plop of poo. Nice
Catfishing
Catfishing is a Wikipedia based quiz where you have to guess the answer based on the Wikipedia catagories that the subject is listed in.
Anti-Nowhere League – So What
I’ve just been enjoying myself massively by watching the video for Anti Nowhere League’s ‘So What’. I’d never seen the video before but it certainly brought a smile to the face of everyone over 30 in my office. NSFW though!
Mashup Nirvana
Could this be the greatest mash-up ever? I’d like to think so.
cheers Bear
Old gits on TV
Never work with ahildren and animals and also Old gits when trying to do an interview for tv.
cheers Pricey
Cutting it
I’m currently enjoying Channel Four’s videopodcast web review show ‘this is a knife‘ This weeks episode shows how to recreate the Wii experience for free.
Skydiver vs light plane
NSFW due to the skydivers language when a plane causes him to dump some ballast.
Relentless
Overfed baby huey coward bitch motherfu**er Carl Rove and his suck up weakling apologist Sean Hannity get a verbal kicking from Rollins. Gowan my son.
Expanding table
I have a penchant for the peculiar grey area between art and engineering – that strange intradiscipline land where a structure is so beautifully thought out and executed that it starts edging into the realm of fine art and sculpture. For example the work of Hoberman and Heatherwick (yes, I am aware of the irony of bad functionality of these websites!). Anyway, check out this table for cool! Reminds me of the Camberwick Green music box
Honda Zoomer
Carlos has just sent me a link to this brilliant Honda Zoomer scooter – just look at it, it’s great looking and you don’t need a license to ride it in the UK as it’s only 50cc.
Robotface xmas cards
Nice set of xmas cards free to download from the RobotFace friends.
Sweet Gaming Cabinet
I’m betting that anyone who has the time and inclination to build a specialist gaming cabinet doesn’t have a girlfriend. (& yes, I am just jealous).
cheers Nick
