franziska has posted this great photo of a snow sculpture, that two of her students have built a few weeks ago on the roof of the school, depicting switzerland’s most hilarious esoteric tv psychic, the unbelievable mika shiva (his website is always worth a visit for a good chuckle). the snow sculpture is more than 2 meters high, in other words it’s huge, and imo they did a really great job on his smile.
teh glorious interweb as it got stuck in my camino tabs this past week - the edited version.
2008 –> 2009 = same crap . different year
Best Browser Arcade Games 2008 - "we're proud to present ten of the best browser arcade games released in 2008. Fancy a 100-metre sprint event? Hit Benzido up. Thinking about dino racing? Get acquainted with Pixeljam Games."
One year in 40 seconds on Vimeo - "Images from the same spot through one year. Audio captured at the same place."
DJ Earworm - United State of Pop 2008 (Viva La Pop) - "A Mashup of the Top 25 Hits of 2008, according to Billboard. Download the audio at djearworm.com
and don't forget to watch it in high quality.."
BD Tannenbahn Organic Tshirt - "Men's AA Organic Shirt Light, form-fitting shirt for men, 100% organic cotton, Brand: American Apparel, nature 1 color flock print" post-xmas tshirt by BD.
online video killed the …
The Making of LittleBigPlanet - "Evans talks about the creative process that led to the creation of LittleBigPlanet. Fans will be particularly interested in the video snippets from the first proof-of-concept demo that Media Molecule showed to Sony" yeah, but WHY IS THE GAME SO FOOKIN IRRITATING IF IT’S SO GREAT?
Germans create 'future hotel' - “Scientists in Germany have developed the "Hotel Room of the Future" to show hotels how they can use the latest technology to make guests feel more comfortable.” gief.
The Invisible Rope - guys holding up an invisible rope on a snowy street and in a mall, check people’s reactions. however i am not sure why they move their hands in the mall.
Wind Waker Unplugged - "The original music is from the Legend of Zelda series. (Mostly from The Wind Waker.)" split screen multi instrumentalist rendition thereof. is thereof a word? too lazy to google it.
Lost Skier - "Rob Lathan is lost again. This time he’s a skier roaming the streets of NYC looking for the slopes."
Dog eats Bean Burrito in 1 second - "Bubba loves his burritos." well, if he’d really love them, would be wolf em down like that?
schmooze and abuse
DestroyTwitter 1.0.0 Beta release - "This is a big day. After exactly ten days of design and development, I'm both proud and excited to release the first beta version of DestroyTwitter. It's pretty self-explanatory, but I'll go over what's included nonetheless." the destroy flickr app is nice too.
SHIKITO in Brown - "Shikito is the icon for Superdeux’s new B*Shit line, a lovingly satricial streetwear brand that reminds us whose #%@ is the baddest." now that's a shit toy. literally.
Top 500 worst passwords - "From Mark Burnett's 2005 book Perfect Passwords: Selection, Protection, Authentication, a table of the "Top 500 Worst Passwords Of All Time."" and i thought 12345 was safe.
Facebook nudity policy angers nursing moms - "Web-savvy moms who breast-feed are irate that social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace restrict photos of nursing babies." well well now, nursing moms should not get too upset or they might spoil the milk. or spill it.
iFog for iPhone - "iFog: treat your iPhone screen like a window: blow air on your iPhone and watch as the screen fogs up. Then use your finger to write messages, sketch, and even play tic-tac-toe. Just like a real window on a cold winter day!"
GTA IV makes fun of Apple, predicts iPhone 3G reception problems - "GTA IV came through with the great biting social commentary that we’ve come to expect from Rockstar. Check out these pics from the game (from an Internet cafe) which do a great job of mocking Apple and users of Apple products."
India moustaches 'face the chop' - "The famous beards and moustaches of India - seen as representing a huge tradition to the outside world - are under threat, a new book says."
ALL REBEL ROCKERS Limited Edition Ultra Deluxe - very very tempting, when’s my birthday again?
Latisse: New eyelash-lengthening drug approved - "Could a new eyelash-lengthening drug curb the envy of stubby-lashed ladies? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has green-lighted Latisse, which lengthens, thickens and darkens eyelashes when dabbed daily on the lash line on the lids with a disposable wand." and soon we can braid our eyelashes, yay.
Outrage Over Ivanchuk: The Great Chess Doping Scandal - "Grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk refused to submit a urine sample for a drug test at the Chess Olympiad in Dresden and is now considered guilty of doping. The world of chess is outraged that he could face a two-year ban." is there a more absurd “sport” for a doping scandal?
No Pants 2k9 Details for NYC at Improv Everywhere - 'All are invited to participate in the 8th Annual No Pants! Subway Ride. The event will take place at 3:00 PM on Saturday, January 10"
Q&A: Somali Pirate Explains How To Steal Ships - "I was a fisherman before I turned to piracy, a crewmember of a small fishing boat. We used to capture lobsters and sharks."
How to embarrass yourself - "Seriously, stop." no seriously now, stop!
Surgeon busted for using human fat to fuel cars - "A former Beverly Hills plastic surgeon is in trouble with the law because he fueled his car with human fat sucked from his patients." and his name wouldn’t be tyler durden by any chance?
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my niece (9) gave me this fantastic self-made present, it’s a punker in a glass, if you shake it there are glitter “snowflakes”. love it love it love it.
teh glorious interweb as it got stuck in my camino tabs this past week - the edited version.
xmess
Communist Christmas - Happy Communist Christmas, cuz there's a red star up on the tree. [via wurzeltod]
a very mario christmas - super mario xmas decoration
Betrunkene Weihnachtsmänner randalieren … - "Betrunkene Weihnachtsmänner sind "randalierend" durch das neuseeländische Auckland gezogen. Laut einem Sprecher der Gruppe wollten sie gegen "die Kommerzialisierung des Festes" protestieren. Die Gruppe taucht immer wieder weltweit auf." drunk santas riot in auckland.
The joy - Banksy’s comment on the xmas sale frenzy
online video killed the …
Henrietta and Merna Can't Sing - Go Tell It On The Mountain - "Listen as these two unfaithfully reproduce "Go Tell It On The Mountain" using a karaoke tape, and tell it on a mountain that they just cannot sing." these two are a pure expression of joy and enthusiasm.
Surfer on the News - surfer re-inventing language on fox news. hilarious.
Cartman and South Park conduct a website review meeting (Parody) - "Funny video showing what it might be like to work with Cartman."
schmooze and abuse
we wanna be your mp3 - “as we've said we have a noizy and dirty present for you - we are off to light up Xmas trees and get really drunk - and we give you this to blow up your speakers - and destroy your neighbor's windows and nerves” oh lord, how very mature… but the mix is ok.
iPhone fart app pulls in nearly $10,000 a day - "Apple’s App Store is currently experiencing a plague of fart applications. Last week, I detailed one day in which at least 14 new fart apps were accepted into the store. And now, just in a quick search, it looks like there are about 50 apps all dedicated to making fart noises on your iPhone or iPod touch. Classy, I know, but why are there so many?" file under: trends that should make you worry.
Wilmaa - swiss service that allows you to watch tv in a browser, quite good quality too, but why the need to register? [via hannes]
Eldery Japanese are Turning to Crime - "Loneliness and tough economic times are hurting everyone, including the elderly Japanese, who are now turning to petty crime in increasing numbers"
6 Musicians Who Predicted Their Own Death in Song - "Everybody dies. That's no secret. Even you, you're going to die some day. Accept it. Once you accept it, write a bizarrely specific song that details how exactly you're going to die, live up to your prediction and voila!"
GPS Elephant Drawing - "Jeremy Wood of GPS Drawing has a large canvas: the world. He uses Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to record and render his movement into a drawing on a map. I’m particularly fond of this 11.2 km (about 7 mi.) long GPS elephant in the streets of Brighton and Hove, UK"
Vote for the Sexiest Geeks of 2008 - "Every geek's a little bit sexy, somehow. Maybe it's the glasses, the hot talk about black holes or the Asperger's-like obsession with sci-fi, science or gadgets. But which nerds really moved the sexy needle in 2008?"
ArsRss - "ArsRSS re-reads between 100 and 120 art and new media related RSS feeds every four hours, caches the feeds and completely re-writes its database of words found in the feeds. This makes for fast response times both for searching across feeds and for accessing individual feeds."
Thank You, Porn! 12 Ways the Sex Trade Has Changed the Web - "The sex industry is behind many innovations that today's Netizens can't live without, as well as some nasty bits we wish had never existed." in good and bad ways.
MySpace Bans Project Playlist; Facebook Defies Same RIAA Request - "Over the weekend, in response to pressure from the RIAA and major labels, MySpace shut down Project Playlist’s widgets and banned the service from the site."
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