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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Guide to the Most Epic FAILs in Star Wars Design

The Death Star: An unshielded exhaust port leading directly to the central reactor? Really? And when you rebuild it, your solution to this problem is four paths into the central core so large that you can literally fly a spaceship through them? Brilliant.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Mr. Deity

After creating the universe, Mr. Deity and Larry decide what evil they’ll allow

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Arnold Schoenberg’s 1909 op. 11 Drei Klavierstücke

Played by cats

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

You Suck at Craigslist

Adult Size Spider Man – $30
“You can use Spiderman here as a dummy passenger in your car so you can drive in the HOV lanes because he looks so realistic. The first thing a cop will think is ‘Oh, that car is fine; it has one person driving and Spiderman in the front seat. That’s totally normal.’”

Monday, July 27, 2009

Echo Chamber of Secrets

30 Media Muggles and their Harry Potter Counterparts

Friday, July 17, 2009

Gizmodo ‘79

Excellent.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters

From the publisher of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Star Wars Uncut

Star Wars recreated by fans in 473 15-second clips

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Password Hint FAIL

“What is your preferred Internet password?”

Monday, July 13, 2009

New Live Poll Allows Pundits to Pander to Viewers in Real Time

Post office box, post office box, post office box

Friday, July 10, 2009

i.Saw

The world’s first USB-powered chainsaw. “The power of the chainsaw re-engineered for the desktop.”

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

United Breaks Guitars

“I wouldn’t bring my luggage, because you’d just go and break it, into a thousand pieces, just like you broke my heart.”

Thursday, July 2, 2009

10 Best Uses Of Classical Music In Classic Cartoons

Includes “Pigs in a Polka,” “Rabbit of Seville” and, of course, “What’s Opera, Doc?”

Web Site Story

Take the famous ballads and duets of West Side Story, insert a dozen mentions of famous social media sites like twitter and facebook, and this is what you get.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Wooden iPod

An iPod mini rebuilt with a wooden case

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