Seen the ad for the Skoda Superb? It’s, well, superb.
It features a bloke by the name of Petr Spatina. Who is very clever.
He’s good. But this guy, Robert Tiso, might just be better.
This doesn’t sound as nice, but it’s also pretty cool.
Category: Curiosities
This Elephant man has a lesson for us all
But what is it? If you’ve had a bad day at work then this guy has you covered?
Mario redubbed with realistic sounds
This is odd.
Build a Lego Brick Home… made from ice
These are cool. And official. Lego official. Lego ice brick moulds.
Then you can make little ice minifigs to go with it.
Shirt of the Day: Caffeine’s a hell of a drug
The other day I tracked down ten health benefits of caffeine for a post I wrote on thebeanstalker.com – 10 majestic pieces of scientific proof that drinking coffee is good for your health. Caffeine is good for you. And that article proves it.
So, here’s a shirt to go with it, a nice play on the Rick James sketches from the Chappelle Show.
You can get it here.
It’s π day in 5 days…
The 14th of March (3.14) is pi day. Assuming you write the date like an American. Pi day. It makes the world go around. Pi day has an official website. Where you can get some digits of pi. For fun.
To celebrate the awesome magicalness of Pi. Here are some bits of pi.
This guy used the decimal points of pi to make music.
Here’s a pumpkin pi (via BoingBoing).
And a π necklace. Correct to a lot of digits.
Or this one, with almost 4,500 digits of pi.
Get a hold of a pi clock…
Or a clock where π features but isn’t central… if you want to display it all year around.
Have some pi drinks. With π ice cubes.
Finally. Check this out. Blow your mind. Eat a pie for pi day – and use pi to help calculate the size of portions required. Because pi is just the other side of pie.
Here are some π posts from my archives.
Pop a tie on…
Ties are classy. But if you’re not, and you want to either passive aggressively make annoying noises in meetings, or be a scion of fashion, then you should get one of these bubble wrap ties. The bubble wrap is meant to be worn on the inside. But I reckon you could flip it easily.
Explosive Art: There’s something very cool about art with bombs
This is amazing. The creation at 2:06 is just mind blowing. And wall blowing.
Return to Sender: Why do people keep trying to sell me cars via email?
There’s an NM Campbell out there somewhere who keeps trying to buy cars – and he’s getting annoyed that car dealers keep not emailing him. And then there’s this NM Campbell. Me. Who can’t figure out why car dealers from the US and the UK keep sending me quotes or newsletters. I got another one on Friday. From Medved Ford Lincoln Mercury. The salesperson in question is a Ms Carolyn Hammack-Clark. See her if you want to buy a car in Castlerock, CO.
Here’s the email I got.
So, here’s my response.
Dearest Carolyn,
It is such a long time since I have heard from you (I can only assume there aren’t too many Carolyn Hammack-Clarks running around). I am sorry we’ve lost touch. Do you remember that time we cavorted around the orchard in our pyjamas. Chasing rabbits. Oh, those were the days.
I live in Australia now, actually, I always have. So I’m not sure why I’m receiving emails from this car dealership and can only assume somebody signed up to your database with the wrong email address. You’d be surprised how often that actually happens.
However, it just so happens I am considering putting together an off-road truck race – and I’d be interested to know what sort of discounts you’d offer if I wanted to buy 16 of these trucks. I also want to convert them into amphibious vehicles.
The race I’d like to organise is on the bottom of the ocean – so they’ll need a pretty long snorkel, or perhaps some type of airhose with a flotation device fitted to the pipe to keep it somewhere where there is airflow so that the drivers can breathe. Did I mention that the drivers will be dwarves? They will be. I’m going to call my race the Snow White Cup. I believe in giving hope to the disadvantaged and downtrodden. And as a tall man I thought doing something for the vertically challenged would be a nice gesture.
Could I purchase these 16 amphibious utes customised in this manner – and with some sort of adjustable operations so that short people can both drive the trucks and see over the dashboard. I assume there’ll be some sort of discount if I’m buying a fleet.
Would you be interested in sponsoring the race? I think it will provide pretty good global exposure – because who doesn’t want to watch 16 dwarves driving trucks on the bottom of the ocean. I know I do.
The Medved Ford Lincoln-Mercury Castle Rock Snow White cup has a nice ring to it. Don’t you think.
Regards,
Nathan
Cookie Monster Cupcakes: These are a pile of awesome
These look amazing. And delicious. And if you make them for me I will love you forever (I’m looking squarely at my wife, but anybody else who wants my affection should also take note).
Here’s how to make them. And a video.
Chicken Egg? Or egg chicken? That is the question
I like this egg chicken by a guy named Kyle Bean – he called it “What Came First“… for obvious reasons.
For some reason I like the making of picture almost as much as the chicken itself.
I like these vegebodies too. Check them out.
Shirt of the Day: Dance like Thom Yorke
Have you seen the film clip for the new Radiohead song Lotus Flower. No? Oh well. Watch it below, then check out this awesome shirt.
Tetris: The Boardgame
I love Tetris. I don’t love boardgames (when I went on camps as a young, single, Christian male I used free time to talk to girls not to hit the cardboard square). But perhaps I’ll change my mind. Because this actually looks kind of fun. A bit like Connect 4. But with greater degrees of difficulty…
Via pocket-lint.
Bonsai Comic Book
Ben asked. So here I am. Delivering. Ever his servant. If you want to know what Ben’s ideal blog would look like read this post. If you want to be on Ben’s ideal blog (well, I’m at least halfway there) stay on this ‘ere blog and let me be your guide to wonders of the internet. Wonders like this comic book. That you plant. In the ground. And get a tree.
I’m not sure if it’s a tree suitable for bonsaing. Bonsai-ing? Turning into a bonsai. But it is a tree. So that’s a start.
UPDATE: I read the page this comes from again – and it turns out it grows herbs. Not trees. So no bonsai for Ben. I’ll keep trying.
Choose your own adventure: Dinosaur Comic Style
If you don’t read Dinosaur Comics then you should. Don’t start with this one though. It’ll get you stuck in a mobius strip style infinite loop of perfect days with no resolution (unless you cheat).
