7 months ago

Inspired Bicycles - Danny MacAskill: Simply jaw dropping cycling stunts. The comparison isn’t mine, but fits perfectly: imagine the art parkour, but performed on a bicycle.

7 months ago
Plush Steve Jobs: I was tempted. Briefly. Limited run of 500.

Plush Steve Jobs: I was tempted. Briefly. Limited run of 500.

A terraformed Mars. From the Wikipedia Life on Mars page.

A terraformed Mars. From the Wikipedia Life on Mars page.

8 months ago

Twouble with Twitters. Here’s a hint for people who don’t get Twitter: It’s not just about broadcasting your inane thoughts at random to nobody in particular. Some people actually use it as a new way to disseminate information in a new type of desynchronized communication mode.

8 months ago
Cell stickies, from Fiona Carswell. Ego-stroking stickers for people who need a pick-me-up via SMS message.

Cell stickies, from Fiona Carswell. Ego-stroking stickers for people who need a pick-me-up via SMS message.

8 months ago
Poor little space bat. The little guy clung onto the space shuttle Discovery as it launched on Sunday and likely died as it left the athmosphere.

Poor little space bat. The little guy clung onto the space shuttle Discovery as it launched on Sunday and likely died as it left the athmosphere.

8 months ago

Santa Monica Sitar Player:  A sitar player jamming away in Santa Monica’s 3rd Street promenade that I encountered earlier yesterday.

8 months ago
A Robot With a Real Monkeys’ Head by Chris Grimes, who is drawing three odd robots a week for a year (via io9).

A Robot With a Real Monkeys’ Head by Chris Grimes, who is drawing three odd robots a week for a year (via io9).

8 months ago
Stalin vs Martians: The trailer for this RTS game features Stalin dancing to techno music. I kid you not.
Reminds me a little of Adam Robert’s Yellow Blue Tibia. Minus the dancing.

Stalin vs Martians: The trailer for this RTS game features Stalin dancing to techno music. I kid you not.

Reminds me a little of Adam Robert’s Yellow Blue Tibia. Minus the dancing.

Trailer for Richard Hatch’s unreleased pilot pitching his 1999 Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming series revival. Nice! Definitely a strong Star Wars vibe going on in some of those scenes (via Adam Frucci).