Category Archives: Finds

Epic Spam

I received one of the most epic pieces of spam yesterday. It was an attempted comment on my other blog for a post that’s 6 years old (and full of broken links). Here it is, in its entirety:
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Cubebots

Want.
Cubebots by Areaware: Small, Medium, Extra Large.

The Big Caption

You’ve seen The Big Picture. Here’s the companion site, The Big Caption.
Brilliance all around.

Akihabara Majokko Princess

Not sure how I missed this video by McG & Takashi Murakami.

I already thought Kirsten Dunst was cute…

Motivational Speaker of the Year

This guy? Not so awesome, but definitely committed (or maybe should be).
I agree with Nathan Clarke on this one.
This is the natural outcome of far too many self-styled self-help gurus. I laughed out loud (really loud).

[via LiveLeak.com]

Feed the Animals With Real-Time Sample List

An enterprising individual has written an HTML5 page that plays Feed the Animals by Girl Talk with a real-time list of samples that load as you play each track. On the Awesome-O-Meter™, it gets an 8.

Japan – Still Awesome

Welcome to Samurai Camp, a fitness regime that fuses ritualised 16th century swordsmanship, an imaginary bloodbath and throbbing techno music — and which has captivated 21st-century Japanese woman.
Someone tell me why I’m not living in Japan…
[via @kevinrose]

Nintendo Papercraft

This might prove to be a complete drain on my free time… I really hope we have card-stock at home.

Lego Popup

This is by far the most impressive Lego work I’ve ever seen.
Also, sidenote: I’ve been to this temple in Japan.]
[via @jayemsee]

Saturn v Launch at 500fps.

What do you get when you roll 16mm film at 500fps on the launch pad of the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket? Nearly 9 minutes of awesomeness, complete with commentary. Now if only they had the Phantom Flex at the time…

Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch (HD) Camera E-8 from Mark Gray on Vimeo.
[via The Editblog]