The Presurfer

Internet Big Bang

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:10:00 +0000

On June 20, 2008, 12:00pm Los Angeles time (8:00pm GMT London time), Internet Big Bang will host the world wide record of the highest number of people on the same website at the same time. It's the first time ever that this kind of world record is set up.

The only goal is to see how many people can gather on the same website at the same time. There is nothing to win and nothing to do by the websurfers, they just have to be there. This worldwide record will be contolled by an independent legal team.

MUTO

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:08:00 +0000

An ambiguous animation painted on public walls.

Picitup

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:06:00 +0000

Picitup is a new picture search engine with a line of tools for content based image retrieval. Picitup has analyzed tens of thousands of images and classified them into categories. The outcome is a category filter that now allows a user to limit their image search to faces, products, landscapes, or color.

Picitup also provides a fun celebrity face match service. Upload a photo of yourself and receive ten celebrity look alikes.

Linkdump

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:04:00 +0000

7 Coolest Beer Gadgets

Digital Image Resources on the Deep Web

100 Essential Jazz Albums

Museum of Lost Organs

Dordt In Steam

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:01:00 +0000

Dordt is an abbreviation for the Dutch town of Dordrecht. On May 17 and 18, 2008, the largest steam power event in Europe will be held for the thirteenth time in Dordrecht.

Organisers expect 250,000 visitors at this steam celebration. The gigantic event is spread across two areas in the city which are linked with ships, trains and old-timer busses.

On the Dordt in Steam site you can play the steam organ.

(via Istasworld)

ASCII Maps

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:50:00 +0000

Ever wondered what Google Maps would look like if it was running on a Commodore 64 in the 1980's? This is pure silliiness for your enjoyment. ASCIIMaps generates all of Google Maps in ASCII.

The Essential Man's Library

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:49:00 +0000

There are the books you read, and then there are the books that change your life. Some will even become a source of inspiration for the rest of your life.

From a seemingly infinite list of books of anecdotal or literal merit, The Art of Manliness has narrowed down the top 100 books that have shaped the lives of individual men while also helping define broader cultural ideas of what it means to be a man.

Catch Me If You Can

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:48:00 +0000

Watch this officer try to catch several men jumping out of a van.

(via Boing Boing)

CamelBak BPA-Free Water Bottles

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:45:00 +0000

The BPA-free CamelBak Better Bottle is the first clear, re-usable water bottle that's free of the chemical Bisphenol-A traditionally used in hard plastic bottles.

(thanks Adam)

Brand Tags

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Brand Tags is a collective experiment in brand perception. The basic idea is that a brand exists entirely in people's heads. Therefore, whatever it is they say a brand is, is what it is. What is the first thing that pops into your head when you see a company logo?

See what other people think a brand is. Some examples:

Pizza Hut = greasy, fat, cheap.
Google = search, internet, evil.
Heineken = beer, dutch, green.
Coca-Cola = classic, coke, drink.
Microsoft = computer, crap, monopoly.

(via Urlesque)

Guru Goblin Prince

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:58:00 +0000

Welcome to the personal homepage of Guru Goblin Prince. Saint, Pundit, Peer, Maharaaja, Astrologer, Soothsayer, Enchanter, Telepathetic and Psychic Healer.

Expert at removing black magic and evil demonics. 100% guaranteed results. For those affected by paranormal, occult, and spiritual entities.

Gruesome Body Bakery

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:57:00 +0000

Imagine running up to the bakery around the corner and coming across bread shaped like body parts. Sound yummy? Artist Kittiwat Unarrom creates just that; gruesome works of art out of bread.

Kittiwat Unarrom has sculpted life-like heads, feet and hands from dough in the bakery's kitchen and exhibits them in glass cabinets in the shop. He says his edible art lures hundreds of visitors a day.

Unforgettable Faces

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:52:00 +0000

Unforgettable Faces.

ScienceHack

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:51:00 +0000

ScienceHack is a unique video search engine for science videos. Every video is screened and approved based on accuracy and quality by our scientists.

Fields of science that are indexed are: Physics, Chemistry, and Space. Coming soon: Geology, Psychology, Robotics and Computer.

15 Infamous Top Secret Bases And Compounds From Around The World

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:49:00 +0000

Have you ever wondered where the government stores its most precious documents and artifacts, or where they process top secret information and carry out military attacks on the enemy?

This is a list of 15 of the most secret and secure facilities on the planet, many of which you probably have never even heard of because their locations are classified. Many of these secret bases are hidden beneath the ground, inside of a mountain or located in the middle of nowhere.

The Decline of Civilization

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:47:00 +0000

Does this seem needlessly complicated and actually kind of dangerous? At least there's hope that someday that baby will go through their teenage rebellion phase, expressing angst and independence through the radical act of walking.

(via SpliceToday)

Illustrated Catalog Of ACME Products

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:41:00 +0000

The Acme Corporation is a fictional corporation that exists in several cartoons, films and TV series.

Most significantly in the Looney Tunes universe, where it appeared most prominently in the Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote cartoons, which made Acme famous for outlandish and downright dangerous products that failed catastrophically at the worst possible times.

The Original Illustrated Catalog Of ACME Products.

(via Dump Trumpet)

The Real Indiana Jones

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett (born 1867) was a British archaeologist and explorer. Along with his son, Jack, Fawcett disappeared under unknown circumstances in 1925 during an expedition to find what he believed to be an ancient lost city in the uncharted jungles of Brazil.

He is said to have been an inspiration for Indiana Jones, the fictional archaeologist/adventurer.
More than 13 separate expeditions have so far failed to discover what happened to Percy Fawcett in the darkest Amazonian jungle and 100 people have died in the attempt.

In later years, things have gone really strange regarding the disappearance of Colonel Fawcett. Professor Henrique de Souza, president of the Brazilian Theosophical Society, believes Fawcett is still alive, living in a subterranean city in the Roncador Mountains of Matto Grosso, where he found the subterranean city of Atlanteans for which he searched.

But Is It Art?

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Tue, 13 May 2008 04:58:00 +0000

This sculpture is a machine that advances two full sized automobiles slowly into one another over a period of 6 days, simulating an automobile collision. The movement will be so slow as to be invisible.

(via UniqueDaily)

Cheese Racing

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Tue, 13 May 2008 04:56:00 +0000

What do you think happens when you throw a slice of processed cheese (without removing the plastic wrapping) onto a lit barbeque? The plastic melts giving off highly toxic fumes and you are left with a pretty grim cheese/plastic mess welded on to your BBQ, right?

Wrong! Unbelievably what actually happens, as discovered by the pioneers and inventors of the sport way back in 1997, is that the plastic pouch does not melt - even when the cheese inside eventually boils!
Welcome to the world of professional Cheese Racing.

Hotel Everland

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Tue, 13 May 2008 04:53:00 +0000

Hotel Everland in Paris, France, is a project by Swiss artist-duo Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann. They are known for their installations that deal with architecture and space and invite the viewer to get involved and become part of the artwork.

Everland is a hotel with only one room including a bathroom, a king-size bed and a lounge. The bounteous dimensioned room represents the subjective dream of a hotel: the architecture, the playful details, as well as the request to steal the golden embroidered bath towels.

(via Dark Roasted Blend)

Infected

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Tue, 13 May 2008 04:51:00 +0000

Infected is a game designed for 2-10 people. To play: simply draw a card and use your body to communicate your new affliction to the other players. If someone guesses the illness in a timely manner, the amount of points indicated on the card are awarded to both the infected person and the player who diagnoses them.

Whoever correctly diagnoses an illness is the next player to get infected. Points are subtracted if a player passes up a card, however that player may pick a new card during the same turn. The game is over when all the cards have been played and pathogenic victory belongs to whoever accrues the most points.

A Mother's Love

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Tue, 13 May 2008 04:49:00 +0000

A Mother's Love.

(via Everlasting Blort)

Fat Animals

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Tue, 13 May 2008 04:48:00 +0000

Presidential Cigarettes

noreply@blogger.com (Gerard) — Tue, 13 May 2008 04:45:00 +0000

Once upon a time it was considered good manners for a host to offer his guests a smoke. This custom extended to the President of the United States. Each President, from John Kennedy to Ronald Reagan, gave his guests a very special pack of cigarettes.

The earliest versions were nothing more than a standard pack with a presidential seal insert card placed under the cellophane, and each of the major manufacturers provided these to the government. It's not unusual to find Camel, Lark, Pall Mall, Viceroy or other popular brands with one of these presidential seal inserts, as many were kept as souvenirs.

(via Grow-A-Brain)