Category Archives: neat
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Check out the new Peter, Bjorn & John video. Featuring this coolass dancing japanese biker gang. Yes, dancing biker gang. Thanks to BOOOOOOOM! Their exclamation point, not mine.
mail a memory
boo to the cheesy headline. yay to these neat Post Pockets from the The Souvenier Shop. They’re basically translucent envelopes. Write on the outside, stuff something small inside and mail home an instant souvenier. Better than a keychain Eiffel Tower. Thanks to BLTD
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before they move to “The House That Jeter Built”
This year’s all-star game will be held at Yankee Stadium. Next year, it gets replaced by a gorgeous new building built on the success of the latest generation of Yankees. The ever masterful Pete Abraham has an incredible recap of the events planned around the game. There’s no way to pull bullet points out, but, [...]
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today in the studio
So, I was in the studio today, gratefully recording some radio for McDonald’s. “We want to tell them ‘We’re open late‘, how do we tell them ‘We’re open late?’” Um, okay, I’ll start writing and see what falls out of my head. Fuck if I know what it’s gonna be. Well, this is where I [...]
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TiltViewer
Airtight Interactive, makers of the supafine flash photo galler SimpleViewer just released TiltViewer. A sweet interface for viewing Flickr photos, by user, group or tags. click a photo to view it & click the background to reset the grid. Go play.
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Dice Stacking
thanks to mental_floss According to Wikipedia: Dice stacking is a performance art, akin to juggling or sleight-of-hand, in which the performer scoops dice off of a flat surface with a dice cup and then sets the cup down to build a vertical column of dice. Various dice arrangements, colors of dice and scooping patterns allow [...]
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Right Brain v Left Brain
The Herald Sun in Australia has this odd, right / left brain illusion. Apparently, it spins different ways for different folks. If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa. Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the [...]
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Radio Hanukkah – XM 108
Chanukah really gets the shaft during the holidays. Everyone says “Happy Holidays” but they really mean Merry Christmas. I absolutely love that XM, which I just resubscribed to, has a channel purely for Jewishness. Granted, there’s like 4 channels for the goys, but hey, I’ll take what I can get. XM 108
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Self-Erasing Paper
Unreal. Xerox has announced a reusable paper that erases itself. The paper, which is currently in development, self-erases in between 16-24 hours after printing, and it can be used multiple times. read more at productdose.com
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Apple’s pulsing wall