Archive for the 'misc' Category

Latte art

Saturday, March 19th, 2005

Some very nice designs created in the foam of coffee cups over on flickr. Check out the lion! Heads-up by the great MAKE: BLOG.

glow brick

Thursday, March 17th, 2005

Oooh, this is nice! “glow in the dark nightlight is as simple as it gets: a light bulb set in a clear solid brick. Recharges from energy in natural light during the day - glows at night!” Yours for $45. Very nice.

USB Swiss Army Knife

Friday, February 18th, 2005

No, I don’t mean Swiss Army Knife in the figurative “it does everything” sense - it is a Swiss Army Knife: check it out.

More Apple bashing

Thursday, November 4th, 2004

Honestly! I don’t go looking for this stuff! I don’t need to - it’s like shooting fish, but more satisfying. Apple Rating: WTF is This?

Zoomquilt

Sunday, October 10th, 2004

Zoomquilt, via Tom

Isometric pixel niceness

Thursday, September 9th, 2004

Sorry if this is old news, but I’d never seen DC Flyby, which is of all things a US government site. It’s a slice of some pretty nice pixel art. And large.

iMac fun

Friday, September 3rd, 2004

http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/588.html

The BBC, the lost tape and the 6-foot fridge

Thursday, June 17th, 2004

The BBC, the lost tape and the 6-foot fridge.

The Economist on Americanisms

Tuesday, June 1st, 2004

I had very quickly skimmed the web excerpt of The Economist Style Guide but I’d missed the section on Americanisms which is hilarious. Pointed out by BeSpacific

Thursday, March 4th, 2004

Who hates dubbed films? I do. Series are even worse.