Ukulele Orchestra Plays the Theme of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Ukulele is often an underrated musical instrument. While it may never get as popular as the guitar, it has enough potential to go mainstream . Watch the Ukulele Orchestra…
Tim Ferriss Interviews AJ Jacobs
Best selling author Tim Ferriss recently interviewed AJ Jacobs, agnostic Jew, serial experimenter and author of the book "The Year of Living Biblically."
The book was about Jacobs’ attempt to live by the Bible and follow every single rule in it, for one whole year. And that meant dressing in white clothes, growing an untrimmed beard, wearing sandals and having a walking stick (similar to that of Moses’ in the Ten Commandments movie, I suppose). Oh, plus avoiding his "impure" wife during that time of the month.
One part humorous, one part thought-provoking, the interview is an interesting read.
Best Of September 2007
JazJaz brings you the most interesting posts of September 2007.
Android 207 – Award Winning Animation Short
Android 207 was the winner of the Audience Favorite & Honorable Mention awards at the 2006 Milwaukee Internationa l Short Film Festival.
Save The Girls Aviation Art Project
Save the Girls is a project to preserve and restore the largest ever collection of World War II aircraft nose art.
JazJaz was the top prize winner on a contest held by Binary Moon. The first prize was a free site review by Binary Moon.
The Bob Dylan Message Generator
The Bob Dylan Message Generator, allows you to create your own messages on the cue cards held by Bob Dylan in the ‘Don’t Look Back‘ documentary.
Wi-Fi Detector TShirt
This Tshirt from ThinkGeek, detects Wi-Fi signals and intimates you by lighting up the bars on the front decal. The bars dynamically glow on and off, depending on the Wi-Fi…
What’s Inside A Tube Of Colgate Whitening Toothpaste ?
Wired Magazine analyzed the chemical composition of the contents inside a tube of 'Colgate Whitening Oxygen Bubbles Brisk Mint' toothpaste, and the findings were disturbing to say the least. Snip…
Oasis, Jamiroquai to follow Radiohead’s Lead
The Telegraph reports that Oasis and Jamiroquai are the latest bands contemplating a free release of their upcoming albums on the Internet. This follows the spectacular pre-orders for Radiohead's pay-as-you-please…
BMW M3 Review By Fifth Gear
The folks at Fifth Gear test the new BMW M3 in this video. This car has a 4 Liter V8 engine, 420 HP, top speed of 155 mph and does…
The Incredible Book Art of Brian Detter
Brian Detter, an Atlanta based artist, creates stunning pieces of art by literally taking scissors to paper. The pages and contents of great works of literature are cut and manipulated…
Leslie Fiest – 1234 Complete Video
Watch the complete video of Leslie Feist’s hit single ‘1234’ from the album ‘The Reminder’. The song was featured in the latest ipod Nano commercial. Leslie’s songs have been featured in advertising campaigns for many companies like Lacoste, HSBC, Verizon/LG and ofcourse, Apple.
The single ‘1234’ was her first single to break into the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, courtesy of the ipod commercial.
Also, watch the ad featuring her song for the ipod nano .
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Eco Group Deflates Tires of Over 1000 SUVs In Sweden
An eco group, calling itself ‘The Indians of The Concrete Jungle’, deflated the tires of over a 1000 SUVs in Sweden. The group has alleged that Sweden has the ignominious distinction of being one, if not the most Carbon Monoxide emitting countries in Europe. They started by deflating the tires of 60 SUVs in the city of Stockholm. This details of this "achievement" was posted on their blog, and the movement spread rapidly. They claim that over a 1000 SUVs have had their tires deflated in at least nine Swedish cities, and that new ‘tribes’ are making their presence felt everywhere.
Funnily, the aggrieved owners of these SUV’s have banded together to form a counterforce, which calls itself ‘The Cowboys of the Concrete Jungle’ and have threatened to "deflate the lungs of the Indians".
Snip from their blog: