Following proper airline safety procedures can conceivably save lives, when disaster strikes. In-flight safety demonstrations are an important, if boring, part of air travel. Trust Virgin America to buck the trend. No inane, safety demonstrations from bored flight attendants on their flights. Virgin has a superb, animated in-flight safety demonstration video. They have creatively used [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Virgin America - Animated Inflight Safety Video
Published November 30th, 2007 in Ads and Animation. 0 CommentsThere Will Be Blood - Jonny Greenwood’s Movie Score
Published November 30th, 2007 in Movies and Music. 0 Comments
Listen to two heart thumping tracks from the score of the Daniel Day Lewis starrer - ‘There Will Be Blood’. The score, composed by Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood, is winning rave reviews from critics and moviegoers alike.
The music perfectly conveys the sense of foreboding in the film, with the rising crescendo almost suffocating us [...]
The Chemistry Land site sheds light on the common techniques used by the movie industry, magicians and other master manipulators to make unsuspecting people accept altered realities. Be it a simple card trick, a sitcom laughter track, or a blatant product placement, these wizards of deception have honed their powers of suggestion and persuasion into [...]
Poop Tube From The Tim and Eric Awesome Show
Published November 29th, 2007 in Humor and Tv Shows. 0 CommentsThe Poop Tube allows you to, uh, dispatch your unwanted "cargo" while standing up. The device promises no more visits to unsanitary restrooms. Watch a demonstration of this incredible invention in this video clip from The Tim and Eric Awesome Show on the Adult Swim network.
Warning: Video has contents under pressure, can cause stomach [...]
HYmini Portable Wind Powered Gadget Charger
Published November 28th, 2007 in Gadgets and Green News. 0 CommentsThe HYmini (don’t laugh) ultra-portable charger harnesses the power of the wind to charge your electronic gadgets like mobile phones and mp3 players.
The device can be clipped on to your arm with a special armband or clamped to a bicycle handle with an adapter. The armband will make you look like a complete dweeb, [...]
Jim Denevan, an artist and accomplished chef, creates immense pieces of installation art by making freehand drawings on sand. Armed with only a stick and no other measurement aids, Denevan can take up to seven hours to complete his transient masterpieces on wide, sandy beaches.
Snip from the site:
From the ground these environments are seen [...]
Greg Dunham holds the Guinness world record for building the world’s largest motorcycle. The Monster Bike is 11 feet tall, 20 feet long and has a price tag of $300,000. Amazingly, Greg did it all by himself in his workshop at home.
On account of its huge dimensions, the bike can only be driven using a [...]
If you still have your ipod nano’s plastic case lying around, here is a great way to recycle it.
You can attach this speaker kit from Bird Electron to convert it into a portable speaker. The kit comes with two stereo speakers and a stereo cable.
It’s slightly overpriced at 2100 ¥en ($19.50). Something in [...]
The Little People blog is about “little handpainted people, left in London to fend for themselves.” The artist behind the project, Slinkachu, was inspired by the works of the famed graffiti artist - Bansky.
Slinkachu (Slinky to fans) uses tiny plastic miniatures of people to recreate everyday London life, albeit on a very small scale. [...]
Bright Blind For Rooms With No Windows
Published November 26th, 2007 in Design and Gadgets. 0 CommentsThis product is perfect for those poor souls, who are unfortunate to be trapped in windowless offices. The Bright Blind is made from electroluminescent sheets, which simulates the look of a window covered with venetian blinds in the daytime. To complete the illusion, the brightness of the blinds can be controlled by turning the plastic [...]
Watch a brilliant animated commercial for V Water, titled “There’s something in the water.”
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This is completely bizarre. This site claims that the music of Pink Floyd’s majestic Dark Side Of the Moon album can be synched with the The Wizard of Oz movie. They call this effect the ‘Dark Side of the Rainbow’ (or the Dark Side of Oz). While the concept has been floating around for many [...]
The Nail Cushion is perfect for coordination challenged dummies like me. Besides the obvious safety benefits, the rubberized cushion can securely hold nails of different diameters, helping the user to hammer them straight in.
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The Solomon Kane movie is based on one of the characters created by classic pulp writer Robert E. Howard. Howard was one part dark genius, one part tortured soul and is credited with almost single-handedly inventing the ‘Sword and Sorcery’ genre. In his short but creative life, the prolific writer created some unforgettable fictional characters [...]
This ad for Trust Condoms, made me see South Africa in a whole new light. Though the country is being ravaged by an Aids epidemic, the people of the beautiful country have still managed to retain their sense of humor.
The creators of the African ad have cunningly played upon the west’s clichéd and perceived [...]
Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 - Top Gear Review
Published November 23rd, 2007 in Automotive. 0 CommentsJeremy Clarkson reviews the nearly untameable Lamborghini Murcielago LP640, in this segment from Top Gear. The beast has a 6.5 liter, V12 engine generating an astounding 640 bhp, and a top speed of 207 miles mph (333 km/hr) .
Can Clarkson tame the beast ? Watch the video to find out.
If this is what the [...]
This strip from the always hilarious xkcd webcomic site, made me laugh.
Just loved it.
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The Temples of Damanhur - The Eighth Wonder of the World ?
Published November 23rd, 2007 in Art. 0 CommentsDeep beneath the rocky ground of the Valchiusella valley in northern Italy, lie the nine Temples of Damanhur, whose incredible beauty and scale stunned the Italian government into calling them the "Eighth Wonder of the World.”
The temples were not built thousands of years ago, but only in the latter part of the last century. The [...]
Happy Thanksgiving, my loyal readers !
I hope all of you are having a wonderful day. Really, there is so much to be thankful for. I am thankful to God for the wonderful and exciting world which I live in, my crazy (but loving) family, my wonderful friends, my blog and much, much more.
Once again, Happy [...]
Beautiful Sunset and Sunrise Scenes - Flickr Gallery
Published November 22nd, 2007 in Photography. 0 CommentsThis Flickr gallery has more than a hundred beautiful photographs of sunrises and sunsets. The photographer shot these pictures in various countries around the globe, between March 2002 and May 2006.
Link to the Flickr gallery.
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