Gotta love open standards. Here’s a clock where the numbers you see for the clock are randomly pulled from images on Flickr, using Flash no less. Seriously, I’m old enough to remember when Flash was sorta stupid, now its all growed up!

This guy takes childrens drawings of monsters and superheros and recreates them with his mad artistic skillz. Super cool!

Once the image loads, hold down your mouse button and drag it up and down to zoom in and out of the image. And then watch as your mind is blown into a zillion tiny pieces by the raw power of the zoom quilt’s coolness. PS: after the link, pick the ‘Flash’ option.

I like pandas too, and based on this film I also like Jessica Borutski. Seriously, this is fabulous!

I don’t know what absolutely loving this short film says about a person, but I’m so handsome that I’m not going to worry about it.

Needlepoint just stopped being polite and got real. Cross stitching gets subversive

This is a Java application that runs in a browser window. You can use the Perception Laboratory’s Face Transformer to change the age, race or sex of a facial image, to transform it to the style of a famous artist, to make an exagerated caricature or even make an ape of yourself!

A neat trick you can do with your desktop background image. People match the wallpaper with what is behind their monitor to make the screen look invisible.

I can’t really describe this, except to say that it involves dog shit and the President.

PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail-in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard.

What is pop culture but consumer culture? We all know that coolness is just conservatism dressed in black, but at least its dressed in black! I am continually amazed at what “the future” looks like. continue reading… »

Newsmap is a Flash application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator. Its objective is to demonstrate visually the relationships between data and the unseen patterns in news media.

Graphic design elitism at its best. The site lets you preview what your shirt will look like before you buy. The sheer simplicity. 55 characters allowed, all of which will be placed in all-caps Helvetica 48pt left-justified on a shirt of your color choice. continue reading… »

Uhhhh…… wow.

I like bicycles, so I think this is pretty cool. It’s also quite nauseating, so if you’re trying to lose weight…

One of the coolest art websites I’ve seen. There’s lots to explore and the art is great… but avoid the photos section (trust me).