This is what a real robot looks like. The pioneering roboticist Hans Moravec first described the idea in the late 80’s. This abstract summarizes the concept, math and geometry of a “bush robot”. Such a robot could perform tricks like surgery without incisions, act like a lens, project holograms, and of course, embody a human mind with plenty of CPU & RAM left over to carry out its unimaginable posthuman agenda.

Is it me, or are humanoid robots just plain creepy? Here we see Honda’s ASIMO menacing a small child. She did nothing to deserve this treatment, and the thing can climb stairs! Why do engineers insist on designing them this way?

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.

Far too much information about coffee & espresso machines.

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… »

A funny little animated gif of a guy smashing himself to bits and pieces at his computer.

If you’ve ever fake tied your shoes because you were worried that the woman in front of you thought you were following her, then this short film’s for you! (I know I’ve done it more than once.)

Now officially available: the illusion that made baby jesus cry. Those bean-like things are moving so much I want to slap them, but they’re actually not moving at all. Seriously.

We are the Digital Youth Optimized for Gratification. How appropriate.

A very simple but very addictive game. Perfect for obsessive compulsives.

It’s a good thing he plugged his nose. I hate getting concrete up my nose. It burns! (animated gif)

This thing can be used to “install” three dimensional sausages into real space, sort of. I have no idea what I would do with it but I want one so badly just the same.

If I could perform this magic trick I would use it for one purpose only: scaring small children. That girl DOES deserve a gold medal.

The first result when doing a Google search for ‘worst president’ is a link to the biography of George Bush from the official White House web site. Here in the blue states we call that “IRONY”.

Uhhhh…… wow.

Characters from Halo explain the difference between real life and the internet. It’s quite accurate I think. It’s also pretty funny, primarily due to excessive use of the word ‘masturbate’.

This sort of reminds me of when I was a kid and my dad would pick me up by the arms and swing me around in a circle. Fun stuff. Except usually my dad wouldn’t hurl me into a wall at the end. Also, I’m not a cat.

“I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully…”

“This Texas Tech University freshman got the once in a lifetime opportunity to be the football team’s “bell ringer” during their games…”

And then things get funny. I won’t say why but it has to do with masturbating, and masturbating is almost as funny as farting.