Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Stevie Wonder - Superstition on Sesame St

Stevie Wonder tears up Sesame Street with Superstition. From 1973. Click for Stevie Wonder - Superstition Sesame St

Saturday, June 24, 2006

Apocalypse meteorite thing

A totally grim animation showing what would happen if earth were hit by a meteorite. Commentary in Japanese. Click for Apocalypse meteorite thing

Darwin's tortoise dies at 176

Charles Darwin's tortoise, Harriet, has died. She was 176. Darwin mistakenly called her Harry. The name stuck for a century until someone had a proper look and found out she was female. And I thought Darwin was a naturalist! Click for Darwin's dead tortoise

Bill Gates Steps Down: Blue Screen of Death

A nice farewell to Bill. Click for Bill Gates Steps Down: Blue Screen of Death

The Child

Man and pregnant wife race to hospital across New York in a Taxi. An animation made entirely of words. Click for The Child

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Matt Stone's memo to the censors

Here's a link to a memo written by Matt Stone about a cut of the South Park movie for review by the censors. The P.S. is great! Click for Matt Stone's memo

Monday, June 19, 2006

Photo Illusion Tutorials

Remember the earlier Oingo post I made about a Spanish castle optical illusion? Well, here's how you do it... Click for colour illusion tutorial

And here's instructions on how to do another neat optical trick with a camera. click to learn how to make stuff look like toys with your camera

Saturday, June 17, 2006

Warning Sign Generator


This is quite a fun little webby thing. Like it says on the box, you use it to make warning signs. Click for Warning Sign Generator

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

ipod toilet roll

It's a toilet roll holder with speakers and an ipod dock, so you can listen to your favourite tunes on the crapper - of course. Click for ipod toilet roll holder

Zuiikin Gals II

Japanese wierdness. I have no idea what this is. I think it's some kind of strange English video teaching rebuttals. Extremely odd. Click for Zuiikin Gals II

Sunday, June 11, 2006

Big Spanish Castle

An optical illusion. Rather good. Click for Big Spanish Castle

Saturday, June 10, 2006

How to watch the World Cup for free on the internet

Here's a guide to how you can watch the World Cup on the internet for free. Live too, so it says. Click for Wired News article

Togo not to go

Togolese football fans have been denied visas to go to support their team in the World Cup because they don't have bank accounts. Bah! German spoil sports! Click for BBC article

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Hell, Michigan USA - Party on 6.6.6

The town of Hell in Michigan is having a party today (6 June 06) to celebrate the mark of the devil: 666. Woohoo! Party on dudes & dudettes! Click for Hell, Michigan USA 666

Johnny Cash: Hurt

One of Cash's last pieces of work. Very personal. The video won Best Short Form Video in the 2004 Grammys. Click for Johnny Cash: Hurt

"You could have it all: my empire of dirt. I will let you down, I will make you hurt."

The Who: My Generation - 3 versions

Here are three different videos of the Who performing 'My generation'.

One...Click for The Who: My Generation, Danish TV

Two...Click for The Who: My Generation, Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

Three...Click for The Who: My Generation, Monterey Pop Festival

Version two ends with an explosion which is, according to legend, when Keith Moon overloaded a drum with explosive charges which, when detonated, resulted in permanent hearing damage for Moon and singed hair for Pete Townshend. It also caused Bette Davis to faint. Yay!

Frank Zappa - John Belushi

From a time when TV used to be worth watching. Here's Frank Zappa conducting an orchestra/band with John Belushi looning around on stage.click for Zappa & Belushi

Sunday, June 04, 2006

Top 10 Strangest Desks and Tables

The tables are quite cool, but... Scroll down for 1.Sony Data Tile Table and watch the video. It will blow your mind. Possibly the most awesome cutting edge stuff I've seen. Ooohh! Can't wait 'til this gets to the shops! Click for Top 10 Strangest Desks and Tables

Thursday, June 01, 2006

Fine Art / Superheros pic mashup

This is bloody excellent! Classic paintings photoshopped to include superheros. Simple and effective. Click for Fine Art Superheros pic mashup



Cost of the War in Iraq so far
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Organism Intended for Nocturnal Galactic Observation

How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?