Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Inventionary

Chorusfish
In the first of what will hopefully be a series of great videos on crazy inventions and crazy inventors, we take a look at the "Sashimi Tabernacle Choir."
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/01/13/fish-on-a-volvo-a-look-at-the-sashimi-tabernacle-choir/


Star Wars / Dallas opening
What would Star Wars look like if it was the Dallas TV-series?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAHYftmwY0U


Fashion Robot to Hit Japan Catwalk
Is this what fashion models are like in Japan? A bit of a disappointment is right.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E97nHbwcVE


Science corner: Cannonball in mercury
What happens when you drop a cannon ball in a bath of mercury?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm5D47nG9k4


QuOteD
"He who builds a better mousetrap these days runs into material shortages, patent-infringement suits, work stoppages, collusive bidding, discount discrimination and taxes." -- H. E. Martz


Wrong Tomorrow
See how pundits' predictions fare over time. (For example: "There is no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant [> 3%] market share." - Steve Ballmer 2007-05-01)
http://wrongtomorrow.com/


Train in vain
World's largest model train railway, which seems far better run than the actual countries represented therein. This thing is so involved, the trains seem almost superfluous.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e98_1237657552


Game time: Paper Console
Play the most tedious version of Pong ever devised.
http://paperconsole.com/#


Show God you are Serious
And finally, religion jumps into the Information Age with "a subscription service utilizing a computer with text-to-speech capability to incant your prayers each day. It gives you the satisfaction of knowing that your prayers will always be said even if you wake up late, or forget." I believe God is rolling over in his grave.
http://www.informationageprayer.com/


Famous last words
"Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I'll give you a stock clerk." -- J.C. Penney


Mahalo,
vW

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