- EDITORS' PICKS
- Japanese Robot Learns to Sing by Mimicking Pop Stars
- A Day in the Life of a Commenter
- The Extinction of the Ewoks
- Post-Apocalyptic Wizard of Oz Miniatures
- When 'Monopoly' and Internet Collide...
- Facebook Bandit Pleads Guilty, Is a Moron
- Popcorn Apocalypse
SECTION: HAYWIRE
Burn Me: Consensual Subliminality in Advertising
A BMW advertisement proves that subliminal advertising works best when its presence is revealed. Continue reading
Extraordinary Rendition: Assange & Extradition Chic
Newsweek gives Julian Assange’s “mansion arrest” the Martha Stewart treatment. Continue reading
This Quick Bike Snow Tire Fix is a Splendid Hack
A great idea for getting around in the snow, for which Fritz Rice of Seattle’s Dutch Bicycle Co. generously credits fixie hipsters. Continue reading
Hectometer Free Drive Breaks the Record, Answers a Question
And the question is—what the heck’s a hectometer? Video after the jump. Continue reading
Real-Life Rorschach Mask Sticks It to the Man
An inventive YouTube user shows that it doesn’t take cinematic digital effects to create the morphing inkblot mask of Alan Moore’s nasty antihero, Rorschach. Video after the jump. Continue reading
When Launching Your Xmas Tree, Don’t Forget the Star
When it comes to Christmas, this Xmas-tree rocket launch proves that hacking is the gift that keeps on giving. Video after the jump. Continue reading
Stick the Landing: Vote for the Apollo Stamp
A candidacy we heartily commend: vote to make this commemorative Apollo stamp the US representative in a new gallery of International stamps at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum. Continue reading
Star Trek: Emanations of the Infinite
“The man in charge of the machinery of the universe is Chief Engineer Geordi LaForge.” Continue reading
Killing Spree
Freddie Wong’s deft short captures the hands-high stance, the angular gait, and the ragdoll morbidity of the first-person shooter genre. Video after the jump. Continue reading
Try dragging your blackberry to the trash?
Confounded by fruit and other technologies; video after the jump. Continue reading
