How do you get people to use stairs or a bin?
Get Volkswagen on it.
Very clever ideas to inject a bit of useful fun into people's lives. I wonder how long it would be before the novelty would wear off though?
The insides of my head, now in convenient blog format.
Café people
I don't know who these people are, but the photo was too good to pass up.
I hope they're not cheating on anyone.
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Slow-motion robot pr0n
via vimeo.com
It's the Funktionide, a very creepy worm-like body pillow. And, is it just me, or does the guy on the bed look unusually excited by technology?
(via @pgib)
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Suck
a fish, a barrel, and a smoking gun
via suck.com
In one of those "whatever happened to..." moments, I typed "suck.com" into my browser this morning (as I used to do every WEEKDAY), and felt all mid-90s again. While they haven't produced any new content since 2001, everything seems to still be there. Ah, memories.
(ratstocats.com, unfortunately, seems to have disappeared).
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All the blank cheques come back
In the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning – along with China, Russia, Japan and France – to end dollar dealings for oil
Uh-oh.
To see why this will upset the USA, you need to watch this video. It's informative, funny and slightly disturbing. Check out, in particular, the Salvadore Dalí story starting around around 21:20. Understand this video was made before the current financial crisis, and the consequences of all these dollar bills flying back toward the US is even greater than before.
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myki scanners on train platforms too high for the disabled to reach
The myki ticket system will breach anti-discrimination laws when it is finally introduced, according to Victoria's leading social welfare group.
via theage.com.au
They really thought this one through well, didn't they?
My favourite bit is towards the end when they have a "battle of the spokespeople": Ticket Authority person saying "1.2 metres is the standard", then someone from Standards Australia saying "noooo... it's 80-90cm".
If it wasn't so tragic and grossly over-budget, it would be hilarious.
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Less of the good stuff, more of the bad stuff, AND a stupid name
It has almost 12 times the amount of saturated fat and three times the kilojoules a serve. It has half the protein of the original and less than half the amount of vitamin B. Oh, and there's more salt.
via theage.com.au
Just what the doctor ordered.
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Too many computers?
From L to R: Hard drives and Airport Extreme, iPod Nano and iPhone 3GS, two PocketPC-based handhelds, original Bondi-Blue iMac, two MacBook Pros, PowerMac G5 (monitor 1), my MacBook Pro, PowerMac G5 (monitor 2).
Not shown: old Acer laptop thing, Amiga 1200HD, Sun Netra X1.
(Most of these kids are only visiting, on their way to bigger and better things.)
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