Archive for 2008

Intelligent computers from 1956.

31/12/08 in Advertising · Geek Stuff

Pong on a whiteboard.

30/12/08 in Games

Duke Nukem Forever is going to be vapourware forever.

30/12/08 in Advertising · Geek Stuff · Humour

Happy Holidays!

25/12/08 in Humour · Modern Life Is Rubbish

The painful sounds of failing drives from Western Digital, Seagate, Maxtor, et al.

22/12/08 in Geek Stuff

Guns N’ Roses: Chinese Democracy (2008).

19/12/08 in Random Friday Music

Dubyah’s flailing logic…

18/12/08 in Humour

Telesymphony.

17/12/08 in Ideas · Music

My new favourite Creative Review cover.

17/12/08 in Typography

Real-life junkyard wars: Building a low-cost incubator from car parts.

17/12/08 in Ideas · Motoring

Mani is begging you…

15/12/08 in Music

I don’t know what this was for or who made it, but it’s wicked.

15/12/08 in Design

Block & Blockele.

15/12/08 in Toys

Everything you know is wrong.

14/12/08 in Modern Life Is Rubbish

Battles: Tonto+ (2007).

12/12/08 in Random Friday Music

Scientific progress and the moral lag…

11/12/08 in Modern Life Is Rubbish

Chrysanthemum tea would look bad in this glass.

11/12/08 in Design · Fashion

How to confuse an idiot.

10/12/08 in Humour

Awesome Softwear from Microsoft.

05/12/08 in Fashion · Gadgets

The Human Camera.

03/12/08 in Art

Fleeting Seating: The Slightly Uncomfortable Chair Collection.

02/12/08 in Ideas

So that was Charlie Croker’s great idea…

01/12/08 in Film

Squarepusher: Budakhan Mindphone (1999).

28/11/08 in Random Friday Music

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe.

28/11/08 in Games

Inner city snail.

27/11/08 in Art

Life Clock.

26/11/08 in Gadgets

$5 Threadless sale.

25/11/08 in Fashion

iTunes is now a 60MB download.

25/11/08 in Software

Stealing and selling originality…

25/11/08 in Ideas

Lunch bag art.

24/11/08 in Art

Mail Art, by Riitta Ikonen.

22/11/08 in Art

How to sweeten the numbers and fudge your charts.

22/11/08 in Food · Humour

Coldplay: Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008).

21/11/08 in Random Friday Music

A marker pen that writes in Helvetica.

21/11/08 in Humour · Typography

On the new Guns N’ Roses album…

20/11/08 in Music

LIFE Magazine photo archive on Google.

20/11/08 in Photography

Come into the IKEA closet.

20/11/08 in Advertising · Music

Elvis PEZ-ley.

20/11/08 in Toys

What’s in a name? That which we call William Shakespeare…

19/11/08 in Humour

Toshiba: Timesculpture.

18/11/08 in Advertising

Equations to change the world.

18/11/08 in Ideas

The Kills — Last Day of Magic.

18/11/08 in Random Music Video

Air Lines.

17/11/08 in Design

Making perfect cents.

17/11/08 in Design · Software

Pictures of the Earth from 42 years ago.

17/11/08 in Photography · Science

CAKE: Fashion Nugget (1996).

14/11/08 in Random Friday Music

Classic British football programmes.

14/11/08 in Books · Football

Google Flu Trends.

13/11/08 in Internet + Web · Science

A typeface made from the shapes of ink cartridges and tape dispensers.

13/11/08 in Design · Typography

Parting words from Columbian scammers…

13/11/08 in Modern Life Is Rubbish

Hello world!

12/11/08 in Family

Obama swearing in private…

06/11/08 in Environment

Yes, they did: Obama elected President.

05/11/08 in World

On Windows and children…

04/11/08 in Software

That moment on the penultimate lap.

03/11/08 in Sport

What a great way to fly.

03/11/08 in Advertising · Photography

Napping is good for you.

03/11/08 in Ideas

Bar code illustrations.

03/11/08 in Advertising

What an awesome speech.

02/11/08 in World

Epic translation fail.

02/11/08 in Humour

Indexed chopping board.

01/11/08 in Home · Ideas

Danger Mouse: The Grey Album (2004).

31/10/08 in Random Friday Music

What took you so long, MTV?

31/10/08 in Music

Aston Martin One-77.

31/10/08 in Motoring

United Airlines: Sea Orchestra.

29/10/08 in Advertising

Amazon cardboard robot.

28/10/08 in Toys

Kaprekar’s constant.

28/10/08 in Mathematics

Window shopping at Amazon.

28/10/08 in Design · Internet + Web

Hells Bells.

27/10/08 in Advertising · Business + Economy · Humour

Wassup? Change.

27/10/08 in Advertising · Humour

A-Z animal flashcard set.

27/10/08 in Design

Simian Mobile Disco: Attack Decay Sustain Release (2007).

24/10/08 in Random Friday Music

Art imitating life.

24/10/08 in Art

Unbranding the most elaborately branded products we have ever known.

23/10/08 in Advertising · Design

iBackup.

23/10/08 in Software

Watch Mr Jones tell the time.

22/10/08 in Gadgets

AIDS-3D.

22/10/08 in Internet + Web

Apple: Bean Counter.

21/10/08 in Advertising

The Oracle of Omaha says…

21/10/08 in Business + Economy

An awesome visual mashup: Star Wars vs. The Beatles.

21/10/08 in Art

Lemon Jelly: LemonJelly.KY (2001).

17/10/08 in Random Friday Music

Pawel Nolbert // HelloColor!

17/10/08 in Design

Vote For Hope, by MC Yogi.

16/10/08 in Random Music Video

Teddybears — Cobrastyle

16/10/08 in Random Music Video

Everyone should have a giraffe t-shirt.

16/10/08 in Fashion

Eat your heart out, Oasis fans…

16/10/08 in Music

Jaeger LeCoultre Compass 35mm camera from the 1930s.

15/10/08 in Design · Gadgets

Magnetic structures on the Sun’s surface.

14/10/08 in Science

Barack Obama is an iPhone…

14/10/08 in Advertising · Gadgets

Banksy’s lovin’ it: Village Pet Store And Charcoal Grill.

13/10/08 in Art · Design · Ideas

David Holmes: Let’s Get Killed (1997).

10/10/08 in Random Friday Music

A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century.

09/10/08 in Film · Humour

Maybe someone at YouTube reads xkcd.

09/10/08 in Geek Stuff · Humour

Vacuum cleaner USB mouse.

07/10/08 in Gadgets

The Prez Dispenser.

06/10/08 in Fashion

YouWorkForThem relaunches.

06/10/08 in Art · Design

The hidden costs of war.

06/10/08 in Film

The Improbable Octophant!

05/10/08 in Design

The Last Shadow Puppets: Age of the Understatement (2008)

03/10/08 in Random Friday Music

On the Vice-Presidential debate…

03/10/08 in World

iYo! An induction charger for the iPhone.

03/10/08 in Ideas

Nerdbots.

03/10/08 in Modern Life Is Rubbish

Water-powered clock.

03/10/08 in Environment

Never mind the bollocks, here’s some butter.

02/10/08 in Advertising

Keane — Spiralling.

01/10/08 in Random Music Video

I see dead batteries.

30/09/08 in Art

Scene of Massa destruction.

29/09/08 in Sport

Fascinating time-lapse video on slime, mould and mushrooms.

26/09/08 in Science

US Treasury on the US$700bn bailout…

25/09/08 in Business + Economy

Tron-like Ferrari concept bike.

25/09/08 in Design

Barack You Like A Hurricane.

24/09/08 in Fashion

Radiohead. “Reckoner”. Remix.

24/09/08 in Music

Quad shelving system.

23/09/08 in Design · Interiors

The Clan t-shirt.

22/09/08 in Fashion

Chocolate letterpress!

21/09/08 in Typography

Poster designs for Obama.

21/09/08 in Design

Sandy Smith’s Mauritian Sunset.

21/09/08 in Ideas

Brazilian Girls: New York City (2008).

19/09/08 in Random Friday Music

A Ferrari bike.

19/09/08 in Motoring

The financial state of the union.

17/09/08 in Business + Economy

The miracle that McCain helped create.

17/09/08 in Film · Humour

Found on Flickr: Vintage race numbers.

17/09/08 in Typography

Art made out of menu items, junk mail postcards, business cards, old greeting cards and other recyclables.

17/09/08 in Design · Interiors

Anti-theft lunch bag.

16/09/08 in Ideas

Banksy cleaning up walls.

16/09/08 in Design

Bud Light: Swear Jar.

16/09/08 in Advertising

Random typography jokes.

16/09/08 in Humour · Modern Life Is Rubbish · Typography

Fame and shit, by Banksy.

15/09/08 in Modern Life Is Rubbish

What is the point of the world’s biggest supercollider?

14/09/08 in Science

The Basic/Four business computer.

14/09/08 in Advertising

LEGO Volkswagen Beetle.

13/09/08 in Toys

Mother Love Bone: Stardog Champion (1992).

12/09/08 in Random Friday Music

The original Large Hadron Collider.

12/09/08 in Humour

Flight of the Conchords — Ladies of the World.

12/09/08 in Random Music Video

Nomograms.

11/09/08 in Mathematics

Recycled newspaper as shopping bags.

11/09/08 in Environment · Fashion

Super Mario Rescues The Princess.

11/09/08 in Humour

Evgeny Parfenov.

10/09/08 in Design

French coach wishes he was a killer.

10/09/08 in Football

Tearable wallpaper.

09/09/08 in Interiors

Brian Eno: Ambient 1 - Music for Airports (1978).

05/09/08 in Random Friday Music

How to instantly crash Google Chrome.

05/09/08 in Software

Nike’s utility belt for runners.

04/09/08 in Fashion · Sport

Sleeveface.

04/09/08 in Humour

Ditty — Paperboy.

03/09/08 in Random Music Video

Browser Wars II.

02/09/08 in Software

Griffin Streamline for the iPod Nano.

01/09/08 in Gadgets

On the value of experience.

01/09/08 in Business + Economy

Stunning pictures of London at night.

31/08/08 in Photography

Threadless sale.

30/08/08 in Fashion

Primal Scream: Beautiful Future (2008).

29/08/08 in Random Friday Music

Marc Ecko’s Star Wars T-Shirts.

28/08/08 in Fashion

A to Z Shelving.

28/08/08 in Design

Statistical joke on girls and cups.

28/08/08 in Humour

“Belling The Cat”, and other Æsop fables.

26/08/08 in Books

Chauffeuring the disloyal.

25/08/08 in Football

Work for Cosmo Kramer.

24/08/08 in Fashion

Pantone cups.

24/08/08 in Design

How to distinguish between a raw and hard-boiled egg without breaking the shell?

23/08/08 in Science

Found on Flickr: Lensless photography.

23/08/08 in Photography

Proof that 1+1=2.

22/08/08 in Mathematics

Beck: Modern Guilt (2008).

22/08/08 in Random Friday Music

Nike Air Max hamburger.

22/08/08 in Humour

Philippe Intraligi.

21/08/08 in Design

Usain bolts to his second world record.

20/08/08 in Sport

The problem with Starbucks.

19/08/08 in Business + Economy

A little Javascript fun.

18/08/08 in Geek Stuff

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17/08/08 in Geek Stuff

Found on Flickr: Disassembled household appliances.

17/08/08 in Photography

Where’s the future we were promised?

16/08/08 in Books

Android may be at hand.

15/08/08 in Gadgets

“I Met The Walrus” is one of the best animated shorts you will ever see in your life.

12/08/08 in Design · Film

Found on Flickr: Propaganda posters from the USSR.

12/08/08 in Design

Life in the outer solar system.

12/08/08 in Science

Work On You — MSTRKRFT.

10/08/08 in Random Music Video

Happy National Day.

09/08/08 in Modern Life Is Rubbish

50 BustedTees at $9.99 each.

09/08/08 in Fashion

Various Artists: Audiomatique 2.0 (2008).

08/08/08 in Random Friday Music

Bunny Pit.

07/08/08 in Humour

Found on Flickr: Letraset.

07/08/08 in Typography

Fontpark 2.0 is just bloody awesome.

06/08/08 in Typography

Where have we seen this before?

04/08/08 in Humour

The Survey For People Who Make Websites.

04/08/08 in Internet + Web

Opus, a deluxe football table.

04/08/08 in Football

BBH.

03/08/08 in Advertising · Internet + Web

Primal Scream: Kowalski (1997).

01/08/08 in Random Friday Music

The Large Hadron Collider is a 27 kilometres long particle accelerator that will re-create the Big Bang.

01/08/08 in Design · Science

There is water on Mars!

01/08/08 in Science

Logo mashups.

01/08/08 in Design · Humour

Not very Cuil, is it?

31/07/08 in Internet + Web

Welcome to Anuta.

28/07/08 in Family

Belkin FlyWire.

26/07/08 in Gadgets

The simplest alternative to a wallet.

26/07/08 in Fashion

Kitsuné Maison Compilation 5 (2008).

25/07/08 in Random Friday Music

Scenes from an IBM slide presentation in 1975.

25/07/08 in Modern Life Is Rubbish

House of Cards — Radiohead.

25/07/08 in Random Music Video

Abstract images of earth.

22/07/08 in Design · Science

The Dark Knight.

20/07/08 in Film

Beached on Koh Lanta.

19/07/08 in Family

Avenue A | Razorfish.

13/07/08 in Design · Internet + Web

Faking Photoshop.

13/07/08 in Photography

Three tips on petrol economy.

13/07/08 in Environment

Are you lovin’ it?

13/07/08 in Fashion

The Very Best of the Lightning Seeds (2006).

11/07/08 in Random Friday Music

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson.

11/07/08 in Film

Toilet paper: Over or Under?

10/07/08 in Humour

How Michael Bay would have scripted Batman.

06/07/08 in Film · Humour

It’s the question that drives us.

06/07/08 in Internet + Web

How to stop mosquito bites from itching.

06/07/08 in Internet + Web · Science

Sending All My Love — Linear.

05/07/08 in Random Music Video

Ellen Allien & Apparat: Orchestra of Bubbles (2006).

04/07/08 in Random Friday Music

Daylight robbery.

04/07/08 in Modern Life Is Rubbish

An ugly Amazon store.

03/07/08 in Books · Design · Internet + Web

On the topic of Flash…

02/07/08 in Internet + Web

An AS2 shenanigan.

01/07/08 in Geek Stuff · Internet + Web

How to read a book at work and not get caught.

26/06/08 in Design · Internet + Web

Dubyah down the toilet.

26/06/08 in Humour · World

A line of furniture.

25/06/08 in Design

Just what is the Chumby?

22/06/08 in Design · Gadgets

Just what do you think you’re doing Dave?

21/06/08 in Geek Stuff

Freestylers: We Rock Hard (1998).

20/06/08 in Random Friday Music

Football, typography and T-shirts.

19/06/08 in Design · Football

Going forward with office speak.

18/06/08 in Humour

Honda’s mass market zero-emissions, hydrogen car.

16/06/08 in Environment · Geek Stuff

Advanced Beauty.

16/06/08 in Design · Music

Designing bugs that excrete crude oil.

16/06/08 in Science

A beautifully cut Romanian movie trailer.

13/06/08 in Film

Full size F1 steering wheel.

13/06/08 in Design · Toys

How to make your websites look dull and boring.

12/06/08 in Design · Internet + Web

Mentos Kissfight is seriously awesome.

12/06/08 in Design · Internet + Web

Vote for nobody.

11/06/08 in Humour

The view from Mars.

10/06/08 in Photography · Science

Cassette from my ex.

09/06/08 in Modern Life Is Rubbish

Historic photos re-enacted with Lego.

09/06/08 in Photography · Toys

Nixon Rotolog Watch.

09/06/08 in Fashion · Gadgets

Orbital: Orbital 2/The Brown Album (1993).

06/06/08 in Random Friday Music

Found on Flickr: Storm Troopin’.

06/06/08 in Humour · Photography · Toys

Rewind City.

06/06/08 in Advertising · Film

Action figures of George Lucas and family.

05/06/08 in Film · Toys

Threadless $10 (or so) sale.

05/06/08 in Fashion

A sweet little MP3 amp.

05/06/08 in Gadgets · Music

Wars of the future will not be over oil.

03/06/08 in Environment

The truth about internet dating.

03/06/08 in Humour

Goosh is a Google shell.

02/06/08 in Geek Stuff · Internet + Web

Johnny Cupcakes T-shirts.

02/06/08 in Fashion

Iron Maiden shoes.

01/06/08 in Fashion

How to scare people with a full screen takeover.

31/05/08 in Humour · Internet + Web

Prince blocks video of him covering Radiohead.

31/05/08 in Internet + Web · Music

Aril Brikha: Ex Machina (2007)

30/05/08 in Random Friday Music

Ouch. Yeah. T-shirt.

30/05/08 in Fashion

Oh shit.

30/05/08 in Humour

A wall-painted animation.

28/05/08 in Design · Film

Diego Quintana.

28/05/08 in Design

Adobe Flash player has a serious security hole.

28/05/08 in Internet + Web

Quantum Mechanics.

28/05/08 in Science

Reducing phantom electrical consumption.

28/05/08 in Environment

How news shapes our world view.

28/05/08 in World

Life on Mars?

27/05/08 in Science

This T-shirt is going to get you laid.

25/05/08 in Fashion

Tag Galaxy.

25/05/08 in Internet + Web

Why even I could be a driver in Formula One.

25/05/08 in Sport

A Brand-timeline Portrait.

23/05/08 in Advertising

The game of life.

20/05/08 in Modern Life Is Rubbish

The Gashlycrumb Tinies.

20/05/08 in Books

Leave Them All Behind, Vol. 2 (2007).

16/05/08 in Random Friday Music

Justine Henin retires at 25.

14/05/08 in Sport

Some effects of sleep deprivation.

13/05/08 in Modern Life Is Rubbish

A dental anomaly down south.

11/05/08 in Film

The Kooks: Konk (2008).

09/05/08 in Random Friday Music

Spectra Visual Newsreader.

08/05/08 in Design · Internet + Web

Olinda: Social networking in a physical product.

07/05/08 in Gadgets · Internet + Web

Happiness — Goldfrapp.

07/05/08 in Random Music Video

Libretto Suits, Bite Oil Trust, Subtitle Riots, Turbo Elitists, Soul Tit Biter and other anagrams.

07/05/08 in Design · Humour

A sweet keyboard.

06/05/08 in Gadgets

A tip on relaxing and loosening up.

05/05/08 in Humour · Modern Life Is Rubbish

An 8-bit dance loop.

05/05/08 in Design · Humour

Nike: Take it to the next level.

04/05/08 in Advertising · Football

Found on Flickr: 8-bit Pixel Graffiti.

04/05/08 in Design

Don’t leave Iron Man until after the credits.

04/05/08 in Film

Exercising is better than cure.

02/05/08 in Science

Twistori.

02/05/08 in Internet + Web

Repeat after me: I am free.

28/04/08 in Modern Life Is Rubbish

The Raconteurs: Consolers of the Lonely (2008).

25/04/08 in Random Friday Music

Winning it Zimbabwe-style.

24/04/08 in Football

Eepmon is Eric Chan.

22/04/08 in Design

Do fish drink water?

21/04/08 in Geek Stuff

The Italic Poster.

21/04/08 in Design · Typography

A bag made from keyboards.

20/04/08 in Design

Sony Foam City.

20/04/08 in Advertising

Modeselektor: Happy Birthday! (2007).

18/04/08 in Random Friday Music

Search 2.0?

17/04/08 in Internet + Web

Found on Flickr: Food, in the shape of its container.

16/04/08 in Photography

The return of Textism.

16/04/08 in Internet + Web

Tribute to my dad.

13/04/08 in Family

Self-reference.

20/02/08 in Geek Stuff

Get your own (remote controlled) Knight Rider car.

20/02/08 in Motoring · Toys

Jammin’ The Blues, a 1944 short film.

20/02/08 in Film · Music

Wikileaks.org still lives.

19/02/08 in Internet + Web

Obesity in electronics.

19/02/08 in Design · Science

Walkman Radio Wristlet with real speakers.

18/02/08 in Fashion

Music made only with the system sounds found in Windows 98 and Windows XP.

18/02/08 in Geek Stuff · Music

The car that swims: Rinspeed sQuba.

18/02/08 in Motoring

No Facebook.

18/02/08 in Internet + Web

Euro Wallet, by Martin Margiela.

16/02/08 in Fashion

Blur: Sing/Leisure/1991.

15/02/08 in Random Friday Music

Around here, we get degrees from a University but the sentiment is roughly the same.

15/02/08 in Humour

The world’s longest abbreviation is…

14/02/08 in Humour · Modern Life Is Rubbish

FLAG is a graphic design studio.

14/02/08 in Design

The Flyboys of Lafayette Escadrille.

13/02/08 in Film

Found on Flickr: Designer Wallpaper.

13/02/08 in Design · Humour

Honda says “let’s do, keep doing and do some more”.

13/02/08 in Advertising · Environment · Film

The only shopping bag you’ll ever need.

13/02/08 in Design · Humour

Peter Jaworowski.

12/02/08 in Design

PlasmaCar.

12/02/08 in Toys

The life cycle of a blog post.

11/02/08 in Design

Pixel perfect car icons.

11/02/08 in Design · Motoring

The Karmaloop × Reebok Pump Fury.

11/02/08 in Fashion

NASA to beam Beatles song Across The Universe.

11/02/08 in Humour · Science

Make a flash diffuser using a cigarette pack.

10/02/08 in Photography

Quicksilver for Windows: Find and Run Robot.

10/02/08 in Software

Kevin Costner in an Apple Lisa TV commercial.

10/02/08 in Advertising · Geek Stuff

English League matches outside England.

09/02/08 in Football

Belkin washable mouse.

09/02/08 in Gadgets

Ready For The Floor — Hot Chip.

08/02/08 in Random Music Video

The Visual Dictionary.

08/02/08 in Photography

Stock tips for the Chinese Year of the Rat.

06/02/08 in Business + Economy · Humour

Nokia N82 TV commercial: Fairytale.

06/02/08 in Advertising

Why I don’t like and don’t use Advertlets.com…

05/02/08 in Advertising

Fisker Karma: A hybrid sports car.

05/02/08 in Motoring

Seiko Speedmaster from the 80s.

05/02/08 in Fashion · Gadgets

Happy Beats, a VJ mix by DJ Scriv.

04/02/08 in Random Music Video

Getting rid of the plastic bag.

02/02/08 in Environment

The undersea cable world.

02/02/08 in Design · Internet + Web

Why are park benches always wet?

02/02/08 in Design

Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo.

02/02/08 in Business + Economy · Internet + Web

UNICEF Land Rover.

01/02/08 in Toys

Digital Instruction Putters.

01/02/08 in Gadgets

David Carvalho.

31/01/08 in Design

Neo Tech.

31/01/08 in Typography

Liverpool fans want to buy club.

31/01/08 in Football

The Visual Enforcement Kit.

30/01/08 in Design · Humour

Unusual articles in Wikipedia.

30/01/08 in Humour

A timeline of what happens when you quit smoking.

30/01/08 in Design

State of the Union.

30/01/08 in Humour

Tonto, by Battles

29/01/08 in Random Music Video

NoPattern is Chuck Anderson.

29/01/08 in Design

Fuck this book, website and postcards.

29/01/08 in Books

Smoking kills.

29/01/08 in Humour

Don’t tase me, bro!

29/01/08 in Fashion

When insults had class.

28/01/08 in Humour

A deserted Soviet submarine base.

28/01/08 in Modern Life Is Rubbish

Where in the world can you lose $34 billion, and still get hired.

28/01/08 in Business + Economy

Belle & Boo.

23/01/08 in Design

Art with packing tape.

22/01/08 in Design

Nauseafield.

18/01/08 in Film

Mother knows best.

16/01/08 in Advertising

Information-gathering tool.

15/01/08 in Internet + Web

Sometimes…

14/01/08 in Design

This is what the world’s cheapest car looks like.

10/01/08 in Motoring

My Wi-Fi is your Wi-Fi.

10/01/08 in Geek Stuff

Open source hardware.

07/01/08 in Gadgets

Woman spotted yesterday reading today’s paper.

07/01/08 in Geek Stuff

Sunlight to Petrol.

06/01/08 in Environment

A media blackout in the land of the free.

06/01/08 in World

It begins today.

04/01/08 in Reticently Loquacious