The Cloud: Dubai

Dubai could already easily be declared home of the most over the top / ambitious building projects in the world (see: Burj al-Arab, The World, Dubai Mall, etc) but if Nadim Karam's design for The Cloud resort is approved and somehow actually constructed, it will take things to an entirely new level ...

Friday Videos - July 13th

Owl Defense Anti-Helium Space Invaders Maps - You Don't Know Her Name Samsung Dance Naked Guy Have a great weekend!

iTrapped - Contacts Trapped in iPhone

Brad and Ryan managed to come up with this idea/concept. Then Ryan, Rubin, and I tried it out. It’s crazy tiny inside an iPhone.

Joystiq hands-on: The Orange Box

Filed under: Culture, PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Adventure, Fighting, First Person Shooters, Online, E3, Competitive Gaming Easily one of the best gaming values to come out in recent memory, Valve's The Orange Box packs a pretty strong punch in terms of content. We got our grubby ...

Tallest man meets shortest

Bao Xishun - the world's tallest man - was taken to meet He Pingping - the world's shortest. Bao stands 7.9 feet tall while He stands only 2.4 feet tall. And me? I stand a whopping 20 feet. Around that is. I'm fat. Source

Epuron Ad.

This is a really nicely done ad with a neat ending (I won’t give it away, if you just play it here). This ad for Epuron GmbH, created by the Nordpol+ Hamburg agency, won the Golden Lion for best advertising spot at the International Advertising Festival in Cannes. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] ...

E307: Mass Effect Impressions

Could Mass Effect be the deepest role playing game for the Xbox 360 yet? Yes. Yes it could. The developers demoed a bunch of actual in-engine gameplay and in-game cutscenes for us earlier today, showing off just how far they've come since the last E3. We were impressed. And we can't wait for November. Let's ...

Sunday Secrets

(PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard.)(New secrets are posted here every Sunday.)-----Email Message-----Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 1:49 AMSubject: smart vs. prettyWhat happens to the girls that aren't either?The ...

Human Tetris Part 2

More of this crazy Japanese game show.

Summer Mix 2007

It's finally here - the Summer Mix Series 2007. So, go get your download on with the first three submissions and start compiling your own mix! Be sure to read the guidelines before submitting and if you're ever confused - just drop me an email and I'll be happy to clear things up. Happy Mixing!

The moment Hermione sees Harry in an all new, leather-clad light

See the moment when Emma Watson, who plays Harry's sidekick Hermione, saw Daniel Radcliffe turn from the innocent Harry Potter into a sultry magazine model

Transformers: Letter from Optimus Prime's Geico Insurance Agent

Did you ever wonder who covered the damage when Optimus and Megatron face off? McSweeney's intercepted this letter from Optimus Prime's insurance agent notifying him of his policy increase to $235,567.50. Since becoming a GEICO customer in January of this year, you have reported 131 accidents, requesting ...

Jay Leno Inhaled ?Anti-Helium?

We’ve posted about sulfur hexafluoride [wiki] gas a while ago, so it’s a nice surprise to see it featured on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Here’s a funny clip of Leno inhaling the "anti-helium" Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - Thanks Algonkin!

Daft Punk Dance

This girl can really dance.

Technobabble Commercial

This is what happens when you let singulated dialstyc combobulators write your commercial scripts.

The Origin of Everyday Punctuation Marks.

Here are the origins of several symbols we use in everyday life. Question Mark Origin: When early scholars wrote in Latin, they would place the word questio - meaning "question" - at the end of a sentence to indicate a query. To conserve valuable space, writing it was soon shortened to qo, ...

Stefan Hayden's Vimeo Redesign Review

Stefan Hayden's Vimeo Redesign Review"If you respect the intelligence of the user I fully expect them to rise to the challenge."

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Tyra Banks' Secret

The secret behind whats been making Tyra crazy all these years

Eyeball Tattoo.

Here’s something that even most tattoo enthusiast consider a little extreme: eyeball tattooing. Apparently, you can tattoo an eyeball (it has been done on blind eyes to "hide" corneal defects). In this case, Pauly Unstoppable, Josh, and Shannon Larratt tattooed their pefectly healthy eyes, ...