Archive for the 'Friday Links' Category

Friday links: Sparks Fly

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

500 Kv switch An impressive video of a 500 Kv switch being opened while under load.
Real-Life Transformer The audio is in Japanese, but it’s the video that’s amazing. A real robot transforming from a car to a robot and back!
Really big error When your error message is 10 feet tall, you know you’ve made a […]

Friday links: Shiny Mud

Friday, February 10th, 2006

Bored Graphic Artists A great set of images from when graphic artists get bored. Way better than your typical superimposing tricks.
Mud? Shiny! Apparently this is a popular hobby among young Japanese school children. They’re called dorodango, and they’re made of mud. And they’re shiny! Shiny!
Aurora from Space A beautiful view of the Aurora Australis (Southern […]

Friday links: Paranormal Artifacts

Friday, January 6th, 2006

Paranormal Artifacts Put on your tinfoil hats and read about the top ten hoaxes puzzling ancient artifacts!
Levitating Magnet A neat video of a magnet levitating over a superconductor. Nothing new here, just a neat video.
Magazine cover touch-ups As the presentation says, do yourself a favor and don’t compare yourself to somebody who has has 20 […]

Friday links: Sith Sucks

Friday, July 8th, 2005

Sith Sucks The guy is compiling 91 reasons to hate the new Star Wars movie. He’s up to 50 as of the time of this posting.
Give Me Back My Future! A Russian astrologist is suing NASA for $300 Million for crashing a spacecraft into a comet — thereby altering her horoscope!
How Many Planets Do We […]

Friday links: Cat Video

Saturday, July 2nd, 2005

Ok, ok, I was late again….

Battle of Anghiari A long-lost Da Vinci masterpiece has possibly been found behind a wall.
Direct-From-Brain Video Scientists have been able to tap into cats brains and decode their vison in the form of actual video.
Matrix PingPong A very interesting, stage performed, Matrix-esque ping-pong match. Great stuff!
Mr. Picassohead Make your own […]

Friday links: Click the color

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005

Ok, so technically it’s Tuesday. I meant to post this before vacation and missed it.

Coaster lamp I think that the dictionary should add a new definition to the word ‘coaster.’ coaster - v. - to ruin, as in to “coaster a blank cd.” Fortunately coastering a disc doesn’t render it completely useless. This guy […]

Friday links: Floridaspheres

Friday, May 20th, 2005

It’s not Half-Life 3, really! HDR lighting, or HDRI can bring unheard of realism to 3d graphics, because it can pull real lighting conditions from a real photo. Somebody used the idea to render Half-Life 2 characters inside real photographs. The results are amazing! (if you scroll down there’s another set of […]