Old bumper cars turned into actual little cars.
(thanks Nick)
SpatSolver - The Ultimate Argument Resolution Device
Have you ever wanted someone to record the last five minutes of your conversation and play it back to someone? SpatSolver, a convenient, wearable device, continuously records that last five minutes of your conversations.
To recall a conversation, just tap, and listen. Conflict resolution has never been so easy and fun. Order your SpatSolver today!
(thanks Sarah)
Lachanophobia
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Ever heard of lachanophobia? It's a pathological fear of vegetables. Don't laugh, it's real. Vicki Larrieux, a 22-year-old student from Portsmouth, UK, claims she is unable to keep to a healthy diet because she is frightened of vegetables.
She suffers from a fear known as lachanophobia, which leaves her sweating and stricken with panic attacks at the merest sight of a sprout or a pea. Miss Larrieux survives on a diet of meat, potatoes, cereals and an occasional apple but refuses even a single slice of carrot on her dinner plate.
History Of The Graphic Burst
A graphic burst is any jagged, radial shape containing a typographic message or a picture. Burst messages are usually short as in 'Free' or 'On Sale.'
Sometimes the burst is part of a product logo and an integral part of a package's design. More often, it is a 'violator' in the sense that it's a sort of graphic intrusion, temporarily violating the integrity of the more 'permanent' package design. But where did the graphic burst come from? Who used it first?
(via Everlasting Blort)
Watch It Shred
A video gallery of a Volkswagen 'Hippie Bug' being shredded by SSI industrial shredders. They work on the same principle as an office paper shredder, but on a larger scale.
See more videos of materials being shredded.
(thanks Cora)
12 Abandoned Fireplaces
Fireplaces always manage to stand against the test of time. Here is a collection of 12 fireplaces that hold their own against the ravages of mother nature.
(thanks Danny)
Dancing Weathermen
Let's face it: weather reports are boring. It's either going to rain or it's not. And and if you know what season it is, chances are you can ballpark the temperature without consulting the Doppler.
Weather reports are especially unnecessary in LA where the weather never changes, ever, which is probably why LA weatherman Mark Thompson likes to dance with his forecasts. See some videos of dancing weathermen.
Commuting On A Motorcycle With A Pet
Commuting with your pet on a motorcycle? That just might be the holy grail for any serious biker. And yet most novice riders have no idea how to achieve this lofty goal. SpotMotorcycles has put together the definitive guide to transporting your animal on your motorbike.
(thanks Ken)
Ukraine's Got Talent
Incredible children performance at Ukiraine's Got Talent. A must see video featuring a performance by 2 very cute Ukrainian children. Jurij is 7 and Karina 6 years old.
(thanks Cora)
11 Awesomely Bad Pieces Of Kenny Rogers Art
He may not have had a hit in over a decade, but you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn't think Kenny Rogers is a beloved cultural icon. After Elvis and Tony Montana, Kenny gets the velvet painting treatment the most often.
Some of these attempts have turned out better than others, so with that in mind, here are 11 pieces of Gambler tribute art - velvet and beyond - that prove you gotta know when to walk away... and when to run.
Talking Potatoes
A series of scary anthropomorphic food videos promote the British Food Standards Agency. These short promos show healthy foodstuffs talking with their unhealthy counterparts, ostensibly to promote Family Supercooks, a program about eating healthily.
See more of these videos here.
(via Everlasting Blort)
10 Amazing Abandoned Bank Vaults
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Bank vaults have been a symbol of secrets, wealth and the unknown for centuries. What do we have that is so valuable to us, or others, it needs to be encased in steel and kept under lock and key? Breaching the secure constraints of a bank vault has fueled many a Hollywood movie plot and this speaks to our innate curiosity and greed.
But what happens to them when they no longer serve their original purpose? Built to be indestructible, they often survive long after the buildings which house them. Here are 10 of the most interesting examples of abandoned bank vaults.
(thanks Andy)
Video Games Recreated As Dioramas
Here are 25 classic scenes from various retro games from 'duck hunt' to 'Donkey Kong' which have been recreated in detailed paper crafted form.
(thanks Danny)
Hungry, Hungry Animals: 10 Unique Stories Of Consumption
A recent study detailed that nearly 50 percent of dogs and almost 60 percent of cats are overweight or obese due to high-calorie diets and insufficient exercise, sparking questions about the eating habits of animals in the wild.
From bonobos maintaining a unique food rating system to rats falling in love with junk food to apes knowing when wild fruit is perfectly ripe to lizards literally basking in the sun for Vitamin-D, animal consumption is a wide spectrum of cool, absurd, weird, disgusting and critical stories.
Kalinin K-7 Flying Fortess
The Kalinin K-7 was a giant flying fortress that might have redefined aerial combat in the 1930s. However, the hugely expensive and trouble-prone prototype was scrapped by Stalin.
Here are some renderings of the planes that might have been, with spacious lounges, battleship-sized cannons, and the ability to defend us from UFOs.
(via Metafilter)
Hardest Hockey Shot Ever!
Funny video from The Viral Factory to make people aware of Samsung's sponsorship of the Olympic Games in Vancouver 2010. See this ice hockey player warming up. He didn't do so well with the new puck.
Here's another one.
(thanks Claudio)
23 Geeky QWERTY-Inspired Designs
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Keyboard shoes, rings, pillows, handbags, tattoos, alarm clocks, pants, etc.
23 Geeky QWERTY-Inspired Designs.
(thanks Andi)
Color Film Of 1927 London
London was the final stop in a marathon journey around Britain filmed as a series of cinema travelogues. Pioneering filmmaker Claude Friese-Greene brought these picture-postcard scenes to life with a specially-devised colour film process. Film is 10 minutes long.
(via Boing Boing)
The World's Most Unique Golf Courses
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Golfing holidays have become increasingly popular over the past decade. If you're thinking of booking such a sporting vacation, you'll be pleased to know that golf courses are popping up at a steady rate in pretty much every country you can name.
However if you're looking for something a little more unique, there are also a number of golf courses which are bizarre enough to become talking points in their own right, even before you've managed to buckle your first club. To help you in your quest, here are just some of the world's strangest golf courses and holes.
(thanks Dave)
15 Strangest Contact Lenses
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If you want something out of the ordinary when it comes to contact lenses then you might want to have a look at these special effect lenses, also known as crazy contacts or Halloween contact lenses, right from Hollywood plots.
From a happy face to a soccer ball, see some of the craziest contact lenses ever worn.
(thanks Cora)
1000 Awesome Things
1000 Awesome Things is just a time-ticking countdown of 1000 awesome things. Launched a few months ago and updated every weekday.
