The Big Think

How do you hide a WWII airplane factory? This is how. Wow.

New Math! Lipsynched.

No, this isn’t a photoshop. It’s the for-real title on the Wisconsin State Journal’s homepage… and it’s been up for fourteen hours. See it here for yourself if they haven’t corrected it. Oh, who am I kidding?

I thought the mainstream media was all about fact checking their stories. Can’t they at least get a major headline right? Or do they need to hire some bloggers to do that for them?

It’s been a slightly frustrating last few hours as I ransack the house looking for a battery that came via UPS a few days ago. I misplaced it and can’t seem to find it. Not a big deal except that it cost me $30 and I really want to find it.

So I’m digging around and take a break to check my email. A google search puts me on the YouTube video called “Where the Hell is Matt?”. It’s a short film that made all of my frustration go away. I’ve always believed that simplicity and repetition can be two of the most powerful forces in art, and a simple idea repeated well can communicate where lots of detail sometimes won’t. This video does it very well indeed (and my hometown even makes an appearance). I won’t spoil the joy for you. Yes, if you watch the first five seconds, you’ve seen the video, but I dare you to sit through the whole 4:30 and not laugh. Wonderful.

I’ve watched it twice now, and somehow I don’t really care about the dumb battery any longer. It’ll turn up tomorrow. Right now I’m going to bed with a smile on my face.

But first, I think I’ll do a little dance…

(whoa! I just checked his website. Guess where he is?) *Well, when I wrote that he was in Austin, but he’s since moved on.

Now here is a serious cubicle makeover!

Good advice on what to do if you suddenly find yourself 1000 years in the past.

Very cool and spookily accurate. Erin and I played this using the most obscure Harry Potter references… and it got them!

Amazing! And a great physics lesson, too.

Ckeck out this amazing clock, made from the hands of hundreds of tiny sub-clocks.

What would Homer Simpson look like as a real person? This. Yikes.

College kid makes 1/2 scale Tiger tank for paintball. Joy.

Check out artist James Pridham’s wonderful miniature work.

Google and Virgin Galactic plan on going to Mars. Couldn’t happen on a better day…

Probably fictional, but a funny read nonetheless.

What will those zany Japanese think of next? Pretty cool, actually. link

A black magic magician fails miserably to kill his intended victim. In front of 100 million people.

Ha.

Just how did Dumbledore know what ear wax tasted like, anyway?

Atheist sees image of Big Bang in a piece of toast.