POTRTP : The PIG seems okay with it…
POTRTP = Picture Of The Random Time Period, I.E. I’ll put ‘em up when I find ‘em!
Enjoy!
In fact, the pig seems to be ENJOYING it!
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The coolest (Geek) stuff from around the web in 86 Words or less!
Open it! JUST OPEN IT!
I’m not sure how useful or valuable this site is, but I thought it was too cool not to share. It’s eerily tempting to just keep playing with!
What’s behind door number… Er… 3?
New: Textiles that CAN’T get wet!
Even after two months of submersion in water, a new textile coating material based on nanotechnological developments prevents the material it’s protecting from ever getting touched by the water. Not only that, but early tests show that the material actually reduces the drag that water normally imposes on an object passing through it - it looks like up to 20%!
A “bead” of water sitting on top of a polyester surface protected by the new material.
A stream of water bouncing off of the same protected surface
Sometimes creative people are SO PUSHY!
Sometimes people do really cool things with common, household items. I’ve had and idea something similar for some time, but, to see it actually done and done well is just cool (plus, I have a reputation for ideas that other people impliment before me).
Anyway, this is a Mario scene done using only push-pins at Fraser Valley university. There are around 17,000 push-pixels in all, and the results are AWESOME!
Completed Mario, close-up
An in-process shot.
Another close-up from the finished product
- Original Article on The Tanooki.com -
This is HUGE…
You hear about the government trying to make positive change, but how often do they actually make any significant changes? Not very.
The “Fair Tax Act of 2009″ is a bill to repeal income tax and to abolish the IRS!
I don’t expect it to pass, but it has garnered a surprising amount of support already.
I haven’t given this enough thought to know if I support it or not, but I have always thought that the IRS was an unnecessary money sink!
Do you have trouble saying “No”?
If so, maybe this site can help!
It won’t do much for you from the psychological perspective, but as far as the language perspective, you’re pretty well covered.
The site lists many different languages (1041 of them as of this writing) and how you say “no” in that language.
If you really have a hard time saying no, maybe you could just send a link to this page!
2D Boy puts out a Goo-d Game!
for In case our last article (the Zombies Attack Austin hacked construction signs one) got your blood pumping to fight some zombies, here’s an entire site devoted to zombie games !
The site has several categories of games from RPG & Strategy to Action and more. Most games provide screen shots and are run just by clicking the icon.
[Story suggested by Curtis Kaylor]
Zombie Alert in Austin, Tx!
The traffic signs below (and others) were modified as a prank by hackers and morning travellers to work got a bit of an interesting surprise!
