| Would you have invested with these people in 1978? No? You should - it's Microsoft. Link |
Alex Santoso's Blog Posts
Huh? Antarctica has a currency? Turns out they're made by The Antarctica Overseas Exchange Office Ltd in Custer, Washington to raise funds for various scientific projects in Antarctica. http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/notedir/Antarctican_Notes.html See also Ron Wise' AMAZING collection of over 10,000 paper money from all over the world. http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/ |
| In a cheeky ad for Guinness called "noitulovE" (get it? No? You'll get it when you see the ad), see what happened to these 3 drinking buddies. One of the best ads I've seen in a long while. Link (via BoingBoing) |
| Symbols.com has hobo signs from around the world. No. 1 (French): "Here they give you food if you work well" No. 2 (US): "Here they'll rough you up" Actually this cool website has many, many more definition of all kinds of symbols. Link |
Camille Allen made these amazingly detailed and life-like tiny babies from polymer clay (no, actually not marzipan). http://www3.telus.net/camilleallen/camilleallen/index.htm (Thanks Kandra!) |
Take a look at the pictures above - the left is Dr. Angry and the right is Mr. Smiles. Now, back away from your screen but keep on looking - see how the characters swap over? (via http://www.grand-illusions.com/angryandsmiles.htm) |
| Play the Game of Life (invented by John Conway in 1970 to illustrate cellular automaton) in this neat mushroom variation! http://a.parsons.edu/%7Ejoseph/k2/gameoflife/ |
| The Minaret at Jam in Afghanistan was built in the 12th century. It stands alone in a remote valley surrounded by barren mountains. The tower is decorated with calligraphy and is accented with turquise ceramics. |
| If it's a stupid, amazing, or funny video clip, chances are StupidVideos got it. Link |
Chris Jordan documents our penchant for consumption via his photo. The one you're seeing above is (probably perfectly good) cell phones, all thrown away. Link |
| Scientists at USC and MIT are trying to create a computer that can think, by teaching it common sense. The best part is, you can help. Link |
| Palo Alto Research Center invented many things, such as technologies for laser printing and ethernet. It has now created the PolyBot, a modular robot that can move around like a snake. Link |
Okay, okay - the first one is the famous pictures of the Beatles crossing Abbey street. The second one is of sumo wrestlers crossing the street in New York for World's Sumo challenge - Battle of the Giants "weigh-in" (Link) But I couldn't resist! |
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