tweeting too hard
Fresh new site popped in earlier today, created by a friend of mine (as well as three others), TTH gives self serving tweetaholics their just deserts (or comeupins) as users submit and vote on their favorite narcissitic tweets from all around the net. Just enter a twitter username and search for a specific tweet or go one step further and submit a permalink. Either way, get ready for a flame war. Twitterverse, you’ve been warned, someone’s watching ;4)
nitwit[ter]
this is simply amazing: tone matrix is a simple flash app that requires the user to press a square which generates a sound, pressing multiple squares creates a unique melody, try it with designs and shapes, you’ll be presently surprised. tattoo artist scott campell makes old, crusty looking us dollars look hip and exotic. did you see this incredibly stupid anti-gay marriage psa around the internets funded by the nation for marriage? stephen colbert did, and his response is golden. twitter visualization is starting to be all the rage these days, but i do like this 3D visualization of tweets from around the world. best parody of star trek using star trek: the next generation EVAR [and there’s more]. great, israel wants to bomb iran now..let’s hope mccain’s adlibbing to the beach boys doesn’t come true, maybe a cute hamster with a carrot will calm my nerves. high res photos of child labor in bangledesh is both tearfully beautiful and gut wrenchingly sad. sweet, a faceless watch that tells time at the push of a button? i wants it. wired has a sweet video up of of a three dimensional tumor growing, science…
so, i didn’t know if you realized this but youtube silently rolled out full length film and television shows to be seen, for free. hit up youtube.com/movies and youtube.com/shows for your mod squad and alf fix, don’t say i didn’t warn you. surprise surprise, daytime talk queen and media tycoon oprah winfrey joins twitter, wonder if her boyfriend steadman has one? at least shaq keeps her in check. torrent downloaders sighed collectively as the pirate bay founders were found guilty of providing means of distribution of copyrighted material, sad face, peter sunde won’t pay either. next time, i wrap gifts with lcd pattern wrapping paper, it’s tre geek and highly customizable. “Economics and psychology researchers at the University of Warwick in England found that [work related] promotion produces 10% more mental strain and leaves up to 20% less time to visit the doctor in the event of illness.” if there’s two things men love, it’s certainly the history of pizza and going out on a limb…international sex festivals [def sfw] there’s a lot of talk about violence across the border with the mexican drug cartels and corrupt american officials, columbia has the right idea: bullet proof clothes. new scientist claims that star crust is 10 billion times stronger than steel, but dont’t expect neutron crust grade cookware just yet, dig?
big american japanese guerrilla dance party suzuki!
sprint touts palm pre, 4g network in cool commercial
I’ve been rather interested in palm’s last stand against bankruptcy, the palm pre, too bad I wasn’t really able to have a look at the phone until the end of this advertisement, and I must say, this sweet live action infographic commercial really has my interest peaked, so much so that I play it routinely (if I don’t catch it on tele first)
choco whiffing
My favorite Brit news source, The Telegraph, reports on a new invention created by the ivory tower elites of Harvard. LeWhif is an apparatus that utilizes aerosolized chocolate powder that when converted to vapor is just, just euphoric. The future is here according to LeWhif cronie (jk) Tom Hadfield:
“But chocolate is only the beginning - we’re going to be unveiling more different types of food in the future.
“Two Michelin-starred chef Thierry Marx is even working with us to develop meals, such as a mint-flavoured inhaler to go alongside his lamb dishes.
“Eventually we could be having three course meals this way.”
Order now @ Lewhif.com (Britain only, US in May)
zipper dress
Seen on boingboing this rather interesting dress (read: collection of 120 metal zippers) is tre chic, unless all 120 zippers are stuck. Practical? maybe…at least it doesn’t make me yearn for something edible like that sexy crocheted hamburger dress.
tweenbot
This is simply precious, I was struck by Kacie Kinzer’s (of the Tisch School of the Arts @ NYU) social experiment involving a bot that relies heavily if not solely on human interaction.
“Tweenbots are human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter. Rolling at a constant speed, in a straight line, Tweenbots have a destination displayed on a flag, and rely on people they meet to read this flag and to aim them in the right direction to reach their goal.”
Video and more information on the project here