What the Heck: October 2008

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Dalek o Lantern

I think this might be a dupe

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

7-Election

http://www.7-election.com/ - "At 7-Eleven, the 7-Election is back and in full force. Here's how it works: customers choose between an Obama blue cup and a McCain red cup when they buy a self-serve hot drink, and 7-Eleven keeps an online tally."

Posted by Steve at 3:28 PM | Permalink | Comments

Friday, October 24, 2008

Watermelon Brain

# Slice off bottom of watermelon so it won't roll around.
# Peel green skin off of the watermelon.
# Score brainy folds in white flesh.
# With a sharp paring knife, carve channels out of melon to resemble cortical folds.

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/24/howto-make-a-brain-o.html

Posted by Steve at 10:54 AM | Permalink | Comments

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Unbelievable McCain Vs. Obama Dance-Off

Unbelievable McCain Vs. Obama Dance-Off - Watch more free videos

Posted by Steve at 5:20 PM | Permalink | Comments

Giant Spider Eating a Bird

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/10/22/easpider122.xml

Posted by Steve at 12:55 PM | Permalink | Comments

A Case of Curiosities

http://www.acaseofcuriosities.com/

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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Scotch Tape Detects X-rays

"It turns out that if you peel the popular adhesive tape off its roll in a vacuum chamber, it emits X-rays. The researchers even made an X-ray image of one of their fingers."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6072475.html

Posted by Steve at 1:50 PM | Permalink | Comments

WTF Broccoli Heads

http://www.flickr.com/photos/land_camera/2959000409/sizes/o/

http://bread-and-honey.blogspot.com/2008/10/wtf-broccoli.html

Posted by Steve at 1:48 PM | Permalink | Comments

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Monkey on a Segway

Posted by Steve at 8:26 PM | Permalink | Comments

Monday, October 20, 2008

Remote Control Flying Fish

Air Art from flip on Vimeo.

Posted by Steve at 8:39 PM | Permalink | Comments

Computer Controlled Waterfall

Posted by Steve at 8:35 PM | Permalink | Comments

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Presidential Tongue

http://www.theage.com.au/world/us-election-2008/mccain-goes-for-jugular-but-misses-20081016-52c9.html

Posted by Steve at 1:21 PM | Permalink | Comments

Invented Names

"How would you pronounce this student's name: "Le-a"?"

http://ireadbannedbooks.net/2008/10/12/yet-another-reason-civilization-is-doomed/

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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

New York Cheat Sheets

http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/new-york-cheat-sheets/?ei=5070&emc=eta1

Posted by Steve at 9:46 AM | Permalink | Comments

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Beware the All Seeing Eye of the Internet

Outside before a Palin rally: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNFokenPInk

Later, inside the rally: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U54xJFEOzk

"A Sarah Palin supporter brings a racist monkey doll wearing an Obama sticker to a campaign rally. After the man realizes he's been caught on camera, he hides the doll, passing it off to a child."

via

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