Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Monday, January 21, 2008

What's Your Secret?

I had heard about this project before, but had forgotten about it. Basically, it's a website where folks have sent in postcards with secret admissions. Some are funny, some are poignant, some are painful. But all have a ring of honesty that takes it out of the realm of reality TV and into the world of unvarnished truths.

PostSecret

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Transparent Wallpaper

This is a really creative set. The angles, the images, all lining up to create the illusion of transparent monitor screens. If you look close, you'll see that the cat on the screen is a picture, the tail on the bed to the right of the screen is real.

There are a whole bunch of these on the site that are really cool looking. I can't imagine how much time it takes to line up the second shot, the one with the screen already loaded...


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Sunday, January 20, 2008

I'll Take Mine With Two Eyes Please...



Mr. Picassohead

A cool way to play Picasso a la Mr. Potatohead. Choose from Picasso-esque eyes, lips, hair, etc., to create your own masterpiece. When you're done, send it to a friend. Just be sure not to tell them it's a portrait.



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I Like The Way This Guy Thinks


HOW TO TICK PEOPLE OFF

The twisted side of my sense of humor found most of the items on this list pretty darned funny. In particular number 32:
Ask your co-workers mysterious questions and then scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something about "psychological profiles."

Given some of the people I work with, this isn't that hard to pull off.

I think this list could definitely be expanded. For example:

  • Start every conversation with "Can I ask you a question" and before you hear a response, ask it.
  • Pretend the person in front of you has a piece amount of lint on their shoulder and insist on removing it for them.
  • Take a cup of water into a bathroom stall, and wait for someone to enter the one next to you. When they do, make a large groaning sound, a grunt, then toss the water on the floor at their stall.
Got a suggestion for the list? Drop it in a comment.


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Thursday, December 08, 2005

It was bound to happen

Article link: Car crash, heavy traffic turn out Christmas light show

For those of you who refuse to believe this was a true story, hopefully this will be enough proof. And for those who appreciated the artistry, this is a sad day.
DEERFIELD TWP. — Sheriff's deputies asked the owner who lit up his house with 25,000 Christmas lights synched to music to turn off the display after a traffic accident Tuesday night.

Deerfield Twp. resident Carson Williams agreed to shut down his holiday decorations indefinitely.

Williams told a Cincinnati television station that sheriff's deputies could not reach the traffic accident because of the traffic lined up in his neighborhood.

The display caught attention across the nation on network TV and on the Internet because the lights on the Williams house and filling their yard are synchronized by computer with music broadcast to car radios. There are three songs in the 12-minute display: Frosty the Snowman by the Jackson 5; God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood and Wizards of Winter by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.


This amazing technological display of holiday excess has apparently become its own worst enemy. Enough folks wanted to come by and see the place that traffic came to a standstill. We hope they can find some solution to the problem so that more people can enjoy Mr. Williams' handiwork.