October 2010
34 posts
“Jet ski across the Pacific Ocean”
– Google Map directions from Japan to China. (via @ianvisits)
Japan to China - Google Maps
(via davelee)
NASA Unveils One-Way Mission To Mars →
Lessons on gay history cut homophobic bullying in... →
Good thing!
“Really, what harm could it do to simultaneously unleash a bunch of realistically...”
– Worldwide zombie invasion PR stunt of the day
Mail vs. Express →
Build Anything →
Lego placed in real-world perspective.
The Evil Work of Charlie Nelson →
I’ve thought for a while that life’s problems would be easier to deal with if they were all the work of a dastardly personal nemesis. As such, for fun, I decided to create one.
Eels — (Hey Man) Now You’re Really...
“We’ll be playing matches using video, animation, sound, photos, type and...”
– What is Layer Tennis?
Fight club for design nerds.
The Physics of Angry Birds →
“If as many people really listened to Joy Division as list them on their Facebook...”
– Trent Reznor on Why Facebook “Sucks”
All The Good Bookshops In London, Mapped →
Living rat braincells used to control robots →
A team of researchers at the University of Reading have been working on getting neural networks to control machines, and have managed to successfully implant brain cells from a rat into simple wheeled robots.
The real cost of free | Cory Doctorow →
“I am a longtime AOL subscriber. That is still my e-mail address. And AOL’s...”
– Jonathan Franzen on AOL
