Archive for June, 2008

If you want something, get something

June 20, 2008

At the something store, you can sign up to receive…uhh…well…something. You won’t know what it is until it arrives, but chances are, it won’t be a flux capacitor.

In the kitchen with your favorite band

June 18, 2008

I Like Food, Food Tastes Good is a collection of recipes from indie rockers providing insights into their eating habits and warped minds. This is an actual excerpt from Devendra Banhart’s recipe for Africanitas Ricas (all misspellings are courtesy of Mr. Banhart):

now, chop the beautyful godsends (the bananas) into the size of 8 quarters glued together. do this with all the beautyfulll godsends. next, crack the eggggs and put ‘em in a bowl, add a little bit of cream!! And STIRRRRRR!!!!! leave the bowl alone and get another bowl, crush the graham crackers into a fine fine powder! liike sand!

SIR

LAWRENCE

OF ARABIA!!!!!!!

Cardboard is meant to be ridden

June 18, 2008

Or so a lad from London believes. He’s created a bike frame made of cardboard that only costs about $30 to produce and is completely recyclable.

Pixie dust is real and it makes fingers

June 12, 2008

Once upon a time there was an injured soldier who lost part of a finger. Then along came some savvy medical personnel who believed that a powder made from pig tissue could spark stem cells into action and fix him right up.

Is it cold in here or is it just your lamp?

June 11, 2008

When decorating your house, you have a decision to make: 1) Buy a lamp with a normal switch or 2) Buy a lamp that looks like an odd cartoon figure and the switch is its penis. That may sound like a simple choice, but once you see Mr. P it’s not so easy.

Conan is really a polygamist

June 11, 2008

McLaughlin v McLaughlin

June 10, 2008

Which one is funnier: The McLaughlin Group or this McLaughlin Group? Seems like a toss up.

Don’t just enjoy, record

June 10, 2008

Have you been to a concert recently and noticed the hundreds of people watching the whole thing through their cell phones as they record every little scrap for YouTube posterity? The artists have.

$4 = 230 miles

June 5, 2008

If gas prices ever go down, it could even be $3 = 230 miles. Because, according to the good people at Aptera, 70% of the energy expended in a normal car is used to push air out of the way. That’s why their car/trike is super efficient and why it looks like this.

Faster and faster into the unknown

June 3, 2008

The good news: the universe appears to be expanding faster and faster, so the Big Crunch won’t happen anytime soon. The bad news: no one knows why and there’s a chance we never will.