The dollar bill has some weird shit plastered on it. This we know. But even more weird are the outlandish interpretations people extract from the seemingly cryptic symbols (most of which are just old and christian and zzzzzz…zzzzzzz…zzzzzz). But if you’re conspiracy-minded, well, take your pick from these five ridiculous one dollar delusions: More »
newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/JwEBIC0a4RY&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); The government announced its new high-tech design for $US100 bills in April with much hoopla, including an epic YouTube trailer. But there’s been a small glitch since then: $US110 billion of them have been printed incorrectly. More »
That crappy Aussie dollar that we’ve been bitching about? Apparently it’s not all bad. Susannah Moran in Australian IT is reporting today that thanks to our dollar plunging so spectacularly in recent months, we’re now the cheapest country in the world to buy iPods, improving from a paltry 14th position back in July.
So what does this mean? Well, maybe you should consider buying your next iPod sooner rather than later to take advantage of our crappy economy consider getting any Poms, Yanks, or other tourists with a stronger dollar to buy you an iPod for Christmas. If they can afford it, that is… [Australian IT] More »
Spaceships, famous sci-fi ones from Star Trek and Star Wars, made of cunningly folded dollar bills—the Millenium Falcon takes just three dollar bills—and possessing fantastic detail. Enough said. Well, that and the fact it seems a pretty good use for dollar notes nowadays. Check out the gallery below, and more of origamist (?) Won Park’s work at the DeviantArt link. [DeviantArt via Dvice] galleryPost('origamispace', 4, '');
