Entertainment

If Only Everything Could Be Fixed With Code…

Gizmodo AU

As seen from Buzzfeed’s collection of the 100 best placards from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. There’s 99 more hilarious signs over at Buzzfeed if you want to kill off what’s left of Melbourne Cup afternoon.


September 21, 2010
Geek Out

The iPhone Of Nightclubs

The most cleverest geek nightclub sign you’ll ever see, compliments of San Fransisco’s Red Devil Lounge.


August 12, 2010
Geek Out

Experts Of Repair And Irony

Like ra-eeee-aaaiiiin on your wedding day, like a free ride when you’ve already paid, like some good advice that you just didn’t take…Or like the world’s best repair shop having a broken doorbell. [BoingBoing]


July 31, 2010

How Much Fancier Can This Palindromic, Kinetic Museum Sign Get?

Yeah, your local museum may think they’re pretty fancy with their glowing Helvetica sign, but does it have revolving parts that turn into a mirrored palindrome? London’s V&A museum is scoffing in the face of yours.


July 27, 2010
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Nokia’s Come-From-Behind Strategy

Maybe I’m just a dreamer, but I’m pretty sure this version of Nokia’s slogan would do more to boost sales than “Connecting People” ever did.


June 29, 2010
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You Are Being Monitored

You know that feeling that someone’s over or behind you, watching your every move? Well here’s some bad news: it’s a whole lot worse than you thought.


April 30, 2010
Geek Out

The Verizon iPhone Priority List

A very long wait, or a very big scam. [Thanks Sergei!]


April 11, 2010

IBM Ad Changes Colour To Match Your Outfit

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If imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, then this new interactive sign from IBM really, truly wants to get on your good side. It changes its appearance based on what the viewer is wearing.


January 3, 2010
Gadgets

Road Signs To Tell It Like It Is This Year

With an unexpected snowfall blanketing much of the East Coast on the US for New Years, someone – either a traffic worker with a sense of humour or an average Joe with a sense of civil duty – reprogrammed this New England traffic sign.


December 25, 2009

Ukraine Begins Employing Giant Combat Robots For Security

“TIS is proud to inform that we are the first in our Kominternovsky region to employ Giant Humanlike Combat Robots within the Security Department. Model TIS-1CB.” That’s the caption for this photo. What are they up to in Ukraine? Updated.