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Maybe This Ad Makes Sense After A Fujifilm Dietary Supplement

1:00PM September 17, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Explore international webcam videos. Apparently, Fujifilm’s heard about this whole “diversification” thing and has expanded boldly into the booming dietary supplement market. Sure! Makes about as much sense as their commercial for it. Which is to say everything about this is totally bonkers. More »


Online

Israel Buys @Israel Twitter Account From Porn Site Owner

10:20PM September 14, 2010 | Dan Nosowitz - Fast Company

It sounds shadier than it is, but the facts are these: The nation of Israel has finally secured the @israel Twitter account from a Spanish citizen living in Miami, a man who also happens to own a porn site. More »


209km/h Dining Table Makes Anything Fast Food

12:40PM September 8, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Because we’re apparently running out of things to invent, a man named Perry Watkins has concocted a Queen Anne dining table that reached top speeds of 209km/h in a recent track test. No word on how the souffle fared. More »


Science

Fire Tornado: Scary Weather Or Scariest Weather?

6:00AM August 26, 2010 | Brian Barrett

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This is a real thing: fire combines with strong dry winds to create a fire tornado. One happened just yesterday in Aracatuba, Brazil. Here’s the footage, taken by someone much braver/crazier than I’ll ever be. More »


Online

Don’t Forget To Feed The Phone

5:00AM August 15, 2010 | Casey Chan

If I told you there’s a website that posts pictures of people feeding food to inanimate objects, what would you say? Yeah, I’d want to see it too. There’s something awesome about a balloon drinking coffee and a door-eating girl. More »


Online

Who Will Watch The Watchmen? More Watchmen!

2:20AM August 14, 2010 | Brian Barrett

A few things to be concerned with here: First, Google Street View has gone meta. Second, apparently those vans travel in packs. Third, the universe just collapsed in on itself. The end. [Google via Reddit]


Science

Here’s A Great Idea: Spinning A Pregnant Lady Around Real Fast So A Baby Comes Out

6:00AM August 6, 2010 | Adam Frucci

Patents! They are often completely fucking insane. But here’s my question about this one, “Apparatus for Facilitating the Birth of a Child by Centrifugal Force”: It’d work on helping me poop too, right? More »


Cars

Witness, The Greatest Toilet-Based Vehicle Ever Constructed

10:00AM July 8, 2010 | Adam Frucci

Cars are major status symbols. Why buy a Benz if not to rub your salary in people’s faces? But what status this go kart constructed of two toilets and two coolers endows isn’t entirely clear. [Dvice via Inhabitat]


Mobile

No Joke: Samsung’s New Messaging Phone Is Called The :)

12:46AM June 24, 2010 | Adam Frucci

Normally, we don’t take much notice of low-level Samsung messaging phones, but when they call it the :), it’s tough to ignore. Yes, Samsung has named one of their phones an emoticon. They hear the kids just love ‘em! More »


This Explains So Much

3:20PM June 12, 2010 | Brian Barrett

With the imminent release Rock Band 3, keytars have been on my mind a lot lately. Then again, when are they not? Anyway, here’s the world’s all-time greatest keytar-platypus Venn diagram to get you through the weekend. [The Daily What]