Archive for March, 2007

L’Enfant de la Haute Mer

Google translated as “The Child of the Open sea”. A beautiful visual poetry, shown @ SIGGRAPH ‘01, with beautiful soundtrack. French production, but authors are unknown. Thanks to 3M for this submit. -Quang-

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(36 words, 3 images)

Original post by hahanu

Known bodies in the Solar System

BIG (and beautiful) image of all known bodies (88 objects) within the Solar System that are larger than 200 miles (~320 km) in diameter. You can see that the newly-named Eris is even larger than Pluto, both which are now officially called dwarf planets. Click on the images to view in details. -Quang-

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Original post by hahanu

Desktop Tower Defense.

Desktop Tower Defense is a fun Flash game where you you have to stop your enemies from crossing your territory by installing defensive towers.
Link - via Didn’t You Hear

Original post by Alex

Bathtub Sofa.

With this bathtub sofa from flavour design, you can stay in the tub all day! Link - via Smidigt

Original post by Alex

The Bacon Tux!

There is a theory that "Everything is better with bacon," even fashion!
Online novelty store Archie McPhee has this Bacon Scented Bacon Print Tuxedo, tailored from chemically treated latex fabric print to smell like bacon sizzling in the pan!
Link - via J-Walk

Original post by Alex

Transfomer Transfiguration, a Suspicious Artwork.

A fun contest at Worth1000: fine arts that somehow seems suspiciously like counterfeits! I continue to be amazed at how good these photoshoppers are!
This one above is "a suspicious copy" of The Transfiguration by Raphael [wiki]
Link - via AQFL

Original post by Alex

Mobius Chess.

Regular chess child play for you? Even the Extreme 3-D chess too easy for you? Then try mobius chess!
Puzzle: This chess board is on a Mobius strip. The length is infinite (and wraps) but the width is only four squares. There are no pieces on the hidden sides. Some of the pieces are hard to read: the White Queen is on top, the White King is on the left, and the Black King and Queen are on the right. Don’t worry about the direction of the Black Pawn.
White to move and mate in two.

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