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More things for you (and then probably just one or two more big posts like this this weekend):

Cool Russian PSA for reading:

 

I thought I posted about this before, but maybe I didn’t, how awesome are these pools:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7mXLqIJXHs

Now you can use a typewriter to make a painting.  Pretty awesome, but I think it would take too long and turn out being a bit pixelated (although it would be a cool style)

From Copyranter, we’ve finally found Snooki’s doppleganger:

 

File this under irony.  And asshatery.  Music used in an anti-piracy ad was pirated.

Also from Copyranger, this Billboard popped up here in Pa.  And I love it:

 

There are a lot of Nintendo characters.  Check out a mural of a ton of them here.

There is some really awesome art around the Occupy Movement.  Check it out here.  I’m a fan of this one:

 

Because it has to do with typesetting, I loved this issue of Gutters, go check it out.

That’s it for now, back in a bit!

 



More fun goodness from my many RSS feeds and around the Net, let’s see what I’ve found today:

First up, there’s this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWTpJtgSfiM

First up, Top Men over at whoba! have some great posts.  First up, living room projection mapping, followed by architectural projection mapping, and finally The Eyes Have it.

This looks fun:

And a whole bunch of stuff that comes courtesy of Copyranter:

The bastardization of corporate logos by using Comic Sans.

Amazing save the animals ads:

Wonder Bra lets you bungee jump in front of a giant ad of theirs, amazing photo op:

 

Cool spot from FedEx:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tlv02a0-xQk

Amazing ad that was put up for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Not sure how much air time it got on TV, but I hope it got a lot!

 

I don’t think I’d want to be the one taunting the cat with the food, but cool to watch:

Amazing (accidental) optical illusion:

 

I feel as though something’s wrong here.  And it’s a shame:

Big 3-D street art by Reebok:

Everyone’s favorite (or favorite to hate) Kiwi church is back at it, check out their new billboard here.

 Well now it makes sense:

 

I’m a lawyer, I’m on a billboard”  Click through only if you want your mind to explode.

And finally, an stunning bus ad:

That’s it for now, but I’ll be back real soon with more!

 



Bigger update for everyone, hope you enjoy.

First up, please don’t die:

 

A really good ad, it even made copyranter tear up a bit:

Check out the Earthscraper, an underground skyscraper.  On a related note, I’ve been playing SimTower, I forgot how much I love that game!

In case you didn’t see it before, Joey quits:

This comes from Hazeltown, Pa.  People disgust me.  And why did the editors think this was okay to run?

 

Apparently, there is a correlation (not a cause) between the number of Facebook friends you have and the size of parts of your brain.  Strange.

Amazing video for cover-up, featuring zombie-boy from the Born This Way video:

Here’s the “list of demands” for the Zelda Symphony Orchestra concerts, it’s funny.

Just a quick comparison for you:

 

And check out the Brewed on Grant response to Occupy Pittsburgh, it’s fantastic.

Do you knit?  Penguins need your help!

Need a hat?  And a beard?  Check it out:

A couple more things coming later, have a great one!



Alright, here we go again:

Couple newspaper updates.  First, McSweeney declares that the newspaper is the best e-Reader, bendable paper-thin screens have been invented and the Chicago Tribune tries their hand at a special, long-form intensive edition for Sundays.  Kind of like the early news websites.

Celebrities talk with IGN about their favorite Star Wars characters.

Click here to watch 35 movies in 2 minutes, pretty awesome.

Check out the second part of the strangest sights in Google Earth.  I’m surprised more companies haven’t followed the lead of number six.

I can’t add anything to this:

 

And, there’s a twin site to Stonehenge.

 



Nike comes through with another awesome ad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9B5fkWjnDI

Want to have the Dr. Horrible remote control on your phone?  Just use this bookmark.

Oh, American’s aren’t so smart about our own country.  But I think we knew that.

Copyranter discusses an anti-war ad, but really, I think it does better promoting the need for a better VA:

 

High school students in Boston were working to get rid of their abstinence-only sex education, because they were fed up with not knowing anything…and having to learn everything from porn.  Awesome, and sad, story.

This is pretty awesome, Super Mario Bros. 1-1, in first person perspective:

And super awesome, on Ash Wednesday, if you can’t make it to church, just grab this QR code instead.  I love augmented reality!

 



Hello everybody, another update for you!

Check out this really cool interactive billboard from McDonalds, pretty awesome.

Here’s an incredible little story.  Father and son at the first and last shuttle launches:

 

I think we all knew this was coming, and honestly, I think it may even make reruns more relevant, and fun to watch to spot them, but now there are new ads inserted into old sitcoms.

Your daily dose of politics from me:

 Okay, one more link for you.

Worried about what will happen to your online life after you die?  Here’s the Dead’s Man Switch and a way to help plan your funeral.

I missed this the first time around, but part of the big news is that Scissor Sisters are doing some of the soundtrack for the New Fraggle Rock movie.  The other is, how did I miss there is going to be a Fraggle Rock movie?!

If only this shirt was still true:

 

Oh yes, how very true:

 



First up, this came out a while ago, and it’s in French, but it’s Mika’s new single:

Gizmodo reports on an awesome free t-shirt which was given out to German white supremacists, which, when washed, revealed a message of equality.  We had shirts over the summer that when they got wet the ink would disappear.  Close, but not quite.

Unplggd has a cool article about integrating your TV into your decor.  Check it out.  Or check out their article about clocks.  There are a lot of cool clocks out there.

Remember when the Pirates were doing awesome, and then we were the victim of a horrible call which sent us into a ten game losing spiral?  Well, Benstonium put together this video:

Big Think puts the odds that we’re all just Sims in some kind of giant computer program at 20%.  Does it still count if we discuss that possibility?  I’m getting confused.

I actually don’t like this that much, it seems impractical, but you can buy bookshelves to spell anything.

Back before the split, Jason Alexander was trying to get humanitarian aid for those affected by the Netflix price hike.

A good friend is a huge Michael Buble fan, and I found this awesome bad lip reading of his video for “Just Haven’t Met You Yet,” which becomes “Russian Unicorn:”

I was always kind of interested in this case, and it seems as though the code of the Zodiac Killer may have been cracked.

Awesome list of insane job titles, and points for the Arrested Development reference at the end, here’s a great one as well:

 

It takes a little bit of moving around to see it all, but should I work for free?  Check out this flow chart to find out.

I just want people to watch this:

And finally, need some propaganda for social networks, check out the posters here.

 



Too long to be a TV ad, but still worth passing around:



Sooooooo, I’ve been incredibly sick as of late.  But, always looking for the silver lining, I learned what I’m allergic to by being prescribed a massive dose of it!  Yay!

So the CMS I use gave this article the same number as my college mailbox number, so exciting!  So anyway, here’s some fun things for you:

Here’s the “official” 140 character description of LOST:

Check out this cool ad, although I’m honestly more impressed with a cell phone in a wooden shell:

I saw this on my phone, and it’s not circulating around Facebook.  Mad Elf is amazing (and really high ABV), but I don’t know how much of a case Troegs’ has.  Guess we will see.

Zombies are now walking on the Wisconsin State Capital in protest of Scott Walker!  Check it out:

Listen, the first one of my friends who has kid around 6 or so (that’s just a guess), has to buy them this shirt:

No exceptions.

Well, this is infuriating.  Also, alarmingly scary that over 30 states have laws like this.

So up in Maine, the Republican governor was so incensed by a mural depicting the labor in his state, he had it removed (which I guess is now angering the people who put up the money for it, but that’s a legal battle for another day).  I think this is a fantastic way of protesting (it’s not a bad mural, although I’m not a huge fan of the colors used or art style, but hey, that’s not the point):

Infuriated by the police blaming the victim in sexual assault cases, in Toronto, a “Slut Walk” was organized, with over 2,000 people attending.

Copyranter wrote about a previous Hot Wheels installation, putting two giant kids on the side of the highway, watching the road like it was their track.  This one is better though, and it’s been picked up by a lot of sites:

The giant news that has overtaken my twitter and Facebook feeds is that the next Batman will be doing some filming here in Pittsburgh, probably in July.  Nerdist has a great article about the inevitable reboot that is set to happen after this third movie.  Go over and read “Reboot Rage.”

Also, did you know that there is a rise in the need of exorcists?  Who knew?  What can’t the Internet do?

Okay, story time!  First watch this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMpiCtSqrSQ

First, I have to mention that one of the comments on YouTube brings up a good question, what about pajamas?  But anyway, we had a group that was using the conference center that I was helping to get a quote and put together their permit for their stay.  They actually split off from another group that used the same facility because the original group decided that women were in fact allowed to wear pants.  As they were explaining their new name to me (so we could get all the paperwork straightened out), they were trying to pull me into the theological discussion.  I quickly left under the guise of putting their check in the safe and drawing up their permit.  Good gravy.

That’s it for now, hopefully I’ll continue to feel better, catch everybody later!



Another quick update for everyone, this time, courtesy of copyranter, lets start off with an awesome idea for a bus stop installation:

So that big change in the Zodiak that everyone (including myself) was “concerned about?”  I say “concerned about” because really, I may prime myself to think that I fit in as a Virgo, but if I ever start to buy into that kind of stuff, just slap me.  Well, as it turns out, none of us changed, only those elsewhere in the world.  OhThankGoodness.

Quick handy guide for when you’re traveling around the world:

Sometimes I think that the internet gets too specific sometimes.  This is one of those cases.  But then again, sometimes researchers have too much time on their hands too.

If you’re familiar with the Professor Layton series of games, make sure to check out this name generator.  I got “Professor Layton and the Noncommittal Camping Trip.”

Okay, that’s it for now, catch everybody later.

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