Today's Mighty Oak


Alright, let’s see what we have today.  First up, check out Mars in 3-D (if you have the glasses)!

Amazing images of the crumbling mansions of drug lords:

This Advertising Life has a great post, that makes me laugh, every time I see it.

BuzzFeed shows you how to say goodbye to your coworkers.  By the way, I did not do this.

Awesome new iPhone app, it turns your phone into a light to make it safer to bike at night:

This is cool, a wall of animated blocks.

A fun concept mirror for graphic designers:

The Walkabout looks at the 6% experiment, pretty cool to read about.

If you read nothing else political today, read this very short story.  And learn who the real job creators are, and how to distract from that fact.

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



Alright, larger update now, let’s see what all we have.

First up, P!nk covers Queen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLia8jCX9Lo

Not that I’m getting married anytime soon, but this looks awesome, hope it comes to Android soon, I so would have done this for my brother’s wedding!

In honor of the Olympics:

Here’s an awesome game, see if you can name the movie character from their famous wardrobe.  I only got one correct.

The answer is no.  I would not swim in this pool:

Awesome, (but confusing to view on a screen as opposed to a printed form) flowchart of alcohol.

Oreo has been doing some awesome ads, this one is no exception:

Pretty neat looking, and cheap, way to build a shelf.

This is just amazing, Edison’s Cradle:

And lastly from ManMadeDIY, a new bicycle that is built of mostly cardboard and very cheap.  Could be a gamechanger in developing nations.

Ceiling Cat is real!  See the proof:

This is what happens when toys get technology.  Lots of fun.

The Tetris light, I’d spend way too much time playing with these each morning:

Holy crap, we’re on Mars!  No seriously, we’re on Mars!

That’s it for now, have a great one!



I have a bunch of stuff to pass on, but I cut the tip of my index finger, so typing is strange, at best.  I’ll see what I can do, but I should be back soon with the rest of what I have (unless work does in fact manage to kill me this week).

First up, amazing, amazing video from Wisconsin:

Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill Protest from Matt Wisniewski on Vimeo.

 

From an amazing piece from Slog:

If you truly believe that labor unions are so evil and/or unnecessary—indeed, un-American—then why don’t you volunteer to give up all the rights and benefits the labor movement has won for working Americans over the past 140 years? You know, little things like the 8-hour workday, weekends, paid overtime, paid sick, holiday and vacation days, child labor laws, workplace safety, workers compensation for on-job injuries, unemployment insurance, health care insurance, maternity leave and family medical leave… not to mention the minimum wage, Social Security, and Medicare, plus a whole lot of other things I’m probably forgetting.

Go ahead, give those things up. Because without organized labor, you wouldn’t have any of those rights or benefits in the first place.

Apparently there is friction in a vacuum, who knew?  Scientists, I guess.  Crazy photons, what can’t they do?

In honor of President’s Day, Nerve has ranked the Presidents and First Ladies in terms of sexiness.  You should easily be able to guess who tops the First Lady list, but, points for this description of number 28:

Abigail Adams was not the ugliest first lady, by any means. Just frighteningly severe and voted most likely to “cut a bitch.”

So it looks like some movie studios are thinking about releasing their features as Apps.  Interesting concept, and it would enable you to take it with you to new devices since app purchases are tied to your e-mail permanently.  We’ll see how this plays out.

Did you know that Felicia Day is staring in the new webseries “Dragon Age: Redemption”  I know, pretty sweet, check out the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF2mPgwrlT4

Also speaking of nerdy things, The Wheel of Time is being made into a game.  Guess I should get working on finishing books 9-13 (and 14 when it comes out).

What if the Mississippi River was really a transit map?  This is really cool, although I was sad to see the Yough wasn’t listed.

Also, I’m really excited that the Scottish Deer Hound won Westminster!  I saw it for the first time on Thanksgiving and think it’s a really cool dog!

Thank you James Earl Jones, for everything:

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

Okay, let’s play a game with youtube.  Of the two following movie trailers, one is for a “Direct to YouTube” movie.  The other is a trailer for a Porn.  See if you can tell them apart:

Sometimes reality is weird.  And in sad movie news, the producer of the Narnia films has died.

Also, does anyone else find this weird?

So the Wesboro Baptist Church has finally pissed off Anonymous.  This will be fun to watch, I can’t wait.

How to get a sitcom canceled, as told by Arrested Development.  A small piece:

Audiences love fast cars and exciting vehicles

So see if you can put in some heavy machinery like a stair-car, that isn’t easily associated with speed or sex appeal.

That’s it for now, but I’ll be back soon, have a great one!



I have a very full back log of links and other assorted things to pass on.  I’m going to try to get to posting some of them over the next couple weeks, so this is a clearinghouse of sorts.  These are fairly current too, so you’re in luck!

The apps available for cell phones are getting kind of amazing!  You can order pizza and have ti delivered to your blanket…in Central Park.

And speaking of iPhones, here’s a fun parody:

A follow up to the periodic table of meat I posted a bit ago, here is the periodic table of swearing (which, incidentally, will probably offend you):

I stumbled across “Continuity” a game from the Independent Games Festival, and it’s a lot of fun, check it out here.

So my birthday is coming up, here’s a gift idea for you:

Probably not that safe, but still freaking cute!

World War Z is being made into a movie, and Brad Pitt is going to be in it!  I think I’m most excited that it will be a movie, though.  If you haven’t read it, it really is an amazing piece of work, even if you don’t like zombies, the writing is simply amazing!

Also in awesome writing, check out this article from Nerve about hitting on your waiter/customer.  It’s a really fun read, check it out.

And for fun, check this mash up out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4PuYsDdXjI

For some strange reason, I feel as if my cousin would love this product.  However, I don’t know how one tactfully asks a relative their bra size in order to purchase a Christmas gift.  I feel as though that is a sentence most people don’t ever write or say out loud.

He’s just asking, did Glenn Beck steal his credit card information and sell it to the Russians?  All signs point to yes.

So, Mel Gibson.  I feel as though I don’t need to say much more besides that.  I’ll add two things.  One, adorable kittens (and here’s my favorite)!

Make sure to check out the link to see the other 19 worst rants by Mel (as presented by adorable kittens).  Also, did you know he’s dating a man:

That’s it for now, catch everyone later!

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