Ben Stiller, Kung Fu Panda, and Iron Head team up to make a viral video. Guess it worked.
Has its moments, link to collegehumor
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September 2, 2008
Banksy on the move, takes on the KKK in Birmingham, Alabama
As reported by the Wooster Collective:
After leaving New Orleans, it appears that Banksy is now heading through the Deep South.
The piece below was spotted on an old abandoned Chevron Station near Birmingham Alabama. (We're told it's somewhere between where the 59 Freeway meets the 65 going South near a large Home Depot on the 59)
Previously about Banksy on P&F:
Graffiti artist Banksy pulls off most audacious stunt to date - despite being watched by CCTV
Banksy's debt to Warhol revealed in London show
MacBook Pro in-flight ambient…
"Introducing the ultra-thin MacBook Air."
Advertising School: Miami Ad School, Minneapolis, USA
Art Director / Copywriter: Brian Culp
September 3, 2008
70's Fashion — Hotpants — a great collection of photographs
1976 - Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin
Rome 1972 - Nadia Cassini
UK 1971 - Ragazza in Chelsea
Link to photos by Guido_1953
Stina Persson — Swedish illustrator
September 4, 2008
Angry Argentine commuters torch train in rush hour
Who hasn't felt like doing this:
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Furious rail commuters in Argentina set fire to a train on Thursday in anger over delays during the morning rush hour.
Television images showed black smoke and flames engulfing the train at the station of Merlo, in the western suburbs of the capital, Buenos Aires. At nearby Castelar, passengers hurled stones at the ticket office and blocked the rails.
"We understand that people get angry when the service is delayed or canceled, but they absolutely can't attack a public service in this way," Gustavo Gago, a spokesman for rail company TBA, told local television.
Many passengers said the delays, caused by a broken down train, had cost them a day's work.
Argentina's dilapidated rail services are plagued by delays and travelers' anger sometimes erupts into violence.
Last year, commuters torched a carriage at a station south of the capital and rioting broke out at a main railway station when passengers clashed with police, causing dozens of injuries and arrests.
September 8, 2008
John McCain Gets BarackRoll'd
Thanks Kevin!
September 10, 2008
Johnny Lee: Creating tech marvels out of a $40 Wii Remote
This is pretty cool, Johnny Lee hacks a $40 Wii remote to create an interactive whiteboard, a multitouch surface and a head-mounted display.
Thanks smith.
Simplest website ever…
Obama on Letterman addressing the "lipstick on a pig" comment.
"Technically, had I meant it [the way the McCain campaign spun it], she would be the lipstick, the failed policies of McCain would be the pig."
This clip shows Obama's statement in context and McCain referring a Hillary Clinton policy, using the same expression.
September 12, 2008
Matt Damon on Palin…
The Extreme Sticky Note Experiments
From the duo behind their now legendary project The Extreme Diet Coke & Mentos Experiments. The video is part of a promo for the new ABC Family network show Samurai Girl. OfficeMax got in there too.
EepyBird's Sticky Note experiment from Eepybird on Vimeo.
September 15, 2008
Marcus's gangsta party — Yell.com, UK search engine ad
Richard Wright RIP — Zabriskie Point 1970
September 16, 2008
How to Make Bacon Soap, from Actual Bacon. Why not.
The bonus challenge: make the soap look like bacon.
Of course if you don't have the time, you can buy some ready-made bacon soap here.
By Alexandros Vasmoulakis in Karditsa, Greece
Creative Food Sculptures
Anti-theft lunch bag
Stealing your co-worker's lunch is a downright contemptible act, that is, if it's perpetrated by someone other than you. But, if you've ever had your lunch stolen, you know the the frustration and anger it causes. You know the revenge and ill-will it inspires. And you know that no matter how well you try to hide your lunch bag at the back of the refrigerator, something's gonna be missing when you open it. Well, lament no more. The Anti-Theft Lunch Bag to the rescue . . .
With all other 'problems' solved, Israeli officials focus on cleaning up another mess…
DNA to be used in dog mess fight
 Other Israeli towns have taken a less high-tech approach to the problem |
Officials in an Israeli city have come up with an innovative way of tracking dog owners who allow their pets to foul the streets - DNA analysis.
Authorities in Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv, are setting up a special DNA database of local dogs.
They will use the data to match dogs' droppings to owners - and punish those who do not clean up after their pets.
While those who keep the streets clear will be rewarded, owners who fail to scoop the poop could face fines.
"My goal is to get the residents involved and tell them that together, we can make our environment clean," Tika Bar-On, the city's chief veterinarian, told Reuters news agency.
Owners were reacting positively to the six-month trial programme, she told the agency, because they wanted their streets to be clean.
At the moment providing a DNA sample was up to individual dog owners, but the city was considering making it compulsory, she added.
Failure to clear up dog mess is not confined to Petah Tikva. In the UK, some councils have resorted to using CCTV and undercover patrols to identify offenders in particular trouble spots.
Other have given away free bags to encourage owners to pick up after their dogs.
Puppies and Flowers : Baby Sloth
September 17, 2008
Puppies and Flowers : Ninja cat comes closer while not moving!
Thanks Liz G
September 18, 2008
Chocolate Type Foundry — brilliant idea!
In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic…
named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it. Using the original interview recording as the soundtrack, director Josh Raskin has woven a visual narrative which tenderly romances Lennon's every word in a cascading flood of multipronged animation. Raskin marries the terrifyingly genius pen work of James Braithwaite with masterful digital illustration by Alex Kurina, resulting in a spell-binding vessel for Lennon's boundless wit, and timeless message.
Thanks Eric B.
Thanks Eric B.
Vintage Mr. Magoo Stag Beer Commercials
September 19, 2008
Taking a break, back on 9-29-08
Try the archives or categories…
September 29, 2008
PhotoShop Toolbar Evolution
'Current' time-lapse video of San Francisco Bay
Hi-Def San Francisco is project of CloudView Photography. The camera is a 3 megapixel StartDot Technologies Netcam XL mounted in a weather proof enclosure high in the hills of Sausalito. Images are captured every 15 seconds cropped from the full resolution to 1920x1080 and uploaded in 480, 720 and 1080 resolution to the web server. Periodically the software (running on a FreeBSD server) creates a time lapse that collapses the prior 24 hours into 240 seconds of video.
Link to site. Thanks JPP.
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