"Among a fringe community of paranoids, aluminum helmets serve as the protective measure of choice against invasive radio signals. We investigate the efficacy of three aluminum helmet designs on a sample group of four individuals. Using a $250,000 network analyser, we find that although on average all helmets attenuate invasive radio frequencies in either directions (either emanating from an outside source, or emanating from the cranium of the subject), certain frequencies are in fact greatly amplified. These amplified frequencies coincide with radio bands reserved for government use according to the Federal Communication Commission (FCC). Statistical evidence suggests the use of helmets may in fact enhance the government's invasive abilities. We speculate that the government may in fact have started the helmet craze for this reason."
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søndag den 10. oktober 2010
Imperial Minigolf Final Exam
Imperial Minigolf Final Exam | Flickr - Photo Sharing! Når Darth Vader hygger sig.
Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie
Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie: "This site is dedicated to spreading the word about the Aluminum* Foil Deflector Beanie and how it can help the average human. Here you will find a description of AFDBs, how to make and use them, and general information about related subjects. I hope that you find the AFDB Homepage to be an important source of AFDB know-how and advocacy."
onsdag den 6. oktober 2010
tirsdag den 5. oktober 2010
Hunter S. Thompson's 1958 cover letter for a newspaper job - Boing Boing
Hunter S. Thompson's 1958 cover letter for a newspaper job - Boing Boing: "By the time you get this letter, I'll have gotten hold of some of the recent issues of The Sun. Unless it looks totally worthless, I'll let my offer stand. And don't think that my arrogance is unintentional: it's just that I'd rather offend you now than after I started working for you."
mandag den 4. oktober 2010
16 Most Creative and Unique Bookshelves
16 Most Creative and Unique Bookshelves: "Bookshelves are one of the most common pieces of furniture that you can find in almost any home around the world for the simple reason that a lot people like to read. Whether you own a collection of classic novels or volumes of work-related reference books, it makes perfect sense to get yourself a good bookcase or two for storing these books.I`m sure that some of this Bookshelves you saw already in my site, but now I want to spot all of them in an article called ” 16 Most Creative and Unique Bookshelves ”"
Low Cost Design Concrete Bookshelves
Low Cost Design Concrete Bookshelves: "Bookshelves are made from expensive woods like satinwood, rosewood, mahogany and oak, and that’s why a certain amount of aesthetic credibility is always inevitable. Kamat & Rozario Architecture in Bangalore, India, has designed a low cost and unique� set of concrete bookshelves.The outside rings are made of precast concrete, similar to those usually seen in culverts"
søndag den 3. oktober 2010
Brickipedia
Brickipedia: "Welcome to Brickipedia, a free online LEGO encyclopedia written collaboratively by its readers known as Brickipedians. The site is a Wiki, meaning that anyone, including you, can edit almost any article right now by clicking on the edit this page link that appears at the top of a page. This wiki is based on the MediaWiki software used to run Wikipedia, and with the help of editors like yourself, we strive to be the best LEGO reference site out there."
lørdag den 2. oktober 2010
Full-scale, fetishistically detailed driveable replica 1966 Batmobiles - Boing Boing
Full-scale, fetishistically detailed driveable replica 1966 Batmobiles - Boing Boing: "Mark Racop works out of a shop in small-town Indiana, turning out incredibly accurate, driveable 1966 Batmobile replicas. The bodies are modified castings from an old Futura and all the fittings and parts are functional and styled to match the prop Batmobile from the series (you can also buy these individual fittings -- 'Bat Parts' -- for your modern car). The sell for $150,000, and you can choose between a rebuilt Ford 460 motor, or a new GM 350 crate engine."
fredag den 1. oktober 2010
Old-School Strongmen - Photo Gallery - LIFE
Old-School Strongmen - Photo Gallery - LIFE: "In an age when plastic surgery, human growth hormones, anabolic steroids, and other 'enhancers' can quickly change (occasionally for the better; often for the cringe-inducing worse) a person's appearance, there's a lot to be said for the strongmen of old, who usually altered their physiques the old-fashioned way: by, for example, frequently bending iron bars around their necks. Like the man said ... there's no school like the old school."
People Who Became Nouns - Photo Gallery - LIFE
People Who Became Nouns - Photo Gallery - LIFE: "Before there were silhouettes, there was a Silhouette. And before there was gerrymandering, there was a Gov. Gerry. It's easy to forget that some of the English language's most common words had real-life namesakes in living, breathing people. Like the Edsel, a disastrous car line that has become synonymous with failure. The line was named after Henry Ford's son Edsel (at right here with his dad in 1905 in Detroit) by the company board. Thanks, guys."
Guys on Motorcycles Looking Cool - Photo Gallery - LIFE
Guys on Motorcycles Looking Cool - Photo Gallery - LIFE: "It's not hard to look good while riding (or sitting or leaning on) a motorcycle. But these men did it better than others."
In Combat: LIFE's Great War Photos - Photo Gallery - LIFE
In Combat: LIFE's Great War Photos - Photo Gallery - LIFE: "This photo, in which three American soldiers lie dead in the sand on Buna Beach in New Guinea, was taken in February 1943, but was not published until September. It was the first time an image of dead American troops appeared in LIFE during World War II without the bodies being draped, in coffins, or otherwise covered up. George Strock's Buna Beach photo -- now acknowledged as a war classic -- and other equally gruesome and graphic pictures were finally OK'd by the Office of War Information's censors, in part because President Roosevelt feared that the American public might be growing complacent about the war and its horrific toll."
Flashback: French Grand Prix, 1954 - Photo Gallery - LIFE
Flashback: French Grand Prix, 1954 - Photo Gallery - LIFE: "In the pits with the Mercedes mechanics at the French Grand Prix in Reims, 1954, the first time in 15 years that German cars had competed in the Grand Prix."
Daytona Motorcycle Madness, 1948 - Photo Gallery - LIFE
Daytona Motorcycle Madness, 1948 - Photo Gallery - LIFE: "For years, from its inception in 1937 until the early '60s, the celebrated Daytona 200 motorcycle race wasn't merely run at Daytona Beach in Florida -- along with other high-speed, high-risk clashes, the 200 was run on the beach in Florida. In 1948, LIFE covered the 12th annual races at Daytona, and reported, in its April 19 issue, that 'for four days last month the resort city of Daytona Beach could hardly have been noisier -- or in more danger -- if it had been under bombardment.' Now, with unpublished and rarely seen photos from the meet, LIFE.com opens a window on a long, loud weekend 60 years ago -- a weekend that thrilled thousands of racing fans; scandalized one very popular weekly magazine's editors; and, as if proof was needed that the young sport was still in the hands of daredevils, rebels, and scofflaws, saw two people killed and 30 more injured."
Never-Seen: Hells Angels, 1965 - Photo Gallery - LIFE
Never-Seen: Hells Angels, 1965 - Photo Gallery - LIFE: "From Jesse James to Tony Soprano, outlaws have always held a singular if ambiguous place in America's popular imagination: we fear and loathe their appetite for violence, yet we envy and covet their freedom. In early 1965, LIFE photographer Bill Ray and writer Joe Bride spent several weeks with a gang that, to this day, serves as a living, brawling embodiment of our schizoid relationship with the rebel: the Hells Angels."