Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater home faithfully recreated as a Half-Life 2 level. You can download it and read some comments by its author Kasperg here. (via Waxy.org)
Archive for August, 2006
August31
YETI@Home
YETI@Home A scientific experiment that harnesses the power of hundreds of thousands of Internet-connected computers in the search for giant ape-like creatures (YETI).
(via Orange Yeti)
Electric Pickle
Fact: A pickle, when exposed to an electric current, will glow like a light bulb. Boing Boing has more. No word on how it tastes afterward.
Stolen Munch paintings found safe
Stolen Munch paintings found safe “Two masterpieces by artist Edvard Munch have been recovered two years after they were stolen from an Oslo museum. The Scream and Madonna were found in a police operation. ‘We are 100% certain they are the originals. The damage was much less than feared,’ police said.” The amount of relief I’m feeling right now is surprising. I’m glad they’re back. (via Boing Boing)
August30
littleFoot
littleFoot Part 1 of a gorgeous and funny Flash animation by Adam Phillips featuring furry animal things.
August29
The Simpsons vs. Star Trek
A stirring (and somewhat bizarre) mash-up of the Simpsons and Star Trek themes performed on an electric piano, theremin, and plastic funnel.
iPod + Colbert Green Screen Challenge
iPod + Colbert Green Screen Challenge So far, the only response to Stephen Colbert’s Lightsaber Challenge that I’ve been at all impressed with. Very clever.
Subtitles for Homestar Runner
Subtitles for Homestar Runner The insanely dedicated fans at the Homestar Runner Wiki are adding subtitles to every Homestar Runner cartoon. Phlip’s excellent Greasemonkey script (which also does other cool stuff like add a seek bar to toons and make them full-screen) reads the subtitles from Wiki and displays them in sync with the dialogue as you watch toons on HomestarRunner.com. They’re also working (albeit slowly) on German and Hebrew translations. Amazing stuff.
August28
Emmys 2006 intro
Conan O’Brien visits Lost, The Office, 24, House, and To Catch a Predator. His opening monologue and musical number are funny, too. (Expect these to get nuked by NBC post-haste.)
August27
Disapproving Rabbits
Disapproving Rabbits See also Bunny Yawns. (via Cute Overload)
Fallen Art
A brilliant tragicomic animation by Tomek Baginski.
Hanso Exposed video fragments
A very dedicated fan of the Lost Experience alternate reality game has edited together the 53 video fragments “leaked” from Hanso Exposed to date. Impressive work. He updates the video almost daily as new clips roll in. (Can you tell I’m anxious for season three to start?) (via Digg)
Lost UK Promo
A very interesting promo for Lost that only aired in the UK. Another here.
August24
Improv Everywhere: Slo-Mo Home Depot
Improv Everywhere agents numbering more than 200 invade the Manhattan Home Depot and slow things down a bit. Lots more video clips and narrative at the Improv Everywhere site—don’t miss the sped-up clip. (via kottke.org)
August23
Lost Season 3 Poster
Pretty, but do you think they could have airbrushed those irises a bit more? Notice that Michael is conspicuously absent. I don’t want to have to wait until October 4 for the season three to start. Update: A couple other things to take note of: Locke, Deskmond, and Eko are apparently still alive, and there’s at least one hair stylist on the island. There’s also a lot of subtle psychology going on with the obscured faces, in particular Charlie, Kate, and Jin. (via TV Squad)
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