Results tagged “wtf” from The Death Of Print

A 1,600 part Electromechanical Computer built inside the nifty physics-engine-tastic PS3 game, Little Big Planet. Simulacrum!

--via [Opposable Thumbs]

NEXRAD is the "next generation of radar".  It is capable of producing high definition 3 dimensional weather map, for personal use and forecasters.  In the US, It is a joint collaboration between department of transport and department of defense.  As of today, 175 units (1.3 billion dollar each) are strategically disposed on US soil to scan a maximum surface, hence see what's coming ahead in the sky.

The Myanmar tragedy…Over 15000 death and more to come...If the NEXRAD was on-site before the fatal storm, could have led to a successful preventive evacuation?  I say maybe.  I say let's decommission just one of these bad boy from an area less affected by costal storms (main land) and donate it expresso to Myanmar...Or better, take a fourth of our NEXRAD (~40) and pack and ship them to high risk poor coastal countries and mark that day "official day of the day who America donated 40 of his 175 NEXRAD to third/world countries" day, and make it an official holiday for everybody...Uh, not going to happen?  Why not?  Too busy invading Irak eh?  Planting the flag in the butt hole of a few trouble extremists…Is that going to save 15000 people?  It already killed 4300!!

--Leroy

Contour Reality Capture system [Mova] rendered in the Unreal 3 Engine. -via [joystiq]





Brejla, from the Czech Republic on Youtube throws down computer animation and music videos.

Photograph by Jonathan Goldsbie for Torontoist

As best I can tell, this is a sticker bombing of a cosmetics ad in the Toronto subway. Whatever it is, its extremely off.

*UPDATE* The Shiseido product really DOES say "white power" (!?!)... so I guess its just a Photoshop sticker. Very nice!

The text reads:

Adobe Photoshop

The uncompromised clarity of skin.
The ultimate in luxury.


A truly flawless complexion. Ultra-refined texture. Perfect clarity. Cutting-edge skincare backed by 90 years of unrivaled research by Shiseido, a worldwide leader in the development of skin-brightening products.

Shiseido
White Lucent™ Skincare
White skin.
White power.

--Link via [Torontoist]

Some favorite picks from Burl Veneer, and Michael's necktie blogs.

yes... necktie blogs. Both have archives going back to 2005, but the prize goes to Burl, since each post is accompanied by a photo of the tie being worn.

Michael's Knot a Blog (great name)

Burl Veneer's Tie Blog (even better name!!!)

  So I thought London was Falling, as Anthony Haden-Guest writes in Radar this month. He says even lawyers and doctors can't afford rents because of the influx of billionaire foreigners. But then I see the November 2007 cover of GQ on the stands, and I'm thoroughly confused!