Anything and Everything that is cool, hot, fresh and classic.
A Los Angeles aircraft mechanic in training managed to get a hold of quite a few parts from a real Gulfstream jet, and used them to create a pretty convincing mock-up plane crash site in his front yard as part of a Halloween display. Funny thing is, it was so realistic, the Los Angeles Police responded to investigate the crash. It must have been a bad day for the officer who was “tricked” by this one.
[Via: Yahoo! News]
[Via: Digg]
It used to be that worms and spiders were about the scariest candy got. Now, companies have gone gross in an attempt to draw in the kiddies. How does candy poop, vomit, snot, bugs, scabs and ear wax sound? If it sounds good to you, you’re probably less than 10 years old, and have a mouth full of dentist income. Check out Candy Addict’s list of the Top 10 Grossest Candies, ‘cause handing these out during Halloween is sure to get you TPed far less than those raisins you usually give away.
[Candy Addict - Top 10 Grossest Candies]
[Via: Boing Boing]
Moonstruck Chocolate Co. is a Chocolatier with a passion for creative confections, including this year’s Spooky Sweets collection for the Halloween season. The treats include the Halloween Horror Pizza, a slice of milk chocolate pizza topped with a ghoulish array of red “Chocolate Sauce”, and eyeball truffle and gummy treats in the shape of worms and teeth, the Ivory Skull with Gummy Brains, a white chocolate skull filled with gummy brains, Wormy Jack, a milk chocolate Jack O’ Lantern filled with gummy worms, and a variety of other ghoulish gummies and creepy chocolates. Why trick, when you can treat?
[Moonstruck Chocolate Company]
[Via: Slashfood]
If you really, really like your tequila and really, really like being filthy stinking rich, then this solid platinum and white gold bottle of Tequila Ley .925 is just what you need to complete you collection of expensive libations. Recently purchased for $255,000, it’s the most expensive bottle of liquor ever sold according to Guinness World Records. I’d imagine this isn’t the kind of thing you drink on an everyday occasion, though I’m sure it would probably taste pretty damn good if you did.
[Via: Spluch]
Gilles Barbier makes mixed media art that is hard to describe but easy to appreciate. Often, he takes everyday objects and ideas and remakes them into something new and quite unique, such as L’Hospice (above) and L’orgue a pets (below).
[Via: Core77 Design Blog]
The artsy and exotic tap handle has become the microbreweries’ advertising method of choice, with continuous improvements on their design (and size) as each brew craft house tries to one up the next for precious eyeball space among a line of taps. Apparently, tap handles were created in response to the US government’s post-Prohibition requirement that bars identify the beer they were selling. Beginning in the 80s and 90s, microbreweries and brewpubs began using the handles as a way of advertising their beers to the masses, and so began the tap handle battles that continue into the 00s. Next time you’re in a pub and having a pint pulled, take some time to admire the craftsmanship that went into the handle in control of that pour, because it may be the reason you’re enjoying that beer without you even realizing it.
[Via: Slashfood]
MacHeist is My Dream App creator Phill Ryu’s newest pet project, and once again, it looks to be both an innovative and entertaining adventure for the Apple community. Though details are scarce (there’s only an e-mail sign up on the page currently), the blogosphere has, as always, pulled through with some “inside/secret” information about what’s going on. Apparently, MacHeist will be a five-week long event, culminating with the sale of an “uber bundle”, and including a bunch of free Mac apps along the way. Active users of the site will be able to save money on the final uber bundle by completing “heists”, or hacker/thief themed missions (such as “hacking” various Mac sites that are partnered with MacHeist). Also, according to TUAW, this encrypted message appeared on the MacHeist RSS feed (though I’m not quite sure how they managed to access this as yet unmentioned feed):
The project is going to be invite only for the first few weeks, with users drawn from the list of those who signed up through either the MacHeist or the My Dream App site, so head on over and reserve your spot, because you don’t want to be the 11th guy in a PS3 pre-order line now, do you?
[MacHeist]
[Via: Adam Betts]
[Via: Paul Stamatiou]
[Via: The Unofficial Apple Weblog]
[Via: Digg]
Lifehacker.com, a great source of life hacks (clever shortcuts or lesser-known, faster ways to complete a task), is publishing a book. Called Lifehacker: 88 Tech Tricks to Turbocharge Your Day, it’s a supplement/companion to their very popular web site, “a collection of the best how-to’s from the site archives”. It’s an open source book in the sense that the already published material is “enhanced by additions, suggestions, questions and answers from Lifehacker readers”. If you enjoy “redefining personal productivity by tweaking, modding, mashing up, and repurposing web apps, desktop software, and common everyday objects”, then this book is for you. I’ve been an avid reader of Lifehacker for quite some time now, and judging by the material they’ve published in the past, a collection of their best stuff is a definite must have for any techie library’s shelves.
[Via - Lifehacker]
EepyBird, the mad scientist behind the now infamous Diet Coke and Mentos video phenomenon, are at it again, this time with experiment #214, one they like to call The Domino Effect: Mix one part Rube Goldberg with one part dominos, one part Diet Coke, and one part Mentos, and you’ve got yourself one hell of a viral video concoction:
[Via: Official Google Blog]
Similar to Jim Rokos’s work, Thomas Oliphant’s Rocking Chair “allows two individuals to rock naturally as one”. Featuring a foot peg per side to rest your feet comfortably off the ground, a bead-blasted titanium frame, carbon fiber/polycarbonate shells, and teak woodwork, this seat is both beautiful and functional. Rock on.
[Thomas Oliphant - Rocking Chair]
[Via - Neatorama]
