This arrived in the mail today. Sent by my friend Steve (he’s a sicko).
What is wrong with this squirtgun?
a). - It is a clown.
b). - It is a gun.
c). - It is a clown and a gun.
d). - Anatomically, the trigger is in the worst possible location.
e). - When you squeeze the trigger, you feel dirty like that time when you were nine and a clown was at your friend’s birthday party and . . .
f). - All of the above.
It’s wrong. So very wrong. I hate you Steve.
As promised in New Extreme “Sports” Vol. 2, I now am turning the Eye of the ‘Dilla to SportStacking– an odd, but amazingly captivating ’sport’ that originated in the US in the 1980s but has grown internationally and has a burgeoning fan base in Germany.
In SportStacking, individuals (predominantly teenagers and younger) attempt to assemble and disassemble stacks of cups in groups of 3, 6, and 10 as fast as humanly possible. Competitions take place in real life, but one reason as to why this sport has flourished of late on the international scene has been the the ability to videotape record stacking performances and submit these videos to the World Sport Stacking Association over the Internet. As a result, world records are falling at a pace the sport has never before seen as popularity grows.
If this doesn’t sound all that interesting to you, watch this video. Ready… get set… FLASH!
For more SportStacking footage, check the following links out:
And as I’ve found is the case with most SportStacking videos, note the often interesting choice of music!
Went to the Lego® store, bought the cool new LEGO® ice brick tray. I’ve been doing colorful juice LEGO® experiments all week (Actual photo. Otter Pops are the best source for blue and green, dark purple on the bottom is açai-blueberry juice):
C’mon . . . you know you wanna push it!
By designers Taro Mukasa and Yoshitane Sakamoto, the “Suicide Bomb Button” is available through Amazon.co.jp.
(via Giant Robot)
Rating: I give it 8 out of 10. Worth seeing in theaters.
Some points to know:
•It’s almost 2.5 hours long; 90 minutes of which are Shia LaBeouf acting like a distraught spaz and Megan Fox showing-off her midriff (Megan Fox’s midriff may win an award for its appearance in this film).
•This movie has more products than a grocery store: keep your eyes peeled for the transforming Mountain Dew vending machine and the numerous Apple appearances.
•Coincidentally, Shia LaBeouf is also the name of a savory French beef stew.
•”Transformers” perpetuates the old trope: (even among robots) the black guy (Jazz) always dies. Also, no (identifiably) female robots in the film.
•The movie was too Spielberggy - too many madcap shenanigans, not enough robot ass-kicking.
•Michael Bay’s website has a few wallpaper-worthy production images of the robots.
•”Transformers” made $27.4 million on its debut, last Tuesday - setting a new record.
•The visuals and effects were stellar, the robot ass-kicking was great.
[update, by Timbotron]:
Take a look at the photo gallery of Alex Kubalsky - designer of Transformer toys (and the only foreign toy designer in Japan).
Microsoft released “Surface” on May 30th at D7: All Things Digital conference (previously posted on Blogadilla here). It’s been just over a month, and already people have managed to homebrew up their own version. While not using the exact same technology, the results are equally impressive and materials cost approximately $60 (not counting the projector).
All of this, of course, is nothing in comparison to the stuff Jeff Han (the man who started it all) is working on.
Is it hot in here, or is it just me?
Thermometer earrings - $52.00 at Shana Logic.
. . . and keep constantly informed of your wrist circumference with their ruler cuff/bracelet, $44.00.
OhMyGod!!! iPhone is coming out in a week!! You can hear the sound of thousands of geeks frothing at the mouth and screaming out in ecstasy. It’s almost here!!!
If you want to have some fun, make your own iFone. It’s like an iPhone, but not. Simply upload the iPhone stock ringtone and the iFone wallpaper to your phone. It’s fun to let your iFone ring in places frequented by geeks - heads turn, and for a brief moment you become a geek demigod as they assume you have some super-secret insider early release.
(inspired by the magic of the Neistat Brothers)
Over six months ago, Blogadilla’s very own Chris and I decided to send each other “Munnys” - they are vinyl “paint it yourself” figures that hipsters casually display around their stylish apartments (available through KidRobot). Chris (being a professional graphic artist) and I (having experience drawing on my binder in school) decided we’d each design and paint one and send it to the other - as an “art exchange project.” As most projects go, it took me six months to get around to doing something. I just finished it and it’s in the mail en route to Chris right now. I decided to go with a “Cursed Golden Idol” design - an evil golden monkey demon with an extra eye for peering in to the darkest reaches of one’s soul. When Chris sends me the one he’s working on, he’ll post it on Blogadilla also.
(The coolest Munny/Dunny ever made has to be the one by Venture Bros co-creator Jackson Publick)
Kinda old news but Lego has taken the crap golden ticket and laser blasted it with cool to come out with 10,000 Golden C-3PO’s hidden in their Star Wars boxes. Time to go all spider monkey at toys r us, let go my Lego!
