Happy New Year from The Presurfer. May all of your resolutions, dreams, wishes, and hopes come true. May you have a great New Year. May 2010 be your best year ev...
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Dramatic Chipmunk Recreated
Remember the Dramatic Chipmunk, the famous 5-seconds video that conquered the internet in 2007?LG, the South Korean electronics company recreated the Dramatic Chipmunk in their 'Borderless' campaign to promote the SL90, a full HD LED LCD TV.(thanks ...
Aquarium Lowers Water Levels After Feeding Turtles Brussel Sprouts
The Great Yarmouth Sea Life Centre in Norfolk, UK, has lowered the water level in their tanks to prevent gas bubbles produced by turtles from triggering overflow alarms. Staff at the aquarium give turtles a seasonal treat of Brussel sprouts at Christmas...
Blue Moon To Shine On New Year's Eve
A Blue Moon is an astronomical phenomenon. It's a full moon that is not timed to the regular monthly pattern. Most years have twelve full moons which occur approximately monthly, but in addition to those twelve full lunar cycles, each solar calendar...
The Simpsons Intro Estonian Version
Funny advertisement for Estonian TV, shot like The Simpsons intro parody with real people in a small village in the Estonian countrysi...
The Republic Of Molossia
The Republic of Molossia is a sovereign, independent nation, located in and completely surrounded by territory of the United States. Molossia is located in the western United States, a tiny enclave in the State of Nevada and a second enclave in Southern...
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Philco PC
SchultzeWORKS designstudio of Pasadena, USA, designed the Philco PC. The design of the Philco PC was inspired by the 1954 design classic Philco Predicta, as well as an eclectic mixture of modern minimalism, the steampunk movement, and antiques.The result...
Is YouTube About To Become A Gaming Portal?
YouTube is the world's online video portal, but if a recent patent application filed by Google is any indication, it may be looking to become an interactive gaming portal as well.The patent, 'Web-based System for Generation of Interactive Games Based...
8 Things Every Geek Needs To Do Before 2010
Since nothing satisfies like the quick achievement of a short-term goal, here are eight things every good nerd needs to to before the ball drops later this week. These tasks comprise a quick to-do list that will leave you feeling competent and prepared for the decade that approach...
Blu Dot Real Good Experiment
Curb-mining is the act of finding furniture and art on the street. Blu Dot, a Soho based furniture company, is attempting to track the curb-mining habits of the New York City residents by leaving chairs scattered throughout the city.Using a built-in tracking device, the chairs tweeted their whereabouts...
Robotic Better Mousetrap
Other than the so called 'humane' mouse traps where you catch the mice in a box and release them outside, I think mouse traps are cruel devices. On the other hand, I don't want them in my house. People have trapped mice all the time and have done that...
Growing Up Heroes
Growing Up Heroes is a new photo blog by Belgian comic book fan Franz Donovan that aims to provide visitors with a pretty emotive and reflective look on how heroes affected many of us when we were growing up.(thanks K...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Never A Year Like '09
Octomom. Balloon Boy. Tiger Woods. If there's one thing for sure in this world, it's that as long as people are acting reckless, insane and just plain stupid, there will always be plenty of material available for JibJab's annual 'Year in Review' vide...
Please Scroll
The 'page fold' is the line below which your average web viewer will not be able to see the contents of a page without scrolling down. The majority of users don't mind scrolling when visiting web pages, as long as there's a good reason to do that.Welcome to the world wide web, an interactive medium...
Ten Years Of BlackBerry
In early 1999, Canadian company RIM (Research In Motion), known for its handhelds and its wireless modems, introduced a device for mobile email called 'BlackBerry.'Unlike the Palm VII, BlackBerry didn't try to be fancy - no 'web clippings,' no huge...
A Day On The Internet
Did you know that 43,339,546 gigabytes are sent across all mobile phones globally every day. That's enough to fill 63.9 trillion 3.5" diskettes.A Day On The Intern...
Chinook Helicopter Water Rescue
The British Special Boat Service (water-based version of the SAS) landing an inflatable launch inside a Chinook helicopter. The pilot lowers the helicopter halfway into the water so the seals can come in.(thanks Co...
The Colors Of Xcaret Theme Park In The Riviera Maya
Most of us associate Cancun, Mexico, with Spring Break, and really, this location has so much more to offer than tequila slammers and skimpy bikini's.Cancun is also a popular tourist destination for families or couples looking for an eco-friendly and...
10 Weirdest Animal Friendships
Friends are the one thing you can rely on when you need a shoulder to cry on or someone to just listen to you rant. People have friends, so why can't animals.Dogs have always been known as man's best friend, so why can’t animals have best friends of...
Crosswalk Art
Crosswalks don't have to be boring; they usually are, but they don't have to be. Here are 22 interesting examples of crosswalk art.(thanks Ni...
Monday, December 28, 2009
15 Biggest Internet Controversies Of The Past Decade
The Internet has been a breeding ground for controversy from the start. Part of this is a result of the fact that the Internet is the great neutralizer; it empowers everyone to have a voice.As the first decade of the new millennium ends, let's examine...
Amazing Cantilevered Drawbridge
This hydraulic cantilevered drawbridge consists of a single giant arm that lifts the road section way up into the air. The bridge can be found here in the Netherlands in the city of Leeuwarden and it's known as the Flying Bridge or Slauerhoffbrug.Here's...
Number Gossip
Did you know that the number 12 is the smallest abundant number, the only number that is equal to the sum of 3 raised to its digits, the smallest number that is equal to the sum of its digits plus the cubes of its digits, and is the weight of the modular...
Archaeology's Hoaxes, Fakes, And Strange Sites
Eight classic cases of hoaxes and fakes by the Archaeological Institute of America.Why do fakes get made? Why do people fall for hoaxes? Greed, pride, revenge, nationalism, pranks, and gullibility mix in an archaeological setting. There's no avoiding...
2009 Ugly Bug Contest
Science blog 'Ask A Biologist' held its annual Ugly Bug Contest. This year the contestants were aphid, carpenter bee, cockroach, coreidae, crane fly, honey bee, Jerdon's jumping ant, paper wasp, scorpion, and a snakefly.And the winner is: the snakefly.(via...
Tiny Gingerbread House That Perches On The Edge Of Your Mug
Megan of 'Not Martha' made tiny gingerbread houses that are meant to be perched on the edge of a mug of hot chocolate.(thanks Co...
Home Schooled
Home Schooled is a comics series by American artist Ash Jackson and co-written by Silas Jackson. The Presurfer will feature a Home Schooled cartoon every Monday. This is an absolute exclusive cooperation between The Presurfer and Ash Jackson, which started...
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Scientists Fooled By A Match Box Trick
James Randi is a stage magician and scientific skeptic, best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience. Randi is the founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation.The JREF sponsors The One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge offering a prize of US $1,000,000 to anyone who can...
Lamborghini Ankonian Concept Car
The Lamborghini Ankonian concept car was designed by Slavche Tanevsky. The supercar concept has an aggressive design, and is downsized to account for a more environment-friendly status, though it does not include any hybrid or similar technologies.The...
The Largest Artwork In History
Jim Denevan makes temporary drawings on sand, earth and ice that are eventually erased by waves and weather.He made the largest artwork in history. It's nine miles in circumference and can be found in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA.(thanks Co...
The American Civil War Newspapers
The most interesting way to study the American Civil War, is to watch the war unfold on the pages of original Harper's Weekly Newspapers. Harper's Weekly was the most popular newspaper during the Civil War, and it featured stunning illustrations, and...
The 15 Most Influential Games Of The Decade
Going into the year 2000, the general feeling was that the game industry was ready to put away childish things. The era of Nintendo and kiddie entertainment was over, and the videogames of the future were about multimillion-dollar budgets, mind-blowing...
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Mustaches For Girls
Everyone loves a mustache, but why do boys get to have all the fun? This set of seven stylish mustaches is made specifically to accentuate feminine features. Styles such as 'The Grandma' and 'The Frida' let you pick the fashionable facial hair to accessorize...
The Many Fantastic Flicks Of Roald Dahl
There are few authors who have had as profound an influence on the fantasy movie genre as Roald Dahl. It's not just that so many of his stories have been adapted for the screen, but also that he was himself a fantasy screenwriter.You might think you...
Historical Timeline Of Computer Graphics And Animation
The development of computer graphics has made computers easier to interact with, and better for understanding and interpreting many types of data. Developments in computer graphics have had a profound impact on many types of media and have revolutionized...
Top 10 Christmas Turkeys
The formula for a joyful Christmas movie is pretty simple - sentiment, comedy, Christmas cheer. So why are there so many Christmas turkeys? It's our own fault, at this time of year we become less discerning about what we'll pay to see, out of a desire...
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Pictorial Guide To Avoiding Camera Loss
Have you lost your camera recently? Mislaid it somewhere in a national park? Left it in a taxi? Anyone can be a victim of the thoughtlessness and/or sleepiness that can lead to Camera Loss. You can't prevent cameras from getting lost, but you can do...
Y2K - Ten Years Later
The Year 2000 problem (also known as the Y2K problem) was a notable problem for both digital (computer-related) and non-digital documentation and data storage situations which resulted from the practice of abbreviating a four-digit year to two digits....
Happy Holidays
A cow weathers the financial storm that threatens to decimate the world or barn whichever is the finer. Winds may blow, foreclosure notices appear like spots on an adolescent's chin but there is an udder world out there.Happy Holidays.(thanks Co...
Heterochromia In Animals
image creditEye color, specifically the color of the irises, is determined primarily by the concentration and distribution of melanin. Heterochromia refers to a difference in coloration and is a result of the relative excess or lack of melanin. It may...
Accidental Geography
Cartographic pareidolia is the compulsion to see maps everywhere. Strange Maps has a collection of accidental ma...
Will Mouthwash Make You Fail A Breathalyzer Test?
There seems to be some uncertainty about whether using mouthwash could cause a false positive breathalyser result. Time for a little experiment.(thanks An...
Alma
Alma is a CGI animated short created by Pixar animator Rodrigo Blaas. A little girl walks the streets of a quiet town and finds a strange store full of beautiful dolls. She enters the open door. The movie is both beautiful and disturbi...
Cherpumple Monster Pie Cake
The Cherpumple is the desert version of the Turducken. It's a three-layer cake with a pie stuffed in each layer. Cherpumple is short for CHERry, PUMpkin and apPLE pie. The apple pie is baked in spice cake, the pumpkin in yellow and the cherry in white.(thanks...
The Necky
Just in time for winter and the cold weather.It's The Necky, the most magical scarf type-thing ever!(via Everlasting Blo...
Old Air Discovered
Thanks to a hoarder who held on to a scuba diving tank for 41 years, the record of air samples from the southern hemisphere has been extended by over 8 years. A 76-year old scuba diver from Beaumaris, Australia, handed over his air tank, which he last...
19 Cool Snowmen
When the snow falls, everyone becomes Michelangelo, and begins sculpting. Typical adornments are a carrot for a nose, some sticks for arms, maybe some coal eyes and buttons, even a hat and scarf. But you can do a lot more than that with snowmen.(thanks...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Every Day The Same Dream
Here's a depressing little game for the festive days. Every Day The Same Dream is a short existential game about alienation and refusal of labour.You play a white-collar worker who goes through the same routine every day. It looks like the game repeats...
What Do Blind People See?
This question - which comes from an anonymous Boing Boing reader, asking for his or her formerly toddler own self - may sound like a zen koan, but it has an answer. And probably not the one you're expecting.So, what do the blind s...
Michael Schumacher Returns To Formula 1
Michael Schumacher, the seven-time world champion, has signed a one-year contract with the former Brawn GP team, now owned by Mercedes. The German, who will be 41 on 3 January, has signed a contract and the deal will be announced imminently.Michael...
The Known Universe
A 6-minute film from the American Museum of Natural History. The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang.Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world's most complete four-dimensional...
Kim Peek Kim, Who Inspired 'Rain Man', Dies
Kim Peek, the man who inspired the 1988 movie 'Rain Man,' died last Saturday of a sudden heart attack. Peek, 58, was likely the world's most famous savant, enduring mental handicaps while at the same time possessing extraordinary gifts of memory and...
Bronze Rubik's Cube
American artist Marshall Astor made a bronze Rubik's cube while he was in college as an independent study project.(via Neatora...
Monday, December 21, 2009
U.S. To Capture Cow Farts To Save The Planet
In the future, America will harness cow farts to curb pollution and power the grid. It sounds like a joke, but it's actually a real promise. By 2020, dairy industry emissions will be reduced by 25%, largely by persuading dairy farmers to capture methane...
Science News For Kids
Science News for Kids is a web site devoted to science news for children of ages 9 to 14. They offer timely items of interest to kids, accompanied by suggestions for hands-on activities, books, articles, Web resources, and other useful materials.Kids have the opportunity to comment on and grade the...
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