Thursday, December 24, 2009

"construction workers installed a Subway sandwich shop atop a crane"

"Builders hope the high-rise hoagie store will help hardhats work more efficiently by allowing them to purchase $5 footlongs without descending from the skyscraper"

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Maleficent’s Castle



Maleficent's Castle ("Forbidden Fortress"), sculpted by Larry Nikolai and available April 2010.

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Lump of coal gift box



Go here to see how to turn a gift box into a lump of coal.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Bioshock papercraft



Subject Delta, Big Sister, Little Sister, Toasty, and Baby Jane paper toys by Bryan Green can be downloaded here.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

10-dimensional paperweight



Calabi-Yau Manifold Crystal on sale here.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

The Force Unleashed 2













Ankonian Lamborghini





Ankonian Lamborghini concept car designed by Slavcho Tanevsky and available as desktop wallpapers here.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Demon Lamp




Demon Lamp designed by Jamie Hewlett on sale here.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Strong truck photograph



picture of an F-150 holds bricks overhead.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

"MIT wins $40,000 prize in nationwide balloon-hunt contest"

CNN:
A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology won $40,000 in a high-tech scavenger hunt on Saturday by discovering the location of 10 red weather balloons.

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This contest was designed to test the way social networking and lesser-known Web-based techniques can help accomplish a large-scale, time-critical task.

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"We're giving $2,000 per balloon to the first person to send us the correct coordinates, but that's not all -- we're also giving $1,000 to the person who invited them. Then we're giving $500 whoever invited the inviter, and $250 to whoever invited them, and so on..." it said.

Blue Shell Christmas tree topper





Mario Kart Blue Shell Christmas tree ornament by Jaime Margary.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009