I’m not entirely sure how Wile E. Coyote could afford everything he bought from the ACME company over the years, but I do know there were plenty of gadgets and contraptions I would have loved picking up myself. I mean who can’t find a use for a Do-It Yourself Tornado Kit, Rocket Powered Roller Skates or even the pinnacle of ACME engineering, the Giant Rubber Band.
The Illustrated Catalog Of ACME Products website has pretty much every single ACME product I’ve ever seen in a Looney Tunes cartoon, and plenty I haven’t. It also lists what episode or episodes the product appeared in (I remember the Giant Rubber Band being used again and again) as well as a handful of screenshots for each one. Looking back you think ACME would have opened up a division to sell insurance. Though I guess the claims would have probably bankrupted them in a week.
There are countless books that will supposedly teach you how to properly raise your kids, but only one that takes the opposite approach. How To Traumatize Your Children is part of the ‘Self-Hurt Series’ of books and includes chapters that cover everything from narcissistic parenting to being your child’s best friend to the convenience of neglect and even how to enjoy the legacy of trauma you’ve carefully crafted. Because let’s be serious, what’s the point of putting all the time and effort into traumatizing your kids if you don’t end up becoming pseudo-famous thanks to a tell-all book or movie-of-the-week 30 years later?
At 192 pages with full color illustrations the book should provide more than enough guidance to keep your son or daughter living in your basement well into their 40’s. You can get it from Perpetual Kid for just $10.
Here’s a great post from the people at Mightygodking.com who claimed to have found a genuine working-condition Atari 2600 at a garage sale, complete with a huge stack of classic games that they’ve scanned for our enjoyment. In reality, it’s a huge post of classic video game artwork that’s been updated with titles and descriptions that more accurately reflect what’s being depicted on the cover. If you’ve ever looked at an old video game and wondered how the artist came up with those over-the-top covers when the games barely featured a few pixelated sprites you’ll find these pretty amusing. And really, do you have a better way to spend your Saturday morning?
They say everyone’s life has a soundtrack. Or something. The geniuses at ThinkGeek have just released a t-shirt with a working speaker on the chest. Use the wired remote to select the appropriate music or sound effect for your current situation or mood… It’s “perfect for making your ordinary life more exciting,” as you can see from the demo video:
After the jump, check out another new product from ThinkGeek, “Super Pii Pii Brothers.” It’s an amazing Wii virtual peeing experience from Japan and might be mildly NSFW since it’s, well, toilet humor, so to speak. Read the rest of this entry »
This just in: Virgin Galactic and Google want you (yes YOU) to be a part of Virgle, a joint project with the objective of establishing a permanent, self-sustaining human city with a population of 100,000 on the planet Mars by 2108. Sure, that’s a long ways off, but they’ll need a crew to get started, and selection begins now. If you think you might have what it takes, head on over to the application and see. Note that the second part of the selection process focuses on 30 second YouTube videos submitted by potential applicants, which you’ll be able to check out on Project Virgle’s YouTube channel.
So, what’s the motivation behind Virgle? According to Larry Page: “We feel that ensuring the survival of the human race by helping it colonize a new planet is both a moral good in and of itself and also the most likely method of ensuring the survival of our best – okay, fine, only — base of web search volume and advertising inventory. So, you know, it’s, like, win-win.”
Now, even if all of this is some sort of April Fool’s joke, there still might be some space travel in it for the best YouTube application video, since Virgin Galactic will be doing that sort of thing in the not too distant future. ‘Course, it might just be wishful thinking on my part.
If you have a little bit of time, it’s worth reading through the Virgle website, especially their 100 year plan. It’s well thought out and contains a lot of accurate information, all of which will be relevant if when Mars is finally colonized.
Google has been pretty awesome at indexing information about the past and present, but the future has been a bit hazy, until today. gDay is a search algorithm that uses Machine Automated Temporal Extrapolation (MATE™) technology to extrapolate a sophisticated model of what the internet will look like up to 24 hours in the future, with 75% to 95% accuracy.
Here’s some additional info from the gDay FAQ:
Q: What future websites do you search?
A: Only websites in Australia are included in the Beta. We’re a day ahead of the US anyway, which makes MATE™ technology more reliable.
Q: Wait a second. I live in the US. Does this mean I’m now 2 days behind Australia?
A: Yes. Yes it does.
Q: Can gDay™ help me find where I left my keys?
A: Yes! Your best bet is to keep a blog of all items you have lost and found in a given day and where you last saw them and found them. Search your blog using gDay™ and problem solved! MATE™ technology will determine a likely entry for tomorrow.
Q: Why is this section titled “frequently asked questions”, when the product is barely released?
A: We used gDay™ to work out the questions that people would ask.
I can remember reading my dad’s stacks of Mad magazine as a kid. But except for the occasional 80’s sitcom parody, most of the humor went well over my head. However, even if I didn’t understand the joke or scathing political satire, I still thoroughly enjoyed the fold-ins appearing on the inside of the back cover.
The New York Times website, of all places, now has an interactive gallery of cartoonist Al Jaffee’s Mad fold-ins, from the 1960’s to the present. They cover everything from US Presidents, to war, to pop culture and now that I’m technically a grown-up, it’s nice to actually ‘get’ the satire. But more importantly the gallery is also interactive, allowing you to actually fold and unfold the fold-ins, without ever making an unsightly crease on the page.
I’m a bit of a prankster at times, especially when it comes to friend’s computers. My favorite gag is to take a screenshot of their desktop, hide their icons, then replace their background with said snapshot. You’d be surprised at how long it can take some people to catch on to the ruse. Needless to say, I love this Phantom Keystroker.
This little gadget needs only to be plugged into the back of someone’s PC. After a designated amount of time, it will begin moving the cursor around and typing random text. Those with little computer knowledge will freak out and think someone is hacking their computer and stealing their identity, while tech-savvy people will believe that a friend has jokingly taken remote control of their PC. Only after everyone is crowded around their desk will they realize that it must be something else. At $24.99 it makes for a cheap laugh.
I can barely remember a time in my life when the Simpsons weren’t on the air. That’s not at all uncommon to hear, as the show has been running for nearly two decades. If you’ve been a dedicated fan all these years, why not check out this cool Homer Simpson Phone?
The phone features Homer napping in a rather comfortable-looking chair. However, once a call comes in, he instantly wakes up and begins spouting off one of six memorable catch phrases. With only six different phrases, it might get old fast. You can pick one up for $44.
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