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September 29, 2006

Sling - rubbery game

Games

Sling is a cleverly made and very funny entertaining little flash-game - a simple click-and-drag gravity skillgame with a new rubbery twist to it. Sling~!.

September 28, 2006

Nature is sexy

Beautiful

Great images of sexy trees, sexy fruit, sexy vegetables, sexy plants, sexy rocks....what's on a man's mind...

September 27, 2006

Another confirmation of US 9/11 conspiracy

Politics & Conspiracy

On September 10, a former Bush government official appeared on FoxNewsChannel to lay out the holes in the official story of 9/11 and point out that 9/11 was an inside job. (Dr. Morgan Reynolds is the former Chief Economist of the Labor Department and Professor Emeritus at Texas A&M University).

MISSING: the America we used to know

Funny stuff

View this at Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index . Great drawings, cartoons and political charicatures about: 9/11 - five years later.

September 26, 2006

moving 3D walls

Gadgets & Stuff

INCREDIBLE STUFF. Developed at MIT, Hyposurface™ represents the world’s very first ‘digital architecture’. This stunning, new media technology is considered the most technologically advanced ‘experiential marketing’ medium in the global exhibition and events industry. It creates 3 dimensional movements (like water drops), on a pannelled wall - which has mechanical construction on the back. It moves to sight, sound, touch and movement. Forget video screens - this is certainly the single most visually stunning presentation that anyone could possibly imagine.

September 25, 2006

The new MINI Cooper S

Brands & Marketing

Now's your chance to get a unique look at the new 175hp MINI Cooper S, in its very own TV-studio. The site also features the incredible story of the SHARK ALERT. Flashy 360 degree views of the inside and outside of the car, groovy music and ...the shark burps and snores. GO to mini.com.

BMW - Ideas are Everything.

Flashy sites

From BMW USA: What happens when you let ideas live? They move on to become Great Ideas. - Explore the BMW Ideas are Everything microsite .

Acura RDX micro site

Brands & Marketing

If the world was one big turbocharger, what would it look like? The prelaunch microsite for the Acura RDX

September 24, 2006

The Wolfboys - Suzuki SX4

Games

You've just been ambushed by three wolf boys and now your friend is running for his life. Your mission is to save him in this Suzuki SX4 game The Wolfboys : START THE MADNESS. Nice integration of videofragments in this flashy game, turn up the sound.

USA created terrorism?

Politics & Conspiracy

A classified U.S. intelligence report, the first formal appraisal of global terrorism by U.S. intelligence agencies since the Iraq war began, and published today (Sunday 24/9) by The New York Times, blamed the war for the surge in global terrorism, adding it helped fuel Islamic radicalism worldwide. The report “says that the Iraq war has made the overall terrorism problem worse,” said one American intelligence official. Also read the view on this issue by Al Jazeera.

September 23, 2006

The Body Bouncer

Gadgets & Stuff

Not your traditional sex toy this... "It brings you to a new level of extacy", can be used by two people and enables you to to all the tricks in the Kama Sutra book. A sort of trampoline for tired couples..." the bouncer gives you back what time takes away from everybody: novelty". Check out the Body Bouncer video (NSFW)

September 22, 2006

TV Before Your Eyes: video glasses project big screen video

Gadgets & Stuff

These video glasses show movies on a big screen that only you can see . Tired of squinting at blockbusters on a three-inch portable media player? Connect your device to a personal-display headset, and movies will appear on a virtual three-foot screen that seems to float several feet in front of your face. The goggles let you watch movies from media players, phones and laptops; they can also show films in stereoscopic 3-D. Images from tomorrow’s visors will look even more natural—and so will the headsets.

NIKE AIR

Flashy sites

Another great website in the Nike series. Play ball or run. It is no longer about running fast, it's about running like you never did. Use the keyboard to feel what it's all about.

September 21, 2006

The "I Miss Monica" song

Music

The "I Miss Monica" song from Dan Friedman's new comedy CD: "those innocent days just before the election - ...when the president didn't have to go to war just to get an erection, ....with her cute baret and her pouting lips she made the most of her internship". Great song and video animation about those good old days when Monica Lewinsky was still the scandal of the day.

UFO's floating close to the shuttle Atlantis

Science & Space

The Space shuttle UFO mystery deepens with more objects sighted. Yesterday three more unidentified objects have been spotted floating in space close to the shuttle Atlantis.

September 20, 2006

More Windows Live Messenger Videos Released

Online treasures

We earlier mentioned one of three videos promoting the benefits of the new Windows Live Messenger which touted the benefits of new means of communication over old. Here's the other two videos along with the original on a fancy little site at Communication Evolved.

Fosters Beer in heavy move to internet & SMS

Brands & Marketing

Australian brewer Foster's has become the first major brand to shift its entire advertising spend away from TV onto the internet. Foster's ("Australian for beer") has thrown a significant amount of money at ladult site, Heavy, beginning with the "Massive Mating Game" which involves video profiles of ten Australian "sheilas" (in their bikinis) talking about themselves. After watching the videos and answering a list of questions, participants went into the draw to win a date with their dream girl, and a trip to Vegas.

September 19, 2006

Adidas Climacool

Flashy sites

Yet another state-of-the-art product presentation for adidas. Intuitive navigation, great transitions, great atmosphere. Check out Adidas Climacool.

New Toys: GenPets

Gadgets & Stuff

"genpets have blood, bones, and muscle; they will bleed if you cut them, and die if mistreated just like any other animal. That’s right, Genpets are not toys or robots. They are living, breathing genetic animals. The electronic components are only in the packages and are for basic life support, outside of the packages the genpets are wholly organic." .....Yuuuucccckkkk !!! (!!)... See if you'd have your kids play with these...things...

IBM: Help us change the world

Brands & Marketing

American computer giant, IBM, recently invited 100,000 collaborators to participate in a worldwide InnovationJam that Business Week described as "the online equivalent of a town meeting". The aim was to develop "innovations so powerful they will transform industries, alter human behaviour, and lead to new businesses for IBM," with a dedicated website, www.globalinnovationjam.com.

September 18, 2006

Gucci, welcome to Web 2.0

Brands & Marketing

If I tell you that a very traditional, stylish and high fashion brand like Gucci has decided to build its new website without using Flash, the first thing you might think is: "my God, how conservative, old stylish (and boring) they are!". What I expect you to say is simply "wow!!!". Yes, "wow", because Gucci has decided to drop Flash and opt for a much more innovative solution: Web 2.0 technologies (a.o. Javascript and Ajax just to name a few).

10-Year Study Establishes Website Development Benchmarks

Interesting facts

The Web Marketing Association announced the findings of a decade-long study of web development trends in more than 80 industries and issued the resulting website-development benchmarks, based on nearly 10,000 website evaluations, in its "Internet Standards Assessment Report" (ISAR). The association evaluates benchmarks in seven categories: design, ease of use, innovation, content, technology, interactivity and copywriting.

September 16, 2006

La Linea - 57 Episodes

Video & Flash

La Linea is an Italian animated series created by Osvaldo Cavandoli back in the old days. The Character is created of one single line and have a temper of a 5 year old kid, so the basic for a fun cartoon is layed down here for every wannabe cartoonist to follow - Learn from this guy!

September 15, 2006

The 2005 London bombings conspiracy theory

Politics & Conspiracy

On the 7th of July 2005 London was hit by a series of explosions. This is the video of the conspiracy theory behind these attacks. Evidence has been withheld and false information has been provided to the public. You probably think you kow what happened on that day, but you DON'T... View Ludicrous Diversions video documentary (27:53 min).

Haluz - Samarost game

Games

And here's another one of those great Samarost puzzle series. Follow the bird and try to find the stolen satellite [dish], recommend the instructions , but in practice this usually means a lot of clicking to try and work out the logic of each stage - fortunately, you can't do anything wrong: Haluz - Samarost

September 14, 2006

10 coolest concept cars

Cars & Speed

All cars are fantastic and beautiful. Mercedes-Benz Bionic, BMW Mille Miglia coupe, GM Hy-wire, Scion Fuse, Volkswagen EcoRacer, Saab Aero X, Nissan Pivo, Chevrolet Camaro 2006, Chrysler Imperial Concept 2006, Maybach Exelero. Check out the 10 coolest concept cars of now.

September 13, 2006

Coca Cola does Grand Theft Auto

Brands & Marketing

Great new ad where Coca Cola does Grand Theft Auto

Hockneyizer: Create simulated photograph collages

Online treasures

Create a unique "collage" from a single photograph. Choose one of two styles: a "joiner" style image without frames or an image created from simulated Polaroids. Every generated image is unique. This toy was inspired by the photo collages of the artist David Hockney. Works with your photos hosted on Flickr or anywhere else. Check out Hockneyizer.

September 12, 2006

As we know... everything is converging

Brands & Marketing

What does uber wifi and Sony's new portable device Mylo mean for the future? This blogger has some interesting thoughts.

AlbumArt - cdcover finder

Online treasures

Type the name of a CD/DVD or artist in the searchfield and Albumart.org will find lots of high quality CD and DVD covers within seconds! Find it at AlbumArt

September 11, 2006

The 30-Second Bunnies Theatre Library

Funny stuff

The 30-Second Bunnies Theatre Library in which a troupe of bunnies parodies a collection of movies by re-enacting them in 30 seconds, more or less. With nearly all 30 filmscripts available, from Jaws to brokeback Mountain in 30 secs.

Apache Overkill game

Games

Fly your Apache Helicopter, attack all targets! Guide your chopper in our energy packed, side on scrolling shoot'em up game. Collect missiles, weapons and powerups, targetting enemy tanks, trucks, troops, fighter planes and ground troops.. even the odd goat! Play Apache Overkill.

September 01, 2006

What's going on in the Moscow subway?

Interesting facts

What's going on in the Moscow subway?