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Weird Web Stuff

Ironic Culture, U$A, Weird Web Stuff
Great Scott!!! The Ultimate in Geeky Car Accessories
06.25.08 | Permalink | Comment?

In a throwback to 1980s kitsch, someone decided to make and market a bonafide Flux Capacitor. Far be it from me to geek-out in public from this blatant attempt to exploit my generation’s childhood memories for profit. But I must admit, it looks pretty cool.
Question: can I put this thing on my bicycle?
Creativity, Film & Video, Ironic Culture, Weird Web Stuff
Classic Photography & Legos
06.10.08 | Permalink | Comment?

I can’t decide if this Lego photography series (with gratitude to Make Magazine for the link) is really clever and insightful, or perhaps a little dismissive of history. Maybe all of the above? I don’t know.
The artist is a British guy named Mike Stimpson, and on his redbubble profile page he has published (and apparently adopted) this telling [...]
Cool Tech, Public Art, Weird Web Stuff
Transatlantic ‘Telectroscope’
06.01.08 | Permalink | Comment?

From the so-called ‘Steampunk‘ Department (with apologies to Gizmodo), check out this very simple, but effective, interactive art exhibit, which features an ‘underground’ telescope linking London and New York City. Passersby on both sides of the Atlantic ocean can apparently see each other in real-time. More info at Engadget, and again at CNN or CoolHunting.
The creator of the [...]
Creativity, Ironic Culture, Weird Web Stuff
Online Dating and Cannibalism
05.22.08 | Permalink | Comment?

I ran across this odd widget the other day (via Rocketboom), and I had to share:
OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets
What makes this fun little web button even more interesting is that it comes from a free online dating website called One Plus You. I don’t know if they’re making some subtle comment on the modern romantic [...]