For the tech-head beer-drinker on your gift list (that’s me!) comes the Opena Case. It’s $40. And it’s Australian.
Amy found these! I had heard of them all before, but the animation and narration are excellently fun.
Nov 252011
There’s a six-part show coming in February, but for now, feast your eyes on this trailer, and the start of a web promotional series.
Go to danger5.tv for more
Nov 152011
(via Hannah J Waters)
Nov 142011
It says, “Learn to kern” — but it’s poorly kerned! Typographical pun! Huzzah!
It tickles that part of my brain where “nerd” and “funny” intersect.
It’s available for pre-order, just $25!
(thanks, PaJo!)
Nov 112011
11/11/11 is the date that most resembles corduroy. Ever.
So says the Corduroy Appreciation Club:
Please note: the Two Item Rule is NOT in EFFECT! We are instituting a THREE ITEM RULE! That means, you must wear THREE (3) items of Corduroy. You can do it!
Sadly, I missed the 11 Days of Corduroy, which began on Nov. 1 (or 1/11/11 — “a date which closely resembles Corduroy”) — but now I am eagerly waiting for Nov. 11, 2111, which will do us one better.
Of course, the year 1111 doesn’t count, because corduroy wasn’t invented until about 1780. But can you imagine the celebration in the year 11,111? Heck yes!
Ha! Love the ingenious stringing together of technology to enable this communications. As tuaw points out, it’s a little reminiscent of that scene in Star Trek IV when Scotty picks up the mouse and tries to talk to the ’80s computer.
Best Star Trek movie ever.
Boxing cat vs trash bin
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Nov 022011
Misdirected violence is sometimes hilarious, when it comes from animals.
(via Arbroath)
Twitter account @TNG_S8 is posting purported plots to Season 8 of Star Trek: The Next Generation (which, fo course, only aired for seven seasons).
They are hilarious*
(*to Trek fans)
Everything wrong with Halloween
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Oct 302011
We found this video by merely searching “Halloween” on YouTube, and then we killed ourselves laughing.
I do believe that Newspaper Snack Machines is my new favourite Tumblr. It’s devoted to chronicling “the fall of print journalism through the plummeting quality of newspaper snack machine offerings.”
It’s also quite funny. For the 5-hour energy, above, they write:
When you’re exhausted enough to pop open one of these babies, an inflatable college-aged blogger springs forth and relieves you of your duties.
Touché!
I submitted an entry — perhaps a little out-of-scope, since it touches on my workplace’s coffee vending machine — but I dearly hope it’ll be accepted.
Oct 262011
Apparently, this infographic about the “Anatomy of an Agency” was created at Toronto’s Grip Limited, and sent to the ad blog copyranter, where I saw it.
Having only once been in the presence of a real, actual full-on ad agency, I guess I can’t say for sure how accurate these jokes are, but they look pretty standard. But funny. Even if you’ve only seen ‘Mad Men’ a couple of times.
Full graphic after the jump
Tell tailgaters exactly how you feel
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Oct 252011
Oh, you like this? Oh, you want to build your own? Here’s a step-by-step guide.
Source: Here’s a clever way to deal with tailgaters | Wheels.ca.
Oct 242011
If you liked my previous post about Pantone-coloured Christmas ball ornaments, then you might also like a roundup of other Pantone-coloured items that you can buy.
Like shoes, for example:
See them all: Pantone Inspired Products | Verda Design.
Verda Design, by the way, is based in Winnipeg.
I love single-serving websites* and I am kind of fanatical about checking the weather. Also, I love profanity. So when I happened across the website The Fucking Weather, I knew I was basically in (fucking) heaven.
Here’s a link to tell you what the weather’s like in Brandon, in Celsius.
Or, just go to TheFuckingWeather.com and enter in your own coordinates. It defaults to Rochester NY.
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* I’ve even created a few. Now you can tell whether 10th Street is open, whether the Brandon Sun air conditioner is working, or whether it’s Juel’s birthday.