What I found cool Dec. 18 - Dec. 26

Best Flickr album of the Post

MOVIES
Best Video of the Post

Disappearing Car Door.
Crazy Christmas musician.
Insane rock climbers.
Another bubble?
Tough screen.


ARTICLES/PRODUCTS/STUFF

Coffee table game with 'floating' top.

Remote control tub duck.

20 good traveling websites.

USA spending.

Funny community in Russia.

IEEE Spectrum creates another great article. This time about passing electricity over fiber optic.

Tiny world.

Visual feedback is always a plus. Using the SequoiaView technology.

Snowballing tool.

Hyperdrive 4. Volatile memory may be fast but one blackout that outlast your UPS and everything is gone.... Good for video games though I guess. Backup your saved games on a regular IDE drive perhaps?

When insults had class.

Hot women of Star Trek.

Aiola Island.

Competitive knitters.

Drink mixer.

Bees plus nerds equal more efficient web servers.

Flash drawn images.

100 'best' songs of the year.

First wave of printed solar panels.

Yet another insane battery on the way. Not holding my breath until I actually see some of these 'insane' batteries in the store or my laptop.

Pictures of eyes.

Atlanta photojournalism seminar contest.

Frozen Sea.

Lightening and fireworks.

Spoof website pulled off perfectly.

MIT open courses.

Realize how small you are compared to the universe. In picture form also.

GoogleTalk translation.

Decently comprehensive article about the credit crunch.

Another music sharing website. Rate a song and listen to all of the others.

Traffic jams mathematically explained.

10 'earth hacks'.

Dragon attack.

Simpsons' house in the real world.

GDP percentage growth.

Setting Milky Way over a few months.

Buy an island.

Best gas mileage on a 4 wheel drive vehical.

50 biggest events in the gamin world this year.

Dreams reflected in shadows.

Penny sized 16GB flash drive.

Swimming in goo.

How to draw book with drawings produced by children.

Digital logo builder.

Old Testament of the Bible on a pinhead.

What I found cool Dec. 14 - Dec. 17

I'm going to go ahead and post these because much has occurred that was cool in the past 4 days.

MOVIES
This is by far my favorite video in a long time. Evil look baby.
Flow 5.0 If you like this go check out the rest of the website at Studio Roosegaarde.
360 camera.
Spider machine.


ARTICLES
Best.Cookies.Ever. I'm from the south.

Mental IQ is equivalent to brain 'strength'. The brain needs to be exercised like a muscle.

Top lists of everything that happened in 2007. Included in those lists but broken up are Times: Top 50, Top 10 lists.

Gifts for engineers had a periodic pair of socks.

This bike technically has an 'infinite' number of gears..

Insane solid state RAID 0.

Superfluid came to my knowledge today.

Supposedly every Lego instruction booklet produced.

Every week a new company comes out with the 'battery of the future' but thenew Toshiba batteries sound like they might actually go somewhere.

Attack with lazer beams.

25 coolest keyboards.

Graffiti legends former art was found.

The iPhone turned into an HD video recorder. For 10 seconds... Find a way to stream to a 16GB microSD and we might have something bigger on our hands. Still, very cool.

2007 Google wrap-up.

Sweet pool.

Great photo series of hitchhiking.

Whale hunt. Graphic towards the end but well worth it. The flash website has some cool ways to display the images.

Star Wars Christmas cards over the years.

Supposedly the Hypersonic age is here. Highly doubtful. 25-50 more years, perhaps.

A well done article about the RGBY LED table.

Flickr Leech is my new 'free time image check'.

Interesting website with the 'Truth-o-meter'.

Great idea with a map displaying the front pages of the newspapers from around the country.

Pop-up card designer.

THE most addictive flash game I have played. The epic style music plays a large part in this.

Nerd polo.

What I Found Cool: Dec. 1- Dec. 13

MOVIES
TUNNEL BABY!!!
Un-safety bike.
WRX car jumping a HUGE distance.
Proposal on the set of Scrubs.
World's fastest land vehicle.
Leslie Hall...
Side of building Tetris.
Aquarium toilet.
Violin playing robot.


It has been too long so all the links will be short.
ARTICLES
Star Wars USB Drives.

Etch-A-Sketchist.

Micro-Art.

Watch phone. James Bond anyone?

This list of learning sites made my personal bookmarks.

Booze Test.

Insane pets.

Storage container flip-out house.

Finding geothermal energy just got a whole lot easier.

We have all seen droplet photos before but these are done well.

Electric eel used to power Christmas lights. [Patience with link, it is in Japan]

Purrcast. Self explanatory.

Randomly found Flickr account that I enjoyed.

Open source gadget hardware.

Bad at cracking eggs? Solution.

5 weird energy sources.

Remote controlled plane that uses jet type technology.

Very cool light. But not $100 cool.

Strange maps. Great website that made my personal bookmarks.

Things to do with your old computer.

8 great natural camouflages.

Hopefully you have seen Evil Knievel's injuries.

10 most valuable comic books. Pay my college loans please.

R2D2 Translator.... Nerds.

Find any MP3. Only for demo of course.

Meeting of people who own my dream car.

Battleship napkins. For either a very boring evening out or an incredible dinner with a VERY cool girlfriend.

Insane train.

Julian Beever's new sidewalk paintings.

10 Deadliest animals on the planet.

Clear and stunning nature pictures.

33 tables that decrease and increase my expectations of our next generation. I never said if the expectations were to cure cancer or to get hit by a bus.

Telescope in a 747.

Cool music player.

Ads of the world.

7 errors you most likely make.

It is incredible what people can create completely with photoshop.

101 Christmas movies that you can watch online.

If this succeeds it'll be great for science on so many levels.

Time doesn't slow down. It is just perception.

Completely ergonomic keyboard to avoid carpel tunnel.

One of the funniest quote websites I have ever seen.

Cats that grow in the dark.

What I Found Cool: Nov. 12 - Nov. 30

Who really needs 3840x2400?.

Artificial candle.

I have never heard of Babeson before.

64GB SATA II Solid State Drive from Samsung.

A light take on something hardcore.

Ode to switches.

10 commandments of the mafia.

I couldn't find an actual article with an image so here is a blog link. Incredible and scary looking fighter pilot helmet.

Why are they spending so much time on the helmet for pilots when pilots are about to be extint.

This lego image is a great recreation of a famous photo.

Just some good pictures of the Canadian Rockies.

Heroic story of a pilot landing a plane with no fuel.

My dream putter. When geek meets sports, this is the product.

Funny videos:
Cowbell Hero
Stop Motion MarioKart
Melted Chocolate Bunnies
Trained Fish!
One of the best feel good movies. Ever.
Good Guiness Ad. Beer companies have so much money...
Social experiment.
There are a lot of these flipbook videos out now but I think I found the original.
Flexible screen.
'Magic' brush.
Oakley showing off it's stuff.


New type of armor.

Really cool idea. Ask a question and get 500 people to answer it.

Screen that acts like a fireplace.

10 crazy experiments that you most likely wouldn't be able to do now without being sued because of human/animal rights.

Special blinds make a fake window. "It is just always sunny where I live."

New display to lengthen battery life.

The comment explosion on this article was almost more entertaining/enlightening that the article itself.

Pictures in stereo.

New approach to motion capture.

Want to know what your name means?

Catch and listen to music streams from all over the internet.

Small and yet functional MP3 player.

Weird and cheap looking website but I love it.

Some pretty crazy optical illusions.

Giant wind turbine.

10 people with seemingly super powers/abilities.

Futuristic paint roller.

This is what people do when something has no point and they recognize it.

Beauty and brains. I have actually seen many examples of this lately. Gives me hope.

Simple and addictive flash game. (It is in Russia so be patient on the connection)

I want a miShare. Even more so when it becomes true USB2.0

GREAT article about raising smart kids.

Art can be fun.

Really funny computer prank.

What I Found Cool: Nov. 3 - Nov. 11

Graphs about just about anything make me laugh. One about web pages.

Many times people estimate when a new technology will take over another, it seems to be wrong. But I'd like for this and this to happen soon.

NSF is slow to move but still has some interesting things come through its doors.

Lotto pattern analysis. Nerds are funny and see patterns nearly everywhere. But technically nothing man-made is truly random.

Lasers will eventually be able to do pretty much anything.

Why would anyone want a screen with a resolution of 3840x2400 besides bragging rights?

Photo technology is improving every day.

I thought that this lamp and this light was a fun idea.

People find community in so many ways. One of them involves dressing up in a large fuzzy animal costume and a documentary is being made about it.

A computer made from scratch, including the processor, is incredible.

Cars driven by computers is defiantly the future. I just hope some places stay open to enjoy this thrill of driving.

Almost anything homemade is good but try this bread.

Some things just don't translate.

I couldn't find the original source but perspective art is neat.

Some of the best things and pictures in life are screw-ups that are observed.

In Spanish and also has some borderline stuff on it but ugly Mickey makes me laugh.

64GB Solid State Drive.

Smart protection for your bicycle.

Jet powered firetruck?

Speaking of fast things...

Nine creative staircases.

These aren't my top ten most addictive flash games but mine contains a few of these.

I want this for Christmas.

LOLs have sometimes gone too far with the LOLCat Bible and compiler but you have to enjoy the split offs of LOLGrims and LOLBots.

This website has great color palettes but also neat information.

Cool rocks.

I fell out of my chair because this poster made me laugh so hard. Making fun of people is not good but really funny sometimes. Especially extremist people.

Last week I made fun of the Japanese police vehicles with blue bunnies on top and this week I proudly show you the most incredible police cars.

Lasers again. This time they are taking over the internet.

THE best keyboard mod I have seen.

Just a sweet lawnmower.

I posted something like this before but I found one that was done better.

Yet another singing Tesla Coil but this is a duet.

Take advantage of other people's stupidity by buy things that are confiscated by the TSA.

What chef's do when they are bored.

I am not sure how the final bill of energy is impacted but a fully LED office building is just cool to see completed.

I know I am late but a hybrid train word help with pollution at major ports.

I agree, these images were all used as a background on my PC this past year.

What I Found Cool: Oct. 27 - Nov. 2

These police get taken seriously?

Insane van and car.

Fun art competition.

Again, logical AND cool.

Billboards.

People can do amazing things with toothpicks.

People are making their ears likes elves.

The new feature at Wikipedia. I like to sit and watch. I did the same with the flickr mod.

This is where technology can define detail.

This CD player just looked elegant.

Very few people will find the discovery of the simplest Turing Machine. exciting

Cool photo series of things underground.

Do enough people really need a paper airplane launcher to create a market?

I want this clock so bad. I'll just build one.

This adapter for hard drives is perfect.

Sculptures made of cans.

The best video that I have seen in weeks.

Neat blog of bent objects.

Moss graffiti.

One of the most useful websites you will ever use.

Seven coolest islands. (or at least the coolest pictures of seven islands)

Geeky jack-o-lanterns.

I enjoyed this artist's website.

The photographer's sets are great.

I love other logical people.

Funny thing that a town has throughout.

This town/community is a cool idea.

A table for college students.

Digidesign does a good job of reaching out.

The only cufflinks I'd wear.

Geek putter in case you play golf.

Funny handwarmer.

Funny old CD covers.

Supposedly dark matter doesn't exist now?

Almost all of these websites have been on previous lists but are still great to go visit.

A programmer's approach to an argument. I like how he makes a point to clearly define the difference between evolution and abiogenesis.

Artists who use new mediums amaze me.

Adrenaline junkies.

Yet another great photoseries.

Movie mishaps.

I first heard this story on NPR.

I miss my old spirograph.

This 'crime deterrent device' would not fool any intelligent criminal.

I am heavily looking forward to anything this company releases. I want the lamp now.

Cool story of how the 'smaller world syndrome' of the internet can help.

A few photos of a bullet hitting things.

Sprint doubled my respect for them with one swoop.

Funny new dress.

Powerful things found in books in a jail library.

What I found cool Oct. 15 through Oct. 26

Get ready for a massive link dump because it has been two weeks.

A great way to make sure things are secure is to store them in a quantum state.

Little PC tricks are fun.

I really enjoyed seeing which baby names are popular depending on location.

One of the coolest LED uses I have seen recently.

WHAT!? No knead bread!?.

Two flash games are making me a happy person. First is a flash version of the Half-Life Orange Box game 'Portal' and the next is just a fun puzzle game.

Normally I do not normally enjoy the misery of others but this is one of the best things I have ever seen. She got applause so I don't feel too bad.

A fun weekend project for people with a lake, a car, and too much time.

An incredible spray paint can piece of art.

This was worth linking just because of the pictures.

In house designs are looking so cool these days.

Video games are breaking boundaries in more than one way but this is an incredible idea.

I have seen this flash map of world religion a few times but this is the first time I have posted it in here.

The ability to fly around the world and eat at all of these restaurants would be great.

There are many 'funny baby' movies but the karate kid is my new favorite.

These plants give me new hope for nature being so flexible to save us. Speaking of plants...

A new rubik's cube?

The cheapest SAT Phone I have seen yet.

The salary display website displays your salary earnings in real time. I like to start it before I go to the bathroom to be able to come back and see how much they paid me to go relieve myself.

Cool way to grab a person's attention.

Great dancers on a very unstable subway.

Disguised MP3 recorder. What if they want a piece?

Great flash program explaining a black hole. Well as best as we know it works.

A few posts ago I linked 'penny stacking'. Well apparently rock balancing is gaining momentum.

Dedication to a dream can be good or crazy.

I would not mind riding in this flying hotel.

Anyone with a cat understands this comic.

Not sure if a internet interface device will catch on or not.

One of those things you buy in high school for attention.

An entire product based off of a PUN.

I found this an incredibly ingenious way to remove smoke from a building.

Every PEZ you could want.

Incredible cardboard scuptures.

Sweet boat.

Another flash map.

Urgh! 60 bucks for the Star Wars Battleship!

Pretty neat concepts coming out of this program.

Lesson in capitalism for the poor consumer.
Neat light. Too costly. So, I'll make one instead.
Neat hair pins. Not too costly. So, I'll buy.

Photos of China.

Finding nuances in the world and in games is interesting to me.

Geeky wedding photos.

Incredible boat transport.

The cord cleat is so practical.

How many times have you thought about the travel time through earth but never really worked it out? I know I have many times.

These snow pictures with a microscope are neat.

Kind of creepy/cool.

The title of this article is dead on, "25 unexpectedly useful websites". I do want to say that I found the TED website before this!

Nature is, yet again, incredible.

This guy had to be on a drug to think of these animations.

Hate going to the movies alone? Find someone else who hates it also.

Anonymity gives people the ability to be honest. I have seen this with people feeling guilty and saying all the bad things that they have done but this might actually help a relationship instead of just making someone feel better.

I want this hoodie so bad for the next time I fly.

Another nerd shirt that I would wear.

I like LOLcats as much as the next person but people are spending WAY too much time on it.

What I found cool Oct. 8 through Oct. 14

This video is one of the more interesting talks I have heard in a long while.

With the recent release of the movie, there has been an influx in 'Transformers' products including beltbuckles.

These guys should get a mention in the new movie.

OK last transformers thing, but I just couldn't believe that a guy actually would build one.

2007 isn't over yet but I guess that it is 'over enough' for the best inventions of 2007 to be announced.

Nerd couples give me hope, but this cake is over the top.

I want to eat that cake with tonka truck utensils.

I have seen the majority of these houses before but it is nice to have them all in one place.

Speaking of interesting photo series, this one documents young addicts. Striking photos but I am not sure which emotion it truly evokes.

This photographer has two series that I enjoyed looking through.

There is a new wave generator in the works for research of tsunamis.

There has been a buzz around about mapping IP addresses and internet connections ever since xkcd did a cartoon on the subject. I really found this one to be one of the more interesting ones.

This compition grabs my attention every year.

Out of all the great memories to have with a great group of friends, I'd liek to add jacuzzi on a mountain peak to the list.

People are incredible creatures. Even more so when facing an anaconda in it's den.

Unbeknown to me, there is an international photography awards announcement every year. No I will add this to the list of things to watch.

A part of me feels bad for children today. Especially because of things like this and this but they are so dang cute...

These very handy tools would be a great gift for the hiker/outdoors man in your family. Wink wink.

I really think this poster would be a very 'hip' thing to have in my house.

I am going to make the rest short because I am running out of time today.

Sweet speakers.

Mini spybot.

Google hit counter ring. Really?

Personal drive in movie.

This makes me want to be a kid again.

This blog helps me laugh at least once a day.

One of the greatest things I have everseen.

This list of 100 things for better photography is good.

One of the funniest culture comparisons.

Cool 3D paintings.

Interesting laws.

Internet2 got a 10X boost.

Giants in London.

Games are looking real.

Still can't believe that people are translating the entire bible.

Internet popularity can go faster than high school popularity.

Finally we know.

Cool way to find internet radio.

Tiny and flat mp3 players are in.

What I found cool Sept. 28 through Oct. 7

I love street art and this storm drain art is great.

People constantly say, "there was a recent study" but study caught my eye. I have returned wallets before in the past easily because I make sure to never look at how much is in there.

Too many gamers would talk a big game with a keyboard that gives the entire room a blue tint.

Playing guitar skillfully is alone enough to be considered cool but when you add technology you jump a few places in my book.

Two 'not so quick' science links for those who enjoy it about alzheimer's and weird attributes of water.

I finally found the perfect gift for all my coffee addicted friends.

One of the best services someone can supply is easy access to information. This one little program helped me see more reason to certain laws ratified and mergers that have taken place over the past few years.

Speaking of aquisitions and mergers...

If you are big of renewable energy this wave farm should really get your blood flowing. The waves should continue but the mechanics of the generators themselves seem to be plagued with possible issues involving salt water in my mind.

Happening upon budding internet communities is exciting to me and makes me want to jump of the small but growing coin stacking bandwagon.

Moving opens your eyes to products you have never seen before including these neat plates which help you determine how much to put on your plate depending on how hungry to feel. Here is a much better image for clarity.

This imaging trick was seriously one of the coolest ideas I have seen in a pretty good while. The execution was flawless.

I am not a big fan of Bono but none-the-less his liberty medal speech was one of the best speeches I have heard in a month or so. He was up against some very stiff competition.

This video of people in colored jumpsuits doing a choreographed dance is apparently called the human LCD screen.

All throughout life it is important to find something that you are passionate about.

I'd like to have my own personal moon. Seems to me that it would be a chick magnet for the type of girl I'd like.

Yet again something so simple but yet genius.

I kind of really want this paper weight even though I am no architect.

So this past week was full of reports about this new battery for laptops that would be out in 30 years that was going to last for years. Seems to not be so true.

What I found cool Sept. 24-27

This is going to be part of the backbone of my geek kitchen.

And this clock will be on the counter.

This is the first new age watch that I have actually found functional and stylish.

This is a cool idea not just to keep the annoying kids who practice in public places just to be heard but also as a direct input into a recorder without a full on box or external interference.

Seriously, anything with lego, motorized, and AT-AT is a win.

I smile the most, when people put two things together that seem as though it is common sense but no one has done it yet. Really a wind-up lamp seems like the perfect fit for my bedside lamp.

This is one of those things that causes you to stop dead in your tracks, take a breath, and say 'Really?' The paintball tank is perfect for hitting static or slow moving targets while only needing to worry about retaliation in the form of molotov cocktails.

This is a character I found interesting because I had never seen it before. Also, its affect is very cool.

Just when you thought iPods couldn't get any better, someone besides Apple does something like this to improve it. Simply stunning.

If this technology actually comes to fruition, it could change the way we approach imaging large areas.

Marketing campaigns can be powerful.

I love how integrated art and tech has become. I am totally thinking about crating something like this with cheap leftover screens from calculators.


The next generation of USB keys has been going for a while but I think it is finally mainstream.

What I found cool Sept. 15-23

Even though this really isn't a 'breakthrough' is is still nice to have 416GB of flash memory. Even if it is just a whole bunch of chips stacked together.

People who know me will be surprised and will make fun of me because of how much I actually want this wallet. Oh my goodness I haven't wanted a material thing more since the Optimus Prime when I was six.

These scupters out of books are great.

Quitting smoking has been hard for many people. One because on one likes a quitter. Also, because it isn't just the nicotine but also the fact that it keeps your hands busy. With that in mind, I really like this idea that kind of tackles the problem logically.

This website will be in Chinglish because it was translated roughly but the product itself would be coveted by many girls I know if they knew it existed.

USB3.0 will bring pretty much everything I want in an external hard drive. Think of it, direct full video and audio recording directly to an external hard drive.

These strollers were more shocking than cool. I cannot believe that we can actually barely afford our houses but are buying things such as these.

Where art meets the rich and the needs of the addicted is a great market to be in.

This "skateboard" isn't cool to me but it has gotten a lot of attention. So it slid in.

I like new things that seem to be from a Sci-fi movie. I probably wouldn't have believed how good this gel-tec stuff was until I saw this video.

Reusing manufactured goods that have outlived their first purposed with minimal energy use is great to see. Even more so when it looks cool.

I think I found the answer I will respond with every time a girl asks me what my type is... my type is her. Kind of kidding but kind of not.

Sep. 8 through Sept. 14

Golfing is fun and challenging. Tiger Woods golf the video game is fun. But if you are going to those lengths, just go outside.

Wondering what to do? If you were bacon or just about anything else, find your answer online.

Yamaha isn't the first company I think of when I think of amazing/cutting edge sound editing gear.

Finding what I want you to see on this website takes directions. Click 'Work' and the the Troja lamp. I want one or want to make one STAT.

If you are ever stuck outside and can't find shelter, just act like a caterpiller and build a cocoon.

Supposedly this watch is really worth $480,000. It is hard for me to put a price that large on anything but human life.

I am not political but maybe George W. Bush could use this time table.

I like practicality and this company does a good job at it.

I totally want this toaster to make all of my Christmas gifts with. Just think how cool a little kid would feel at lunch if they had a PB&J with no crust, toasted, and PERSONALIZED.

Even though there are better ways to purify water, this waterbottle makes sense and gives you the convenience of speed, which the other methods lack.

With how advanced we have become as a speicies, we still rely on something that is ever changing. I hope we correct this soon.

I like 'toys' that adults buy to learn and play. If you like bugs, this is actually very cool.

Speaking of cool practical gadgets, living in the south could be much less of a pain with this safety tool.

What I found Cool Sept. 1-7 2007

Thinking about throwing a party? This fishbone ice tray is awesome.

I really hope that this video isn't gone but the affect of frame rate is very interesting on a helicopter.

I enjoy books because it is is a snapshot of someone's life. Hence why I loved this photo collection.

Google earth never ceases to amaze me.

Sometimes,
penguins make the coolest tech items.

Had a hard breakup? The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Get over him the same way. Grab this knife set and get to cooking.

Is this 'catch all' plate art? Or is it just dang cool.

Indie girls rejoice! These boots are perfect for your rainy day.

Want your kid to be a doctor? Buy these socks.

With these speakers I might shatter a window. But I still want it like whoa.

Jewelry is expensive unless it is something a guy would like to have.

Almost got this hand to watch and then learn to play the piano duet style with.

I had my glow worm but kids today are spoiled.

Even back during WWII we had skills like a ninja. This is just incredible to me.

Skull-a-day is interesting but this skull is just plain cool. I love how Motley Crue is the first one I see.

This last link might take a few tries or a bit to load but I am seriously thinking of buying a remote that makes us all laugh. Then wirer it to work with my TV.

What I found Cool Aug. 27-31 2007

This great new online photo editing software called fotoflexer is actually pretty good.

A crazy Epoq watch with a screen that can play movies and 1GB of storage.

The perfect gift for the little punk rocker, a spiderman tattoo kit.

I was on the verge of saying that they don't make transformers like they used to until I saw the new Star Wars one.

The whole Tay Zonday has been spoofed pretty far and wide but
Darth's stands out to me.

To continue on the Star Wars train, can you believe that it has become big enough to involve NASA? Choo Choo!

Some people say that science isn't sleek but I beg to differ Rosendahl seems to have done a good job.

Going from reading the temperature to burning up the road, I actually like what Chevy has done to the electric car.

I thought that 1TB discs would be more publicized but it never showed up in US news channels from what I saw. Seriously, 1TB of data on a disc?

Normally I play Switzerland in company battles but a video about the Microsoft Zune phone was funny.

Check out these candles. Perfect for the girl geek.

WOW. Okay, so I had to add this final tech link of the week. 3D Holographic displays... oh yes.