What I found Cool Jan. 6 - Jan. 15

Best Flickr album of the Post

MOVIES
Best Video of the Post - Ultra light planes

If you haven't seen the herd of ducks, there you go.
Some say this is a little too big but I like it. Too small makes me feel like a grown up playing with a child's toy and causes me guilt for not 'growing up'.
You suck at Photoshop #1.
You suck at Photoshop #2.
Simple color sorter using a Lego set.
Great camera for the adventurer.
Ball Bearing beat machine.
Beer bottle opened with a chainsaw.
Cow drinking own milk. The picture AND sound creeps me out.


ARTICLES/PRODUCTS/STUFF

So, I wanted to wait after CES and the macworld keynote to write this and neither produced much. Except for this prank and the firestorm that followed.

Well designed faucet of my future house.

Funny wedding cake topper.

Maybe I am blind but I have seen nothing but praise for companies that go open-source. But this is the first hardware I have seen go open-source. YouTube TV top browsing is already one application done by a '3rd party'.

Hopefully one day we will learn how to convert waste back into a more widely used energy source. The energy itself never ceases to exist, it just takes another form.

Filling in nature's gaps.

Any Futurama fan will appriciate the Bender Brewer.

Technology is art.

The issue with stunningly informative graphics is that they rarely site their sources.

This lawsuit won't actually work but just think if it did... no more Comcast.

48% of medicines prescribed are placebos. Anyone have a percentage of those given placebos that get better?

GPS and Bluetooth capable SD cards? MicroSD cars???.

LEDs are being put in everything, even glass. I wouldn't mind this in my kitchen if it is bright enough.

The following 'claim' seems unfounded but a new 007 game by Rare would complete my decade.

Neat idea wrapped in a good sales pitch.

Eletornic bubble wrap to pop.

Live action Simpsons opening.

Great gift idea for the teddy bear loving person.

Lighting that I like but not for that much money.

Small and very efficient solar engine.

Screw the $100 laptop, go for $75!.

Insane ride and capture.

You can't argue with George Contanza.

Perfectly done set of sculptures created with old weapons.

Open source 3D models of trees.

I'm not holding my breath to see a Peltier cooler shrunk down and put strategically on a chip but it would be cool.

Assuming rapport is a technique I have been using without realizing it for a while.

Mortal Combat for election season.

Sony seems to start format wars every day.

Flat Pack furniture.

Not sure if I previously linked the 8-bit tie but even if I did, it is worth the double link.

Comparison of GB per dollar for hardrives on NewEgg.

Find out how much juice that machine is really pulling.

Mac is the new Braun.