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Back in the 70s, some crazy lunatic drove like a bat out of hell through Paris and filmed it (and yes, those are pedestrians he is nearly running over and one-way streets he’s going the wrong way down). The video was just and underground phenomenon until its recent release on DVD, and now it’s on Google Video.
Now, we just need to find somebody to attach a camera to their vehicle, and haul tail through Bend (the video would only be about three minutes). I nominate this local lunatic.
Over a year ago, I linked to some vector-based Illustrator images that were so photo realistic it was amazing. But these images of Chicago’s Damen station are even more amazing (and look at the close ups to see the amazing detail you can get with vector-based art). The site above is a bit slow, as it’s getting hammered a tad, so I’ve mirrored it here as everybody should see this amazing work.
I so need to get one of these. Granted, I don’t need this if I’m getting Pilot Butte fries (which are the best on Earth), as their small orders of fries come in cups, which fit neatly in my cup holders, but it’d be handy if I’m slumming it and getting Burger King fries (which are the best fast-food fries, in my opinion). You can find more oddball French Fry inventions here.
I was going to go through the effort of coloring in today’s FoxTrot (which Bill Amend admits he screwed up on one of the calculations), but somebody beat me to it.
I really need to get a Chia Chair for my backyard.
The Grass armchair is self assembled, each pack contains 14 corrugated cardboard frames and 100g pack of grass seeds. You will need about 240 litres of soil, to fill in the frame. First find the right spot, because once the armchair has grown you won’t be able to move it!! You can put up to 20cm of gravel with in the frame then the soil. Spread the seeds evenly using only 4/5 of the bag of seeds. Press them in and water slightly so that the soil is humid. Water the armchair everyday. If it rains cover the armchair until grass has grown, to avoid the chair becoming waterlogged. After 10 days the grass starts to grow. If the grass has not grown evenly use the rest of the seeds to even it out. Once the grass has reached 10cm, cut it to 3cm, and keep it to this height. Now you can sit back and relax!
I doubt the thing would ever survive in Central Oregon (can you imagine what this thing looks like during a winter when all the grass is dead?) but it’d still be stupidly cool to have.
Thanks Cheryl for the link.
With my bent on torturing animals, have fun with this little flash game where you have to avoid blowing the puppy to pieces (and it’s a lot harder than it looks).
I’ve been told (as I don’t play guitar) that George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” is a pain in the butt to play on guitar. So you can only imagine the talent it takes to play it flawlessly on a ukulele.
I’m not a drinker, but I love cheesecake and might try this.
So far, I’m 2 for 2 on my picks (and will be 3 for 3 if Boston College pulls it out — that one’s in double overtime). You obviously can’t make your picks any more, but if anybody has already made picks on Yahoo, you can still join my group until the end of the day today and possibly win a prize (there are 18 people in the group so far, so your odds are pretty good).
On a related note, I know the following bloggers are competing in the UtterlyBoring pick ’em contest (if you on the list and you’re not listed here, it’s because I don’t recognize your screen name or e-mail address):
If I’m missing you on the above list, let me know, as I don’t necessarily know too many last names or pseudonyms that people might use.