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Archive for April, 2010

GET: Surprise Me

If you’re anything like me, sitting down to blog sometimes requires, er, a bit of encouragement. Enter the new WordPress plug-in “Surprise Me”. Every time you push publish, a new surprise (read: video of a guy dunking over the competition or other bit of awesomeness) pops up to congratulate you on another job well done. Fun, right? PSFK has the story of it’s creation after the jump… you might notice some familiar names. Well done.

LINK: Surpriseme via PSFK.

FUN VIDEO: Amazing Fire Illusion


Quick name check:

Amazing? Yup. Fire? It’s there. Illusion? It would appear so, yes.

QUICK: See What Your Friends Like (LikeButton.me)


Quick, go to LikeButton.me and prepaire to have your mind blown… it’s everything all of your facebook friends are liking right now, organized by the sites they like it on. You can even add your own at the bottom. Crazy town. No joke, this might be what the news looks like moving forward.

LINK: Likebutton.me via SwissMiss.

LOOK: Robotic Safari Pics


Photographic due Burrard and Lucas put an SLR on a remote controlled car, dubbed it the BeetleCam and sent it out into the brush. Click around after the jump and sign-up for the newsletter as their rover is about to start roving again. How fun is that?

LINK: Burrard-lucas via Wired.

QUICK: The Safe-for-Work Porn Trivia Challenge


How well do you know your porn? Only one way to know…

LINK: Maxim.

HONORARY DOGGLER: TrustoCorp

New York’s own TrustoCorp strikes again… this time on bodega shelves, and in anticipation of his (hers? their?) show at the Brooklyn Brother’s Gallery. Bonus points for spelling Bulemia just the way I would.

LINK: TrustoCorp.

FUN VIDEO: Zero G Dog

Don’t look back, you never know when this pup will pop up.

GET: Winscape

Prepare to have your brain turned inside out along with your wallet. Winscape takes two flat screens, a mac to run the software, and some sensors to tell where in the room you’re standing and adjust accordingly. Why? “Because waking up in the same place every day is boring.” Fun, right? Even better, in July they’re releasing some code work and widgetry so you can basically build it yourself using your existing TV. Got. To. Get. One.

LINK: Winscape via Uncrate.

FUN VIDEO: The Twitter Bird Prank

A drunk mascot, a net, and 10,000 “twitter-holics”? How can you lose.

LINK: Zug via Urbanprankster.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Street Wars Is Back


WHEN: July 12th, 2010 – August 10th 2010
WHERE: NYC. All of it!
WHAT: A 3 week long, 24/7 water gun assassination tournament. At the start of the game you will receive a manila envelope containing the following:
* A picture of your intended target(s)
* The home address of your intended target(s)
* The work address of your intended target(s)
* The name of your intended target(s)
* Contact information of your intended target(s)
The goal? Soak ‘em before you yourself get soaked. Once you’ve hosed the hoser you get another name. In the end, there can be only one. Of course, it can’t be you unless you sign-up. Enrollment has started and it books up fast. Not a lone wolf? Team play is also an option. What are you waiting for?

LINK: Streetwars.