Duck Goes Moo!

Here’s an interesting invention: the Dunk Mug.  It includes a slot where cookies can be stored.  It could be cool to have, but it looks like said cookies could easily slide on out and ruin your day.

Here’s one from the “Gee, I wish I thought of that” category.  Someone created a blog of nothing but pictures with three things: Tom Selleck, a waterfall and a sandwich:

Featured Sandwich: Italian

Featured Sandwich: Meatloaf

Featured Sandwich: Panini

See more here

I did a google image search on “Steampunk Pinup” just to see what would come up:

Steampunk Pinup by ~Colorful-Ayako

SteamPunk Pin Up by ~stock4profs

Steampunk Circus Doll 7 by *mizzd-stock

BIZARRE Magazine

Heliograph

The Scoundrel's Lounge

Ever hear of poutine?  It’s a Canadian treat that consists of french fries, cheese curds, and brown gravy.

Well check these taste treats out you can find on thisiswhyyourefat.com:

Poutine Cupcake

Eggs Benedict Poutine

Poutine Rolls

Bacon Poutine

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Edit:  They just added another Poutine monstrosity!

Canadian Calzone

DARPA has gone an created a real working version of the chronically obstinate, endlessly useful M.U.L.E. from old Atari gaming days.

Here are the key requirements that the robo-mule must stand up to:

• It must be capable of carrying sufficient payload capacity, range, endurance, and low noise signature for dismounted squad support, while keeping weight and volume scaled to the squad level.
• The robot must support all manner of walking, trotting, and running/ bounding and capabilities to jump obstacles, cross ditches, recover from disturbances and other discrete mobility features. The LS3 must be able to follow a leader between 5m and 100m ahead, in dynamic, cluttered environments with other moving soldiers in close proximity.
• It must have the ability to perceive and traverse its immediate terrain environment autonomously with simple methods of control.
• The robot must understand simple soldier-to-LS3 interaction with minimal direct control of the platform’s speed and heading (joy-sticking and tele-operating are examples of direct control). The vehicle must require minimal oversight or direct control (e.g. joystick control) from an operator.  Direct control modes should only be used for error recovery, and should not be needed more than 3 times per 24-hour operational period, for no more than 5 minutes at a time.
• The robot must be able to follow a leader between 5m and 100m ahead, in dynamic, cluttered environments with other moving soldiers in close proximity.
• The robot must be able to operate for arbitrarily long periods without GPS as well as be able to negotiate slopes up to 30 degrees fully loaded and go up steps up to 12 inches high.
• The robot must be able to wade through 36 inches of water.

from networkworld.com

Okay, it’s not quite the hunk o’ junk the autonomous beasts of burden were in the classic game, but it seems to me to be something that can be retrofitted to fulfill a wide variety of purposes, not just hauling cargo.  Farming?  Mining? Hunting wumpuses?  (wumpi?)  Only the future will tell.

For those of you who just gotta hear that theme song, here you go:

I dig that synthy music they’re playing in the background… oh yeah, and the 3D desktop fabrication process is pretty darn neat too.

Bye Helmets came up with an interesting way to advertise their line of helmets.

No, apparently they do not actually make helmets that look like a bunch of hands… which would be pretty cool if you ask me.   Not sure what the back would look like though.

This is an fun little video for song “Candy Girl” by the band Soviet.  Not the highest production, best acting, or even that great of a song, but I really liked this video for some reason.

VectorTuts has an article that showcases WWII propaganda:

The Travelers Zone has some amazing pictures of Bora Bora:

Okay, the pictures aren’t originally theirs, and many of the images are no longer available, but the ones I included with this post are pretty nice.

Somethings just are beyond any kind of explanation…

Pretty clever.  Hope dolphins don’t start using tools or we’re screwed.

J.D. Salinger has passed away at the age of 91.

This just in: Some dinosaurs were orange with white stripes!  Just like my cat, Jane!

WOOHOO!!!!

It’s happening right now.  Steve Jobs is unveiling yet another product that may or may not change how we do things (or at least add a whole new slew of slick commercials full of annoying hipster types).

It’s the iPad.  It’s kinda like a big, flat iPod Touch.  Really… that’s kinda what it is, maybe with a little more performance power.  Or maybe it’s more like a netbook without the clamshell case.

I mean, it seems kinda neat, and my initial response was “Ooh, I gotta get that!”, but the more I think about it the more I think to myself that I’d rather just watch movies on my laptop and read actual newspapers.

Still, if someone got me one I’d probably use the heck out of it.

Find out more here at The New York Times.

Run out of places to put all of your many, many, many books? (I’m looking at you, Mom and Dad…)

Get the BookWave and hang your books from the ceiling!

And here is yet another way to get free music and skirt copyright laws: stereomood.com.  It’s actually a pretty nice site, allowing you to browse music and playlists based upon tags and “moods”.  The music seems to come through with pretty good quality and reliability,  at least with a broad band connection.