Awesome Tag

Saturday Night Live: Jeopardy (Tagged “awesome” by...

Mon, 18 May 2009 13:13:00 -0400

Saturday Night Live: Jeopardy

(Tagged “awesome” by Twitter user jason_austin.)

It’s Terminal: A Dozen Scenes of Early Office...

Mon, 18 May 2009 10:55:00 -0400

It’s Terminal: A Dozen Scenes of Early Office Computing

(Tagged “awesome” by Twitter user Powerflasher.)

Introduction to Wolfram Alpha

Fri, 15 May 2009 18:24:00 -0400

Introduction to Wolfram Alpha:

A screencast introducing some of Wolfram Alpha’s main features. It goes live at 7pm CDT today.

(Tagged “awesome” by Twitter user zpete.)

Superpoop (Tagged awesome by Twitter user BonaBonita)

Thu, 14 May 2009 16:18:49 -0400

Superpoop

(Tagged awesome by Twitter user BonaBonita)

Street painting of a crevasse in Dun Laoghaire. There’s a...

Thu, 14 May 2009 14:49:25 -0400

Street painting of a crevasse in Dun Laoghaire. There’s a timelapse video of it being made here, on Youtube.

(Tagged “awesome” by Twitter use PuterPrsn)

Kind of Bloop: An 8-Bit Tribute to Miles Davis

Thu, 14 May 2009 10:38:11 -0400

Kind of Bloop: An 8-Bit Tribute to Miles Davis:

Andy Baio is using Kickstarter — “a funding platform for artists, designers, filmmakers, musicians, journalists, inventors, bloggers, explorers…” that he is on the board of — to raise money for an 8-bit reinvention and 50th anniversary commemoration of Miles Davis’s “Kind of Blue” album.

What would the pioneers of jazz sound like on a Nintendo Entertainment System? Coltrane on a C-64? Mingus on Amiga? For years, I’ve wondered what “chiptune jazz” would sound like, but there are only a tiny handful of jazz covers ever made.

To satisfy my curiosity — and commemorate the 50th anniversary of Miles Davis’s “Kind of Blue” — I’ve asked five brilliant chiptune musicians to collaborate and reinvent the entire album in the 8-bit sound.

He’s also blogged about the project here.

(Tagged awesome by Delicious user cameron.hartofelis)

Physicists Prove That Vampires Could Not Exist

Wed, 13 May 2009 17:18:00 -0400

Physicists Prove That Vampires Could Not Exist:

Two physicists have published an academic paper where they demonstrate, by virtue of geometric progression, that vampires could not exist, since they would almost immediately deplete their entire food supply (a.k.a, all of us).

(Tagged “awesome” by Delicious user sushimustwrite)

NASA astronaut first to "tweet" from space

Wed, 13 May 2009 13:26:00 -0400

NASA astronaut first to "tweet" from space:

It’s not quite the achievement of a lunar landing, but astronaut Mike Massimino made Twitter history with a 139-character post to the micro-blogging site — the first person to do so from space.

“From orbit: Launch was awesome!! I am feeling great, working hard, & enjoying the magnificent views, the adventure of a lifetime has begun!” he wrote at 4:30 p.m. ET Tuesday.

Follow Astro_Mike on Twitter for more tweets from space.

(Tagged “awesome” by Twitter user ossreleasefeed)

Awesome Outtakes

Tue, 12 May 2009 15:23:00 -0400

Not quite substantial enough for a full post, but awesome in their own right, I present the first edition of #awesome outtakes.

I have no idea how to describe this animated gif, but it would be a mistake not to click it. Tagged “awesome” by Delicious user teanau.
This Twitter search illustrates what happened when inky tweeted “I am awesome. #awesome”. Unsurprisingly, a lot of Twitterers think they are awesome.
Also via inky on Twitter is this strange video of what appears to be a robot making Japanoise music. Robots = instant awesome.
This remote controlled truck combines Lego, remote control, and wheelies for an undefinable amount of awesome. Tagged “awesome” by Delicious user _aasch
This is the trailer for The Hurt Locker, a film about an elite Army bomb squad unit in Iraq. Tagged “awesome” by numerous Twitter users, but first by orangearrows.
In this video we see over 1,500 zombies descend on Melbourne in the Melbourne Zombie Shuffle ‘09. Tagged “awesome by Vimeo user MinistryOfAwesum.

This is An Ad For An Air Purifier — Gizmodo (Tagged...

Tue, 12 May 2009 13:21:52 -0400

This is An Ad For An Air Purifier — Gizmodo

(Tagged “awesome” by Delicious user roberttaft)

Jer Thorp takes the Twitter search results for “just...

Tue, 12 May 2009 11:21:23 -0400

Jer Thorp takes the Twitter search results for “just landed in” and generates this: a 36-hour visual representation of Twitterers’ travel. Get the nerd’s eye view here, on his blog.

(Tagged “awesome” by Delicious user adieyal)

The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun

Tue, 12 May 2009 10:02:28 -0400

The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun:

(Tagged “awesome” by Delicious user amadon3)

Sir Critter T-shirts

Tue, 12 May 2009 08:01:16 -0400

Sir Critter T-shirts:

Isn’t it about time nature got with the program and started showing a little refinement, maybe even a hint of elegance? For some reason animals just can’t seem to get their act together, so let us provide nature an example to live by with these fine t-shirts emblazoned with classy critters.

(Tagged “awesome” by Delicious user captainfez)

Saturday Night Live — Digital Short: Motherlover (Tagged...

Mon, 11 May 2009 16:28:52 -0400

Saturday Night Live — Digital Short: Motherlover

(Tagged “awesome” by Twitter user mollybuckley)

From pinktentacle.com: Flickr user modern_fred’s Japanese...

Mon, 11 May 2009 14:27:09 -0400

From pinktentacle.com:

Flickr user modern_fred’s Japanese movie monster scan collection includes a few vintage illustrations detailing the innards of Godzilla and other famous kaiju.

(Tagged “awesome” by Twitter user keyankenny)

The Philosopher and the Wolf

Mon, 11 May 2009 13:59:58 -0400

The Philosopher and the Wolf:

A spur-of-the-moment decision to buy a wolf cub changed Mark Rowlands’s life. From that moment on he found human company never quite matched up

(Tagged “awesome” by Delicious user jarmer)

Magnifique! Having the world’s most amazing penis, a...

Mon, 11 May 2009 08:01:24 -0400

Magnifique!

Having the world’s most amazing penis, a gift or a curse? This is the story of one such man. A story he wants to be kept quiet.

A short film from the Schweppes Short Film Festival, directed by James Pilkington.

(via Twitter user jeffbentley)

(via Flickr user BenKphoto)

Sun, 10 May 2009 21:27:00 -0400

(via Flickr user BenKphoto)

The Volvo Ocean Race on The Big Picture. The 2008-2009 Volvo...

Sun, 10 May 2009 16:39:58 -0400

The Volvo Ocean Race on The Big Picture.

The 2008-2009 Volvo Ocean Race has arrived in Boston Harbor. Boston is the 6th port city for the eight teams which will race around the globe for nine months over 37,000 nautical miles split into 10 legs. The ships they sail are Volvo Open 70 class racing yachts, 21.5 meters (70.5 feet) long, manned by a crew of 11. While the ships are in port, they hold in-port races as well as hosting events and entertainment for local residents.

(via Delicious user jpwp)

Tobacco - Little Pink Riding Hood (via Twitter user...

Sun, 10 May 2009 14:36:31 -0400

Tobacco - Little Pink Riding Hood

(via Twitter user visualmadness)