Throwing playing cards like a ninja

It fun playing Gambit until someone loses an eye. Literally.

That's what happened to me today. That red dot on my eyeball is the combination of too much free time, a deck of playing cards, and a friend with uncanny aim.

After you've learned how to throw cards like a ninja, its alot of fun to chuck cards at your friends who are standing too close to you. One card thrown my way bounce off the ceiling and hit me at an estimated 5,500 miles/hour (or at least it felt like that).



If you don't know how to toss cards at dangerous speeds across the room or into watermelons, this awesome online tutorial will teach you everything you need to know.

Tomorrow's activity: blindfolded knife juggling (if I survive to blog about it).

That's not a typo

Her parents must be so proud, but I don't think she should be wearing white.

Stolen from College Humor (like most thing in college, its not safe for work).

Slow Wave!

Slow Wave is an interesting site where people email this cartoonist their dreams and he creates a four panel comic depicted them. Usually they are funny, sometimes wierd, and they always leave me jealous that my dreams aren't as interesting.

There are archives going back for years so there is plenty of material here to browse through while you're "working" at your cubicle. You can submit your own dreams if you think they are worthy enough to be cartoonized.

It seems this site is gaining more popularity, as it was even featured in Wizard magazine.

Homemade Wii Sensorbar

The Wii and its gyroscopic controllers could be a huge and innovative hit for Nintendo. Or it could go the way of the PowerGlove. Either way it will be fun to hack.

Apparently the Wii controllers need a point of reference in order to work. Makes sense, it has to have some way to tell where the TV screen is in the room in relation to the controller, or else the controllers movements wouldn't sync up correctly with whats on the screen.

So the Wii has a "light bar" that plugs into the console and either sits on top or below your TV. But the cord is short, so what do you do when you have a large projection screen you want to play Zelda on? Hack it! Thanks to doctabu for this simple trick:

Thats my hand not an eagle

This guy puts the face painters at ciruses and fairs to shame. He merticuously and brillantly transforms hands into cats, dogs, eagles, and anything else possible with just paint.

Apparently it also takes alot of patience, as most of the creations take four hours to paint (the two handed eagle pictured here took ten).

Visit Guido Daniele's official site or this Reader's Digest article for more crazy samples.

Worst Job Ever

Well, at least they gave the poor sap a stool so he's not uncomfortable when the bullets whiz by his head.

10 points to anyone who has eyes sharp enough to read the characters on the sign behind him and figure out which country this is from.

Stolen from Rescue Humor.

Dora The Explorer.... sex toy???

This strange children's toy was listed on Amazon, but was pulled today after someone there took a second look at it. Or maybe the $19.99 toy just sold out really quick, as its limited production and similarity to a certain part of the male anatomy might make it a collector's item.

I don't understand what these "Aquapet" toys are, or what they have to do with the show Dora the Explorer, or how anyone making this thing didn't do a double take when it was on the drawing board in the first place.

More discussions about this here.

How to eat a cat's head

Featured on BoingBoing a while ago:

Her name is Nakagawa Shoko. She's a Japanese "Talent" who is regularly on TV on variety shows and advertising. I caught a link to those pictures last week and then ended up seeing her on TV just this weekend. Talent's are women (and sometimes men) who don't have any particular skill or talent, but are on TV because they are attractive. During the video segments on variety shows you see their reactions in an inset screen.

But apparently she is talented in pretending to eat cat's heads. It seems that the secret is to stare wide eyed at the ceiling while you do it... watch out for the last picture, it might not be safe for work.

Church Sign Generator

I've decided today is funny church sign day. There's lots of them out there, some real and some photoshoped.

Even better, someone made a church sign generator site. You can create your own church sign at a mouse click, or browse through a directory of real church signs.

CNN Report: Zune is ugly

Microsoft's Zune portable mp3 / radio / video player / soul stealer was recently released this week. The Zune is basically Microsoft's version of Apple's iPod and iTunes product. The price is the same, but the iPod is much better in many ways. As the below CNN video shows, the only thing the Zune has going for it is the wireless song swapping feature. But this transfer only works between two Zunes, and the song can only be played three times over the course of three days max.

It's funny how this CNN report was supposed to be an unbiased review of the Zune, but they end up slamming it. Link: More doom and gloom for Zune from CNN.

How much of the internet is porn?

I read in CNN today that 1% of the internet is comprised of pornography.

This seems like a extremely conservative estimate. The Straight Dope reported a year ago that 83% of the net is smut.

Why such a huge difference in the estimates? I'm guessing that it has to do with how you count the pages (is the number of sites on the internet determined by the number of sites Google has indexed?).

Either way, selling and distributing pornography is a more than $9 billion a year industry in America alone. This happens to be the same dollar amount that would buy all of Africa clean water and plumbing. Nice to see where humanity's priorities are.

Classrooms in Second Life

I heard about this game called Second Life in 2003 after seeing a trailer like this one. I wasn't too impressed with it, and I thought it would be forgotten quickly like so many games are.

How wrong was I? About as wrong as "Nah, buying Yahoo stock in 1996" wrong. I read this article from Wired talking about how big and dynamic SL has become. It's almost unbelievable how immersive and customizable the game play can be. If you can call it game play, as it might more accurately be described as simulating real life. I won't bother describing what the game involves, as there are plenty of videos that can show you that.

But what caught my attention today was this CNN report about teachers starting to use the game as a virtual classroom. Apparently Second Life is so flexible that it can be used by falculty to hold office hours just as easy as it is to go snowboarding or skydiving in the enviroment.

This seems to be a significant step for the genre, as typical non-gamers seem to embrace the medium. Yes WoW is insanely popular, but its insanely popular with gamers only. Second Life and other things like it (Nintendo's Wii comes to mind) have the ability to reach outside the hard core gaming audience to those who don't normally play online games. Social interaction is the key...

Woman shot six times in head ... and she's fine

A man in Brazil gets pissed off that his wife won't take him back after their brake up, so he shoots her seven times. Once in the hand, and six times to the head.

That would usually be the end of the story, but the woman survived. Not barely survived, but completely survived. None of the six .32 caliber bullets penetrated her skull.

This bares repeating: The woman's skull deflected all six bullets.

Apparently the bullets are still in her skull, as the doctors don't think its necessary to remove them right away. What type of HMO are these doctors working for that they don't think removing bullets from this woman's head is a high priority in her recovery?

To make things weirder, I'm typing this as NBC's "Heroes" show is on... coincidence?

Does your chain hang low?

A little late for Halloween, but this was an interesting find at a dollar store ->

I like the choice of accessories in this "Instant Rapper" kit: gold grill, gold triple dollar sign knuckle ring, and the best of all, the gold chain. The chain even has a incredibly tasteful "#1" pendant. Just in case anyone in your crib forgots who the "#1" rapper is, you have the bling to prove it!

Halloween costume or illegal immigrant?

Sad or funny?

Stupid racist sexist drunk college boys sue Borat

One of the funniest (and scariest in terms of "wow people actually still act like that?" moments) in the movie Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is when Cohen's character is picked up in an RV full of drunk frat boys. Antics ensue as the college kids explain that slavery is great, women are objects, and minorities have "more rights than us."

Turns out that those guys are pretty embarrished about the whole ordeal, and have gotten together some lawyers to throw cease-and-desist and how-dare-you-show-me-making-and-ass-of-myself papers at Cohen. Of course none of that will hold up in court, as the studio got them to sign release waivers already.

Now I'm just waiting for the racist and homophobic old cowboy at the radio for sue Cohen next.

Link to the CNN article here.

Yahoo + Linksys = VoIP cellphone?

According to this Yahoo article, Linksys and them have teamed up to make a cellphone that uses Voice Over IP to allow for far cheaper mobile phone services. The article doesn't go into the details about how this would work (what cell towers could they use? CDMA or TDMA? what is the airspeed velocity of a unladen swallow?) or how much it would cost per month or per call. The phone itself (obviously not pictured here) would cost about $100.

Could this be the start of cell service revolution? I would want to try it, I already pay far too much for my cell service now.

Yahoo follows Google with chat in email

Yahoo and Google are bucking horns again for who's on top of the web based search / email / maps / chat / news / everything category. Google introduced their GTalk product about a year ago, and shortly after they integrated it very smoothly into their GMail web client. A few days ago they upgraded it so that if you send an instant message to a friend who is offline, instead of getting a "user not available" message it automatically emails them your chat.

Now Yahoo has followed suit with integrating their Yahoo chat into their email client. I haven't used it yet, but it doesn't look as simple and streamlined as the GTalk version. But according to Yahoo, they have a much larger customer base for their chat program, so this was a no-brainer for them. It's a shame not that many people have embraced Google's GTalk client...

Swan falls in love with Swan shaped boat

A male swan seems somewhat... confused about its love life. It seems to have fallen for a large plastic paddle boat shaped like a swan. It is reported to be behaving in the typical fashion that males do when in love: circling its mate, staring at it endlessly, making cooing noises, and generally making an ass of himself. He must be one horny bird to over look the fact that his soul mate is 20 times his size and has people sticking out of her back.

Apparently he's very committed, as he refuses to fly south for the winter without the company of the "female" swan. So as not to angry this confused little bird, the owners are keeping the paddle boat floating in the water during the winter.

I'm sure it won't be long until Disney buys the writes for this story and Robbin Williams gives the voice for the persistant swan.

Link

RFID implant DIY

A little late noticing this, but last December this guy put two tiny RFID chips into his hand. Apparenlty one opens his car door and the other opens his front door lock.

How many times did he have to lock himself out to resort to this?

It must have worked well, because he was able to talk his girlfriend into getting an implant too. Not sure what hers opens though [insert inappropriate and dirty joke here].

I'm a conspriacy nut and completely paranoid so you know I don't approve of this. Do not approve of it at all.

Gmail aesthetic change

Google just made some changes to the email layout of its Gmail client, just minor things like hiding drop down menus for the reply and forward options. This is the first change I've seen since I've been using it in the past few years.

Also interesting that Gmail is still in the "Beta" phase and still using the "invite a friend" way of adding new members. Google Maps, which is younger than Gmail I believe, dropped the "Beta" label months ago. Funny, Google Maps seemed more reliable in the Beta version than the current one...

How to flip a room sideways

Step by step guide to freak out visitors and party guests by flipping a room sideways. This is a lot easier if you own the place or its a co-op because it involves painting the floor. Putting a room sideways isn't nearly as difficult as flipping it completely upsidedown, so this is do-able in one afternoon.

Transparent screen trick

Nice optical illusion trick from this flickr gallery.

Arcade machine made out of trash

One of the best uses of dumpster diving I've seen: Link

Burger King sold pot burgers to cops

LBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) -- Two police officers sued Burger King Corp., claiming they were served hamburgers that had been sprinkled with marijuana.

Apparently Burger King is very serious about the "have it your way" theme...

Math is Sexy

A nice graph measuring attractiveness that some nerd made. Fun game: map people you know on the graph. But who could fit into the "Null Set" spot?

This post has been owned

These owned pictures totally own the crappy owned pictures on owned.com

The Guy's Rules for Women

I didn't write this, but I know I'll be sleeping on the couch anyway...

1. Men are NOT mind readers.

1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

1. Sunday sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.

1. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way.

1. Crying is blackmail.

1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it!

1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

1. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a Problem. See a doctor.

1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument.
In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 Days.

1. If you won't dress like the Victoria 's Secret girls, don't Expect us to act like soap opera guys.

1. If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us.

1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one

1. You can either ask us to do something
Or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

1. Whenever possible, Please say whatever you have to say during commercials.

1. Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions and neither do we.

1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings.
Peach, for example, is a fruit, not A color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.

1. If it itches, it will be scratched.
We do that.

1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," We will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.

1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, Expect an answer you don't want to hear.

1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine. Really.

1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as SEX, CARS, the shotgun formation, or BASKETBALL.

1. You have enough clothes.

1. You have too many shoes.

Chocolate Sushi... makes sense to me

First post... hmm, this better be a good one. Lets find the strangest combination of things you can eat:

Chocolate.... and sushi... together at last from this place And only for $62 a box!

This is the coolest thing since I found out how to make Twinkie Sushi.