Dramatic Lemur

Last year the Dramatic Chipmunk became so famous it got its dedicated website . And that's where I found this one: Dramatic Lemur. Make sure to put your speakers on!

Crapberry

What does your cellphone say about you?. Mine says "wide, but lean, shape turns off some". Yes I sometimes call it a Crapberry but I admit I really can't do without it. Even if I'm not a "go-go-go, white-collar executive" but I do get Blackberry Separation Anxiety when I forget it in one room when I'm in the other. I use it to Twitter, Facebook, check Gmail and pop3 mails. In Dutch I call the thing zwartebees, which could be regarded as a somewhat loving nickname. By the way, can you guess what the most downloaded wallpaper is over at Crackberry.com?

Tweetmeme: can it get more meta than this?

If you're eager to know what's going on in the Twittosphere but you're either too lazy or too busy, you should add Tweetmeme to your RSS feeds. No wait, no time for that either. Currently very hot: Cheeseburger in a can (for campers) and the FAIL blog (for pics about those times when the world fails, again).

O RLY?

I've been co-author in a number of books before (like this one) but now I thought it was time to bring out my own. I kind of like the cover - it has a certain O'Reilly factor.
Cloisms 3.0 book cover
More O'Reilly spoof covers @ O'Reilly.com.
The O RLY? owl classic internet meme (like lolcats, but for owls).

Never underestimate the power of simple office supplies

More Unusual Art from Everyday Materials: 16 Post-It Note Pranks, Sculptures and Murals: "16 projects that involve covering, cladding, sculpting and decorating with simply sticky pieces of paper."
The Tanooki - Donkey Kong window art is definitely my favourite - I remember other examples but this one is definitely cool.
UPDATE: this one is also great: Welcome to Room 116: todo: "Consumer generated street art allowing people to write on post-it notes." Found via Neotorama.

Specialization is for insects

According to one of the characters in the 1973 science fiction novel Time Enough For Love, this is what a human should be able to do in his or her life:

1. change a diaper
2. plan an invasion
3. butcher a hog
4. conn a ship
5. design a building
6. write a sonnet
7. balance accounts
8. build a wall
9. set a bone
10. comfort the dying
11. take orders
12. give orders
13. cooperate
14. act alone
15. solve equations
16. analyze a new problem
17. pitch manure
18. program a computer
19. cook a tasty meal
20. fight efficiently
21. die gallantly

I'm good at 1, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 19 ; working on 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 18 and 21 ; and I fail miserably at 5 and 20.
Found via kottke.org.

Joe le taxi, il va pas partout

International Taxi Fare Calculator: "ives you an estimate of the cost of a taxi ride in cities worldwide. Currently we support Barcelona, London, Madrid, New York (yay), Prague, Rome and San Francisco." Also on your mobile.

MyMeko

I have a soft spot for generators. And although this one is very post-bubble, it still made my laugh out loud.
Web 2.0 GeNerAtor.
See also what makes a Web site 2.0? and Web 2.0 is almost out of bèta now.

Sleepwalking with a boner

It's rude but I like it: Peekasso. Don't miss out on the Archive.
Found via Sexinart.

Pollock Simulator

I just made my own Jackson Pollock painting and I'm pretty pleased with the result. But no clue where the little heart on the left hand side came from.
Found via Neotorama. Paul Jackson Pollock (January 28, 1912 – August 11, 1956) was an influential American painter and a major force in the abstract expressionist movement.

Where is a book before it is born?

From The Book of the Lover: "This book and I have become indivisible. I have placed my feet on this book's last pages,confident of standing so much higher in the world than I ever stood before."
From The Books of English film director Peter Greenaway]'s [1996 movie] "The Pillow Book": "the poems, originally written in Japanese, were not translated in the film, and deserve to be known. They were based in a book of a Japanese courtesan called Sei Shonagon, who lived in the 10th century (Heian dinasty)."

Noo Yoak

street photography New York in black and white: urban views - by Markus Hartel: "A reflection of every day life – real, unaltered impressions of public places, places that everybody visits every day, the street where you live, the parking lot of your favorite grocery store, the subway." Found via Lamazone.
Matches perfectly with its text equivalent Overheard in New York - the Voice of the City. I'm planning to go back to New York in July (week 28). Any tips on where to stay, who to meet, etc?

I can has websiet?

I simply don't get tired of the LOLcats internet meme - and that includes the offical Icanhascheezburger site. Now there's also the LOLinator mash-up service. This is what bnox.be looks like if it were designed by cats.
Found via TechCrunch.
UPDATE: Do not underestimate the importance of cats in the History of Blogging (old one but still good).

Chris Dusauchoit on Bulgaria's abandoned children: will Belgian politicians react?

Flemish radio and tv personality Chris Dusauchoit watched the BBC documentary Bulgaria's abandoned children last Monday on national tv and is now calling out to Belgian Parliament to do something about the apalling situation in a children's care home in Mogilino, Bulgaria. Following the completion of the film, the production team offered the Bulgarian Embassy in London the opportunity to comment on the findings made in the course of filming the documentary. As a result, a team of Non Government Organisations (NGOs) is working with the [Bulgarian] government to bring about changes to the lives of disabled children growing up in the state institutes.

Finally! A decent virtual pizza builder

Domino's BFD (Big Fantastic Deal) - BFD Builder: You can choose from a registered BFD below or create and name your own. Either way, as soon as you order, you got 30 minutes."
You might call the 1995 Sandra Bullock movie The Net a bit weird or even plain bad (imdb user rating: 5,5/10!) but because of many things, like that ultra cool online pizza interface, it's one of my all-time favourite movies. Got the virtual fireplace in the iMac, too. Only thing that is missing in my house is a barking dog for a doorbell sound.

The future of masturbation is here, now!

If you're looking for a somewhat mysogynistic nickname for your girlfriend, here are a few ideas: Deep Throat Cup ("unparallelled tightness", "slurping sound"), Soft-tube Cup (includes "the ability to squeeze out after ejaculation"), Rolling Head Cup ("with the adoption of a flexible body"), Double Hole Cup (has a "Bitter Side" and a "Sweet Side"), and the fascinating Air Cushion Cup ("never-before-experienced clinging sensation"). Inspired by the Japanese Tenga onanism cups range. Currently not shipping overseas.
Found via Digital World Tokyo.

Sleepy, Grumpy, and the others

The Wellcome Collection - Sleeping & Dreaming: Test your Tiredness: "Fatigue has obviously set in and you need to WAKE UP SLEEPY HEAD"
My average reaction time was 321 milliseconds. Can you do better?

2geeks1keynote

While everyone is counting down to Steve Jobs' Macworld Keynote, me and my favourite geek are preparing for a cosy 2geeks1keynote evening in my living room. @applefanbe will probably livetweet it and we're planning to mess around a bit with all the possible feeds and backchannels we can lay our hands on and record it. Now all we need is some Italian pizza and Belgian beer and we're all set.
UPDATE: from an internet point of view, the MacWorld keynote was a non-event. Just when probably thousands of mac fans and future switchers were eager to join the conversation, Twitter went offline. So did the video streams we were counting on. Annoyed by this communication outage, the two geeks went offline and spent some off-grid quality time. God forbid there would ever be a world-wide catastrophy... because all the modern technology we take for granted would become totally useless in minutes.
UPDATE 2: The Steve Jobs 90 Minute Keynote in 60 Seconds video. Or re-enacted by bunnies, as you wish.

Where's your head at?

What better way to start the new year than indulging in the ancient art of decapitation? The East London decapitator (see also Culture-Jamming Decapitator Hacks London Ads @ Wired.com) is not to only to set this new and bloody trend. Try out the Heads Off viral for the Highlander: The Source dvd release. The further your victims head rolls across the futuristic landscape, the better your chances of winning an official Highlander broad sword.

The hidden meaning of my name

What Clo Means

You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily. You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind. A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable. You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow. You are light hearted and accepting. You don't get worked up easily. Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is. You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life. You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you. At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself.

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

Love matters

The Love Mattress: Modern Sleeping Solutions for Couples: "Sleeping entwined with another is a novel concept, but there's always the problem of that extra arm. Where does one put it? Mehdi Mojtabvi's Love Mattress offers a simple solution for the chronic limp arm that often results from sleeping while wrapped in a prolonged embrace."
Love the concept! But you better not eat crackers in bed, then. Those slits would get full of crumbles...
UPDATE: feel free to leave your jokes about spooning and forking in the comments.

Say hello

Felix Heinen - Data visualisation of a social network: "Two big (200cm x 90cm, 80 x 36 inch) posters show the variety and attitudes of members from an internet community like MySpace."
Found via Visual Complexity.

We live in public

We Live In Public follows the exploits of web entrepreneur/media artist Josh Harris, including his $1.2M sociopolitical/technological experiment in which 100 artists and volunteers lived in an underground futuristic society, every aspect of which - sleeping, eating, going to the bathroom, having sex, losing their minds - was broadcast live online. Watch the trailer at Radar Online.

Confessions of a cell phone addict

Cellibacy: "as comedian and advocate Amy Borkowsky explains, “It’s not about giving up sex. I’m giving up something much harder than that.” On January 1st, Borkowsky will attempt to ring in 2008 with a lot less ringing, as she officially turns off her cell phone service for sixty days, becoming America’s first advocate for moderation in cell phone use." Very brave!

A short history of the future of the internet

Internet Society (ISOC) All About The Internet: History of the Internet (Last revised 10 Dec 2003): "If the Internet stumbles, it will not be because we lack for technology, vision, or motivation. It will be because we cannot set a direction and march collectively into the future."
UPDATE: Review of the decade: the internet @ Guardian Unlimited: "We'll remember the decade from 2000 as the time when it stopped making sense to think of the internet as an "information superhighway", or even as a "parallel universe", because it became just another way, albeit a staggeringly powerful one, of being human."

Warholize me

Warholizer "tries to treat a picture even more the same way Andy Warhol might have treated it."