Max Ernst: Oedipus Rex

For no particular reason, here is a painting called 'Oedipus Rex' (= 'Oedipus The King', in Latin) by the 20th century German artist, Max Ernst (1891 – 1976).

Tangram

There are lots of tangram games on-line, but this one looked to be the best to me (you'll like it because it allows cheats). I find these puzzles almost impossible and they give me a head-ache. They are a good mental work-out, however. Puzzles a bit like this are sometimes used on IQ tests, because (alas for me) good spatial reasoning is considered to be a sign of a high IQ.

Mario's foes have had enough

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E-paper has arrived

Electronic paper has been around for a while, but not in widespread use. Anyway, I haven't seen any yet! I'll finally get my chance: Apparently Esquire magazine will publish its October issue with a e-paper cover, so the cover will change itself in real time. The full story is at BoingBoing Gadgets.

100 billion dollar bill

This is a real banknote from Zimbabwe, although it is not standard currency. It won't be be around for long: tomorrow, August 1 2008, the government will exchange old for new money at a rate of 10 billion to 1, so this will be a $10 bill. According to Wikipedia, today $100 billion can only buy 3 eggs. I find this interesting, since these banknotes are selling for hundreds of dollars on eBay right now!

Inside the Royal Alberta Museum

Cryptomundo.com (an interesting web site about Cryptozoology, the study of unknown animals) has a piece about the non-public collection of the Royal Alberta Museum.

Via: BoingBoing

!Gnition

Smooth driving game... !Gnition and !Gnition2. Photo here.

365 free games

A lot are Windows-only games, but there are also quite a few on-line games in this list of 365 free games.

Via BoingBoing Gadgets via GamesRadar.com

Open Doors

Open Doors is a flash game that has doors... yeah. Photo here.

White Holes

Pretty much the exact opposite of a black hole it spits out light and objects around it. To learn more go to "White Hole- Wikipedia". Artist frame here.

Grow-like Games

A list of Grow like games sort of RPGs can be found here. Photo here.

Wii Transfer

"Wii Transfer can share your movies, music, and pictures directly to your Nintendo Wii using the Internet Channel. Browse iTunes playlists and iPhoto albums on your television. Convert your movies to formats the Wii understands, either streaming directly from your Mac or for playback in the Wii's Photo Channel. Wii Transfer can even manage saved game backups copied to an SD card."

To whoever stole my computer

4Real

4Real, originally uploaded by Goodearl.
Great optical illusion.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift

yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift, originally uploaded by Austin Kleon.

Turning a sphere inside out.

This is cooler than it might seem at first.

[It is probably more detail than you want, at 21 minutes, but there is a much more complete explanation of what is actually going on here in this video.]

Science is canceled.

I like this panel, snipped from Big Fat Whale comic by Brian McFadden. It is referring to the fact that Kansas has laws that forces them to teach creationism (= non-science) in the science classroom.

Indestructotank Anniversary

Indestructotank Anniversary is a bit over done but still fun with co-op!

Ball Physics

Click here for a great list of physics games including The Tall Stump rated the best flash game of '07. Part of an old ball physics contest. Photo here.

M Of The M

Marios of the month! Click for bigger images and M of the M runners-up: Mario Sketch, Mario on Wall, Simpsons/ Mario Bros. and (the ture M of the M) Super Mario Lincoln.

REALLY big craft project

This is a 17 foot tall model of Ghandi out of cardboard. If you have a few spare weeks, you can build one too- just follow these instructions.

Via: Instructables.com via BoingBoing

First ever web server

This is a picture of the first-ever web server (a NeXT workstation, made by Steve Jobs when he was briefly out of Apple), used by Tim Berners-Lee, who is credited with inventing the web.

My own minor claim to fame: I visited a page on this server in the early 1990s, when it was almost only web page in the world, using the world's first-ever web browser, Mosaic!

Via BoingBoing via Wikipedia

Totem Destroyer

Totem Destroyer is a neat physics game recalls Boom Blox. Photo here.

Tired

Tired, originally uploaded by Kristian Hesthaug.

Blik + Nintendo = Awesome

Blik + Nintendo = Awesome, originally uploaded by designmilk.

Boom!!

Boom!!, originally uploaded by Hel Des.

Shift 3

Shift 3 is out! Be sure to check out Shift 2 and Shift (1). Photo here.

Meteor impact calculator

Further to our discussion today of meteor impacts and the destruction of earth, here is an on-line meteor impact calculator. NASA's Near Earth Object program site is here. The photo, from the NASA site, shows a 1.2 km. meteor crater in Arizona caused by an impact between 20,000 and 50,000 years ago of an asteroid about 80 feet in diameter.

Top 20 Worst Foods

Top 20 Worst Foods and Top 10 Other Bad Foods for your health. But you gotta say it's impressive to fit 2900 calories in a dish. Photo here.