Posts tagged “july 30 2011

Human Trees

Looking something like a cross between the Ents of Lord Of The Rings fame and good, old-fashioned stick men, these extraordinary trees would be more at home in a surrealist painting.They were created by a pair of nature-lovers using a painstaking technique known as tree shaping.Peter Cook and Becky Northey spend years guiding each tree’s growth along predetermined routes with wires.


ColorWare – Leica D-LUX 5 Digital Camera

Minnesota-base customization specialist ColorWare introduced its latest option – Leica D-LUX 5 Digital Camera. Say goodbye to blandness and $1,200 US (or $400 if you provide your own camera),  will “bedazzle” your German engineered gadgetry with either 21 Solid Color Tones, 21 Metallic Coatings, or 4 “Pearlize” Colorways, a grand total of 48 option on 8 different elements of the camera.

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The Man Without a Facebook

Well-made parodies are significantly funnier for people who still remember the original, and that’s exactly the case with this near shot for shot caricature of the trailer for The Man Without a Face.


IE Users Have Lower IQ Than Users of Other Web Browsers

A recent study links intelligence test results with browser usage — and the results don’t look good for users of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, especially its older versions.

   The study, titled “Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and Browser Usage” by Canadian company AptiQuant, compiled IQ test scores of 101,326 individuals over the age of 16 and divided them into groups according to the browser they use.

The results are fascinating. Users of Internet Explorer 6 have an average IQ score barely over 80; Firefox and Chrome users fare much better, with average IQ scores of around 110, while Opera and Camino users have an average IQ score over 120.


Adolf Kit-ler!

The kitten with a Hitler moustache that even gives the Nazi salute