Green

I still remember that Saturday when we woke up early, walked with an empty stomach to school while the snow crunched under our feet, and lined up in front of Ground Zero with tickets in hand. Ground Zero, you see, was the restaurant on campus (before they turned it into a Tim Horton’s), and we …

bacon, southpark, pirates, padstyle

Cups made from bacon, genius. Mac vs PC vs Linux, southpark style. Southpark goes Scooby Doo style with Korn and pirate ghosts. Speaking of pirates, here’s a pirate ship mural you can buy for your room (maybe I’ll get it for Ben). If you want something other than pirates to decorate your pad with, here’s …

wind, N-Tune, skateboards

This is a brilliant advertisement, even better than my last favourite ad. N-Tune, a Seattle startup that is not software focused, and sells a physical product. Skateboard furniture, quite a few Eames inspirations in there (via boingboing).

vegas, blackjack, mit

It started as an article in wired, which turned into a book, about how a team of MIT students won millions playing blackjack in Vegas. Now they’ve made a hollywood movie out of it, complete with Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, and Laurence Fishburne. Premiers March 28th.

earth album, creationists, youtube

Photos from around the world (google maps + flickr). What it’s like if creationists took over the world – think of the children (via boingboing). Also reminds me of this t-shirt. How Pakistan broke youTube, all the technical details you’ll need a networking class refresher to understand.

han solo, utango, seattle

Han Solo in carbonite desk uTango – I’ve read over the site, and still can’t quite figure out why, but apparently they give you money for shopping at their affiliates Postcards from the 1962 World Fair in Seattle, all hail the Space Needle, Seattle’s penis.