Election link roundup

Cracked has a great collection of photos from the campaign.




Banner reading "McCain is a Raiders fan" flown over Denver Bronco's stadium. Via.




Denver Post posted election results four days ago...and had McCain winning. Via.



Here's video of CNN's interview with a hologram. Lord, please let someone interview Cheney while he's projected from a spider-bot. If you hadn't heard, speculation is that he made a point of endorsing McCain to hurt him.



You can play Super Obama World here. Via.



Scott Campbell shows off Ben Franklin and his Lincoln-bot.



Chris and Curt speculate as to what Ron Paul's supporters might pay for next time.



Thandie Newton and Ricky Gervais perform the lines from "Who's Nailin Palin" (Starting at 2:30). Via.

*Previously: Obama, President of Awesome.

*Buy presidential bobbleheads at eBay.

Spend more time looking at your reflection with the interactive mirror

Interactive Mirror from Alpay Kasal on Vimeo.

Interactive Mirror by LitStudios and Interference Inc. Via.

Relatedly, here's a "mirror" made out of moving wooden blocks:



*Previously: Cool photo taken with a mirror.

*Buy "Best of American Dream Homes: 30 Outstanding Homes" at Amazon.

Designer vinyl toys plus speakers equals Headphonies

Designer vinyl toys plus speakers equals Headphonies. Read about them here.

*See more vinyl toys here.

*Buy ninja toys at eBay.

Data Squid

Data Squid or "Datenkrake" from the "Freedom Not Fear" anti-surveillance demonstration in Berlin. High res version here. Via.

*Previously: Yahoo Code Ninja Mimobot.

*Learn how to protect your privacy with these books at Amazon.

Vintage Windows-Enabled Typewriter

This vintage Windows-enabled typewriter was Photoshopped by Supermarque for a Worth1000 contest.

*Previously: Using Windows is quite an adventure.

*Buy vintage typewriters at eBay.

Yahoo! search is very eager to show me free pr0n

If you type in "extreme" into the Yahoo search bar, the autocomplete function helpfully suggests "por n videos." Via.

*Previously: F*cklings: A small species of flightless bird.

*Buy Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0 at Amazon.

We have lasers!!!!!!!!! the blog devoted to portraits with laser backgrounds

I don't remember ever being offered the opportunity to have my school portrait in front of a background filled with lasers. But We have lasers!!!!!!!!! is entirely devoted to memorializing such portraits. There's even a handy laser-filled jpeg in case you want to photoshop your own portrait. Via.

*Previously: Artist offers to draw insulting portraits.

*Buy Tron toys at eBay.

New Mega Man boss is Plug Man

Plug Man is one of the incredibly absurd bosses in the upcoming Mega Man 9. You can see some screenshots of him in action against Mega Man here. I sure hope there'll be a toy. Via.

*At my custom toy site: Mega Man Munny.

*Buy Mega Man toys at eBay.

Video of Randy George perfoming Daft Punk's "Something About Us" with a DS and a theremin

Aside from the fact that "Something About Us" is one of my favorite songs, it's fascinating to watch Randy George play the theremin. Wikipedia explains:

A theremin is unique among musical instruments in that it is performed without being touched by the operator. The musician stands in front of the instrument and moves his or her hands in the proximity of two metal antennas. The distance from one antenna determines frequency (pitch), and the distance from the other controls amplitude (volume). Most frequently, the right hand controls the pitch and the left controls the volume, although some performers reverse this arrangement. Additionally, some theremins use a volume dial and have only one antenna.

Via.

*Previously: Vintage boombox.

*Buy Daft Punk concert t-shirts at eBay.

Video: Cat versus Printer

House cat with comically wide eyes and a fast jab versus a printer:



Via.

*Previously: Ninja Cat.

Laptop sleeve that looks like a folder icon

You can buy the My Documents Laptop Sleeve here. Via.

*Previously: "Censored" sticky tape.

*Buy The Soul Of A New Machine at Amazon.

Chuck Taylor Computer Mouse

Spotted at Flickr. Per the comments, some spraypaint and masking tape turned a wirless mouse into a Converse All-Star.

*Previously: Obama Force One sneakers.

*Buy Nike Culture: The Sign of the Swoosh at Amazon.

This phone is tapped

Wiretapped phone spotted at Flickr.

*Previously: Payphone/plastic cup gag.

*Buy the thriller Hell Phone at Amazon.

Desktop Wallpaper: A Silver Surfer for the modern age

"Silver Surfer" is available as a t-shirt, along with some clever Star Wars-themed designs, at RubyRed T-Shirt Designs.

*Previously: Silver Surfer animated gifs and desktop wallpapers.

*Buy completed Marvel Legends build-a-figures at eBay.

Walmart takes another step toward saving the planet (Gore counts his money on his mega-yacht)

Hewlett-Packard won Walmart's Home Entertainment Design Challenge for a new packaging scheme for its Pavilion dv6929 notebook. Instead of selling consumers a laptop contained in a giant box full of styrofoam, Walmart will sell the new HP laptop in a messenger bag. Making the move will eliminate a huge amount of wasted cardboard and styrofoam, and the reduction in packing materials will also allow Walmart to eliminate one out of every four trucks needed to deliver the computers to the store. You can read a bit more here and here. Via.

Now if the messenger bag is the type that's been ok'd by TSA, I'll be really impressed.

*Previously: Walmart hysterically misunderstands cake order.

*Buy The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century at Amazon.

Desktop Wallpaper: Help is on the way

Elevator button desktop wallpaper available here.

*Find previously posted desktop wallpapers here.

*Buy Otis: Giving Rise to the Modern City: A History of the Otis Elevator Company at Amazon.

The Mythbusters fire 1100 paintguns simultaneously to instantly paint the Mona Lisa

Wow. The Mythbusters were hired by Nvidia to demonstrate how its new processor was superior to other processors.



Now that's how you advertise a product in the internet age. Relatedly, here's Adam Savage explaining that Mythbusters wanted to do a show exposing how hackable rfid tags were, but Texas Instruments, Visa, and the other credit card companies pressured the Discovery Channel into killing the show:



Via.

*Update: Or maybe Adam Savage is a blowhard who should be viewed with a heavy dose of skepticism in the future.

*Previously: Grid Monitor screensaver monitors the health of the power grid.

*Mythbusters dvds are 33% off at Amazon.

Flash drive that looks like a folder icon

Folderix flash drive by Art. Lebedev Studio on sale here.

*Previously: Mimobot flash drive recycling program.

*Buy a 4 gig flash drive for less than $15 at Amazon.

Magno wooden radio by Singgih Kartono

On sale here. Via.

*Previously: $150 version of Clue featuring 3D wooden rooms.

*Buy vintage wooden toys at eBay.

Slate reporter finds out how easy it would be to help Russia's cyber attack against Georgia

Hearing reports that many crucial Georgian websites were knocked out by cyber attacks, Evgeny Morozov became curious as to whether those attacks were necessarily part of a sophisticated, organized, government assault. The answer: No. In just one hour, Morozov (not a sophisticated hacker) acquired multiple software programs for launching denial of service attacks, instructions for using the programs, and websites directing him to useful targets. You can read about his investigation here. Via.

All in all, Russia did the US and the world a favor in launching this attack. It's a good reminder for everyone as to what countries are a danger to the world.