Truth (Plus Lies)

Interactive Map of Springfield

Jefff — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:29:16 +0000

Hey, it’s a fun interactive map of Springfield.
via Neatorama

McCain vs. D&D

Jefff — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:01:48 +0000

McCain staffer: Fuck Dungeons & Dragons.

It may be typical of the pro-Obama Dungeons & Dragons crowd to disparage a fellow countryman’s memory of war from the comfort of mom’s basement, but most Americans have the humility and gratitude to respect and learn from the memories of men who suffered on behalf of others.

via Boing Boing

A-Bomb Cake

Jefff — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:30:11 +0000

Hubbard Explains Xenu

Jefff — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:27:57 +0000

Hear the story of Xenu as explained by nutjob L. Ron Hubbard’s own creepy voice. Apparently, the distant past looked exactly like the 1950s.

Ben Woodward

Jefff — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:50:12 +0000

via Ffffound

Bear in Car

Jefff — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:05:04 +0000

found on Ffffound

Yellow Blob

Jefff — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:18:04 +0000

from We Heart It

The Mayan Underworld: Found!

Jefff — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:37:13 +0000

Mexican archeologists have discovered a maze of stone temples in underground caves, some submerged in water and containing human bones, which ancient Mayans believed was a portal where dead souls entered the underworld.

Sweet.

Fixing Video with Photographs

Jefff — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:04:20 +0000

Ok, this is amazing. And nerdy. Students at the University of Washington have developed a system to improve video with still photographs. If I understand correctly, they have written software that uses video of a static scene footage to produce a 3D model of the scene. Then they can apply the higher resolution of a photograph taken of the same scene back onto the video. They also do some other awesome stuff. The most amazing thing is probably where they remove a no parking sign from a shot. They replace the background that the sign is covering up by using information from other frames of the shot. Wow.

Eating Heads and Hands

Jefff — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:43:17 +0000

found on Ffffound