Vitriolix

India has become a scene from Mad Max

2010-03-14T12:43:00.000-07:00

Zoobooks!

2010-03-08T14:26:00.001-08:00

Man bijt hond - Mijn dorp

2010-01-26T20:00:00.000-08:00

Weer een superstuk van "Man bijt hond", ditmaal over Eugène die al 59 jaar iedere dag zijn auto binnen en buiten rijdt. Niets speciaal zij het niet dat hij maar 3 cm langs iedere kant over heeft en in en uit moet stappen via het salon. Gelukkig bestaat er de Fiat Panda.

The Most Useless Machine EVER!

2010-01-04T18:40:00.000-08:00

This is the most hillarious thing I've seen in a while:

The Most Useless Machine EVER!

(thanks tina)

Enhance!

2009-12-21T17:18:00.000-08:00

Enhance, zoom in and rotate.

(from here)

The Tetris God

2009-12-08T15:21:00.000-08:00

Awesome:
The Tetris God

(thanks venter)

How to Shoot an Anvil 200 Feet in the Air

2009-11-20T11:36:00.000-08:00

How to Shoot an Anvil 200 Feet in the Air

(thanks turtle)

Seeing Through The Eyes Of An Armadillo

2009-11-14T14:51:00.000-08:00

This is so cool I can't even find the words for it... just watch:

Science Friday: Seeing Through The Eyes Of An Armadillo

Helps if you are sort of a biology nerd.

Stupidity on an Epic Scale

2009-11-08T13:55:00.000-08:00

The stupidity.. it just keeps going, and going, and going...

(from autoblog)

Leopard Hangs Out Car Window

2009-11-02T13:42:00.001-08:00

(from autoblog)

It's Good to be Lucky

2009-10-21T13:57:00.000-07:00

Many more here.

Korean Human LCD

2009-10-09T12:29:00.001-07:00

What Gamers Do With Their Time

2009-10-07T11:47:00.001-07:00

'You are being shagged by a rare parrot'

2009-10-06T18:35:00.000-07:00

'You are being shagged by a rare parrot'

Android Mod Community Routes Around Google's Lawyers

2009-10-05T12:21:00.000-07:00

Following up on my previous rant it looks like the community's plan to route around the Google legal team's attempt to sabotage any good will Android had gained in the community has come to fruition.

Cyanogens first post legal scuffle release is now out:

[ROM] CyanogenMod - Keeping You Legal For Less (BETA) [UPDATED 10/4 - v4.1.99] - xda-developers

They came up with a very smart solution. In short, instead of shipping the proprietary bits in the ROM that got Google all grumpy, the installer now rips those bits from the existing ROM on your phone (the binaries you legally own since you bought your phone) and rolls them into the community modded ROM before it installs it on your phone.

The Android devices we own come with many files that can't be redistributed legally, and as you all probably know, I can no longer include these with my ROMs. So, in order to get up and running, you'll need a compatible device with a compatible ROM. Please visit the appropriate site below, read and agree to the license agreement, and download the "1.6 Recovery Image" for your device. You'll need to flash this before installing my ROM. Note this is NOT the same as what we all think of as a "recovery image", it's just what HTC calls the version you can flash as an update.zip from recovery mode. Optionally, you can download the fastboot version and just fastboot flash the system.img first. You only need to do this the first time, upgrades shouldn't require reflashing. You don't even need to boot it, just flash it, then flash my ROM. After that you can just use CM Updater. The install process backs up your proprietary files and applications and restores them afterwards.

Very smart.

Google Moves to Kill Android Community Right as it is Warming Up

2009-09-24T19:25:00.000-07:00

Looks like Google's legal department have gone and decided to screw any good will that the amazing Android development team has managed to earn with the community that has been organically forming around their new mobile OS. This seriously could be the moment where what was looking to be the best tech story of the next 5 years sputters and dies due to lack of a thriving community built around it.

If anyone within Google has any sense they'll pull back their attack dogs and do it fast.

CyanogenMod in trouble? – Android and Me

[20:03] cyanogen> google just cease and desisted me
[20:15] cyanogen> cyanogenmod is probably going to be dead
[20:16] cyanogen> i’m opening a dialogue with them
[20:20] cyanogen> no they are talking specifically about the closed-source google apps
[20:20] cyanogen> and how i am not licensed to distribute them
[20:20] cyanogen> my argument is that i only develop for google-experience devices which are already licensed for these apps
[20:20] cyanogen> so we’ll see what they say
[20:20] cyanogen> maybe we can work something out
[20:24] cyanogen> maps, market, talk, gmail, youtube

Cyanogen is just a guy working in his free time, without pay to make the best, most widely used community ROM for the G1 available right now. If Google smacks down these community ROMs and makes the Android the exclusive domain of the dry corporate interests, kiss the momentum goodbye.

Indoorcycling: Full On Gymnastics... On a Bike.

2009-09-12T18:53:00.000-07:00

These girls are so far beyond badass there needs to be a whole new word created just for them:

European Junior Championships Indoorcycling

The Best 1:21 of Film Ever Shot

2009-08-27T11:51:00.000-07:00

(thanks autoblog)

High Speed Robotic Hands

2009-08-18T18:49:00.001-07:00

Jiiiimyyyyy!!!!!

2009-08-16T17:45:00.000-07:00

"Never try to get toys back yourself, otherwise you might not live to play with them again!"

I Totally Identify with This

2009-07-28T17:58:00.001-07:00

(thanks vernon)

Sarah Palin's Speech Writer Breaks His Silence

2009-07-20T14:48:00.000-07:00

Sarah Palin's Speech Writer Breaks His Silence

Real Life American Psycho

2009-07-18T19:31:00.000-07:00

FEEL THE POWER OF THE DRONE MACHINE

2009-06-09T12:05:00.000-07:00

DRONE MACHINE DOES NOT CARE HOW MUCH YOUR EARS BLEED

(from engadget)

Video Game Industry Rant

2009-06-06T13:15:00.000-07:00

Video game manufacturers may pressure resellers

Video game manufacturers have long tolerated the practice of retailers reselling used games without any of the secondary sales going back to publishers and developers.

But the tough economy and the increasing number of retailers in the used games business are bringing a sore subject to the fore and contributing to a migration toward more downloadable content and full digital distribution of games.

...

Video games are different from movies or CDs, which often hold more sentimental and replay value over games, which can be played through in 10 hours and then discarded. The challenge for the industry is to get consumers to buy games they'll want to hold on to.

This exposes that some people in the industry just don't get it. If you make a good game, like Bioshock, GoW, Halo, L4D, R6V, it will become a classic that people keep in their collections forever as a badge of honor. Something they come back to play with their friends over and over.

Take "Fallout 3" for example, the *used* price is still 80-90% of the full new price 3/4 of a year after its launch. This is because no one is selling their copies back, so the demand outstrips the supply by a large margin. This is because the game is a classic that the Bethesda Game Studios clearly cared a lot about when they made it.

Make throw away 3rd party Hollywood tie in titles and yes, people will treat it just like you do: Play it and sell it back like the trash it is.

This is exactly how it works in all media. People buy the latest trendy pop album, listen to it to death for a couple months, then when they find they just don't listen to it anymore because they are on to the next big thing, they take it and sell it at a used CD store for 10-20% of its cover price. This *increases* the total sales in the system, if you don't get this you need to learn some econ 101.

I'm sorry you guys seem to think you deserve more cash, but your failed understanding of the free market. Your failing business modeling is not my problem. That is your problem to figure out. And if you take a look at the companies who DO get it (lets see... Valve, anyone?) you'll see that they keep their titles alive through a constant flow of new, free updates... why would I sell my copy of the organge box when I know Valve released a new update every few months?

/rant off.