<![CDATA[People Getting Punched Just Before Eating]]>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:09:35 -0400 An SNL digital short in which people get punched immediately before an attempted consumption of food. These "Digital Shorts" are about all that I find funny of SNL anymore. ]]><![CDATA[Mutating Pictures]]>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:09:35 -0400 This project started off the morning of October 1st, 2007. The idea is that the program draws a series of polygons, and you rate (0-10) how much it looks like a face. Based on everyone's responses, the pictures resemble a face more and more each time. Its not even been a full day that this program has been running and already you can see a face from time to time. ]]><![CDATA[1000 Islands]]>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:12:52 -0400 On the border between New York and Canada exists a place called "thousand islands". I think I would love living here. I wonder if they have much demand for programmers? ]]><![CDATA[Weird Al's First TV Appearance]]>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:51:11 -0400 This is a video of Weird Al's first television appearance shortly after his second hit song "Another One Rides the Bus". Note his dummer (Jon Bermuda Schwartz) playing on a suitcase! ]]><![CDATA[Hip Hop Violin (and insane guitars)]]>Sat, 08 Sep 2007 13:19:06 -0400 I'm not sure if Vivaldi is rolling over in his grave, or busting a move. In any case, both of these videos show some mad skills with string instruments. ]]><![CDATA[Monkey Brains and Robot Arms]]>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:59:42 -0400 "I'm all against animal cruelty and such, but sometimes, these experiments can bring forward something that would benefit millions of people. I think that one such case is this. This monkey has a microchip implanted in its brain, and linked up to a robotic arm. The amazing thing is that the monkey can control the arm like an extension of its body, with incredible precision, and without any visible effort!" ]]><![CDATA[The Giant Crystals Project]]>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:02:13 -0400 The purpose of the giant crystals project is to inform the world about some really spectacular, really giant crystals that have formed in nature. Click on different locations on the map to see giant crystals around the world. One of my favorites is in the Naica mine in Mexico. Check it out! ]]><![CDATA[The Picard Song]]>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:05:47 -0400<![CDATA[Human Pixel Animation]]>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:14:34 -0400]]><![CDATA[Hear Jay Leno with a low voice!]]>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:03:30 -0400<![CDATA[Orbox]]>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:20:24 -0400 Just another web game that I've found that has a really nice balance between simplicity of rules and challenge of puzzles. Basically you are a blue box that wants to touch a red box using a bunch of other boxes to stop your inertia because you have taken Newton's first law entirely to heart. If the link above doesn't work try this one. ]]><![CDATA[The Chronicles of George]]>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:45:28 -0400

This web site is a collection of helpdesk tickets gleaned from the support database of my previous job. I was employed there for twenty months, and during that time I had the misfortune of encountering an individual whom I will call George.

George is, quite simply, the worst helpdesk technician ever.

His grasp on the written word is shakier than a canoe full of epileptics. His knowledge of computers is thinner than a Vegas dancer's chiffon underpants. He is, by all standards of intelligence, a rock.


A buddy of mine showed me this at work. I had a very unproductive hour as I was laughing so hard. Jump to page one and get to reading. ]]><![CDATA[Physics - Fire and Water]]>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:36:34 -0400 The geniuses that write physics engines have released some schwaze examples of what they can do with fire and water. I cannot wait until realistic hardware is cheap enough that I can do this on my own computer! ]]><![CDATA[Blueprint Physics Game]]>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:04:02 -0400 Arrange the various objects so gravity will carry the ball towards the target. Starts off easy but quickly gets difficult. ]]><![CDATA[Reactable - Touchscreen Music]]>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:35:22 -0400 Touchscreen devices seem to be the new hotness. Apple comes out with their iPhone in less than a month, and just today Microsoft released Surface. While these devices have practical uses, Reactable exists solely to bring schwa to the world. Basically you just move physical objects across a round table, and the system detects them and synthesizes sound waves based on their position and orientation. Watch the videos. Unfortunately most of their videos seem to be in the way of improvisation, no one having worked out a solid reproducible techno beat. ]]><![CDATA[Text Twist]]>Wed, 30 May 2007 01:53:02 -0400<![CDATA[Microsoft oFone]]>Thu, 10 May 2007 01:38:12 -0400 If you thought the iPhone was cool wait until you see this new innOvation from micrOsOft. Whereas Apple's iPhone has no keyboard and is all touch-screen, the oFone went the opposite route and created three keyboards. Check out the video, its only 3 minutes long but you are sure to laugh. ]]><![CDATA[LOLTrek]]>Wed, 09 May 2007 11:27:36 -0400 If you've used the internet before then you have probably seen at least one LOLcat image. This guy took the same concept and applied it to an entire Star Trek episode featuring everyone's favorite nemesis, the tribble! ]]><![CDATA[LOLTrek]]>Thu, 03 May 2007 19:35:03 -0400 If you've used the internet before then you have probably seen at least one LOLcat image. This guy took the same concept and applied it to an entire Star Trek episode featuring everyone's favorite nemesis, the tribble! ]]><![CDATA[Voting login no longer required]]>Thu, 03 May 2007 19:26:13 -0400<![CDATA[Pi on the Piano]]>Thu, 03 May 2007 00:46:33 -0400 This is what it sounds like when you assign ten notes to the values 0 through 9 and then play Pi on a piano. I don't see what the big deal is considering Pi is exactly 3... ]]><![CDATA[Great Pockets]]>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:24:10 -0400 In today's world of portable devices our pockets have become insufficient. Great Pockets have come to the rescue! Visit this well designed and humorous website to learn more about them. You get a bit of a surprise when you click on "No Thanks" at the end ]]><![CDATA[Ninja Warrior Obstacle Course]]>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:48:30 -0400 Apparently this is from a Japanese show called Ninja Warrior. This guy is the second person to ever complete this very schwaze obstacle course. Supposedly over 500 have tried and failed before him. ]]><![CDATA[Top Figures Flash Game]]>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:49:22 -0400 Another addictive flash game (someone should make a site for these :). This time the goal to to keep the boy out of the water. For some inexplicable reason this wavy-armed kid is standing ontop of a monstrosity of beams. Your objective is to remove as many of these beams as possible while keeping the structure, well, erm, structurally sound... ]]><![CDATA[Pavement Drawings by Julian Beever]]>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:16:48 -0400 For over ten years Julian Beever has been creating beautiful works of art on the streets of Europe and the United States. His illusions are anamorphic, they create the impression of a 3D image if seen from a particular viewpoint. Many of his illusions have been circulating around as e-mail forwards for the past few years, but the above link will take you to his official gallery. ]]><![CDATA[Silversphere]]>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:24:15 -0400 This is another one of those addicting flash games that I find myself playing for way too long. Use the arrow keys to guide a silver sphere onto a vortex. Each level has obstacles to overcome and increasing levels of difficulty. I find myself stuck on level 15, the password to that level is "confusion"

Direct link to game without the ads ]]><![CDATA[Bunny vs. Snake]]>Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:20:59 -0400 Watch as Arnold Schwarzenbunny takes on this slithering foe. This rabbit is a hero! ]]><![CDATA[Scanner Music]]>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:43:32 -0500 Some guy programmed his HP Deskjet printer to play music. They don't have speakers, he is making use of the noise the hardware itself makes as it goes about its duties. Whats even funnier is the read down in the comments as the old timers gather to tell their stories of using hardware for purposes that were never intended. ]]><![CDATA[Harbin Ice Festival]]>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:17:45 -0500
Since 1985, in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China an amazing festival is held annually. Known as Harbin Snow and Ice Festival, it is China’s original and greatest ice artwork festival, and one of the largest of its kind in the world.
]]><![CDATA[Building a Ray-Tracing 3D Renderer from Scratch Over a Weekend]]>Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:48:09 -0500 Over this past weekend this programmer decided to try his hand at ray tracing. He documented his progress, and in less than two days wrote a pretty amazing little program. The source code is available, and he plans on adding to the project in the future. I've compiled the program and am currently generating a 5000x5000 image that I will post in the comments later. I can't wait to see this schwaze program mature! ]]><![CDATA[More Cats Than You Can Handle]]>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:28:12 -0500 Someone with entirely too much time on their hands made a collection of hundreds of pictures of cats from all over the net, and for that I thank you. Some of them are inappropriate, but most of them are just hilarious! Please use the comments to post your favorites. ]]><![CDATA[Fluid Dynamics from MIT]]>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:38:11 -0500 This Fluid Dynamics picture gallery comes from MIT.

"When a vertical water jet strikes a circular horizontal impactor, the water is deflected into a horizontal sheet. At sufficiently high speeds, the flow results in a circular water sheet, whose radius is set by a balance between inertial and curvature forces. At lower speeds, the sheet sags significantly under the influence of gravity, and may close, giving rise to a water bell (Figure 1). We have conducted a series of experiments in order to investigate the influence of increasing fluid viscosity on fluid sheets and bells."

Well there you have it, check out these cool pictures and learn a little more about cymatics

]]><![CDATA[Half Life & Rube Goldberg]]>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:42:19 -0500This Rube Goldberg device is built using Half Life 2. Physics engines have really come a long way since Pong! Here are some other videos I found on YouTube.]]><![CDATA[Physics Simulations]]>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 01:49:55 -0500 This site plays host to many physics simulators. Whether you are studying physics or just want to mess around with some well-written flash and java content, this site is for you. ]]><![CDATA[Non Newtonian Fluid]]>Sat, 03 Feb 2007 10:46:06 -0500<![CDATA[Jeep Waterfall]]>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:22:33 -0500 This waterfall has 3000 nozzles programmed to release water droplets so they create images as they fall. Apparently this waterfall travels the world at various auto shows. If it ever makes it to the Milwaukee area, I'm going to try to jump through an image without getting wet ]]><![CDATA[doodleBug]]>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:27:10 -0500 Browse through the "oodles of doodles" on this site and watch them drawn out for you as the artist drew it. There are competitions, votings, a forum, and an active community. Check it out and create your own doodle, or watch one of the hundreds of existing doodles! ]]><![CDATA[Flash Element TD]]>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:16:16 -0500 This is a horribly addicting tower defense game based on warcraft sprites. The rules are simple. You get money by killing creeps. Use that money to buy towers with which to kill the creeps. Some towers only attack ground enemies, some only attack air; some slow enemies down, while others deal large amounts of splash damage. A combination of these towers, in addition to thoughtful location, is required to get to the next wave. ]]><![CDATA[What Is Love?]]>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:59:31 -0500 Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more... The most famous of scenes from A Night At The Roxbury, done up YTMND style. Select from almost 20 renditions ]]><![CDATA[Effervescent Antacid Tablet in a Zero-G Water Sphere]]>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:14:55 -0500 Astronauts get to have all the fun! The viscous forces of water in zero gravity create a sphere with which you can have alot of schwazerific fun. This video shows waveforms on the sphere, air bubbles contained within, and alka-seltzer tablets reacting. ]]><![CDATA[Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena]]>Mon, 25 Dec 2006 23:40:40 -0500 These pages demonstrate visual phenomena, and "optical" or "visual illusions". The latter is more appropriate, because most effects have their basis in the visual pathway, not in the optics of the eye.

This site shows examples of dozens of these illusions and phenomena, and then explains what is happening that your eyes see it as such. ]]><![CDATA[Accordion Hero]]>Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:17:41 -0500 For all those Guitar Hero fans out there, it is time to try out Accordion Hero! Same game play style as Guitar Hero, but with holiday cheer and merriment. Flash-based, so please don't try to plug your guitar controller into your computer... ]]><![CDATA[Necromanthus Shockwave 3D]]>Sat, 23 Dec 2006 16:19:15 -0500<![CDATA[Daily Monster]]>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:14:28 -0500<![CDATA[Africam Wildlife]]>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:41:47 -0500 A 24/7 live camera is set up at this African watering hole. If you are lucky you will see various animals interacting around the hole. A great time waster! ]]><![CDATA[Two-Headed Snake]]>Sat, 16 Dec 2006 18:50:10 -0500 Two heads are better than one, well not literally. In the animal kingdom there have been very few animals to survive with two heads. This rat snake, however, is 6 years old, very healthy, and expected to live quite a few more years. Got $150,000? He could be yours! ]]><![CDATA[Hallucii]]>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:27:58 -0500 This is for all the MC Escher fans out there. This video depicts a large-headed drunk guy stuck on a never ending staircase, inspired by Ascending and Descending. How does he escape? It all depends on your perspective ]]><![CDATA[Christmas Lights Synchronized with TSO ]]>Mon, 04 Dec 2006 21:35:10 -0500Some festive and schwaze person synchronized the Christmas lights on the house and yard to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra song Wizards in Winter. One picture does not do this video justice, click the link and you will be filled with the schwa of the Christmas spirit, or at least left longing for (Wish) Liszt's 'lluring lights. This video was very popular last year, though I have not heard anything about similar setups this year. ]]><![CDATA[FedEx Fast Talker]]>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:07:06 -0500 What better way to follow up a story about slowness than with a story about speed. Apparently this was a FedEx commercial that ran in the 80's. The guy's name is John Moschitta, he apparently is a pretty famous speed talker. This puts my sister and all teenage girls to shame! ]]><![CDATA[Slow Motion High FPS Compilation]]>Sun, 26 Nov 2006 00:07:15 -0500 Is there anything cooler than fast things happening really slowly? This is a compilation of SloMo vids from YouTube. Ever wondered what a balloon looks like a millisecond after it has popped? ]]><![CDATA[Dry Ice and Plasma]]>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 09:27:58 -0500story submitted by: oneminerdetail Mixing it up a little on you this time. There are two stories instead of one, so click on the pictures instead of the title. On the left is an example of what happens when dry ice is added to soapy water. It was a certain element of try-this-at-home to it. If you tried the plasma experiment (right) at home though, you would probably blow up the neighborhood. Seriously, whodathunk you can create plasma in your microwave? ]]><![CDATA[Animator vs Animation 2]]>Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:04:55 -0500 Alan Becker is back at it! You all saw the original Animator vs Animation (if you haven't, just search schwaze for it). The stick figure has come back to life, reincarnated as The Chosen One, and with powers to match to name. This time to fight is taken to the desktop! ]]><![CDATA[Will It Blend?]]>Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:44:48 -0500 Do a search for Will It Blend on YouTube and you will get a plethora of hilarious results. Whodathunk golf balls could be pureed? ]]><![CDATA[Conical Juggling]]>Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:24:53 -0500 They call it juggling without gravity, but do not be mislead! Gravity is what makes this so schwaze! Some guy spent way too much time in a gigantic blender, and learned how to juggle using the curvature of the walls. ]]><![CDATA[Kiwi]]>Fri, 17 Nov 2006 18:16:42 -0500 Donny Permedi made this video for his masters thesis animation. You will will wonder, then you will laugh, then you will cry. Check it out! ]]><![CDATA[M$ Paint Skillz]]>Mon, 13 Nov 2006 22:50:46 -0500 Watch as a sports car is drawn entirely in MS Paint. I imagine this guy can do some amazing work with something like The Gimp, but is more of the pen & paper type. ]]><![CDATA[The Wilhem Scream]]>Sun, 12 Nov 2006 19:49:12 -0500Wikipedia has a list of media using the Wilhelm scream. Believe me, once you realize what it is, you will hear it everywhere!]]><![CDATA[Insects, closer than they need to be]]>Sun, 12 Nov 2006 01:23:08 -0500 I'm not a fan of bugs by any means, but these pictures are amazing. Enjoy the fruits of someone else's labor, which involved getting way closer to bugs than any person should be. ]]><![CDATA[Bike Trick Girl]]>Sun, 05 Nov 2006 09:32:08 -0500 This girl is insane! I mean, just look at that picture! Now reclaim your jaw from the floor and go check out the video! ]]><![CDATA[Rumble Ball 4]]>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:47:57 -0500 Another time waster! Choose an angle and hold down the mouse for power. Try to collect all the yellowish things and brownish things without touching the killish things. ]]><![CDATA[Six Degrees of Wikipedia]]>Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:42:13 -0500
Totally Lost? You enter an article (from) and another article (to) and this program finds all the hops necessary to relate the two articles. An article is anything you can find on wikipedia.com]]><![CDATA[No Brainer 2]]>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 16:35:56 -0400 This has got to be the most fun and fastest paced trivia game around. Questions are quickly thrown at you and you answer yes or no by moving the mouse up and down or left and right. Don't let the brain explode! ]]><![CDATA[Jack Black speaks out about Piracy]]>Sun, 22 Oct 2006 22:00:28 -0400 International Sensation, Jack Black, speaks out about those nasty computer pirates that sneak into your living room to steal your Internets. Short but funny ]]><![CDATA[Physics Whiteboard]]>Sun, 22 Oct 2006 11:01:59 -0400 I've seen smart boards before, but the software behind this one is simply amazing! If only I could have used this to figure out those dumb torque problems back when I did physics. ]]><![CDATA[Line Rider]]>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:37:42 -0400 Well, call me out-of-the-loop but I only just found out about Line Rider. I'm still getting the hang of it but here is the jist.
Draw a line from left to right and it is a floor, you can't fall thru it, but you can shoot up thru it.
Draw a line right to left and it is a ceiling. You can fall thru it, but not go up thru it.

People are posting vids all over YouTube of the crazy stuff they've done.

There also appear to be variants of this game (toy?) shooting up right and left ]]><![CDATA[Grid Wars]]>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:19:41 -0400 This schwaze game has the feel of the old arcade, but the graphics of today. Fly your ship around and shoot a cannon while hordes of enemies try to kamikaze you. WASD movement, arrow keys firing. You may have to play around in the settings a bit, it was set to joystick by default on mine, but once you get it right and master those 8 keys you will enjoy this nonstop action!

At the time of this posting my personal best is 350,000. I will post more download links in the comments ]]><![CDATA[Cool Balancing Acts]]>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:06:17 -0400<![CDATA[Can you pass the third grade?]]>Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:04:11 -0400 This is a geography test that supposedly third graders are supposed to be able to test. The "wow" factor lies not in the technology or presentation, but rather, it is very surprising to see how little you remember about your own country. Which one of those outlined thingys is Maryland again? ]]><![CDATA[Whitney Music Box]]>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:32:52 -0400 Man this site is creepy! Dots on circular paths at different speeds cross a magical line to play an eerie note. On the right-hand side you can choose different variations. Crank this up while your roomate is sleeping, guaranteed to make them wet their bed! ]]><![CDATA[Cute Overload]]>Sun, 08 Oct 2006 01:48:47 -0400 I woke up this morning to find out that one of my pictures has made it to cuteoverload.com. I wasn't prepared for this instant celebrity status!

In this picture you will see our Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Sophie, our Newfie Bronte, our 2 Bengals Snickers & Zulu, and if you look really close you will see 2 of our cockatiels (I believe those are Aira and Hansel). This picture was taken september/october of 2005. I believe I had just come home from college and all the animals were following me around. I grabbed a book from the shelf and told my brother to take a picture, because I knew an opportunity like this wouldn't present itself again! ]]><![CDATA[Pac-Xon!]]>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:54:37 -0400 A mix between Pac-Man and Qix, clear 80% of the territory without being killed by a ghost. Beware, the red ghosts can eat your territory too! ]]><![CDATA[Larger Than Life Painting]]>Sat, 30 Sep 2006 11:50:42 -0400 Its short and there are typos in the title, but once you get past that, this is a schwaze painting for what I believe is a foreign shampoo. ]]><![CDATA[Disorientation]]>Sat, 30 Sep 2006 01:17:09 -0400<![CDATA[ Wanna cut in line? Eat a live cockroach]]>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:40:30 -0400<![CDATA[White and Nerdy]]>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:28:13 -0400 The king of parody will release his new CD this coming Tuesday (the 26th) and is pumping the masses by pre-releasing some music videos. This is by far Weird Al's best music video! Maybe the fact that I relate to this video so well is sad, but at least I've got Al on my side! right?

You can find this video on tons of sites like Weird Al's MySpace account or YouTube, title link takes you to AlbinoBlackSheep's mirror. ]]><![CDATA[The Muppet Matrix]]>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:23:55 -0400 Boo!
That was the worst thing I ever heard!
It was terrible!
Horrendous!
Well, it wasn't THAT bad
There were parts of it I actually enjoyed
Yeah, I liked alot of it!
It was good!
It was great!
Wonderful film!
Bravo!
More!
]]><![CDATA[How To Talk Like A Pirate]]>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:49:05 -0400 Yo-Ho! Its time to warm up your thromborax, grab your rum, and learn to speak as a pirate.

Yarrr ]]><![CDATA[The Generator Blog]]>Sun, 17 Sep 2006 15:36:40 -0400 This site has hundreds of picture generators. Most of them let you choose an image, and then customize text for that image. Perfect when you are pretending to be creative! ]]><![CDATA[Imagery from the Two Micron All Sky Survey]]>Sun, 17 Sep 2006 15:04:22 -0400 The Two Micron All Sky Survey is one of the most ambitious digital measurements of the sky ever made. Its final release will provide the astronomical community with over one million research-quality images in each of the three infrared colors observed by 2MASS.

During the course of operations, color images of hundreds of fields have been assembled by the 2MASS staff. These extensive mosaics sometimes cover many degrees of sky and have been carefully stitched together from hundreds, sometimes thousands, of individual images.

This "Showcase" gallery will highlight some of the very best images by the 2MASS survey and will provide them at full resolution, often large enough to be suitable for high resolution print work.

Watch for periodic updates! ]]><![CDATA[The TULs Pen Graphological Initiative]]>Sun, 17 Sep 2006 14:50:34 -0400 Write out a test sentence, answer a few questions, and an "expert" video will play analyzing your penmanship. It is actually quite funny! Note the time on the clock as the video plays afterwards... ]]><![CDATA[Shadow Hand Puppets]]>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:26:00 -0400 Some of the coolest shadow puppetry you will ever see. Its short, but worth it. If you read the comments on YouTube alot of people seem to think this is fake, but I don't. What do you think? ]]><![CDATA[Toy Car Jumps House]]>Sat, 09 Sep 2006 17:30:16 -0400 Who would have ever thought that a toy car could clear a house by jumping from a home-made ramp? This car would probably take your foot clear off if it snuck up from behind! ]]><![CDATA[BioVisions by Harvard]]>Sat, 09 Sep 2006 01:17:48 -0400 I always thought biology was boring, but maybe it wouldn't have been if we had more videos like this! I have no idea how accurate this video is, but its Harvard right? How could they be wrong, seriously :-) ]]><![CDATA[Emergency and Disaster Information Service]]>Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:52:01 -0400<![CDATA[Birthday Calculator]]>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 01:54:58 -0400<![CDATA[Vienna Symphonic Library]]>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 01:48:41 -0400<![CDATA[Pandora Internet Radio]]>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 01:26:29 -0400<![CDATA[Abstract Art Maker]]>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 01:12:24 -0400 Ever wonder what it would be like to make your own abstract art? The folks at jacksonpollock.org give you the opportunity to test your skills! ]]><![CDATA[Fireworks Factory Explosion]]>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 22:08:03 -0400 story submitted by: oneminerdetail Home video of a fireworks factory exploding in what can only be described as the ultimate grand finale. Definitely not something you get to see every day! ]]><![CDATA[The Sad Red Lamp]]>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:17:03 -0400 IKEA, telling it how it is since 1943, and now to the video of a sad little desk lamp. Get a tissue or 2 before loading this one! ]]><![CDATA[Redneck Rocket Launcher]]>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:24:02 -0400<![CDATA[Stop Motion - Classic Video Games]]>Thu, 24 Aug 2006 23:36:06 -0400<![CDATA[Animal Morph Pictures]]>Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:06:53 -0400 I've been seeing these all over the web for a while. At first they kinda creeped me out, but more and more I am coming to accept the creativity. I am linking to just one of these sites, but I am sure dozens more exist. ]]><![CDATA[Dynamic 3D with CSS]]>Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:12:32 -0400 story submitted by: mjb I promise this isn't going to turn into a tech-only news site, but this caught my eye today. A CSS hack that allows borders to display polygons has been given a third dimension. To most this looks like something from the 1980's, but to a web developer, its just cool. Is there any real use for it? no ]]><![CDATA[The Doctor Sings]]>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:16:07 -0400<![CDATA[Metro Arts and Architecture]]>Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:48:40 -0400This site features cool photo's of metros from around the world and a little bit of information on each one. What would have been more schwazé had they put an option to download high-res copies of them.]]><![CDATA[Colbert Trach Talks the New Planets]]>Sat, 19 Aug 2006 11:13:54 -0400 Not only did Stephen Colbert call that Pluto was and would remain a planet, but he is on a quest to make sure America's solar system stays as-is; no gate-crashing planets allowed! ]]><![CDATA[Online Raster-to-Vector Conversion System]]>Sat, 19 Aug 2006 10:08:20 -0400 This is for all my fellow tech geeks out there. A recent project of mine required the use of a large logo, around 1,000 pixels wide. However, the only logo I had available was a jpeg measuring a measly 50 pixels wide. Enlarging that up would lose the image completely, the obvious answer was to try and convert this jpeg to a Scalable Vector Graphic. After a bit of research I came across an insanely useful, and completely free (GNU GPL) program called AutoTrace. AutoTrace runs on the command line, but various GUIs are available, my favorite of which is the Online Raster-to-Vector Conversion System. It will take a bit of getting used to, and works best in conjunction with GIMP. I hope others out there find this program as useful as I have! ]]><![CDATA[Professional Can Tossers]]>Sat, 19 Aug 2006 01:13:20 -0400< br />"We learned how to throw cans!"

Watch these guys fail to recycle, sometimes from incredible distances!]]><![CDATA[Goggles - the google maps flight sim]]>Wed, 16 Aug 2006 07:16:00 -0400 Googles lets you fly a small plane across the world using images loaded in from Google Maps. In and of itself, it loses the cool factor after a bit; but the concept definitely has potential! Imagine a Flight Simulator with Google Earth, which can now render 3d buildings ]]><![CDATA[Great Pics of Lightning]]>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 22:26:15 -0400 A small collection of very cool lightning photos. There are a few other good galleries on this site as well, such as marine life ]]><![CDATA[How to catch a seagull]]>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 22:15:06 -0400 What happens when you give a Patterson too many cheez-its, a sand dune, and a flock of seagulls? Obviously that Patterson will proceed to bury himself and lure-in said gulls with the cheesy goodness of that favored Kellogg's treat!

(that is to say, this is what my little brother did at Warren Dunes in MI ) ]]><![CDATA[Animusic]]>Mon, 07 Aug 2006 19:40:53 -0400
Animusic is a content creation company. Our principal focus is the production of 3D computer graphics music animation. We primarily create original content, such as our "video album", but have also produced animation for clients.

Both the graphics and the music are entirely digitally synthesized. Virtual instruments are invented by building computer graphics models of objects that would appear to create the sound of the corresponding music synthesizer track. Graphical instruments range from being reminiscent of existing instruments to arbitrarily abstract.

I am linking to a page that shows short vid clips from their new DVD. This is a must-see! ]]><![CDATA[Musical Rollerblades]]>Sun, 06 Aug 2006 10:48:39 -0400 Some guy in some city lines up some number of bottles with some amount of water in them and as he roller blades past and taps each one it plays some song. ]]><![CDATA[Dancing and Singing on a treadmill]]>Sun, 06 Aug 2006 10:34:40 -0400 If I had 6 or 8 spare treadmills sitting around I imagine I would dance and sing on them as well. You will first have to choose your video format, flash should do fine for most of you. ]]><![CDATA[Japan: Producing Electricity via Train Ticket Gates]]>Sat, 05 Aug 2006 14:29:20 -0400Normally I'd be weary of any site that has "tree hugger" in the address BUT it appears Japan has a really cool idea on how to generate electric. They designed ticket gates which generate an electric charge based on the flow of people that go through them. Though the article isn't that detailed / technical, I thought the idea is pretty schwaze.]]><![CDATA[Big Blue Dress]]>Fri, 04 Aug 2006 18:40:41 -0400 Considering that I am a World of Warcraft junkie, I'd like to bring you the sad, yet heartwarming story of a powerful man in a dress. ]]><![CDATA[Opera Dude]]>Thu, 03 Aug 2006 22:24:37 -0400 What can I say, I am a sucker for cool animations put to music. Also check out this little Fella ]]> Life From in a Bottle http://www.vrway.com/vrmag_issue_22_hotlist_fullscreen/fullscreen/VR000007222.html Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:27:56 -0400 Titanic - Two The Surface http://www.vekay.com/titanic.html Wed, 02 Aug 2006 21:27:36 -0400 A very convincing trailer of a sequel to Titanic. ]]> Interesting Videos http://oliverlaric.com/Video.htm Wed, 02 Aug 2006 18:31:55 -0400 The World http://realestate.theemiratesnetwork.com/developments/dubai/world_islands.php Wed, 02 Aug 2006 07:39:44 -0400 Ski Slope in the Desert http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_dubai_ski_resort.htm Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:13:28 -0400 In the middle of the deserts of Dubai, a ski resort was built. Link takes you to pictures. Story is a bit dated as it speaks of gas being $2.39 a gallon. Why is gas now approaching $3.50? So they can make more snow. ]]> Automatic Grafitti - the wave of the future Tue, 25 Jul 2006 23:18:37 -0400 Using a system of ropes, pulleys, and spray paint, this computer can draw graffiti for you! It would be neat to see this put into use as a cheap method for painting large murals on buildings. Or maybe hook something like this up to billboards so they can automatically repaint themselves when the ads change. ]]> Bill Gates and Napolean Dynamite http://www.douglaskarr.com/?p=125 Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:15:54 -0400 Microsoft apparently made this video of Bill Gates and Napolean dynamite interacting at a college job fair. It is pretty funny. Watch Billy G break out his mad skillz of optimization when he realizes that a company is using office 2000 instead of 2003! Does this video prove that Microsoft has a sense of humor? ]]> Psycho Dog http://www.allfunnypictures.com/pages2/psychodog.html Mon, 24 Jul 2006 07:21:47 -0400 HATES his foot. There is something seriously wrong with this pooch!]]> Schwazé, now with RSS http://schwaze.com/rss.xml Sun, 23 Jul 2006 22:53:12 -0400 Schwaze.com now has its own RSS. On browsers such as safari and firefox you will notice either an orange arrow or a blue [RSS] box in the location bar. You can either use this as a live bookmark, or subscribe to it in any other way you prefer. It is RSS 2.0, and should be compatible with any major aggregator. ]]> Schwaze.com RSS http://www.schwaze.com Your source for all that is schwaze en-us Sat, 22 Jul 2006 15:30:20 -0400 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:09:35 -0400 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification My hands thom@thom-patterson.com