Surviving the Zombie Apocalyspe

"Find places near you that are likely to have resources to help you survive the zombie apocalypse - or places to avoid"
-- Who Killed Bambi?

Bitter Chocolatier or Angry Ex Chocolate Packaging

This is the most amazing packaging I have ever seen.
Really.
No, seriously.

The Dieline sums it up "Poking fun at himself, The Bitter Chocolatier tells his tales of misfortune throughout his life through the different flavours"

Get it? Cause he's BITTER! and needs Chocolate to get through it! (that last bit might be my interpretation).

Too bad this is student work, cause I would like one of each.... maybe personalized....

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Casualties of War ("Real Life" little Green Army Toys)

Remember these?

How about the real deal:

Made by the people of Dorothy, the "Casualties of War" plastic figurines were intended to publicize the "personal hell soldiers live through after returning home".

Perhaps a Homies mash-up is in their future?
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Pillow Fight Accoutrement...

Uh.. YOU WIN!!!!
Matt Borgatti's Pillow Mace for the NYC Pillow Fight Flash Mob
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Horoscopes a.k.a. Fine, I Guess They Really Are Crap...INFOGRAPHIC

Using Javascipt and Wordle, Information Beautiful calculated that "horoscopes really all just say the same thing"... Each section is filled with a Tag Cloud of the most common words used in 22,000 horoscopes, then charted for the gist of each sign!

As a Sagittarius, my Unique Word Analysis is: They Sound Like Fun! (my unique words are: thanks, sign, sense, play, meet). My opinion? FAIRLY ACCURATE. Suck it Cancers (Word Analysis: House Cats).

They also calculated the META-PREDICTION for ALL SIGNS!

Still believe in Astrology tho...I have no apologies.

Google Jules Verne!

Today's Google Homepage!

Using CSS3, Google shows us what you'll find... 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea!

Today is Jules Verne's 183rd birthday. Live his dream by diving to the deepest bowels of the ocean using the joystick on the right.

Hopefully I'll be learning some of this in my HTML5/CSS3 Class this semester!

Sometimes it's the little things in life.
link to PC Mag Article & link to  Jennifer Hom's Google Post
Google Homepage

Beef and Pie Productions: Drs. Woolf & Woolf Animated Eyechart!

Really wonderful graphics from Beef and Pie's latest and greatest commercial for Drs. Woolf & Woolf Optometrists! Makes me think of vintage diners and great eyecare ;)

Here's what Beef & Pie has to say:

So Beefy’s Dad is an optometrist. His grandmother and grandfather were optometrists.  Beefy’s brother is an optometrist.  Beefy was supposed to be an optometrist. Now he just makes ads for optometrists.

Animating an eye chart was an ad idea kicking around in his head for years.  But it was Christian Helms’ design and Brandon Thomas’ animation that made that glimmer in his eye a reality.

It's always impressive to see what they're up to down in Austin. 

Def check out the whole animated enchilada on Beef & Pie's Site Here

And you may recognize the T-Shirt winner of 2007....

Happy February! Groundhog Love from Curiosity!

Cutie Cutie Cuteness!!!

Curiosity Group's answer to the February Blues... The 3D Groundhog calendar!
The whole office is awash in torn paper and paper cuts. Soon we will have an army of paper groundhogs (with periscopes).

Fun!

P.S. January's Yeti (plus cat friend) is here!

The Female Character Flowchart: Or Why There are no good Female Characters!

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Yes, I haven't posted in a billion years... but that doesn't mean I haven't been hoarding posts. In fact, RIGHT NOW, I have 10 posts ready to go! (Sure they're a little outdated, but they made me giggle).

Let the posting floodgates commence!

Wookie the Pooh

 Here's some warm and fuzzies to get you going over the weekend!
An adorable mash-up if Christopher Robin was a Hans Solo tot!

P.S. There's more on James' page!
via Andy!

I can see it now... The Tao of Wookie! :)

10 Year Evolution of the Hipster

So true! SO true!!!
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Hey...Where's Everybody Going? Statistics!

Ever get that feeling that all your friends are moving back into town? If you live in Dallas, chances are, they are! Well, at least according to the awesome interactive map over at Forbes! They studied fancy IRS stats and translated them into American migration trends!


Forbes says:

More than 10 million Americans moved from one county to another during 2008. The map below visualizes those moves. Click on any county to see comings and goings: black lines indicate net inward movement, red lines net outward movement.

My hypothesis: LA sucks donkey and Seattle is the new mecca!

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Blind Bike Stunt Rider: AKA Matt Gilman from Pikesville High School

I know ya'll know those guys in High School, the ones that are constantly trying to outdo each other with crazy antics: jumping over things, unlimited energy, acting all wild...the ones that had serious ADD before ADD was a household name!?

Well, what if I told you that crazy guy you knew, who used to get into serious trouble just for having fun, had gotten Type 1 Diabetes, and is now Legally Blind...

And now, what if I told you 10 yrs later, he's a famous Blind Stunt Rider? Would you believe me?!!!!

Well, let me introduce you to Matt Gilman...Blind Bike Stunt Rider! I'm so gawddamn proud of him. He was just at the Patterson Park BikeJam this weekend. And while he can only see 1 foot in front of him (that means he can't see the end of a jump till he's there)...that didn't stop him from performing to over 800 fans!

"Anything is Possible, if you try hard enough!" - Matt


Baltimore Sun Article

Matt's Website & Blog!

Via Laurenish!

A short vid on Youtube:

Fontstaches!

In my opinion, the mustache fad has crested...
But this was so cute, I had to post! via / link

When Info Graphics RULE! Or Learning Your Drugs is Pretty.

And here's one on the Colors Present in Cultures:

If only my textbook graphics were this cool.
They have more here! Including an awesome graphic of Left vs Right: A concept-map exploring the Left vs Right political spectrum. via Amy!

UPDATE: How about a little Adult Swim Graphics thrown in? via

Internet Vices... Explained!

An oldie but goodie. Link!

Character Alignment explained by The Dude.

Genius. I had no idea this character alignment thing came from Dungeons & Dragons! Hmm... maybe I shouldn't have made so much fun of it in High School. NAHHHHHHH!!!!!

Ooo! Related is a good demotivational Poster of Walter...
And the Lebowskifest!

Girl on the Wall: A Biography in Embroidered 73 interlocking circles!

Truly inspirational story about Jean Baggott, who thought her life was kinda ordinary, until she began her 70 yr life history in embroidery!

Dets about the embroidery itself:
Took sixteen months to sew and contains 36,992 stitches, sewn on 32-count evenweave linen. It was designed to fit over a table in Jean’s living room and measures 112 x 41cm.

The tapestry tells the moving story of an ordinary young girl from the Black Country, growing up in extraordinary times.

I'm glad I finally decided to watch this video.
Check out the whole tapestry in high res.
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Drugs are good for Art:

Thru an LSD induced trip (sponsored by the US government in the late 1950's) our victim  patient was asked to make 9 drawings throughout the experiment.

He was given free reign over a box of crayons and paper.

Highlights include observations such as:

Upon completing the drawing the patient starts laughing, then becomes startled by something on the floor.

and

Patient makes the last half-a-dozen strokes of the drawing while running back and forth across the room.

Ahhh... good times. 

See in in entiretiy here. via

See the British Government acid experimentshere!

Is Your Glucose Spiking? Did Your Contacts Change Color?!

This. Is. Amazing.

If you're not diabetic, you may not understand the AWESOMENESS of this:


So Diabetic means: you can't produce insulin to break down sugars. So diabetics are constantly checking their blood-sugar levels for dangerous glucose spikes.

Meaning they actually have to test the blood. Meaning actual Stabby Stabby! (see pic below). (also see: NO FUN)

But now, the GENIUSES at University of Western Ontario have discovered a way to use Nanoparticles make lives happy!

They found a way to change the color you see thru contacts with the changing of your glucose levels!

Seeing red? You need cookies!

The secret: Ultra-teeny nanoparticles that react chemically with glucose molecules in tears to produce a shift in hue.

Blood drawing and pin-pricking might be a thing of the past!

God I love technology.
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