Just curious

2006-05-29

question

justcurio.us is an anonymous question and answer system, open to anyone, with one simple rule:
to ask a question, you must first answer someone else’s question.
Question yields answer yields question.”.

justcurio.us. Strangers helping strangers. By Jonathan Harris and Robert Kalin.

Categories : online culture

Armagetron

2006-05-25

“A Tron clone in 3D.
This has been the tagline of Armagetron, since, well, a very long time, and is probably the shortest and most accurate description possible.”.

Tron was an arcade game based on the movie of the same name, released by Disney in 1982.
The player uses a left/right joystick to control a Light Cycle which leaves a wall behind it wherever the cycle it goes, turning only at 90 degree angles.
The player must then get the AI to crash into their wall while avoiding hitting the AI’s own wall themselves.”.

Categories : online culture

Idioms by Kids

2006-05-18
Idioms by Kids “has over 1000 pictures of idioms.”. read

“Sometimes the children knew what the idioms meant and drew pictures of the actual real meaning but most of the time the students drew the literal meaning and the results are often funny.”.

Above: Read Between the Lines.

The Movie Cliches List

2006-05-15

The Movie Cliches List: “a list of the most annoying and common logic flaws and stereotypes found in movies.”. A sample:

War
“You’re very likely to survive any battle in any war, unless you show someone a picture of your sweetheart back home.”
Weapons
“Shots fired at the rear of a vehicle will cause the gas tank to explode.”.

Helicopters
“In movieland, there’s an abundance of corrupt helicopter pilots. Villains have no problem renting a helicopter complete with pilot who doesn’t mind shooting total strangers, or being shot at.”.
Categories : movies

Gladwell dot com

2006-05-13

“Can you read people’s thoughts just by looking at them?”.

“Mustard now comes in dozens of varieties. Why has ketchup stayed the same?”.

“When you meet someone for the first time, or walk into a house you are thinking of buying, or read the first few sentences of a book, your mind takes about two seconds to jump to a series of conclusions.
Well, Blink is a book about those two seconds.”.
(Malcom Gladwell)

Gladwell dot com: “Malcolm Gladwell, blink, tipping point and New Yorker articles.”.

Categories : books, psychology

I matter not

2006-05-10

“Sometimes our lives seem like an exercise in futility.
We only work to pay bills. Our lives have no meaning.
Tell us why your life sucks. It’s all anonymous of course.”.
I matter not
.

Categories : psychology

Hoy te amo

2006-05-09
“Whenever the treasure-hunter girl is in trouble, someone comes to help her.”.

Hoy te amo. Music: Tus Ojos by Belanova.

From Vinnie Veritas by Alejandro Cordova.

smile

Right: Papalote, Flash animation, frame detail. (Alejandro Cordova)

Requires Flash Player, plays better with broadband.

Categories : animation, music

The Museum of Temporary Art

2006-05-06

The museum itself is located in my home.
It is about 40×50 cm big and has 33 compartments.
This website is a representation of what is currently in the museum, i.e. the compartments.”.

“Choose the object (size about 4 x 4 x 8 cm) you want to donate to the Museum of Temporary Art.

Please note: any objects bigger than the specified sizes, as well as postcards or e-mail-contributions cannot be exhibited as they don’t fit in the compartments.”.

Categories : art

IMCDB

2006-05-05

The Internet Movie Cars Database “can be used to find in which movie a particular car is visible, or to have more info about some cars visible in a particular movie.
You will also find lots of pictures of these cars, taken directly from the movies.”.

Categories : movies

Product Design Database

2006-05-04
“A showcase of different Japanese consumer products from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s, mostly, including everything from phones, radios, TV sets, audio sets, cameras to vehicles.”.

From Tuk Tuk, by Akira Ota.

Mazda AZ-1

Right: Mazda AZ-1 (1992).

Categories : design