I saw this awhile back but chatting with Ashley reminded me of it.
Friends prank a buddy, Thad into thinking he won the lottery: They recorded the previous night’s lotto number and inserted a ticket with those numbers into a batch of lottery tickets Thad purchased. While he’s checking his numbers, his buddies play back the previous night’s recording while taping his priceless reaction.
They all eventually appeared on the Today Show:
Tagged Prank
This is a hot song and a hot video directed by So-Me.
[Via]
Board a Manhattan-bound Q or B train from DeKalb Avenue in Brooklyn (or on weekends, currently due to constructions, the R train runs on this track as well) and look out the right side just before the train emerges out of the tunnel onto Manhattan Bridge.
You’ll see a unique and playful piece of urban art: an underground zoetrope (“a device that produces an illusion of action from a rapid succession of static pictures”). This is one of my favorite “hidden” treasures of New York City.
The first time I noticed Masstransiscope, I thought it was just graffiti, but I was puzzled by why it was so brightly lit. And then when it registered that this “graffiti” was “alive” and moving with a specific intent, my brain exploded. I consider it a real treat that this is a frequent sighting in my regular commute and it never gets old. Vast majority of the people on the train never notice, but occasionally after the train passes this mass-transit zoetrope, I’ll make eye-contact with a stranger whose eyes too were caught by Masstransiscope and we smile as if we just shared a wonderful secret. The reaction of little kids to it is particularly awesome. They respond to it like Christmas. “Mommmmm! Looooook! It’s moving!!!!”
I’m almost hesitant to share a video of Brandt’s underground work because I don’t want to spoil it for you. I highly recommend everyone take this train to see it in person. That said, for my friends and readers who don’t live in New York City, here it is:
Unsure of how to approach that hot girl at the bar? Let this generate a pick up line for you automatically.
(This should be made into an iPhone app.)
[Thanks Mun!]
What can I say, my people really like Starcraft. Mock us now but this will be useful when the aliens invade.
[Via]
This escalator located at Kawasaki More’s department store in Japan was certified by the Guinness Book of World Records in 1989 as the world’s shortest (and most pointless) escalator.
[Via - Thanks Chris!]
Tagged Technology
 | mpbulletin on GOP Mexican standoff |
 | Matthew Rodriguez on I Heart Tofu |
 | cliffordallen on I Heart Tofu |
 | Jeff on The Wall |
 | jesse on Nike x Cookie Monster |
