This is just one awesome video of many in an article about ordinary gadgets fastened with a jet engine. Pretty awesome stuff. Enjoy.

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[via Gizmodo]

      

We could all learn a lot from these guys about putting aside our differences and being friends. :)
Click on the picture and read up.

[via Ananova]

      

We haven’t been given much of a choice for this election but it’s still our responsibility to vote. Let’s just hope that for 2012’s elections, we are given better choices.

      

Watch as Bjork explain how a TV works. It’s a very interesting take - especially if you’re not into drugs.

*the moral of the story is never listen to Icelandic poets. They lie. Listen instead, to scientifical facts. -bujan

      

Aaron Fotheringham, at the age of 16, went into the record books as a pioneer in extreme wheelchair sports. We all have seen wheelchair games or wheelchair sports like basketball, but would you believe a wheelchair rider at a skate park doing tricks for BMXers and skaters?

Aaron Fotheringham, who suffers from spina bifida and has been in a wheelchair since he was 13, came up short in his quest to set a record for most consecutive backflips in 45 seconds. His unofficial record is six back flips in a row, however, he could not get consecutive flips Oct. 25.

Watch the video and see how Aaron flipped his way into the record books.

[via Las Vegas Sun]

      

Five months and $1M dollars later, Pepsi unveils their new logo. I have to say that it pretty closely resembles Barack Obama’s current campaign logo. Don’t you think so? Perhaps Pepsi will do better than their main competitor (Coke) by indirectly associating themselves with the candidate. Though I’m not feeling the new logo, or the taste of Pepsi over Coke, I do admire the cleverness of companies using elections for their gains.

[via Shopping Blog]

      

Do you remember back in high school, when everyone was about to take a very important test or midterm of some sort and someone would pull the fire alarm delaying or canceling the test? Well, that guy is all grown up now, but still up to the same tricks.

Tatsuhiko Kawata thought that if he set fire to the building where he was getting married, he wouldn’t have to go through with the ceremony. Poor guy still had to get married. Now he’s in prison twice over; because of the marriage and because he actually got arrested for the incident.

[via Reuters]

      

The “Retriever” is a Honda Goldwing motorcycle with a built-in utility equivalent to that of a tow truck. When not in use, it is neatly tucked away at the back. The motorcycle is powered by a 118HP 6-cylinder engine with enough torque to pull up to 5,000 pounds. Not exactly a heavy duty tow truck but enough to pull coupes, sedans and small pickups.

[via bb Gadgets]

      

Some time ago, I read about a proposal a man made by hacking Bejeweled, his girl’s favorite game. I even saw a super smash brothers proposal. I just found another one where a guy hacked Chrono Trigger to propose. It seems to me that nerds are finding it easier to propose while in their comfort zone –video games. Is it romantic or is it now considered cheesy?

[via bb Gadgets]

      

Multicolr: It’s a Flickr search tool, but not in the way you think. It searches not by keywords or tags but by color. It is a brilliant concept even in it’s simplicity.It’s especially handy for web designers who need inspiration with color themes and images to use for their projects. The idea behind it is pure genius.

When used in HTML, each color has an equivalent hex code. Multicolr uses those color codes to match colors in Flickr images. If, for example, you needed warm colors to fit the mood of your website, simply choose up to 10 of those colors and pick the ones to best suit your needs. I think it’s amazing what webapps can do these days.

[via Boing Boing]

      

While we were discouraged to do something like this in our younger days, these Korean acrobats sure make it look easy and fun.

[via Boing Boing]

      

What amazes me is not their strength or even their ability to dance given their disabilities. It’s their grace, the balance and the story that can’t be told by ballet dancers with complete limbs.

[YouTube via Boing Boing]

      

For $65 (plus shipping), you can walk around pretending to be Anakin Skywalker carrying R2-D2 on your back. What makes this awesome are the details on the backpack. At first glance, it doesn’t even look like a backpack. Just don’t stuff a child in there and expect to have your own real R2-D2 –even with breathing holes.

R2-D2 backpack [FredFlare.com via bb Gadgets]

      

I don’t know what it is about this doll, but I can’t look away. It’s got rhythm!

      

My supervisor at work stumbled upon this site and told me about it which I found pretty interesting. Glassbooth lets you take a quiz and see which candidate you coincide with in terms of their policies. That is of course if you answer honestly. Surprisingly, I agree 75% with Obama while I agree 71% with McCain. While not all of the policies lean towards a candidate, I get to see which of the policies match with which candidate. That helps me better understand which candidate prioritizes the things that matter most to me.

[Glassbooth]

      

Emos and Mariah Carey aren’t the only ones who who cry themselves to sleep at night and need tissues to keep their noses and faces dry! You too can weep into your pillow! If you or someone you know likes to watch sappy movies and cry over them, then this pillow might make a good gift.

Design-3000 [via Gizmodo via Random Good Stuff]