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Year: 2009
Christopher Locke’s “Heartless Machine” modern fossils look like pieces excavated from an archaeological dig. Instead of dinosaur bones, they are fossils of gadgets made from archaic technology that was once cutting-edge.
From the humble cassette tape (Asportatio acroamatis) to the Playstation 2 controller (Ludustatarium temperosony), each “species” of modern fossil even has a Latin name.
More on the modern fossils at Heartless Machine – via Neatorama.
Just a friendly reminder to those you may have missed this month’s first competition. To stand a chance of winning a t-shirt from the Neatorama shop, enter our worldwide caption contest. It ends tomorrow (Monday, 9th March).
The 2009 SA Blog Awards are upon us, and if you’d like to nominate us click HERE, fill in your details, and hit Submit. The closing date for nominations is Saturday, March 14th Wednesday, March 18th.
Scans of delicious sandwiches. Why? Why not. I have half a mind to start a copy-cat site featuring scans of my inedible soups. Sadly I don’t think it’ll catch on.
Psycho Girlfriend
Greg Rutter has reached the end of the Internet and compiled a list of 99 viral internet memes. If the Internet has a collective consciousness, would this list be it?
Head to You Should Have Seen This – thanks Wellmedicated.
As part of a test conducted by the US government in the 1950s, an artist was subjected to a dose of psychotomimetic drug LSD-25 and given free access to an activity box full of crayons and pencils. What follows is a series of 9 drawings the artist made at varying stages of his trip. His evolving subject is the medico that jabbed him.
A secret has been revealed: Patrick Duffy’s laser eye cannons are responsible for every viral video released on the Interwebs.
Click Play or go to YouTube.
Found at The Daily What.
Riddle Me This…
What common English word is 9 letters long, and each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word?
Once you see it, the answer is quite startling. Click Play or go to Vimeo.