Posts Written by Paul Strauss

Fabien Nauroy’s memo taker has a video camera built in, a 2.4″ color screen for playback, and a magnetic back so you can stick it to your fridge. A handy strap also hangs on doorknobs or handles.

If you can’t get enough of the luxury automobile trim, take a bath in the Corcel No. 1. The carbon fiber bathtub is extremely durable, lightweight and resistant to chemicals and harsh temperatures.

Dogs. Gotta love ’em. Except when they’re assholes. Then, not so much. If you’ve ever come home to a mutt-ransacked house, you know exactly what we’re talking about. Tank, bad dog!

Etsy artist stericdesign can build you one of these snazzy hexagonal wine racks out of walnut, maple or cherry wood. Smaller design holds 5 wine bottles, larger holds 35. Both keep the sunlight out.

The classic snowboarding game is coming back just in time for the depths of Winter, and jumping out of a helicopter on a snowboard never looked so inviting. Though we sort of miss Run DMC.

We struggle to even stand upright on one of those metal little scooters, so when we saw Ryan Williams pulling off these insane scooter moves, our jaws pretty much dropped to the floor.

Remember Swoozie, the ex-Disney “cast member” who told of his corporate run-ins at the house of the mouse? He’s back, with new tales at The Happiest Place on Earth. And Vista W-aaaaay.

Looking at the work of illustrator, animator and graphic designer Kilian Eng is like looking into the future, the past, your nightmares and your dreams all at once. Check the link or here for lots more.

GeoCities once hosted 38 million websites, but in 2009, it was shuttered, and countless (mostly crappy) websites went dark. DeletedCity examines this lost world, courtesy of the Archive Team.

Ever wonder what would happen if you really kept getting dropped off the network? This skit from Awkward Spaceship puts a literal twist on all the things that happen to us in front of the computer.

We’ve always thought Toby on The Office was a little creepy, and now we know why. Kudos to YouTuber MrBrykil for this bit of creative editing. We’d like to suggest the title Ginger Snaps, though.

Clearly inspired by Slim Pickens’ dramatic descent near the end of Dr. Strangelove, you (or your kids) can now ride your very own bomb, without risk of it exploding. (Product link is in German.)

(NSFW: Language) We’re pretty sure that there’s some shenanigans going on here, but there’s a remote possibility that one of these paper airplanes just magically nailed the perfect approach.

What’s so romantic about a star projector? Oh. Right. Still, you don’t really need a cuddle-buddy to appreciate this DIY astro-projector with a rotating base and compass point allignments.

This accessory turns your smartphone into a portable scanner, elevating it just the right distance off your desktop, providing sharp, stable images from just about any size of paper or even objects.

How does this happen? We know lots of cats who can bend, stretch and contort into positions people wish to master in yoga, but this pretzel cat takes the cake. Seriously, how does this happen?

Learn the international equivalent of flipping the bird and just about every other rude gesture you can (or can’t) imagine. Sure to get you beaten up without even opening your mouth. Examples here.

Conduit Productions show that although he seems entirely capable of killing the cat, curiosity most likely won’t in this stylish spot for the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business.

Created from 380,000 Lego bricks, this life-sized Ford Explorer weighs in at a 2,654 pounds, and will eventually live at LEGOLAND Florida’s Ford Driving School. And no, you can’t drive it.

Luke Hart’s simple, yet ingenious bookshelf design automatically adapts itself to the height and weight of books placed on its bright red, rubbery shelves which return to their natural shape when empty.

Stubs the dog knows his commands. Not only does he know how to fetch a stick, but he’ll even climb a tree to retrieve his twig if he needs to. Not sure how he’d handle a taller tree though.

Artist Amy Shackleton is a painter, but she doesn’t own a single brush. Her paintings are created entirely with squeeze-bottles of paint and the creative use of gravity to direct the flow.

This fun footage of DragonCon 2011 from YouTube user beatdownboogie has clips of renowned cosplayer Yaya Han, the Nightmare Armor costume makers and a seemingly perfect soundtrack.