Posts Written by Paul Strauss

Dead Island looks like such a peaceful place – until its overrun with a zombie hoard, trapping tourists on what is clearly the worst vacation of their lives. Do zombies sunburn when you set them on fire?

(NSFW: Language) Next time you need to get the point across at work, replace those little Post-its with these stickies which are just a little more direct than “Sign This” or “For Your Approval”.

You know how they say that sloths are slow? Perhaps it’s a good idea that someone gave this little guy a hand as he made his plodding three-toed trek across a street in Costa Rica.

This nifty app lets you listen to your iTunes music collection on your Mac, iPhone or iPod Touch without interruption, fading out on one device and back in on the other – exactly where you left off.

Designer Aeron Tozier’s hyper-modern furniture collection is crafted from composite carbon fiber and resin-coated brass. Quilted leather cushions echo the geometry of those modern materials.

Hergé’s classic book series gets remade as a 3D animation, with Steven Spielberg at the helm, and Peter Jackson producing. Stars Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Nick Frost and Simon Pegg.

The epicmealtime guys are usually all about meat, but now that their bellies are full, they’re having a little dessert, with treats like candy cheeseburgers, chocolate chip cookie steak, and KitKat fries.

We loved these interlocking blocks the first time we saw them. Now win one of three 256-piece Blocklets kits, worth $50 each. (Contest Has Ended, Thanks for Your Entries!)

We’ve certainly seen our share of dominoes falling over, but we’ve gotta hand it to Flippycat for carefully stacking these giant dominoes made out of 30,000 smaller dominoes.

If you loved the minimalism of Defakto’s EINS watch, but prefer a light backdrop, the black stainless Nachtschicht (Nightshift) offers a luminous face which glows brightly with the lights off.

The Imaginary Marching Band project is creating open-source wearable musical instruments, which let you pretend to play trumpets, trombones, drums and more with apps like Garage Band.

The University of Chicago’s Mansueto Library houses up to 3.5 million books and periodicals in its underground robotic shelving system delivering books to readers in a minimal reading room.

Designed by Jurgen Mayer H. and located in Seville, Spain, it’s the world’s largest wooden structure. Its sweeping forms are captured in these photos by Fernando Alda and David Franck.

Despite the fact that Audi makes a V10 R8, STaSIS’ supercharged V8 keeps up with a 0-60 time of 3.6 secs, with its 540hp and lower weight. Exhaust, brakes and wheels are all upgraded too.

Formed by two self-proclaimed “history junkies,” Declaration 1776’s t-shirt designs let you show your patriotism without having to dress like this. Each design is inspired by America’s storied past.

(NSFW: Language) Jeff Chan’s short film starts out innocently enough, but within seconds, he turns the one of the most popular YouTube clips of all time into a bloody good zombie flick.

While we’re still not huge fans of typing on touchscreens, you’ve got to hand it to Laura Lahti for her thoughtful dual-screen Keyless Lifebook with its fully customizable keyboard and trackpad.

By taking a gigantic electromagnet and a bunch of pit balls loaded with their own electromagnets, Physalia Studio manages to create the greatest plaything ever. Or it could just be CGI. Still cool.

A nasty set of thunderstorms in Fort Worth, Texas, set off a chain-reaction of exploding powerline transformers across the city in this amazing video captured 5 miles away and 34 floors up.

Frank Carson and his wife Honey are horribly unpleasant people with an awful relationship. They also look a whole lot like Han Solo and Princess Leia. Original audio source here.

Sam Klemke captured a small bit of his life every year for the last 35 years, compiling them all into a bittersweet clip that moves backwards in time all the way back to when he was 20 years-old.

Designers from Makhno Workshop really captured the essence of a twister with storm cloud chairs, raindrop light fixtures and splintered walls for this restaurant in Kiev. Maybe the food’s good too.

(NSFW: Language) Lets be honest. The average house cat isn’t particularly menacing (except maybe this guy). But give them some tanks, and they can cause just the slightest bit of trouble.