On The Xing Xang Xong

2009-05-24T13:40:00.001+01:00

Terminus

2008-03-13T16:56:00.000Z

After inadvertently offending a strange entity that accosts him on his way to work, a 1970s businessman quickly finds himself in the midst if a bizarre predicament.
What follows is a rapid descent into madness, a journey both eerie and darkly humorous.
The exact nature of the businessman's tormentor is purposefully ambiguous, lending itself to a variety of interpretations.
Is "Terminus" a surreal critique of human alienation in the modern urban environment? or is the protagonist's struggle an internal one, his mysterious stalker a manifestation of his repressed subconscious mind?
Either way, "Terminus"'s innovative visual effects and distinctively vintage atmosphere make it a highly engrossing experience.

A Spy Films Production.

How Not to Ride Your Bike in NYC

2008-03-11T23:19:00.000Z

Techno Viking

2008-03-10T16:29:00.000Z

So Cool.

Joke

2008-03-09T18:11:00.000Z

How do you make a hormone?

A: Don't pay her.

XKCD Comic

2008-03-09T18:10:00.000Z

Lol I didn't realise other people did this too.

Link

Amelia - La La La Human Steps

2008-03-09T18:04:00.000Z

World's Fastest Clapper

2008-03-09T16:42:00.000Z

What a tit.

Survival of The Fittest

2008-03-09T11:24:00.000Z

Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms, I make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species. To this end, I hold M&M duels.

Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger, I apply pressure, squeezing them together until one of them cracks and splinters. That is the "loser," and I eat the inferior one immediately. The winner gets to go another round.

I have found that, in general, the brown and red M&Ms are tougher, and the newer blue ones are genetically inferior. I have hypothesized that the blue M&Ms as a race cannot survive long in the intense theater of competition that is the modern candy and snack-food world.

Occasionally I will get a mutation, a candy that is misshapen, or pointier, or flatter than the rest. Almost invariably this proves to be a weakness, but on very rare occasions it gives the candy extra strength. In this way, the species continues to adapt to its environment.

When I reach the end of the pack, I am left with one M&M, the strongest of the herd. Since it would make no sense to eat this one as well, I pack it neatly in an envelope and send it to M&M Mars, A Division of Mars, Inc., Hackettstown, NJ 17840-1503 U.S.A., along with a 3x5 card reading, "Please use this M&M for breeding purposes."

This week they wrote back to thank me, and sent me a coupon for a free 1/2 pound bag of plain M&Ms. I consider this "grant money." I have set aside the weekend for a grand tournament. From a field of hundreds, we will discover the True Champion.

There can be only one.

From 409930561 on Craigslist

Demetri Martin

2008-03-08T18:48:00.000Z

Architecture of Termite Mounds

2008-03-08T12:21:00.000Z

Amazing.

Swarm of Cranes

2008-03-07T20:23:00.000Z

Did you know 24% (about 30,000) of the world’s construction cranes are currently being used in dubai? No me neither. Check out these pics:

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Games Galore

2008-03-07T17:32:00.000Z

Grid 16 - Link
Two Three - Link
Avalanche - Link
Tower Bloxx - Link
Indestructo Tank - Link

Crazy Festivals From Around The World

2008-03-06T11:16:00.000Z

Link

All of these are now on my list of things to do before I die apart from the La Tomatina which was already on there. Link

Joke

2008-03-04T20:48:00.000Z

How much does a cockney pay for shampoo?

Pantene

Go Around Twice If You're Happy

2008-03-04T16:39:00.000Z

Wake Up Cat

2008-03-04T12:30:00.000Z

'Wake Up Cat'/'Cat Man Do' By Simon Tofield

25 QI Animal Facts

2008-03-03T12:00:00.002Z

Including:

-Pigeon
To keep alive in the wild, a pigeon needs to keep its eyes open for predators. Having eyes on the side of its head gives it a field of view of 340 degrees and, in order to fly at speed, its brain can process visual information three times faster than a human's. If a pigeon watched a feature film, 24 frames per second would appear to it like a slide presentation. They would need at least 75 frames per second to create the illusion of movement on screen. (This is why pigeons seem to leave it until the very last second to fly out of the way of an oncoming car: it appears much less fast to them.)

-Rat
A rat can swim for 72 hours non-stop. It can jump down 50 feet without injury. It can squeeze through a half-inch gap, leap three feet, climb vertical surfaces and walk along ropes. It can survive longer than a camel without water. It will eat anything that's edible and lots of things that aren't (lead sheeting, soft concrete, brick, wood and aluminium).
It reaches sexual maturity at three months. An on-heat female can have sex more than 500 times with a barnload of different males and produce 12 litters of 22 young each year. In short, rats are very, very hard to get rid of.

-Salamander
Newts are members of the salamander family that breed in water. They are the only vertebrates that can regenerate large parts of themselves, growing new limbs, spinal cords, hearts, jaws, tails and even eyes.
As the damaged part heals, the cells reverse their original function and turn back into an undifferentiated lump called a blastema (from the Greek blastos for "bud"), from which the replacement limb or tissue grows. How the cells know what to grow isn't understood, but salamanders are being studied closely to see whether or not human tissue could be stimulated to regenerate.

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La Tomatina - Tomato Fight in Spain

2008-03-02T23:55:00.000Z

Every year around 30,000 people descend on the Spanish town of Bunol (in the Valencia region of Spain) to throw more than 240,000 pounds of tomatoes at each other. Nice.

On my list of things to do before I die

Wiki

How To Walk Down Stairs With Style

2008-03-02T19:06:00.000Z

Shockwave Traffic Jam

2008-03-02T18:32:00.000Z

You Rock

2008-03-02T17:12:00.000Z

Intimate Cop Frisk

2008-03-02T16:54:00.000Z

Super Cool Guy Advert

2008-03-01T18:50:00.000Z

Joke

2008-02-29T21:50:00.000Z

A man walking along the beach one day finds a bottle. He rubs it and, sure enough, out popped a genie.

“I will grant you three wishes,” said the genie. “But there is a catch.”

“What catch?” the man asked.

The genie replied, “Every time you make a wish, every lawyer in the world will receive double the wish you were granted.”

“Well, I can live with that! No problem!” replied the elated man.

“What is your first wish?” asked the genie.

“Well, I’ve always wanted a Ferrari!”

POOF! A Ferrari appeared in front of the man.

“Now every lawyer in the world has TWO Ferraris,” said the genie. “Next wish?”

“I’d love a million dollars,” replied the man.

POOF! One million dollars appeared at his feet.

“Now every lawyer in the world has TWO million dollars,” said the genie.

“Well, that’s okay, as long as I’ve got my million,” replied the man.

“What is your third and final wish?”

The man thought long and hard, and finally said, “Well, you know, I’ve always wanted to donate a kidney!”

Lee Evans Live

2008-02-28T15:16:00.000Z

People In Order

2008-02-15T18:04:00.000Z

People in Order's Age is part of a series of short films that assembles the people of Britain in a given order. In just 3 minutes, we meet 100 different people who are arranged according to their age, starting from age 1.

By Lenka Clayton and James price

Part of www.portablefilmfestival.com

Steve Bloom Photography

2008-02-14T19:13:00.000Z

Link

Megan Fox In Transformers

2008-02-10T19:59:00.000Z

Ricky Gervais On Toilets

2008-02-10T19:01:00.000Z

Icelandic Uphill 4x4 Challenge

2008-02-10T18:49:00.001Z

Well of Death

2008-02-10T18:31:00.000Z

Chinese Recycler Becomes World's Richest Woman

2008-02-10T18:25:00.000Z

Rube Goldberg Trick Shot

2008-02-10T18:12:00.001Z

Awesome Electric Car

2008-02-10T18:10:00.000Z

Wonderbra Advert

2008-02-10T18:09:00.000Z

Head Tracking 3D Display Thing

2008-02-10T18:03:00.001Z

Cover The Red Spot Game

2008-02-09T17:55:00.000Z

Link

Frozen in Grand Central Station

2008-02-09T17:34:00.002Z

Supermarket Dominoes

2008-02-09T17:34:00.001Z

High Velocity Falcon

2008-02-09T17:33:00.000Z

Is Your Jar Full?

2008-02-07T18:57:00.000Z

When things in your life seem almost to much to handle, when 24 hours in a
day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar......and the beer.

A Professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front
of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and
empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then
asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

So the Professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the
jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas
between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was
full. They agreed it was.

The Professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of
course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar
was full. The students responded with an unanimous "Yes."

The Professor then produced two cans of beer from under the table and
poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty
space between the sand. The students laughed.

"Now," said the Professor, as the laughter subsided, "I want you to
recognize that this jar represents your life.

The golf balls are the important things - your family, your children, your
health, your friends, your favorite passions - things that if everything
else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house,
your car. The sand is everything else - the small stuff."

"If you put the sand into the jar first", he continued, "there is no room
for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all
your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the
things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are
critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get
medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play another 18. There
will always be time to clean the house, and fix the disposal. Take care of
the golf balls first, the things that really matter. Set your priorities.
The rest is just sand."

When he had finished, there was a profound silence. Then one of the
students raised her hand and with a puzzled expression, inquired what the
beer represented.

The Professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no
matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of
beers."

Lincoln & Kenedy Coincidence

2008-02-07T18:54:00.000Z

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.

Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Lincoln was shot at the theatre named 'Ford.' Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln' made by 'Ford.'

Lincoln was shot in a theatre and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theatre.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

Car Wash Moron

2008-02-07T18:47:00.000Z

Cooties

2008-02-07T18:46:00.000Z

2 Forks 1 Cup

2008-02-07T18:45:00.000Z

Huge Chunks of Ice Falling From 1600 ft TV Tower

2008-02-07T18:43:00.000Z

Dissapearing Car Door

2008-02-07T18:42:00.000Z

Snow-Plough Train

2008-02-07T18:41:00.000Z

Berlin to Budapest in Porsche

2008-02-07T18:39:00.001Z

Homer Through The Ages

2008-02-07T18:39:00.000Z

Swimming Sloth

2008-02-07T18:38:00.001Z

Human Skipping Rope

2008-02-07T18:38:00.000Z

Big Cycle Crash

2008-02-07T18:37:00.001Z

Joseph the Beatboxer

2008-02-07T18:37:00.000Z

Roddick's Serve Pops Ball

2008-02-07T18:35:00.000Z

Probably Fake.

Sand Art

2008-02-07T18:34:00.000Z

Love 2008 - video powered by Metacafe

Musical Glasses

2008-02-07T18:32:00.001Z

RGBy Light

2008-02-07T18:31:00.000Z

Punch'n'Cuddle

2008-02-07T18:30:00.000Z

Ring of Fire

2008-02-07T18:28:00.000Z

Where's the Johnny Cash backing track?

Joke

2008-02-06T21:09:00.000Z

What do you do if your girlfriend starts smoking?

Slow down and use some lubricant.

Mr. Fly

2008-01-25T13:51:00.000Z

by Nicholas Hendrickx
Link - Life in the Fast Lane

Moona Lisa

2008-01-25T13:48:00.000Z

Link - Life in the Fast Lane

Sloths, Plomporis and Other Slow Animals

2008-01-15T16:30:00.000Z

I've completely forgotten it's name. Was something weird, hmmm.
UPDATE: It's the Tarsier.

Plumplori

Slow Loris

Sloth

Sofa King Prank

2008-01-10T19:02:00.000Z

Star Spangled Banner Sang Backwards

2008-01-10T18:51:00.000Z

Peach Ella

2008-01-10T18:37:00.000Z

'Ella' is a sculpture made from peaches, as part of a promotional campaign for Australian skin care product company Ella Baché.

Link

Laws Of Life

2008-01-10T18:23:00.000Z

Law of Mechanical Repair After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch or you’ll have to pee.

Law of the Workshop Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

Law of Probability The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.

Law of the Telephone If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal.

Law of the Alibi If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the very next morning you will have a flat tire.

Variation Law If you change lines (or traffic lanes) the one you were in will start to move faster than the one you are in now (works every time).

Law of the Bath When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings.

Law of Close Encounters The probability of meeting someone you know increases dramatically when you are with someone you don’t want to be seen with.

Law of the Result When you try to prove to someone that a machine won’t work, it will.

Law of Biomechanics The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.

Law of the Theater At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle arrive last.

Law of Coffee As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.

Murphy’s Law of Lockers If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.

Law of Rugs/Carpets The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor covering are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet/rug.

Law of Location No matter where you go, there you are.

Law of Logical Argument Anything is possible if you don’t know what you are talking about.

Brown’s Law If the shoe fits, it’s ugly.

Oliver’s Law A closed mouth gathers no feet .

Wilson’s Law As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it.

Doctors’ Law If you don’t feel well, make an appointment to go to the doctor, by the time you get there you’ll feel better. Don’t make an appointment and you’ll stay sick

Hot Wing Maths Not So Hot

2008-01-10T18:20:00.000Z

Kenadie Jourdin-Bromley

2008-01-09T17:44:00.000Z

Kenadie Jourdin-Bromley weighed 2 lbs, 8 ounces when she was born in February 2003. She was not expected to live more than a day, but she has survived.

She continued to defy doctors expectations and at the age of 8 months, Kenadie was finally diagnosed with primordial dwarfism, a genetic condition that is believed to affect only about 100 people in the world. She isn't expected to grow past about 30 inches or weigh more than 8 pounds.

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Fireballs

2008-01-09T17:42:00.000Z

Views From Truck Driver's Cabs

2008-01-09T17:36:00.000Z

Heidi Klum Likes Her Breasts

2007-12-09T16:58:00.000Z

Awesome First Dance

2007-12-09T16:42:00.002Z

One In A Million Shot

2007-12-09T16:41:00.001Z

Rope Chair

2007-12-09T16:40:00.001Z

Cyril Raffaelli - Stuntman

2007-12-09T16:36:00.001Z

Guy Sings Remarkably Like A Girl

2007-12-09T16:34:00.000Z

Impromptu Jam Session on a Tube

2007-12-09T16:32:00.000Z

Solar

2007-12-09T16:29:00.004Z

Short film by Ian Wharton & Edward Shires.

First Goal Teddy Celebration

2007-12-09T16:28:00.000Z

Portland Winter Hawks fans threw what was reportedly a world record 20,372 stuffed animals on the ice after what they thought was their team's first goal of the season -- a goal which officials later disallowed.

Real Magic

2007-12-09T16:27:00.001Z

If Taglines Were Honest

2007-12-09T16:26:00.000Z

iPod: It’ll break in a year, but by then you’ll want the new one.

Apple: You think you need it, we know you just want it.

Samsung: Didn’t you mean to buy Sony?

Ikea: One day you’ll be able to afford real furniture.

Hummer: Get the attention you’ve always craved. While filling up the gas tank again.

Taco Bell: You’re drunk and we’re still open.

Zipcar: So convenient that you’ll ignore the high rates AND the dog hair.

Southwest Airlines: On your marks, get set, find a seat!

UHaul: We don’t guarantee availability because we can get away with it.

PopTarts: Until you realize how disgusting they are, we’ll keep making them.

Ben and Jerry’s: Whoah, dude, did you eat that whole thing?

Krispy Kreme: Less filling, just as fattening.

McDonalds: Always a good idea. Until afterwards.

Starbucks: Long lines, high prices and the best legal high available.

Fallen Art

2007-12-09T16:24:00.002Z

By Baginski...?

Ghost Rider

2007-12-09T16:24:00.001Z

How Fast Is An F1 Car?

2007-12-09T16:22:00.000Z

Seven Mototrbikes, One Sphere

2007-12-09T16:20:00.000Z

Super Hot Babes

2007-12-07T19:07:00.000Z

Link
If you dare

Standby

2007-12-04T19:00:00.000Z

Short film by Jannis Walz

The Hacker Manifesto

2007-12-04T18:55:00.000Z

Another one got caught today, it's all over the papers. "Teenager Arrested in Computer Crime Scandal", "Hacker Arrested after Bank Tampering"...

Damn kids. They're all alike.

But did you, in your three-piece psychology and 1950's technobrain, ever take a look behind the eyes of the hacker? Did you ever wonder what made him tick, what forces shaped him, what may have molded him?

I am a hacker, enter my world...

Mine is a world that begins with school... I'm smarter than most of the other kids, this crap they teach us bores me...

Damn underachiever. They're all alike.

I'm in junior high or high school. I've listened to teachers explain for the fifteenth time how to reduce a fraction. I understand it. "No, Ms. Smith, I didn't show my work. I did it in my head..."

Damn kid. Probably copied it. They're all alike.

I made a discovery today. I found a computer. Wait a second, this is cool. It does what I want it to. If it makes a mistake, it's because I screwed it up. Not because it doesn't like me... Or feels threatened by me.. Or thinks I'm a smart ass.. Or doesn't like teaching and shouldn't be here...

Damn kid. All he does is play games. They're all alike.

And then it happened... a door opened to a world... rushing through the phone line like heroin through an addict's veins, an electronic pulse is sent out, a refuge from the day-to-day incompetencies is sought... a board is found. "This is it... this is where I belong..." I know everyone here... even if I've never met them, never talked to them, may never hear from them again... I know you all...

Damn kid. Tying up the phone line again. They're all alike...

You bet your ass we're all alike... we've been spoon-fed baby food at school when we hungered for steak... the bits of meat that you did let slip through were pre-chewed and tasteless. We've been dominated by sadists, or ignored by the apathetic. The few that had something to teach found us willing pupils, but those few are like drops of water in the desert.

This is our world now... the world of the electron and the switch, the beauty of the baud. We make use of a service already existing without paying for what could be dirt-cheap if it wasn't run by profiteering gluttons, and you call us criminals. We explore... and you call us criminals. We seek after knowledge... and you call us criminals. We exist without skin color, without nationality, without religious bias... and you call us criminals. You build atomic bombs, you wage wars, you murder, cheat, and lie to us and try to make us believe it's for our own good, yet we're the criminals.

Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity. My crime is that of judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like. My crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me for.

I am a hacker, and this is my manifesto. You may stop this individual, but you can't stop us all... after all, we're all alike.

+++The Mentor+++
Written January 8, 1986

Why Don’t We Have a Word for That?

2007-12-04T18:54:00.000Z

Kummerspeck (Germany): "Grief bacon" - the weight that you gain by overeating when you’re worried about something.

Attaccabottoni (Italy): A "buttonholer" - someone who corners casual acquaintances or even complete strangers for the purpose of telling them their miserable life stories.

Modré Pondeli (Czech): "Blue Monday" - When you skip coming in to work to give yourself a three-day weekend.

Razbliuto (Russia): The feeling you have for a person you used to love, but don’t anymore.

Shitta (Iran): Leftover dinner that’s eaten for breakfast.

Tartle (Scotland): To momentarily forget the name of the person you’re talking to. The word helps reduce the social embarrassment of such situations: "I’m sorry, I tartled there for a moment."

Pana po’o (Hawaii): To scratch your head in an attempt to remember something you’ve forgotten.

Ngaobera (Easter Island): A sore throat caused by too much screaming.

Backpfeifengesicht (Germany): A face that’s just begging for somebody to put their fist in it.

Papierkrieg (Germany): "Paper war" - bureaucratic paperwork whose only purpose is to block you from getting the refund, insurance payment, or other benefit that you have coming.

Rujuk (Indonesia): To remarry your ex-wife.

Mokita (New Guinea): The truth that everyone knows, but no one will speak about.

Gorrero (Spain, Central America): Someone who never picks up the check.

Fucha (Poland): Using your employer’s time and resources for your own purposes.

Radiohead - Creep

2007-11-20T16:55:00.002Z

V For Vendetta Fight Scene

2007-11-20T16:55:00.001Z

LolCats

2007-11-20T16:53:00.000Z

Awesome Drumming Skills

2007-11-20T16:50:00.000Z

Der Sieg - Step towards Victory

2007-11-20T16:48:00.000Z

RHex Robot Thingy

2007-11-20T16:46:00.000Z

Space Playground

2007-11-20T16:45:00.000Z

Daft Punk Dance

2007-11-20T16:44:00.000Z