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Hey look! It’s 65 Things that Look Like Pac-Man!

BUNKRE — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:43:38 +0000

Here’s a fun post from Games Radar demonstrating that pretty much anything can look like Pac-Man. Sadly, none of the examples are sinks.

Fun 3D Animations Done on Turntables

BUNKRE — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:14:28 +0000

Pretty self explanatory, but very neat stuff.

Found it here on Neatorama, where else?

Today is the Day

BUNKRE — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:09:42 +0000

Today is the Day.

3 Unlikely Drum Machines

BUNKRE — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:03:29 +0000

What do soup cans, gum balls, and eggs have in common? Well, besides being round, they’ve all been used to trigger programmable drum machines:

The Drum Buddy
Triggered by light shining through holes in a large aluminum can.

[youtube]vvtssL8WlJA[/youtube]

Bubblegum Sequencer
Triggered by colored gum balls placed on a grid.

[youtube]ziIdjrR_MRs[/youtube]

“Almost Certified”
Cumputer sequencer triggers hammers that hit various sized eggs… for some reason.

[quicktime]http://www.machineproject.com/kcain_bcrabtree/almostcertified/video/almostcertified.mov[/quicktime]

Funny (70s?) Moog Ad featuring Edd Kalehoff

BUNKRE — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:38:25 +0000

You’ll never guess what this is an ad for. Stick with it for the last 10 seconds:

You couldn’t ask for a better tagline too!

Kermit Does Talking Heads

BUNKRE — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:14:08 +0000

This is either the coolest thing I’ve ever seen or I’ve just been staring at the screen all day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jbya4kxC6E&feature=player_embedded

Faces in Places

BUNKRE — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:26:35 +0000

When we were shopping for houses last year my wife was (barely) amused at my ability to immediately dismiss a house simply because the arrangement of door, windows, and roof line made it look like it was making a stupid face. After stumbling on this site, I’m thrilled to discover I am not alone. The faces are everywhere.

Old-time amusement park audio

BUNKRE — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:53:08 +0000

Jay Ducharme has the original 8 track tapes from various fun houses and other attractions from a now closed amusement park named Mountain Park. I always love random old-time audio of almost any kind, so I consider these haunting clips a must-save. There are some classic sci-fi sounds, a pirate’s den, and best of all: Zoltan the fortune teller (yeah, as in the movie “Big”).

From Jay’s site:

Here is a collection of wise sayings from that master of eloquence, Zoltan, backed by musical excerpts from Edvard Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite. This was a “hi-tech” spin on the old fortune-teller arcade machine that would give you a small card containing a paragraph or two of advice…

…You would press a button on the machine to correspond with your zodiac sign. Then you lifted a small speaker to your ear so that Zoltan would speak to you and you alone. There are perceptible phonograph scratches in the recordings.

How great is that?! Check out these samples:

“Sewing Wild Oates”

“Trip the Light Fantastic”

“For You Alone”

Bent Objects / Really Bent

BUNKRE — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:00:02 +0000

“…a comb came by the house looking for work, and quickly realized there’s not much he could do for me.”

I saw this on Neatorama today and it just really caught me off guard: Terry Border’s “Bent Objects” blog (silly jokes), and it’s evil twin “Really Bent” (dirty jokes). He has goofy fun with a spool of wire and everyday objects. They remind me of being bored in meetings and only having access to paperclips. You can find out more about Terry on his site.

Some Ecards

BUNKRE — Fri, 18 May 2007 02:15:57 +0000

There are some great eCards available at someecards.com (thanks again, Josh Spear). Perfect for any occasion!