pingpong door

pingpong door by tobias fraenzel.

flashing lights

cool paparazzi inspired interactive billboard by nikon launching its d700 model in korea. walking by it triggers flashing camera lights.

tetris furniture

tetris celebrated its 25th anniversary. here's some tetris inspired furniture by stephanie choplin.

pacman bobblehead

Manny Pacquiao bobblehead promoting the SF Giants' Filipino American Heritage celebration night on 4/21.

1934 BMW R7

If I rode bikes, I would be on this one. Pretty futuristic for 1934.

twouble with twitters

on sale at amazon

Anyone buying these?

303,000 people extremely terrified of chinese people

Type in "I am extremely" in Google's search box and you'll come up with these queries. Courtesy of Gizmodo.

ashi dashi

ashi dashi "rock out with your socks out"

poldaroid

Poldaroid is a cool app that transforms your digital photos into vintage polaroids. Sample images from their flikr group.

cassette closet

Courtesy of Dutch designer Schuur

RGB glasses

RGB rainbow glasses designed by Luis Porém. Hollowed out glasses filled with ink. Hope they never leak.

lego of relativity

m.c. escher's "relativity" lithograph in lego form

iphone coasters

how big is your carbon footprint?

Take this quiz to calculate how much land area is needed to support your lifestyle. If everyone lived like me, we'd need 4.2 earths to provide enough resources. Oops. My evil category was services - flying to Japan every other year doesn't help.

domo @ target

If you're familiar with Domo-kun - Japanese NHK tv station's mascot - you did a double take upon entering your local U.S. Target store. He's featured all over their '08 Halloween promotions! My favorite Domo-kun personality quirk: he passes gas when nervous or upset.

tetris tiles

tile any room of your house like the classic video game with tetristiles:

stuff fil-ams like

Keeping in tradition of Stuff White People Like, here's an entry on stuff Fil-Ams like. I remember when I arrived on campus at Temple U., and a filipino girl asked me if I was joining TUPAC (Temple U. Philippine American Council). And I unknowingly said, "What? A club for the rapper Tupac?"

#1 Sushi
This satisfies the Asian part for Fil Ams. The rice and soy sauce are natural ingredients they are used to. Just add pork, grease, and vinegar and it'd be a barrio fiesta for them.

#2 Picture taking
Fil Ams love taking pictures of each other, even redundantly in the dance club. This custom dates back to when white people took pictures of them a century ago.

#3 Free sandwiches. Not this.
Fil Ams will gather around free food in general, so be cautious if your multicultural org's resources are limited.

#4 Latino Culture
This usually comes in the form of salsa dancing. Move out the way when "Esa Morena" is played at one of their debuts.

#5 Hawaii (Yes, that is Jasmine Trias)
This satisfies Fil Ams claim to be Pacific Islander (minus the whole genocide thing, of course).

#6 Afro-American culture
Fil Ams' fascination with Afro-American culture goes way back when David Fagen and African American Buffalo Soldiers helped Filipinos fight against American colonizers. They honor him through corn rows and sporadic copula absence.

#7 Sportin dark colors

#8 Rockin big shades (sorry Krish)

#9 Sportin bright colors

#10 Choreographed Dancing
These Fil Am dance troupes usually consist of an absurd amount of dancers, moving uniformly. Uncle Sam says: "You're easy to control. Yet, oh so funky."

#11 Pageants
Through consent or coercion, Fil Ams are socialized to participate in extravagant pageants. This relates to #2 and #14.

#12 New York
When you ask a Fil Am where they are going to vacation, they will usually tell you "I really want to go to New York" if Hawaii is not an option. This relates to #7 because of New York's connotation with hip hop culture. Coming largely from the suburbs, Fil Ams will grab any opportunity to be urban.

#13 Basketball (5'10" and under bringin the thunder)

#14 All-you-can eat buffets
Fil Ams tend to gravitate to all-you-can-eat buffets. This phenomenon relates to American consumer influence in the Philippines, like indulging in choice, variety, and extravagance (and endless cheddar-baked biscuits).

#15 Extended college life
But likely not this.

#16 Being late
Fil Ams are always late, even for job interviews. At some Filipino masses, you will notice church starts at fifteen after the hour. Too bad it doesn't end fifteen minutes early, when Fil Ams tend to leave after bread time.

#17 Head wraps and Kufi caps
This is a gesture to their Muslim and African roots. This kind of relates to #6.

#18 The idea of revolution
Fil Ams love proclaiming the need for revolution (while wearing dark or bright colors and a head wrap). Actual revolution, however, is kind of scary.

#19 The sound of vinyl scratching
Wicky wicky wicky. Got your attention (like a dog whistle)?

#20 Loitering in large groups
This is especially true after a Fil Am youth group or club meetin and usually takes place in parking lots. This phenomenon is related to #10, with less body movements.

#21 A Tribe Called Quest
When "Scenario" comes on in the club, you betta duck cuz Fil Ams will bug out. Why do Fil Ams like ATCQ? It might be Ali Shaheed Muhammad's fresh beats or the resonating, non-threatening Afrohumanist rhymes. Or maybe its because they are a "tribe."

modular fridge

Where was this fridge when I was sharing a house with 5 roomates in college? Back then my compartment would have been filled with take out chinese boxes and junk. Looks like it would be touch to fit a pizza box in there...

medal count

Cool fluid map of the Olympic medal count throughout history.