Activity Corner

• Screenshots of water effects in video games over the years. Now in German!


• 12 Things I Learned from TV Court Shows.


• An interesting demonstration of motion-induced blindness.


• What is the deal with social networking sites? They keep popping up like things that pop up all the time. Are the creators of these sites innovating, or running out of ideas? You be the judge when you peruse Listography.


• Christmas gift-giving can be hard if you don't know what to get someone. So take the safe route and get them some crap at a place like Waste Some Cash.


• Hmmm, which science t-shirt is best for me?


• All of the geeks I know are a combination of individual geeks from the 56 Geeks poster. You can buy one here.


• Wow, get your very own Flux Capacitor! (DeLorean sold separately.)


• Take what appears to be a Volkswagen Golf, strip it down to all its constituent parts, and then photograph the result.


• The Barbie MP3 Player, complete with self-esteem-building mirror!


• What's the worst part of the airport security check? Walking around in your socks while your shoes get xrayed. That may soon be a thing of the past with the MagShoe device. Yay!


• Model-builders showcase their talents at the Starship Modeler Wrecks Contest.


• Dear Santa: YES PLEASE!


• Old-style 80s brick mobile phones are back "in"! Ok maybe not exactly like the 80s, since this one is 4.3 by 1.4 INCHES, but still.


• Macrophotography plus consumer "meat" products equals mystery meat.


• You know you're an artistic geek when you use the Halo 3 map editor to make a self-portrait.


• Americans love lists.


• Dead leaves from real New York trees.


• Bizarre Christmas albums.


• Evel Knievel passed away last week. As a daredevil, he paid the price with an extensive list of injuries.


• The homespun analogy generator.


• Some things I just don't understand. Like wanting to hang big-game trophies in your house, but not by killing actual animals. Somehow, you can make it all better by using plush stuffed trophies.
  Edit: Don't forget the throw rugs.


• Wrapping someone's office or apartment in aluminum foil isn't new, but that doesn't make the feat any less awesome. See the amazing aluminum apartment.


• The Klein Four Group performs their creative 12 Days of Christmas.


• Christmas tree roundup: The Grinch, Charlie Brown, bookshelf tree, 350-tree tree.