Is every website you frequent blocked at school and/or work? Well, there's always Google. Be sure to check out our first installments of funny Google Suggestions and Yahoo Answers. Continue reading to see them all.
Yes, this M.C. Escher-inspired bookcase is a real piece of furniture you can buy at IKEA -- TiFit user Fireman claims that it's "a bit of a paradox." It's reportedly listed as part of IKEA's "ESKSHOOR" product line.
[via TiFit]
Priced at a hefty $317, the Japan Self-Defense Force Sunglasses are touted as the world's first to "withstand an impact from an object 0.3 inches (or 6.55mm) traveling at 106 miles per hour." Continue reading for one more picture.
Those specs probably won't mean much against a 9mm bullet speeding toward your eye at over 1,000 miles per hour, but it does make for a neat image.[via Dvice - JTR]
If you've always been interested in what goes on behind the scenes of Star Wars movies, this video c. mid-1970s shows "the computer effects that were employed in the original 1977 theatrical release." Continue reading to watch.
The computer graphics for the first Star Wars film was created by Larry Cuba in the 1970s at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) (at the time known as the Circle Graphics Habitat) at the University of Illinois at Chicago.[via Slashfilm]
So, you just got an AT&T Go Phone and subscribed to the $60 unlimited texting/talk plan, but still see strange charges on your account. Here's how the AT&T support representatives really feel about working at the company.
[via Imgur]
Ford and M-Sport have unveiled the Ford Fiesta S2000 rally car. At 2,640-pounds, it features a 1998cc I4 Duratec S2000 engine that generates 280hp and 192 lb-ft of torque, "mated to a permanent all-wheel drive system hooked up to a sequential manual transmission with an AP clutch." Continue reading for spy footage. Click here for first picture in gallery.
It's their first global rally car, and as such will be able to compete in a whole bevy of international competitions ranging from IRC to the S2000 World Cup to Aatos and Aamu's Finnish Tree Bash.[via Autoblog]
Though it may look like a real river that's located underwater, the water is actually "a layer of hydrogen sulphide." These incredible photos were taken by Anatoly Beloschin. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.
We are 30 meters deep, fresh water, then 60 meters deep - salty water and under me I see a river, island and fallen leaves.[via TheChive]
According to its creators, the "truck is based on a Ford F650 Supertruck and currently sports a GE J85 jet engine producing some 7,000hp." It's capable of reaching a top speed of 200MPH. Video after the break.
Unlike all jet exhibition vehicles The Frictionator is powered by a conventional engine in the front and is a daily driven truck on our roads and highways.[via Dvice - Frictionator]
Amazon is selling the Altec Lansing FX3022 Expressionist BASS speakers for just $54.99 shipped, originally priced at $129.99. This "system has a downward firing orientation, causing the bass to reflect off the desktop and create a radiating 360-degree sound field for convincing slam in the lower registers." Product page.
Specially engineered 40mm drivers provide the mids and highs with great clarity. The two drivers are compartmentalized in a sealed chamber, ensuring that the pressure of the subwoofer doesn't mix and muddle the sound.[via Amazon]
Sony's PS3 update 3.10 is now live, adding Facebook support -- can be used to share trophy milestones -- as well as enhanced web and photo browsers. Continue reading for a video preview.
[via Tech World]
