WOW Report: The World Will End in a Week

A reader pointed us to this video of Hawkins himself explaining why the workd is going to end in one week. I wonder how this catastrophic end of life as we know it will affect my first day of classes? Will it be treated like a Snow Day? I can see the University website now:"Due to apocalyptic conditions, the university will be closed today"
End of video bonus: Ummm. Pirate rap? Leave it to the U.K.ers to throw in that little extra spice.

WOW Report: thisisaknife: The World Will End in a Week
EDIT: WOW is for "World of Wonder, the website serving the article. This is not to be confused with World of Warcraft, which needs no explanation."

20 Things You Didn't Know About... Death

Having trouble making plans for the End of Days? Not really sure what you want to do when you die? Here's a great science news article that may help you decide what color daisy you want to push up.
20 Things You Didn't Know About... Death

Who is Yisrayl Hawkins anyways?

Yisrayl (Israel) Hawkins (born Buffalo Bill Hawkins) is the founder of the House of Yahweh religious group in Abilene, Texas. He claims to be descended from Jewish immigrants who fled Nazi persecution in Europe.
Who cares? Yisrael is the supposed firestarter if this whole 9/12/06 'Pockyclipse.

Yisrayl Hawkins - Wikipedia
Short bio of Hawkins
The Cult of the House of Yahweh — A critical bio of Hawkins

YouTube - Nuclear War Are Belong To Us 9-12-2006

Apparently Overseer Yisrayl Hawkins thinks that Nuclear war will break out this Sept. 12. This YouTube video is a mashup of many of his believers conveying that very same idea. A little freaky if you ask me.

YouTube - Nuclear War Are Belong To Us 9-12-2006

machine project - The Business Card Menger Sponge

Totally awesome. I love the raw obsessive dedication that it takes to complete one of these projects.
"Menger’s Sponge - named for its inventor Karl Menger and sometimes wrongly called Sierpinski’s Sponge – was the first three dimensional fractal that mathematicians became aware of. In 1995 Dr Jeannine Mosely, a software engineer, set out to build a level 3 Menger Sponge from business cards. After 9 years of effort, involving hundreds of folders all over America, the Business Card Menger Sponge was completed. The resulting object is comprised of 66,048 cards folded into 8000 interlinked sub-cubes, with the entire surface paneled to reveal the Level 2 and Level 3 fractal iterations."
machine project

Everybody! Everybody! - Homestar Runner turns 10

Our favorite little web 'toon turns 10.
Everybody! Everybody!

Dorodango

There is a strange Japanese schoolyard pastime called hikaru dorodango, where kids take playground mud, form it into balls, and then polish them to a mirror-like finish. American artist Bruce Gardner has a site documenting the process and shows some amazing pictures. Makes you want to get out into the dirt.
dorodango

Endurance Challenge Mordred's Isle: Episode 1

This is a witty cartoon in the flavor of drawn together meets RPG geekdom. Funny stuff. Wanting new episodes immediately.
YouTube - Endurance Challenge Mordred's Isle: Episode 1

Fat-Pie.com :: Animation and stuff by David Firth

Hold on to your tummy box and get ready to be totally disturbed. Check out the Salad Fingers episodes.
Fat-Pie.com :: Animation and stuff by David Firth

Happy Birthday, Metroid

In celebration of Samus' birthday, (which was actually yesterday but i'm lazy) I'm presenting you with this little musical gem. Relics of the Chozo is a collaborative effort to improve upon the already famous melodies of Nintendo's Metroid. Check it out for some great remixes.

Korg's New Kaoss Pad 3

Electro-Yummies. I can't wait to demo this crazy little guy. Check out the write up here