Aww Dip

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/12/view/7063/dirk-auer-skates-down-860m-roller-coaster.html

the 36-year-old german darevdevil admitted he’d placed his life at risk by performing the stunt ‘this was a very dangerous stunt because there were so many factors to consider – if the skates were to catch a stray nail then I could have fallen and I would almost certainly have died.’

As crazy as that looks, it would be freaking awesome, and you know it.

I found the video that I was rendering when my old laptop died. I can’t seem to figure out why this video would have caused it any problems… it isn’t like independently modeling hairs moving in 3D is tough on a system or anything…

As I mentioned a few days ago on twitter, I have been working with Geektool to really turn my mac’s desktop in to what I need it to be. I figured that since I had this brand new machine (read: my old one finally was replaced after 10 visits to the Genius Bar in under 3 years), I should make everything work the way I wanted it to while it was nice and clean.

I set out in this customization with a few goals in mind:

1. I wanted to be able to view the weather at a glance
2. I wanted to have the date/month visible
3. I wanted to have information from my iCal displayed
4. I wanted my dock to take a back seat in the visual hierarchy
5. I wanted everything to look clean

Here is the final outcome:

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I was sitting at my desk, trying to actually get some work done, and one of my cats decided that would be a good time to turn me in to his chair.

I follow @Izzyman on twitter, because I lurv me some Matzo Ball soup on fridays. This week, they were asking for suggestions for sandwiches using goetta. There were three ideas I mentioned:

And then today, I see this come across my @ notifications:

I really hope that they try the Pastrami, goetta, havarti, horseradish, and cole slaw. No matter what they call it, it will be delicious!

This is the sweatshirt I am looking for:
http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?topcatID=1300264;product_id=1313546

I also need these, because they are cute and make me go aww:

http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?topcatID=1300264;product_id=1313546

http://shop.starwars.com/catalog/product.xml?topcatID=1300264;product_id=1312518

I was looking through the searches people have used to reach my site. Most of them were in relation to that russian chick that is tattooing some gold selling site’s logo on her bewbs, but there was one that made my day:

I have made it in the world! I kinda wish I could figure out who searched that so I could give them a prize.

There is something exciting about really good product design. This stuff, for example, makes me happy when I see it:

Designed by Mucca Design (Via Eat Me Daily)

I am a huge fan of mash-ups, and this one is done really well: