The Way i Go

Google Hacked the Chinese Hackers Right Back [Google]

One of the cooler stories out the whole Google-China debacle is that Google hacked the hackers. It “began a secret counteroffensive,” breaking into a computer in Taiwan, gathering evidence the attacks originated from mainland China, possibly orchestrated by the government. Google’s delta force found evidence that the hackers had attacked 33 other companies, like Adobe, and that...

Too Good To Be True? The Transparent Toaster

File this one under “it’s so cool that you can’t even buy it yet.” Frustrating, yes. But as technology improves we can hopefully one day be able to see the exact moment our bagel is perfectly toasted.

Leaf House in Australia by Undercurrent Architects

Designed by Undercurrent Architects, this curiously-designed house is a private residence located in Sydney, Australia. The roof looks like fallen leaves, thus it has been dubbed the “Leaf House”. The roof is supported by winding branch-like steel tubes and the interior is enclosed in glass panels. For more privacy, some rooms are tucked below a sandstone surround. #gallery-1 { margin:...

Mini Amsterdam: Christmas boxes

Creative christmas box.

Parkour Motion Reel Video

Marcus Troy puts us onto this cool new video entitled Parkour Motion Reel. The short animated piece was done with a technical pen, frame by frame. Tracing back to the old flip book style in a new way, Parkour Motion Reel does an excellent job with classic animated innovation. Check it out! parkour motion reel from saggyarmpit on Vimeo.

Healthcare Spending and Life Expectancy

A somewhat misleading (in my opinion) presentation of these numbers has been floating around on the web recently, and so I wanted to post this cleaner graph. (The area of the circle for each country is proportional to the number of doctor visits per person; I don’t know that this information is so crucial but I included it, as it was on the original graph that I’ve modified.)