Spawn, Custom Bicycle

so very cool, but i would totally hurt myself trying to ride it.

Spawn, Custom Bicycle – via.

Scooter gang raids Mayfair designer store

Scooter gang raids Mayfair designer store

A gang of scooter robbers staged a raid on a designer store in Mayfair last night stealing thousands of pounds of leather jackets.

The four-strong gang, on two mopeds, struck at the Belstaff store in Conduit Street and used two large stones to break the glass front doors at about [...]

Don’t put plastic bags on your head

Don’t put plastic bags on your head.

a friendly reminder from my neighbor and hardware slave, Alex.

The Yes Men

The Yes Men.

The Yes Men are a couple of high-profile pranksters whose erudite tactics meant to warn or propagate the masses (depending on how you see it) about hot button political issues like war protest and global warming fall in line with the mentality behind Internet stalwarts like Improv Everywhere and flash mobs in general.

Initially, [...]

Amazing X-ray photographs by Nick Veasey – Telegraph

i absolutely adore x-ray photography, i think because it’s like a cosmic hint into the zen minimalism or pure function that lives in every object.

or maybe just because it’s made of awesome, especially when it’s done with as much care and attention to detail as this guy routinely observes.

Amazing X-ray photographs by Nick [...]

while i’m waiting out an inauspicious aspect of my stars to wilfully circumvent a corporate firewall, i’ll clean out my delicious for you lovely people.

here’s a fab modernmechanix retrospective: the AUTO-SCOOTER!

it’s made from jets, but … yeah, no.

okay, okay, here is a self-propelled unicycle-thing powered by an electric motor, stabilized by an internal-self-balancing gyroscope system!

do [...]

yootoob wednesday: Huangzhou freestyling

check this brother’s skills out.

i want to see this added to gymkhanas everywhere by the end of the year. chopchop, rally organizers.

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[comicon] Tron Light Cycle Revealed Live At Flynn’s Arcade!

Tron Light Cycle Revealed Live At Flynn’s Arcade!

h/t to Jalopnik.

the munich Puch

okay, it’s not from munich.

but speaking of awesome things of noble canadia, check out this hardy bavarian-cum-canadian dude that found a Puch in someone’s garage or whatever.

you should go help him ID it. you really should. deep in your heart, you know that.

Rocking motorcycle: raise your kids right

Rocking motorcycle: raise your kids right – Hell For Leather.

because who doesn’t want their two-year-old exposed to a lot of sharp, raw metal edges and rust?

in which operatives unknown successfully conduct Bavarian Fire Drill variant #x

…With Hilarious Results!

and i quote:

If caller says to trash your hotel room, think twice

Lisa Kantorski took the call from the person who claimed to be a front-desk clerk about a gas leak in their hotel room near Orlando International Airport.

She frantically relayed the information to her husband, Mark, an Indian River County deputy. He followed [...]

unintended hair products, pt. 2

add to the list of things that weren’t really intended to be hair product:

two-stroke oil

so, that makes the list, so far:

febreze
latex polish
two-stroke motor oil

further developments reported as they occur.