A Brief History of the Home Video Game Console

Thanks to A Brief History of the Home Video Game Console, now I know that the Magnavox Odyssey is the first home video game console. Always thought it was Atari. The Odyssey was released in 1972 and the first working prototype was finished in 1968. 

Scanwiches are delicious scanned sandwiches

Scanwiches posts scans of sandwiches for education and delight. This delicious scanned sandwich is from Five Boro Bistro at Google NYC. There's ham, turkey, lettuce, onions, cheddar cheese stuffed in between the white toast.

Original Star Wars trilogy characters in low res pixels

Andy Rash makes Iotacons, extremely low resolution portraits of popular characters and icons. His best Iotacons so far in my opinion is his set of Star Wars characters from all three original Star Wars movies.

(Thanks Sir Thomas)

The Angry Birds Cake looks so good, the Pigs will eat it

Anya Richardson, an aspiring cake artist posted this picture of her Angry Birds Cake on Twitpic recently. Her amazing cake features all the different types of Angry Birds and of course, the evil Pigs with the captured eggs.

(Thanks Johnny Q)

The voice behind the MRT announcements does not want you to use Singlish

Your attention please. Juanita Melson, the voice behind all those announcements you hear while taking a ride in our MRT trains, does not agree to Singaporeans using Singlish or putting on a foreign accent. I repeat. She does not condone using Singlish at all. Thank you and have a nice day.

Lego Miss Piggy rides Harley Davidson

Four years ago, Lego builder Elex had Miss Piggy on his to do list. Now, it's finally finished! For his Miss Piggy Lego sculpture, he had her sit on a Harley Davidson Softail Heritage motorbike. Oh, the Harley is in Lego too and it even has working lights!

(via The Brothers Brick)

Furry Sesame Street Cupcakes

For her kid's 3rd birthday, Polwig made these cute furry Sesame Street cupcakes. How did she make the "fur"? Simple! Just put some coconut in a ziplock bag and then drop a few drops of food coloring (red for Elmo, Blue for Cookie Monster and yellow for Big Bird) until you get desired effect.

A Paper Internet saves the web, one page at a time

Carlos Bueno wants to save the web, one page at a time. His initiative, A Paper Internet is building a network of time capsules containing photos, music, technical journals, and descriptions of everyday life. He's just completed one that contains the complete Linux 0.1 source code, plus sundry articles and internet ephemera.

100 Portraits — 100 Photographers

Andy Adams writes about his project, 100 Portraits — 100 Photographers: "In the spirit of the public art projection at FotoWeek DC, I mounted this online exhibition so the global photo community can experience the work of these 100 photographers from anywhere in the world."

Carpet made from thousands of pasta

This incredible pasta carpet is made by the folks from We Make Carpets. They make temporary contemporary carpets using everyday products. Without a sketch or plan, they start by laying the materials one by one until the finished carpet appears.

Exclusive pics of Johnnie Walker's updated Black Label bottle

Last night, Johnnie Walker sent a man wearing a suit to my house to personally deliver a gift to me. Included in the gift bag is this card which says: "Dear IZ, We would like you to Step Inside the world of Johnnie Walker and be the first in Singapore to check out our new look. We have updated the Johnnie Walker Black Label bottle to put a sleeker spin on it and wanted you to be the amongst the privileged few to own one..."

Sweet! Yes, they gave me a bottle of the new Johnnie Walker Black Label!







Johnnie Walker will offer fans an exclusive sneak preview of this new bottle at the Johnnie Walker Jet Black party on Thursday. If you want invites to this exclusive party, here's how. I have 5 pairs of tickets to give away. The new bottle will hit the shelves in December.