Lego Man in Space

Two Canadian high school students have successfully launched a Lego man almost 80,000 feet above sea level high enough to capture video of the plastic toy hovering above the curvature of the Earth.

2012 Best Picture Nominees Recast With Dogs

Yesterday we had a post about recasting favorite movies with cats, but obviously, we weren't about to ignore our canine friends. Because dogs are awesome.

Cats Wearing Glasses

It is great to see cute and funny cat pictures. A simple cat makeup way is to have the cat to wear a pair of glasses. These cats have an EYE for fashion.

Happiest Celebrity Mugshots

Everyone loves looking at celebrity mugshots. From photos of a disoriented Paris Hilton or Kid Rock, these can provide hours of laughs and entertainment. Celebrities always seem to be smiling in mugshots. I guess that's because they know they're going to go home very soon in there limousines by giving money. The following is a list of some of most memorable celebrity mugshots being happy.

Cats Love Pizza Boxes

For cats, pizza boxes offer a heavenly combination of two of their favorite things: boxes and warmth. That is, except most of these pizza boxes are empty which is probably because the cats already ate the contents. I had no idea so many cats loved pizza boxes like mine!

Skiing Witches Race in Belalp, Switzerland

Participants ski in the 30th edition of the Belalp Witches Ski Race on January 14, 2012 in Belalp, Switzerland. The race is inspired by a legend dating back to the middle ages, of a witch who tormented villagers in the area until she was burnt to death.

Friday, February 27, 2009

Casting Would-Be For Video Game Movies

Pwn or Die has chosen to focus on video games as films and who they would like to see play some of their favorite characters. They came up with thirty examples of actors and actresses we feel would fit as video game icons. Perhaps some of these movies will be made and yield Oscars for these thespians in years to come?



























Colors Show



An unseen and original show that combines artistic performances and visual effects. This 35 minutes show performed by 3 people is a truly festival of colors.

Transformers Autobot Bumblebee Build



An in-depth look at the five-plus hour process of erecting the 18-foot tall, 3,700 pound replica of the Transformers Autobot Bumblebee by Chevrolet for the 2009 Chicago Auto Show.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Lava Burst Street Art by Edgar Mueller

This giant fissure was created in the German town of Geldern by Edgar Mueller to celebrate the 30th anniversary of a street art competition. He spent five days, working 12 hours a day, to create the 250 square metre image of the crevasse, which, viewed from the correct angle, appears to be 3D. He then persuaded passers-by to complete the illusion by pretending the gaping hole was real.








The World’s Largest Mirror

The world’s largest salt flat, the Salar de Uyuni in Southwestern Bolivia, is one of the most exotic place sceneries on earth. Due to its large size, smooth surface, high surface reflectivity when covered with shallow water, and minimal elevation deviation, Salar de Uyuni makes an ideal target for the testing and calibration of remote sensing instruments on orbiting satellites used to study the Earth. In addition to providing an excellent target surface the skies above Salar de Uyuni are so clear, and the air so dry, that the surface works up to five times better for satellite calibration than using the surface of the ocean.

There is an estimated 10 billion tons of salt in the flats, 25 times the amount in the Bonneville Salt flats in Utah in the United States. The Salar de Uyuni, a sea of salt, a salt desert, was once an inland sea, or giantsalt water lake, but the water vanished into the thin dry air of Andean altitude. All that remains is the salt, tens of meters thick, lying stark beneath bright sky: a sun-bleached skeleton of a dead sea.