This could be me as a kid

thedailywhat:

Then And Now of the Day: Shanghai, 1990 vs. 2010.

[reddit.]

WHOA!

thedailywhat:

Infographic of the Day: Starbucks announced today the impending introduction of its own version of the Big Gulp — a gut-punching 31-ouncer called the “Trenta.”

Can you stomach it? Should you stomach it? The National Post investigates.

[laughingsquid.]

Ridonkulous

unconsumption:

The Modlet plugs into an existing wall outlet, and when an appliance is then plugged into it, it wirelessly monitors and manages the power consumption of that appliance. Since many appliances continually draw power, even if no one is around to use them, the modlet can help to eliminate that wasteful use of power by intelligently scheduling outlets to automatically shut off power to plugged-in appliances when they aren’t needed. 

CES 2011: ThinkEco’s modlet - Core77

I want :)

thedailywhat:

Sign Of The Times of the Day: But! But! Okay.

[eatliver.]

???

thedailywhat:

Infographic of the Day: Remember the map in which a single movie was used to represent each state (and the subsequent map of TV shows)? Well, the fine folks at My Food Looks Funny cooked up (get it?) this similar inforgraphic which attempts to match states to their representative foods.

Click here to embiggen, and let the wailing and gnashing of teeth begin.

[mflf.]

Very cool! And true … at least stereotypically speaking.

thedailywhat:

Print Ad Campaign of the Day: “Every 43 seconds someone dies from gun violence.” Jung von Matt for Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker.

[wkb.]

Powerful

Holy poop this is equal parts disgusting and amazing

thedailywhat:

Behind The Blog of the Day: Intel’s “Visual Life” campaign presents an aptly aesthetic profile of famed street photographer / people watcher Scott “The Sartorialist” Schumann.

[tcf / ratsoff.]

Obsessed with street photography right now