http://akie.nl a collection of oddities Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:54:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Christophe Gevrey took this picture of the Promenade, close (<200 meters) to where I live. Still can't believe I actually live there :)Share http://akie.nl/2010/03/11/close-to-where-i-live/ As sung by Rodney Carrington No-one thinks of fighting, when they see a topless girl Maybe if you'd show yours too, we could... ...saaaaave the world :DShare http://akie.nl/2010/03/08/show-them-to-me/ Now that's a cool iPhone app :) Share http://akie.nl/2010/03/03/one-man-beatboxing-band/ "Eddie Izzard's encore on computers" Hilarious!Share http://akie.nl/2010/02/25/a-comedians-take-on-computers/ Flight of the Conchords - Hiphopopotamus vs. RhymenocerosShare http://akie.nl/2010/02/23/gangster-rapfolk-crossover/ In honour of yesterday's Valentine day: Tim Minchin's "If I didn't have you". A cynical, statistically correct love song. The engineer in me appreciates this :) (YouTube) Lyrics: Share http://akie.nl/2010/02/15/statistically-correct-love-song/ When choosing a font for use on a website, you are restricted to one of the 15 or so "web fonts". That sucks. The only way you can use a different font is by resorting to hacks such as Cufon, sIFR or FLIR. But if you do that, you've only solved ... http://akie.nl/2010/01/26/web-typography-solved/ Matthew Albanese creates fake photorealistic pictures by building scale models and photographing them from a specific angle. For example, this image does not show a real volcano: Really, it doesn't. Proof:Share http://akie.nl/2010/01/23/750/ Peter Schiff is the clearest thinking American economist.Share http://akie.nl/2010/01/23/why-the-meltdown-should-have-surprised-no-one/ linkShare http://akie.nl/2010/01/21/chicken-road/