http://www.xerxy.com Putting the fun back in web surfing Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:19:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's another cool advertisement, this time for a detergent, by Simon Danaher. Where he got all these football players in one place is still a mystery. The poor guys in red must have really regretted choosing that color. This is the very same Simon who created the cupid legion ad we ... http://www.xerxy.com/2010/03/18/detergent-ad-by-simon-danaher/ If you thought the paintings that look like real photos were impressive, you will love this photograph of a girl with paint makeup that makes her look like a part of a painting. The shot is composed so well that you have to look pretty closely to realize that it is ... http://www.xerxy.com/2010/03/17/photo-that-looks-painted/ You must have heard loads of Wonder Woman and Invisible Man jokes, but this explains why she went on a weight loss program and was subsequently dumped by Superman for being too thin. http://www.xerxy.com/2010/03/16/why-wonder-woman-lost-weight/ We've already written about the basic difference between the anatomies of men and women. Here is a mathematical formula that should help explain how men and women think when it comes to dating the opposite sex. There are definitely flaws in this equation. Such as the score of the perfect man ... http://www.xerxy.com/2010/03/15/difference-between-men-and-women/ The Neglinnaya is an almost 5-mile long river that runs right under the heart of Moscow and feeds the main Moskva River. This is a mesmerizing shot of it by Timofey Vasiliev. The river has an interesting history and played an essential part in shaping Moscow's initial layout. I wonder what ... http://www.xerxy.com/2010/03/13/neglinnaya-moscows-underground-river/ Ten years ago we were going crazy about an iconic movie that left its impact on much of the last decade. Here is some impressive lost concept art from the trilogy by Richard Mahon, George Hull and Warner Brothers. http://www.xerxy.com/2010/03/12/concept-art-from-the-matrix/ Hummer, the automobile brand from GM that we loved for the raw power and hated for its opulence, will soon be history after the sale to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery fell through. Its falling sales and environmental concerns meant that General Motors was having trouble deciding the fate of the ... http://www.xerxy.com/2010/03/11/end-of-hummer/ Which way does the wheel spin? Don't keep it open for too long or it may induce seizures (vomit all over your keyboard is a possibility). I wonder if the direction of the spin has anything to do with which side of brain you use more, as was the case with ... http://www.xerxy.com/2010/03/10/nauseating-wheel-illusion/ Slate is featuring a collection of photos from Saddam's private photo album. Photos like this one where he appears as some sort of a mafioso (seems he was a big Godfather fan). The late Iraqi dictator was overthrown by the US invasion and subsequently hanged for crimes against humanity. The album ... http://www.xerxy.com/2010/03/09/saddams-private-photos/ This hauntingly beautiful painting is the work of Hory Ma (real name Sveto Teksty), a Russian artist who paints using light and a technique known as lightgraphics. There isn't much detail available on how this works, but it looks like he uses long exposures in dark conditions to create and capture ... http://www.xerxy.com/2010/03/08/hory-ma-light-painting/