Last night during Lost, the commercial above ran towards the end of the show — it was pretty clear to me it was viral, so I had to check it out. Their website is a place to sign up for a listserv and little else, and I haven’t gotten any sort of email from them yet — we’ll see what comes. Their recruitment dates, July 24-27 in San Diego, curiously line up with Comic-Con 2008‘s dates.

Wonder how sight-impaired people read a map? With their fingers, silly:

Print magazine gives us the most crotch ever seen on the internet — er, I think that came out wrong… They have a rather-full compilation of a stylistic crutch: the view through a person’s parted legs — you’ll be surprised just how often it is used:

I’ve never been more afraid that my office chair will eat me — the H.R.-Geiger-style seat:

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Why’d this lovely young lady get a mugshot? Seems she earned the mugshot doing something right: she was a freedom rider. More mugshots here and here.

Look just under Iron Man’s armpit — is that Captain America’s shield lying on the table? The answer is here.

Acme is the most amazing company in the world — they can provide anything at a moment’s notice, and they mean anything.

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It’s amazing how many different styles and shapes these old microphones come in, it’s no wonder they end up being used for other things:

The Phonophone: a passive amplifier, using centuries-old technology to make your iPod (or any earbuddified audio machine) perform for an audience.

You know, when you buy insurance on a home, being crushed by a cargo ship usually isn’t a hig priority; these people apparently beat the odds.