Audiosurfing the classics

This ad promoting the Zurich Chamber Orchestra transforms the lines of sheet music into the rails of a roller coaster:



This so reminds me of the awesome indie game Audiosurf, where you turn your MP3 songs into a playable, gem-collecting obstacle course. Well worth the $10 purchase price, in my opinion. Here's a clip of a guy playing Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor in Audiosurf:

7382 used chopsticks

That's how many chopsticks were used to make this canoe.



City hall worker Shuhei Ogawara spent two years collecting spent chopsticks from the cafeteria. Perfectly good wood that would otherwise have gone to waste, instead were glued into strips to form the canoe shell.

Kwytza Kraft has also found uses for recycled chopsticks.

Asahi via Pink Tentacle

IKEA Train

I want to ride this train.

To promote the opening of their new store, IKEA has decorated the seats and curtains of this Portliner Monorail in Kobe, Japan.

via Pink Tentacle

Very good documentary on ape intelligence

Ape Genius, a documentary from PBS Nova. 52 minutes.