“All I Want For Christmas (Is To Rock).” Featuring Chris Hardwick, Dana Dearmond (porn star), Rob Huebel (Human Giant), Annie Hardy (Giant Drag), Brendon Walsh, Dave Gibbs, Paul Bonanno, Jonah Ray and Eli Braden. G4’s Chris Hardwick (Attack of the Show, Web Soup) stars as the lead singer in this raunchy 80s-themed X-mas rock video by Sniper. Enjoy.
[Via Nerdist]
The Muppets star in “The Ringing of the Bells.” What is it about Beaker that makes him so damn funny?
I’m sure you have all seen the N64 kid go insane when he received his Nintendo 64 on that fateful Christmas morning back in in ’90s. Well it seems like there’s a new kid on the block who has unwittingly taken this generation’s thrown for going-insane-when-receiving-an-Xbox 360. As Giz’s Adam Frucci quickly notes, I can’t wait to see this kid’s reaction when he receives his first red ring of death!
[Via Gizmodo]
That link above is my gift to you! Happy holidays. Oh ok, I’ll tell you what’s inside. For a limited time iTunes is offering the following Lost content for free: parts 1 & 2 of the season one pilot and all five season recap episodes. They include Destination: Lost (Season 1 recap), Lost: A Tale of Survival (Season 1 & 2 recap), Lost: Past, Present, & Future (Season 1, 2, & 3 recap), Destiny Calls (Season 1, 2, 3, & 4 recap), and A Journey in Time (Season 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 recap). So for all you Lost fans out there, get brushed up by re-watching the brilliant pilot episode and studying all the recaps in preperation for the Season 6 premiere. Lost: The Final Season begins February 2, 2010.
Tesla Christmas Tree. Designed by Peter Terren.
Remember when I said that Tesla coils were being used mainly for our entertainment these days? I wasn’t kidding. Artist and enthusiast Peter Terren has created his own colorful Tesla-coil enhanced Christmas tree! He used slow exposure photography (about two minutes per shot) to capture this phenomenon in action. He even stepped into one of the shots (see above); this highly dangerous risk probably led to one hell of an electrical shock. Be sure to check out more shots of Terren’s creation in the gallery below; the images really are incredible.
[Via Gizmodo]
Chinese designers decided to go all out this year by constructing a Christmas tree out of 1,000 FULL Heineken beer bottles. Yeah, that’s a lot of beer right there, just waiting to get toppled over and wasted. Though the bright green hue of the large stature is quite impressive, the designers could have been a bit more eco-friendly if they were to use the limitless number of empty beer bottles at the ready. Anyway, check out some close-up shots in more detail in the gallery below. The “tree” is located in Shanghai, China.
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have created these snowflake-shaped photovoltaic cells from crystalline silicon. What’s so special about that is that they use 100 times less material to generate the same amount of electricity as regular solar cells. Their unusual shape and minuscule size promise to soak up the sun’s rays and help power our devices. Researchers can see the day when they are inexpensively mass-produced and used in the textile and clothes industries. In theory, these cells can be placed on any flexible surface. So for example, they can be installed in camping tents or even a pair of jeans to provide on-the-go charging of our cell phones. Thanks to these photovoltaic cells, one day we may all be walking power sources. Neat, huh?
[Via Engadget; Gizmodo; Inhabitat]
Developed by Siemens and Munich multimedia artist Michael Pendry, this wind turbine-turned-Christmas “SuperStar” is made up of 9,000 spinning LED lights. Each blade holds 3,000 LED lights and when it rotates the lights bright up the night’s sky. The overarching reason this was made for the holiday season is because it promotes eco-friendliness. The LEDs emit the equivalent of 22,000 candles and the structure uses as much energy as a hairdryer! It sits in Munich until January 6. Check out additional images of this glowing wonder in the gallery below; long exposure photography was used to capture the spinning blades at a colorful standstill. Also, peek after the break for a video of the star’s construction and to see it in action.
