Invisible City Productions

Elephant Polo · 1 December 06

Let’s add another entry to the list of sports I never knew existed: Elephant Polo. The World Elephant Polo Association’s website has more information about this unusual sport.

— Jonathan A Leistiko :: novelties

I <3 Tesla Coils · 14 September 06

I should’ve realized long ago that I can indulge my need for coil goodness with YouTube videos.

— Jonathan A Leistiko :: technology : novelties

Music from outer space · 12 September 06

The Kosmophone detects cosmic radiation and uses the data from that to drive a MIDI-nabled device. The result? Music from outer space.

— Jonathan A Leistiko :: technology : novelties

The finer things · 4 September 06

Relatively recently, I have learned to love the subtle, decadent pleasures in dark chocolate. WikiHow has an excellent guide on how to taste dark chocolate, relishing it like the heaven-sent gift that it is.

— Sharon J Cichelli :: novelties

Looking to waste some time? · 1 September 06

Howzabout the 101 Best Free Games on the Internet (as selected by the staff of 1UP)?

I haven’t triend any yet, but I’m looking forward to a few of them.

— Jonathan A Leistiko :: novelties : gaming

Websites as Graphs · 30 August 06

Websites as Graphs is a tool that renders the hiearchy of html tags that make up a website as a web of interconnected dots. After you’ve played with it a bit, you can check out lots of screenshots of results at flickr: websitesasgraphs.

What was the first site I graphed? Invisible City’s Games District of course.

— Jonathan A Leistiko :: technology : novelties

Dance Dance Immolation. · 29 August 06

Dance Dance Immolation

It’s Dance Dance Revolution.

With flamethrowers.

Pointed at you.

Found via euziere’s LJ

— Jonathan A Leistiko :: gaming : novelties

Sledgehammer-Operated Keyboard · 19 August 06

Although it seems inefficient, I wonder if equipping all work computers with sledgehammer-operated keyboards would cut down on workplace violence?

— Jonathan A Leistiko :: novelties

Flatlife: An animated short. · 17 August 06

I was cruising Google Video’s top 100 and came across Flatlife. It’s a cute, sharp little animated short (10 minutes) about four people living in adjacent apartment flats.

(And it has pandas!)

— Jonathan A Leistiko :: novelties : humor

Van Gogh's Starry Night, rendered as a Lego Mosaic. · 16 August 06

The title really says it all. It’s Van Gogh’s Starrry Night, rendered as a Lego mosaic

Found via Backwards City – (trackback URL)

— Jonathan A Leistiko :: novelties

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Chicken
MetalTalon
MetalTalon Updated!
Randomizers, Meeples, and Metaphysics... Again!
Randomizers, Meeples, and Metaphysics
TED talk on board game design and the future of board games...
Magma

Shana Rosenberg (BAG)
Kat (Miscellaneous Halloween Thoughts...)
Derek (MetalTalon)
Jon Paulsen (Cthul-B-Que)
A!ex (Fantasy RPG Checkers)
Ani (Randomizers, Meeples, and Metaphysics)
Ronald Ladd (Unauthorized, free, print-and-play Doctor Who Card Game)
Vincent (Ninja Golf: 18 Holes of Death!)
Jupklass (Slipmax)
chance (Grid Snakes)