The Matazone blog

Do you remember those intensely annoying ‘wassup’ adverts from a few years ago? The cast have got together to try and get you to vote (for Obama, in their preference). You know, that’s actually redeemed them in my eyes. Wassup 2008 video here.

(Link found via the ever-curious William Gibson Blog.)

Fancy being nosy? Here’s a selection of photos from cameras that were lost at 2008′s Burning Man festival.

General trends:
Everyone seems to be good looking
Face paint never goes out of fashion in the desert
Furry leg warmers might be impractical in 40 degrees C temperatures, but that doesn’t stop people wearing them.

Go, browse, enjoy the guilty pleasure of looking at things that were never intended for public viewing. They’re posted with big codes on them in the hope that the owners will see them and get them back, but it’s weirdly fascinating for the rest of us!

Don’t know what the Burning Man is? I’ve posted about it before. Have a browse of those posts here.

It does exactly what it says on the tin link. Random computer game name generator creates weirdly believable game names and is almost gauranteed to amuse you for twenty or thirty seconds, or longer if you actually try to imagine how ‘Medieval Jazz Jihad’ might work.