Worth its Weight in Awesome

These are environmental. They're only available for a limited time every day. They're the most awesome thing I've seen. See more at wooster collective.

No. This isn't gross. It's actually one of the smartest things I've seen. It's all about deception. Click through to see what I mean. Why this isn't gross.

Pi to 57 digits from Nick Douglas on Vimeo.

“71% of adults used to play on the streets when they were young. 21% of children do so now. Are we designing children and play out of the public realm? This project is a study into different ways of bringing play back into public space. ...

Extreme ironing has been around for last decade or so but you've probably never heard of it. The premise is pretty simple: think the thrill of danger sports in combination with the satisfaction of producing a well ironed shirt. That's it. Extreme ironing...

The Baja BBQ is a nifty little eco-green charcoal package. The all natural and chemical free charcoal comes self contained and is designed to be dropped right into the grill, lit on fire, and ready to start cooking dinner in about 20 minutes. See more from the designers at Mike and Maaike.

Jalopnick, the car blog, has a recent entry of a collection of historic car emblems and logos. Click through to see the set.

Professor Martyn Poliakoff at the University of Nottingham and video journalist Brady Haran have put together a periodic table where each element is a link to a youtube about that element...

From the site: "With the usual exceptions, people on Twitter tend to fall into two main camps. There are responders, who use Twitter as a channel to interact heavily with other users, and broadcasters, who use it primarily as a micro-blogging platform. These groups don’t necessarily get along. ...

Yanko Design has an interesting concept for an alarm clock. While I've seen countless variations of clocks set to wake you up (the one that rolls away from you is my favorite), this is one of the more ingenious ones...

The Danish company Yakkay is attempting to bring some style (back?) to bike helmets. Not that they should be worn for style - they tend to save you from concussions here and there, but click through to see some Yakkay's models...

Check out this flickr series of disassembled appliances. The artist/photographer takes appliances (like the pictured electric knife) takes them apart and then rearranges them in interesting layouts. Jump over to Brittnybadger's flickr set.

Case modification, aka Case Modding, is the modification of computer case to either show off your technological proweness or simply to just plain show off...

I vote we get one of these. The Treadwall is a rotating climbing wall that resembles a vertical conveyor belt with grips and holds spread all over it. Without a motor, the wall is designed to move based on the weight and pace of the climber...