Cut a Watermelon in 30 Seconds or Less

Don’t try this at home. I lost 3 fingers trying this trick.

Rejected Movie Posters

A collection of rejected designs of iconic movie posters.
[Daybees]

Gizzogle

An alternative search engine ‘Fo’ all y’all biotches who wanna find shiznit!’
[Gizoogle]

Transform any bike into a smart bike with Helios Bars.

Add blinkers, GPS and more to your bike handlebars.Features a 500-lumen headlight, a pair of rear-facing RGB LED indicators, Bluetooth 4.0 for smartphone communications a built-in GPS.
[$199 from Helios (coming soon)]

OK Cupid Juggalos

A collection of Juggalo OK Cupid profiles. Juggalos need love too!
[OKCupid Juggalos]

The Friday Five is curated and written by John Suder, SUMO Heavy’s Head of User Experience and Minister of Propaganda. If you’ve got a story idea or see something feature-worthy for the Friday Five, contact John at john@sumoheavy.com

Cut Food

Photographer Beth Galton presents ‘Cut Food’, a series of photos showing food cut in half.
[Beth Galton]

Ad Agency Imagines the Future of Google Glass

Toronto-based Playground created this conceptual video showing the possibilities of Google Glass.
[Playground via Design Taxi]

‘Arrested Development’ Record Covers

Wisconsin based Designer Josh Cox’s personal project featuring characters of the show in retro album covers.
[Josh Cox via Thee Blog]

The First 20 Years of ‘Wired’ Magazine Covers

…in less than 30 seconds.
[via Boing Boing]

Disney’s Star Wars Propaganda Posters

Soviet propaganda-style posters by artist Mike Kungl.
[MKungl Studios]

The Friday Five is curated and written by John Suder, SUMO Heavy’s Head of User Experience and Minister of Propaganda. If you’ve got a story idea or see something feature-worthy for the Friday Five, contact John at john@sumoheavy.com

Celebrity Photoshop Bobbleheads

Here is Today

An interactive art/science HTML5 site illustrating the scale of time on Earth.

[Hereistoday by WhiteVinyl]

How to play chess properly

A Visual Compendium of Cameras

A meticulously illustrated catalog of 100 landmark cameras, culled from over a century of photographic history, depicting both professional and consumer models and tracing photography’s history from the first models to today’s digital wonders.

[Prints available at Pop Chart Lab]

An Online Memorial to Steve Jobs in old Mac OS Style

[Steve Jobs Memorial via DesignTaxi]

The Friday Five is curated and written by John Suder, SUMO Heavy’s Head of User Experience and Minister of Propaganda. If you’ve got a story idea or see something feature-worthy for the Friday Five, contact John at john@sumoheavy.com

Watch Virgin Galactic’s First Powered Flight

Richard Branson’s dream of commercial space flight came one step closer as the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo completed its first rocket-powered test flight over California’s Mojave Desert.

[via The Week]

Movies in Color

A blog featuring stills from films and their corresponding color palettes.

[Movies in Color]

Yolo Ipsum

Client wants a comp, oh? You already know though. You only lorem once, that’s the motto.
[Yolo Ipsum]

Noteboard: The Pocket Whiteboard

A durable, portable whiteboard that fold up and fits in your pocket.Folds up map-style from 35″ x 15″ to 5″ x 3″. It’s made up of index card-sized rectangles, with a blank side and a grided side.
[Noteboard via Back to Work]

Hot Pot BBQ

A planter that doubles as a BBQ. Great for small, urban patios and gardens.
[Hot Pot BBQ at Black and Blum via Bart Mroz]

The Friday Five is curated and written by John Suder, SUMO Heavy’s Head of User Experience and Minister of Propaganda. If you’ve got a story idea or see something feature-worthy for the Friday Five, contact John at john@sumoheavy.com

Empty Boston

As the manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombers continued, Boston remained on lockdown. Bostonian’s shared their photos of the eerily deserted streets.

[NBC News]

Star Wars: Episode IV in 60 Seconds

Short on time? Need a Star Wars fix? Here’s Ep. IV distilled into a 60 second animation by 1A4 Studio.

[via Gizmodo]

Honest Posters

A collection of honest posters.

[imgur]

Little Big Details

A collection of UI inspiration, showing the little details that make for great user experiences.

[Little Big Details]

Suitajamas: Pajamas That Look Like a Tailored Suit

Dress like a gent, even in bed.

[Suitjamas via Design Taxi]

The Friday Five is curated and written by John Suder, SUMO Heavy’s Head of User Experience and Minister of Propaganda. If you’ve got a story idea or see something feature-worthy for the Friday Five, contact John at john@sumoheavy.com

Actresses Without Teeth

Horrifying and hilarious.

[Actresses Without Teeth Tumblr]

Magic Feet – A universal Charging Station for all your Apple input devices

Stop throwing away AA batteries. Magic Feet can charge as many as three devices at the same time, and adds 4 USB 2.0 ports to your Mac.

[Magic Feet, $149]

The First Honest Cable Company Commercial

Resignation Cake

Man resigns his job via a cake with his resignation letter in icing. (He quit his to job to…make cakes)

[via Neatorama / Guardian UK]

Vintage Disneyland

ImagineeringDisney.com’s Photo Hunt collects and posts users photos of vintage Disneyland memories.

[ImagineeringDisney]

The Friday Five is curated and written by John Suder, SUMO Heavy’s Head of User Experience and Minister of Propaganda. If you’ve got a story idea or see something feature-worthy for the Friday Five, contact John at john@sumoheavy.com

What Ali Wore

A stylish chap named Ali walks past photographer Zoe Spawton‘s work every day. She shares his daily outfits on her Tumblr.
[What Ali Wore via Kottke]

Bubba Watson’s Golf Cart is a Hovercraft

He’s fancy like that.

Geo for Bootstrap

Seeking a ‘vintage’ look for you next web project? Look to Geo for that perfect GeoCities look.
[Geo for Bootstrap]

Barbie Without Makeup

Mexican designer Eddi Aguirre shows us Barbie, au naturel, without makeup.
[via Design Taxi]

Magnetic Putty Time Lapse

Magnetic putty time lapse as it absorbs a rare-earth magnet. Taken over 1.5 hours at 3fps, played back at 24fps. The magnetic putty will eventually arrange itself so that the outer surface is as evenly distributed around the magnet as possible.

The Friday Five is curated and written by John Suder, SUMO Heavy’s Head of User Experience and Minister of Propaganda. If you’ve got a story idea or see something feature-worthy for the Friday Five, contact John at john@sumoheavy.com

Bread People

The name says it all.
I had a difficult time picking 3 photos, they’re all brilliant.
[Bread People via Kelly Brodie]

The Internet (1995)

Newsgroups! Hyperlinks! Modems!

Forever Alone Statuette

Celebrate your solitude and sadness with this statuette of the beloved meme.
[Forever Alone Statuette, $29.99 at ThinkGeek]

How People Sit in Meetings and What it Really Means

A collaboration between Nate Bolt and Illustrator Matt Huynh. Which type are you?
[How People Sit in Meetings and What it Really Means, via Bart Mroz]

Baconkit

Baconkit + pork = homemade bacon! Until you’ve tried baconkit you’ve never tasted bacon as nature intended it. The kit contains everything you need to make 5 lbs of delicious homemade bacon. The only fresh ingredient you need to purchase is pork belly. It’s that easy! Only $16.99. 1 Original Baconkit includes: Curing bag, Cure, Maple Sugar, Thermometer, Instruction Sheet.
[Baconkit]

The Friday Five is curated and written by John Suder, SUMO Heavy’s Head of User Experience and Minister of Propaganda. If you’ve got a story idea or see something feature-worthy for the Friday Five, contact John at john@sumoheavy.com

Thumbs and Ammo

Real tough guys don’t need guns, they just need a positive, can-do attitude.

[Thumbs and Ammo]

Urban Wingsuit Pair Flying Into Rio de Janeiro

(Pay close attention at 1:15)

‘Rap Quotes’ Art Project: Artist Turns Rap Lyrics Into NYC Site-Specific Street Signs

Artist Jay Shells turns selected rap lyrics into NYC site-specific street signs.
He first selects lyrics from rap songs that reference specific street corners and locations in NYC—after which, he creates the signs and installs them at their mentioned location.

Five Year Photos

Five friends from Santa Barbara, California go on vacation every 5 years to the same place to take the same group photo and they have been doing it since 1982. They started as teenagers when they were just 19 years old. In 2012, at age 48, they have taken their 7th photo, 30 years after it began.

[Five Year Photos]

Pretty Girls Making Ugly Faces

An entire subreddit devoted to pretty girls making themselves not so pretty.
[via Pleated jeans]

The Friday Five is curated and written by John Suder, SUMO Heavy’s Head of User Experience and Minister of Propaganda. If you’ve got a story idea or see something feature-worthy for the Friday Five, contact John at john@sumoheavy.com

Jim’ll Paint It

Jim is here to make your wildest dreams a reality using nothing but Microsoft Paint (no tablets, no touch ups). Ask him to paint anything you wish and he will try no matter how specific or surreal your demands.

[Jim'll Paint It]

Every ‘Yea’ by James Hetfield of Metallica in One Song

Star Wars Family Tree

As shown by illustrator Joe Stone.

Jesus Kite

Know that he’s smiling down upon you. Makes a great Easter gift.

[Jesus Kite, $25.00 at Firebox]

How Guys Will Use Google Glass

The Friday Five is curated and written by John Suder, SUMO Heavy’s Head of User Experience and Minister of Propaganda. If you’ve got a story idea or see something feature-worthy for the Friday Five, contact John at john@sumoheavy.com