Honestly, I’m sure this idea has been around forever. I even invented it in my sleep once WHEN I WAS A CHILD but I didn’t want to take credit for it because I didn’t want my parents to find out I already knew how to drive since I’d been moonlighting as a cabbie to pay my way through astronaut school . That’s all true. Anyway, the Countdown Traffic Light. Besides alleviating frustration, designer Damjan Stanković sees his idea saving energy — when motorists know there’s plenty of time until the light turns green, they’ll shut their engines off to conserve fuel. Shut their engines off to conserve fuel? Apparently you’re not familiar with how we like to do things here in the good ol’ US of A. You see, people here like to rev their engines at stop lights. Plus, they’ll purposefully jump off the line to hit anyone who was still in the intersection. It’s like a game. A sad, shameful game. Hit the jump for three more pictures in case you’re still taking Remedial Understanding 101 and can’t imagine how a countdown traffic light would work.

This is a video of ninja /sign-spinner Matthew Kermode. He can spin a sign like nobody’s business . But it is — he works for a sign-spinning business! Taking his headphones off to talk with us for a second, the sign samurai handed us a card out of his wallet: “Matthew Kermode — AArrow Sign Spinner, Spinstructor.” (Yes, “AArrow.”) He said he’s been doing this for 10 years now, translating his martial arts work to a more marketable skill. Kermode mostly works in the East Bay for the Martinez-based AArrow, spinning signs for housing developers. As far as who today’s client Jigsaw is, “I’m not 100-percent sure.” Kermode tried to be modest, saying he’s not the most talented spinner in the company. “We have a team of 15 guys right now and they all have talent. Different degrees of skill, but they all have talent.” He couldn’t have gotten the title “Spinstructor” for nothing. “…translating his martial arts work to a more marketable skill”??? What’s more marketable than STEALTH ASSASSIN-RY? I can’t think of anything. Well, besides handsome blogger. Yep yep yep, TONS of opportunity over here. The Amazing Spinning Sign Samurai Wows Fourth Street [sfweekly] Thanks to Rich the Destroyer, Bob the Builder’s mortal enemy.

Yes, not even Brangelina can escape Los Angeles traffic. They're just like us! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were spotted making their way through Hollywood on Saturday in their big Suburban with the kids. Poor Brad got so tired…

Someone needs to give Bai Ling another movie role, because the actress has been reduced to just posing randomly in the middle of the street. Move over, Phoebe Price, you've got some competition! var entry_id = "10798"; var entry_tags…

Just in case you were wondering, the police will tase your 72-year old grandma . You hear that, members of the geriatric species? YOU ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM THE ZAPPERY! Also, does the officer really yell “TASERED!” as he’s doing it? Because that’s awesome. I’m gonna start doing that. POSTED! LEAVE A COMMENT — LEAVE A COMMENT!! Youtube Thanks to Watch-303, alex, double dragon, The Naked Wizard and Beth, who would have torn the electrodes out and flown off on their jetpacks like superheroes.

I don’t care what you say, that’s probably the best life those barrels could have asked for. God knows I’ve run over my fair share and dragged them home. NC State student Joseph Carnevale, the artist behind the Traffic Barrel Monster, has been arrested for stealing the barrels and “cutting and screwing them together to make a statue,” which apparently is a misdemeanor in North Carolina. The total cost of the damage has been estimated at $360 and a court case is scheduled for July 21st. WHOA WHOA WHOA — $360 for four barrels? What are they, lined with crystals? Sounds like somebody in the barrel making business is in bed with somebody at the department of transportation. And they’re doing it. Traffic Barrel Monster Creator Arrested [jalopnik] Thanks to Ty, who once made a bong out of a traffic cone.

Apparently some 16-year old girl dove into traffic because she dropped her iPod in the street and had already blasted her remaining brains out at level 11 volume . The girl was walking across the street on Tuesday when she dropped her iPod. She went back to grab it in moving traffic and was, unsurprisingly, hit by the approaching pickup truck. She suffered a broken leg, but hey, her iPod is OK! Now this is the time where I close my eyes and daydream about being the person driving the truck. OH. UH-OH! LADY LOOK OU…. There were no survivors. Brilliant Girl Jumps In Front of a Pickup Truck to Save iPod [gizmodo]

The Taga Stroller Trike allows you to get some exercise while at the same time getting those pasty leeches of yours out from in front of the television — and into traffic! HONK HONK, BEEP BEEP! Taga isn’t the first pedal powered vehicle with space to load up the kiddies, it does put add a few new levels of convenience to the way you schlep your offspring around. For starters, it folds up so you can fit it in the car trunk for trips out of town. Then there’s the wide range of attachments, including setups for two kids, covered seats for rainy days, and shopping baskets. You can even adjust the length of the Taga depending on what load you need to carry. Sure, why not? Unfortunately, the Taga is currently only available in Europe because using your children as a protective shield from oncoming traffic is frowned upon here in the states. Which is exactly why I’m moving back in with my parents. Taco night! Ladies? Just a heads up though: if we mess around we have to do it with my bedroom door open. Taga stroller/trike is an awesome way to bring the kids along on your trips. [dvice]

The Grass Wheel was created by David Gallaugher, Kevin James, and Jacob Jebailey of the Dalhousie School of Architecture, and provides a comfortable, shoe-free mode of eco-transportation in the concrete jungle ( grass-sandals guys, just saying). And I think we can all agree, it makes a very powerful statement. One about renewable energy or something. No? Human hamster wheels? A-ha — space technology and growing grass upside down! Yes, very thought provoking. How DO they do that? Grass Wheel [neatorama] Thanks to Armando, who is all man and refuses to walk in anything but a broken-glass wheel. Nice, Armando, but I’ll stick to my burning coals wheel.