Like many people, I found The Walking Dead on AMC a welcome distraction, but it was somewhat boring story-wise. The survivors should definitely opt for something like this, allowing them to move around the coastal areas of the USA without getting too swamped by zombies. Designer Shea Michael Trahan even went so far to provide directions for creating zombie diesel fuel to power the boat. Brilliant.

If you’re interested, there’s going to be another contest for 2011 but all in all, this one looks like a pretty good option, as zombie safe houses go. Those pesky zombies; staying underground never works against them. You need to stay mobile.

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Artist Gianni Motti’s Big Crunch clock is gradually counting down the approximately five billion years we have left until the sun blows up. The 20 digit LED display (pictured) began counting down back in 2005, so the way I figure it, we have somewhere around 4,999,999,991 years to go. Ironically, the clock runs on solar energy, so the same power source that gives it life will ultimately be its demise.

On the plus side, the entire clock will surely fail and disintegrate billions of years before it’s blown to smithereens by exploding solar gases. Now doesn’t that make you feel better?

[via VVORK]