Utilizing modern technology while highlighting a dire situation, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society has created the largest banner ad in the world, a life-size replica of a near-extinct blue whale. Created as a giant flash ad, the blue whale banner ad is true to it’s life-size claim, dragging my poor Mac Mini to a halt and probably enough virtual whale to fill a wall of Apple Cinema Displays. Effective usage of Flash, I must admit.

See (much) more: Lifesize Blue Whale, on your monitor

Line Rider, the amazing Flash application / “toy” created by Slovenian college student BoÅ¡tjan Cadež as a class project is one of the internet’s fastest growing gaming crazes. By sketching out lines on a simple flash app, you can create infinite Winter wonderlands for your little character to use and abuse via his sled. Recently announced for the Nintendo DS and Wii, Line Rider is already a cult classic, which has seen players posting over 20,000 self-created videos at YouTube.

Watch the most amazing Line Rider video I’ve ever seen after the jump..

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