12 January 2009
11 January 2009
Matchstick Galleon
Argentinean artist Bernardo Casasola took seven and a half years, and thousands of matchsticks to finish his latest creation, a multi-decked galleon spanning 10' 6" long. You can see the detail in the clip below along with some other works of his.
10 January 2009
Call Before You Dig
This is not a Martian landscape, and no there aren't people on Mars already. This is what happens when you don't call before you dig:
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From the Landscape and Urbanism blog; more pics in the first link. Call before you dig, even if it is "in the middle of nowhere"!!
From the Landscape and Urbanism blog; more pics in the first link. Call before you dig, even if it is "in the middle of nowhere"!!
09 January 2009
Geronimo!!
The name says it all:
Someone REALLY wants to go play with his friend. This also reminds me of my late cousin Alex who decided once that he really wanted to stay at a party, and jumped out of a moving car to do it.
Someone REALLY wants to go play with his friend. This also reminds me of my late cousin Alex who decided once that he really wanted to stay at a party, and jumped out of a moving car to do it.
Impossible Objects
Most of us have seen the drawing of M.C. Escher and his various optical illusions. But you don't always see physical manifestations of such illusions. These are unretouched pics of some pretty nifty constructions.
More here as well.
More here as well.
The Audi Calamaro Concept
From Jalopnik:
This futuristic take on a flying car was designed by Hungarian design
student Tibor for a design contest run by his native Porsche
distributor. Inspired by the “bone of a cuttlefish,” the
Audi Calamaro does a good job of looking kind of like its name suggests
while still adapting current Audi design themes — check out the
‘beard’ air intake.
next »
This futuristic take on a flying car was designed by Hungarian design
student Tibor for a design contest run by his native Porsche
distributor. Inspired by the “bone of a cuttlefish,” the
Audi Calamaro does a good job of looking kind of like its name suggests
while still adapting current Audi design themes — check out the
‘beard’ air intake.
next »
Discovery of three fish inside a sealed egg
Biologists at the University of Manchester found a duck egg in a small pond on a field trip to the French Alps and noticed something moving inside it. When they cracked open the shell, three live minnows were inside.
From my old draft posts file... I wonder if anyone ever solved the mystery or if it was a hoax.
Origin of the comic strip speech ballon
From Wikipedia:
One of the earliest antecedents to the modern speech bubble were the “speech scrolls”, wispy lines that connected first person speech to the mouths of the speakers in Mesoamerican art.
In Western graphic art, labels that reveal what a pictured figure is saying have appeared since at least the 13th century.
The Yellow Kid
is generally credited as the first true comic strip character. His
words initially appeared on his yellow shirt but word balloons very
much like those in use today were added almost immediately, as early as
1896.
One of the earliest antecedents to the modern speech bubble were the “speech scrolls”, wispy lines that connected first person speech to the mouths of the speakers in Mesoamerican art.
In Western graphic art, labels that reveal what a pictured figure is saying have appeared since at least the 13th century.
The Yellow Kid
is generally credited as the first true comic strip character. His
words initially appeared on his yellow shirt but word balloons very
much like those in use today were added almost immediately, as early as
1896.
06 January 2009
04 January 2009
Flying
I wish I wasn't acrophobic and had a greater sense of adventure.
wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.
wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.
03 January 2009
Cutting Edge Fashion
The opening scene of Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo? a film by Willian Klien that was released in 1966 as a satire of the fashion industry.
Polly Maggoo is a 20-year-old Brooklyn-born fashion model in Paris, on the runway at the big shows where magazine editor Ms. Maxwell is the reigning opinion maker. The ridiculous passes for sublime.
Polly Maggoo is a 20-year-old Brooklyn-born fashion model in Paris, on the runway at the big shows where magazine editor Ms. Maxwell is the reigning opinion maker. The ridiculous passes for sublime.
01 January 2009
Samrost
A pretty fun puzzle game done in flash called Samrost.
There is also a sequel called, appropriately enough, Samrost 2.
There is also a sequel called, appropriately enough, Samrost 2.
The Mantis and the Spider
This is a cool set of pictures on Flickr by boiani about a Mantis fighting with a spider.
What the photographer doesn't tell you is that the mantis is a droid sent by the evil overlords to take over the world:
Sure, they are testing with spiders, and using other insects as cover, but one day it will be us being rendered limb from limb... or so the voices in my head tell me... LOL
If you like this kind of mixed taxidermy, you should check out my older post on animal amalgams.
What the photographer doesn't tell you is that the mantis is a droid sent by the evil overlords to take over the world:
Sure, they are testing with spiders, and using other insects as cover, but one day it will be us being rendered limb from limb... or so the voices in my head tell me... LOL
If you like this kind of mixed taxidermy, you should check out my older post on animal amalgams.
Babies
In recognition of my friends Greg and Trish who have a newborn, Amanda, here is a post on babies...
Camille Allen makes baby sculptures.
Pretty realistic! Apparently she isn't the only one that is inspired by babies (I mean other than Anne Geddes). Ceramacist Shigeki Hayashi has this contribution:
And of course there is the baby suit, which makes me think of my friend Greg, who I know feels up to his neck in babies right now...
Camille Allen makes baby sculptures.
Pretty realistic! Apparently she isn't the only one that is inspired by babies (I mean other than Anne Geddes). Ceramacist Shigeki Hayashi has this contribution:
And of course there is the baby suit, which makes me think of my friend Greg, who I know feels up to his neck in babies right now...
Gallileo's Finger
As if to give an eternal F.U. to the world, Galileo Galilei's middle finger remains preserved for all to see at Florence Institute and Museum of the History of Science. After he died, his students stole the middle finger off of his corpse and preserved it.
30 December 2008
The Essey Grand Illusion Table
Essey Grand Illusion Table is pretty nifty, though as my friend Philip points out, it is poor form to let the table cloth touch the ground.
Speaking of tables, here is the Kloss DeLight table that i never got around to blogging about. It is pretty cool, but I can't see much real use for it especially given that it is about $2,300!!
24 December 2008
20 December 2008
Keith Loutit Tilt Shift Videos
Keith Loutit is a photographer in Sydney, Australia that specializes in time lapse, tilt shift photography. This means that he takes photos of events over time (such as at the arena in the video below) tilting the camera's lens relative to the image plane and using a large aperture to achieve a very shallow depth of field. He stitches everything together into videos that make it look like we are voyeurs into a lilliputian world.
Metal Heart from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
Metal Heart from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
18 December 2008
In training
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I don't know much about this picture, but some how the evil police forces of the future always looked more menacing than this -- the Segways somehow totally distract from the danger of them having automatic weapons. LOL
Drawminos
For those time you want to make a dominoes fall to make a design, but hate having to actually clean up or reset them, there's DRAWMINOS!
12 December 2008
10 December 2008
LifeStyle, Love and Learn
This is my soon to be cousin in law's new blog! Congrats Jullie! Go check her out at http://lifestyleloveandlearn.blogspot.com/
21 October 2008
16 October 2008
Decomposing mercury thyocyanide
The experiment produces side effects that are highly toxic, but the results are cool.
10 October 2008
03 October 2008
13 September 2008
The Screw Drive
When you positively need to get somewhere, there is the innovative The Screw Drive. The video is really very cool!
18 July 2008
Sometimes a cigar isn't JUST a cigar
Sometimes, the resemblance of things is just too vivid to pass over. Take this potato for example.
Gives new meaning to tater tots. Check out these other rather interesting veggies that look like human body parts.
Gives new meaning to tater tots. Check out these other rather interesting veggies that look like human body parts.
Lego Art and Arms
Lego Art:
because sometimes even the most basic building blocks can lead to stuff that is unusual and artistic.
And Lego Arms:
Because, sometimes, you want that little Lego dude's smile to be the last sardonic thing his Lego adversary sees before his ass gets capped.
because sometimes even the most basic building blocks can lead to stuff that is unusual and artistic.
And Lego Arms:
Because, sometimes, you want that little Lego dude's smile to be the last sardonic thing his Lego adversary sees before his ass gets capped.
Some amazing, and difficult mazes
This maze is a result of a human guided process using computers to define how the mazes are created. More about the mazes and more mazes at the University of Waterloo site.
07 July 2008
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