As subtle as a flying brick.

Archive for February, 2008

Packing Tapestry

Mark Khaisman makes incredible art using packing tape on plexiglass.


Finally have it figured out…

After years of debating, I finally figured out what I want for a tattoo. Its been a labour of trying to sort it down to the one thing I’d be happy with. And this is it…

 

Orginal:

What I want:

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Dear Brad…

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Take a Break with Faith Fighter

Need a distraction? Check out Faith Fighter, a web-based online game where the friendly animation illustrates the sad reality of ongoing religious conflict. As they use videogames as a political medium, Faith Fighter’s creators, a team of Italian designers and game developers want to remind you that if this offends you, don’t play. “Faith Fighter is the ultimate fighting game for these dark times. Choose your belief and kick the shit out of your enemies. Give vent to your intolerance! Religious hate has never been so much fun.”

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KFC brings boy out of coma

A fifteen year old boy came out of a ten day coma after his dad offered to take him to KFC. Jordan Hawkins of Barnstaple, Devon had undergone surgery on his skull following an altercation with two other local lads but had slipped into a coma. Surgeons had to cut a hole in Jordan’s skull to relieve dangerous pressure on his brain, he stayed in the coma for ten days but when he awoke from it, the only thing he could remember was he had been promised KFC. Good old dad obliged with him quoted as saying “we went for the biggest bucket meal ever.” I love a happy ending.
 
 
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Dip Once or Dip Twice: A scientific inquiry into the realm of double-dipping

Researchers at Clemson University set the record straight in asking the age-old snacking question: Does double dipping encourage the spread of germs? “OUR annual national snacking binge is almost here. It would take a very large bowl indeed to hold all the guacamole mashed from the more than 100 million avocados that are consumed on Super Bowl Sunday. (My rough calculation gives a hemisphere bowl 20 yards in diameter and 3 times the height of the goal post crossbars.) And guacamole is just one of many dips that will be shared around the TV…”

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Sarah Silverman “I’m F*cking Matt Damon” on Jimmy Kimmel

Seriously, she’s hot. Messed up as hell, but hot.


Global arms transactions, visualized in interactive map

 


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is a data visualization project that shows international arms transactions between 1950 and 2006. The site (a big ole Java applet) was created by Jeffrey Warren of Vestal Design, based on data from Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.


Fishtank habitrail

Octopus Studios’ tropical/freshwater fish-tanks assembles into a kind of fishy habitrail, wherein bulbous spheres of water are connected by diagonal tubes.

 

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Scan of 1950 menstruation primer

Just Between Us, a booklet for girls about menstration; published by Beltix Corporation, copyright 1950, 1955, 1961.


Picture 04-65.jpg To me, it’s amazing that the editors of this little booklet allowed the spokesgirl to have freaky swirly eyes — usually a sign of craziness or dizziness! This is either a stroke of genius or incredibly inappropriate — I’m not too sure.


Man gave birth to a upper jaw.

Grow your own spare parts. At last we’re regenerating properly. Scientists took stem cells from patients fat tissue, cultivated bone cells from them, crafted a nice comfy titanium cage where to grow and put the cage into man’s abdomen. After 9 months, install new upper jaw.


NO FATTIES

Mississippi considers banning people with a BMI higher than 30 from eating in public. Though its author doesn’t expect it to pass, House Bill 282 attempts to draw attention to the obesity epidemic, exaggerated or no. Predictably, some are upset.