Sunday, June 30, 2013
You Deserve a Trophy
Trophy Buffet makes trophies for every occasion. I think Mr. Nag should present me with this one:
At 34.99 it's a real bargain but unfortunately it's sold out.
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At 34.99 it's a real bargain but unfortunately it's sold out.
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Meg Cowell's Ghostly Dresses
Australian photographer MEG COWELL collects discarded items of clothing and takes them home for photography sessions. She suspends the garments in a pool of water and captures images that appear to be floating in space.
Via Flavorwire
Via Flavorwire
The World's First Tweeting Honey Badger
The Johannesburg Zoo's official Social Media spokesanimal is a honey badger. BG lives in a hight tech enclosure and tweets about what he is doing and thinking throughout the day via specially designed sensors. Apparently BG has become a bit of an over-sharer.
Follow the BG the Tweeting Badger on Twitter @zootweetslive or #tweetingbadger.
A Clean House Is A Safe House.
A house that's neglected is a home that might be doomed in the atomic age.
Atomic tests at the Nevada Proving Grounds show that cleanliness is an essential part of civil defense preparedness and that it increased survivability. Just cover your house with white reflective paint to avoid the repercussions of the nuclear apocalypse.
Via MetaFilter
Atomic tests at the Nevada Proving Grounds show that cleanliness is an essential part of civil defense preparedness and that it increased survivability. Just cover your house with white reflective paint to avoid the repercussions of the nuclear apocalypse.
Via MetaFilter
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Anatomy Lesson
The bunnies are being taught that, despite what they have been told, this amputated limb will not bring good luck if they rub it. That's just an old wives' tale.
Lección de anatomía del doctor sabañón José Luis López Galván
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Paper City
This delicate animation follows the charming rise and fold of a fragile metropolis.
Paper City from Maciek Janicki on Vimeo.
Direction, Animation, Scultping, Camera, Architecture:
Maciek Janicki ( facebook.com/janickimaciek / maciekjanicki.com )
Via The Presurfer
Paper City from Maciek Janicki on Vimeo.
Direction, Animation, Scultping, Camera, Architecture:
Maciek Janicki ( facebook.com/janickimaciek / maciekjanicki.com )
Via The Presurfer
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Porsche-BMW: 1955
The Max Hoffman car showroom, New York at 430 Park Avenue and 56th Street, had a motorized turntable. Designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright it was recently demolished. Photo by Ezra Stoller.
Via Historical Photo Archive
Growler City Bike
This bike designed by Joey Ruiter has a holder specially built for carrying a 1/2 gallon growler of beer instead of the ubiquitous water bottle.
Via The Awesomer
Dos and Don'ts Of Dancing circa 1950
Everything you need to know right down to the proper temperature of the pre-dance bath (96 degrees, any hotter and you'll be too revitalized). And start preparing at least a week in advance!
Via everlasting blort
Monday, June 24, 2013
Remembering the UpStairs Lounge
Birds of a Feather
Putting similar objects side-by-side allows one to see the beautiful and often subtle differences.Design Observer has posted photographs of collections of like objects that individually might not warrant a second glance but when placed together are visually striking:
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| Collection of old workman's vintage shovel handles in cast iron, steel and wood |
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| A collection of 10 custom mounted antique and vintage car and truck metal reflectors measuring 6 1/2" to 11 1/2" on their stands. |
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| A collection of 9 antique metal catchers masks. |
Being a collector myself I really enjoyed this article.
Walking with Our Sisters
The Walking with Our Sisters Exhibition honours the lives of missing and murdered indigenous women of Canada where over 600 First Nations women have gone missing and nobody paid any attention. This project is dedicated to their memory.
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| Completed vamps by Kim, Robin, Yvonne and Terry |
The art installation features deliberately unfinished moccasins - just the beautiful vamps to signify precious lives cut short. Visitors will be encouraged to walk alongside the vamps to remember each and every one of these women who will never walk again.Check here for dates and locations.
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In Bloom
I fell in love with this photo by south London-based photographer Hollie Fernando. It's from a series titled In Bloom.
Via HUH
Tom Waits: Earth Died Screaming
Well hell doesn't want you
And heaven is full
Bring me some water
Put it in this skull
I walk between the raindrops
Wait in Bug House Square
And the army ants
They leave nothin' but the bones
And the earth died screaming
While I lay dreaming of you
Via 3quarksdaily
The Decaying Still-Lifes Of A Forgotten London
Marc Gooderham is a cityscape painter, specialising in the decaying architecture of London. His paintings show the shop fronts, shutters, street-art-plastered walls and cultural treasures of the area.
If you can't make it to his show in London you might want to buy a print.
More at Londonist
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| Wilton's Music Hall. |
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| Warm Glow, Little Russell Street |
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| These Walls |
More at Londonist
1959 Chevrolet Bel Air vs. 2009 Chevrolet Malibu crash test
Traveler Photo Contest 2013 - National Geographic
The 25th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest is still accepting submissions. Take a look at some they have received so far. They are all stunning!
See more photos at National Geographic
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| Swim with Jelly Fish Photo and caption by CheanChong Lim |
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| A morning in Bosque Photo and caption by Gaurav Mittal |
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| Free! Photo and caption by Marcio Pimenta |
See more photos at National Geographic
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Mickey Goes To War
"Mickey Mouse In Vietnam" is an anti-war short by Lee Savage and Milton Glaser, produced for The Angry Arts Festival in 1968.
Via Boing Boing
Via Boing Boing
Suki goes through agility training
I was not aware of cat agility competitions but apparently they are now a fixture of the cat show scene. I think Joyce would be a natural; her love of Temptations more than compensates for her lousy work ethic.
Via Wimp
Via Wimp
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Pickpocket Proof Pants
Clothing Arts makes clothing with side and rear pockets with internal pockets secured by zippers, which are secured by buttons. Take that pickpockets!
Via The Awesomer
Via The Awesomer
Made in Tuscany
Invention and landscape, craftsmanship and materiality, from the Impruneta terracotta to the white marble from the Apuan Alps; from landscape to landscape…
Breathtaking Vistas in Venezuela with Philip Lee Harvey
On November 18, 1933, aviator Jimmie Angel became the first American to catch a glimpse of the tallest waterfall in the world — a natural wonder that would eventually be named for him.
Photographer Philip Lee Harvey followed in Angel’s footsteps, photographing the breathtaking sights along the way.
Philip Lee Harvey - Venezuela Behind the Scenes from Philip Lee Harvey on Vimeo.
Via Petapixel
Photographer Philip Lee Harvey followed in Angel’s footsteps, photographing the breathtaking sights along the way.
Philip Lee Harvey - Venezuela Behind the Scenes from Philip Lee Harvey on Vimeo.
Via Petapixel
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Animal Corn Cob Holders
DIY corn cob holders that revert to animals when they're not being used to hold delicious summer corn.
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Artisinal Tinfoil Haberdashery
Do recent revelations about the American Government's wholesale data mining of internet and phone providers have you feeling like a lot more eyes are on you than usual - and that you have to look your best for them?The Artisanal Tinfoil Haberdashery's line of handcrafted headgear might be the solution to your paranoia problem. Check out their Kickstarter project.
Via [BB-Blog]
Food Art About the News
The Hairpin asked readers to create and send in photos of food art about the news for a gallery presented by the Samsung Galaxy S® 4. The submissions they received are very cute.
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| "The Lonely Broccoli Mammoth" By: Monica McLaughlin |
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| "This particular piece of food art is of a cat sneaking into a prison with a cell phone, which is based on this story in the Moscow Times. The body is made from an italian eggplant, the head is red potato, the ears are rhubarb, and its eyes were made from the stem of the eggplant. Its legs are made from baby carrots. The cellphone and its whiskers are made from snap peas.Its tail is made from a jalapeño. My dish rack is slotted so I thought it worked the best as a prison." By: Mike Dang |
Ormond Gigli - Girls in the Windows
"In 1960, while a construction crew dismantled a row of brownstones right across from my own brownstone studio on East 58th Street, I was inspired to, somehow immortalize those buildings. I had the vision of 43 women in formal dress adorning the windows of the skeletal facade." - Ormond Gigli
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A Table for Tony
Holsten's, the Bloomfield, N.J. diner that served as the backdrop for the final scene of The Sopranos, paid tribute to James Gandolfini last night. The actor died yesterday at the age of 51.
More at The Hairpin
Better Names for Groups of Animals
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A Video Tour of London's National Gallery
Channel 4′s series of short documentaries looking at some of the more interesting paintings on display at the National Gallery in London.
More at ikono
More at ikono
The Artist Inside Me
We all have artists inside of us but when did they stop inspiring us?
This animation is my journey of my artist coming and going.
Animated By: Angel Yau
Via The Presurfer
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Mr Rogers Breakdancing
When my sons were little I encouraged them to watch Mr.Rogers because I thought he epitomized good values but he appears very creepy in this video. I don't love him any less though.
Inside Japan's Most Insanely Expensive Fruit Parlor
After reading this I feel even more fortunate to live in Ontario's fruit belt. Our cantaloups may not wear hats but at least we can afford to eat them.
Apparently there are fruit museums under every department store in Tokyo, where perfect melons probably sit behind velvet ropes and bulletproof glass. To protect the fruits from crazed gunmen?
More at Buzzfeed
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| $69 for a twelve-pack of Queen Strawberries |
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| Cherries for $159.50 per box ($4 per cherry) |
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| Yubari cantaloups ($160 for one, or $265 for two) |
Apparently there are fruit museums under every department store in Tokyo, where perfect melons probably sit behind velvet ropes and bulletproof glass. To protect the fruits from crazed gunmen?
More at Buzzfeed
The Corset X-Rays of Dr Ludovic O’Followell
In 1908 French doctor Ludovic O’Followell set out to prove that tightly laced corsets were bad for women's health by taking x-rays of women in corsets. Curiously he also wrote a regular column for the deluxe corsetier’s magazine Les Dessous Elegance.
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Ouch! I'd rather have my tummy and love handles on display than wear one of these contraptions.
Via The Public Domain Review
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| Diagram showing the corset’s ill-effects upon the ribcage.The bold lines (B and D) show the position of ribs and corset’s line before tightening; the dotted line (A and C) shows the new path of the corset and subsequent new position of the ribs after tightening. |
Via The Public Domain Review
The History of Typography
291 Paper Letters.
2,454 Photographs.
140 hours of work.
Created by Ben Barrett-Forrest
Via 3quarksdaily
Martin Usborne's Portraits Of Abandoned Dogs
London-based artist Martin Usborne's photographic collection Nice To Meet You, captures images of dogs photographed through different mediums: a wet pane of glass, faint smoke, dense material, bleeding light. Almost all of the dogs had been abandoned and their expressions reflect a deep sadness.
Via DesignBoom
Related post: Usborne's Dogs In Cars
Via DesignBoom
Related post: Usborne's Dogs In Cars
Monday, June 17, 2013
Mary Margaret O’Hara
Dangerous Minds posted a great piece on Mary Margaret O'Hara. I remember going to see her at the El Mocambo in Toronto when she sang with Songship and the Go Deo Chorus.
The video below is from her quirkily wonderful album Miss America.
The video below is from her quirkily wonderful album Miss America.
Reusable Cling-like Wrap
Abeego is a hemp and cotton fabric infused with beeswax and jojoba oil. Simply fold it over leftovers as you would cling wrap or foil. It’s pliable at room temperature, then becomes rigid and holds its shape when cooled down. Hand wash in cold water after using and it's ready to go again. And it's made in Canada!
I just ordered some. I'll let you know how they work out.
Via Gajitz
The Giant Black Catfish that Shook Japan
After the catastrophic Ansei Earthquake struck the city of Edo, Japan in 1855 a new type of color woodblock print known as namazu-e became popular among the residents of the shaken city. These prints featured giant catfish (namazu) who, in Japanese mythology, caused earthquakes by thrashing about in their underground lairs.
The origin of the story may derive from the notion that catfish can sense the small tremors that happen before many earthquakes and are more active at such times. This sudden pre- earthquake activity may have led to the belief that the catfish were causing the quakes.
The 1855 earthquake acted as a catalyst for growing dissent about Japan's government. The namazu-e were a cheap, disposable tool through which common people could express their displeasure subversively.
The government responded with intimidation, including briefly jailing nine guild officials. All namazu-e printing blocks were destroyed on the fourteenth day after the earthquake. The namazu-e had been in production for just two months and only a handful of these prints remain.
More prints here
via Curious History
This related article on the catfish prints is interesting reading.
The origin of the story may derive from the notion that catfish can sense the small tremors that happen before many earthquakes and are more active at such times. This sudden pre- earthquake activity may have led to the belief that the catfish were causing the quakes.
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| Namazu and the kaname-ishi rock |
The 1855 earthquake acted as a catalyst for growing dissent about Japan's government. The namazu-e were a cheap, disposable tool through which common people could express their displeasure subversively.
The government responded with intimidation, including briefly jailing nine guild officials. All namazu-e printing blocks were destroyed on the fourteenth day after the earthquake. The namazu-e had been in production for just two months and only a handful of these prints remain.
More prints here
via Curious History
This related article on the catfish prints is interesting reading.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Adieu Allard
Restaurant Allard is an 80 year old Parisian legend in the heart of Saint Germain des Prés. I like the traditional decor and the old fashioned cuisine, especially the Bresse Chicken with roasted potatoes. The entrance is through the kitchen. When I posted the photo above some years ago a reader asked if he could use it when he proposed to his girlfriend. Clearly it's not only I who have fond memories of this venerable institution.
Today I learned that Allard has been taken over by the Alain Ducasse group. I'm hoping that they will maintain its sentimental heritage. It's a safe bet that next time I go there I won't be entering through the kitchen.
Happy Bloomsday!
A Stroll Through Ulysses is a 23 minute documentary filmed by Dublin film maker Noel Duffy in 2004 celebrating the 100th anniversary of the day on which the novel Ulysses by James Joyce was set. The content was written, presented and narrated by Roger Cummiskey, Dublin Artist.
The video follows the path Leopold Bloom took around Dublin on June 16, 1904.
Via Dangerous Minds
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The video follows the path Leopold Bloom took around Dublin on June 16, 1904.
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Saturday, June 15, 2013
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