Charlie Kratzer’s Sharpie Decorating
This article about Charlie Kratzer’s awesome basement decoration is complete with a 360 degree rotating image. Go look!
Impressive work with that sharpie there, Charlie.
Make Your Own Gourd Dollhouse
Again from Boing Boing, here’s a fun project: make an adorable dollhouse out of a gourd. What a great idea. And the tutorial looks very readable.
Fun!
Art Made Of Old Books
Check out this collection of images of artwork made of books. Some of it is gorgeous, and all of it is interesting and worth a look. Among the pieces are “book autopsies” by Brian Dettmer, which we’ve mentioned here before. Some of my favorites in the bunch are Cara Barer’s photographs:
More of Barer’s work here. She adds the comforting disclaimer, “No important books have been injured during the making of any of these photographs,” using useless manuals Windows 95.
Five Links That Are Actually Important, 9/27/08
1. H.R. 5840- “Capitalizing on Crisis”.
2. Court rules in Diane Schroer’s favor, finding that anti-trans discrimination counts as sex discrimination.
3. Judge bans woman from bearing children.
’90’s Flashback #12
“Steal My Sunshine,” by Len.
Note: Unfortunately, we are not able to embed many of the ’90’s Flashback youtube videos we’ve chosen recently. We may decide only to post those that we can embed, or link to youtube like we did in this post if we think the song’s worth it.
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“Immortal McHorror”
A lovely story today via Boing Boing.
Karen Hanrahan teaches a workshop called “Healthy Choices for Children,” aimed at parents concerned about the foods their kids are eating.
One of her favorite teaching tools is a McDonald’s hamburger which she bought in the year 1996. It’s an effective example of what not to eat or feed your children, you see, because it has remained remarkably unchanged for the past 12 years. See for yourself.
People always ask me – what did you do to preserve it ?
Nothing – it preserved itself.
(Emphasis hers). Yowza!
Photos Of Right Whales
From the Dark Roasted Blend, check out this gallery of images of right whales, some of which are incredibly beautiful (those are towards the end). See also the accompanying article.
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“What one value or quality is important to you above all others?”
Just put up my first real post at Revolutionary Act, posing that question and offering my answer. Head over there if you’d like to answer it and talk about the topic with me and everybody else.
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Pinhole Camera Made From 150-yr-old Skull
Take a look at this thing and the equally spooky pictures it produces. It was made by Wayne Martin Belger. Definitely explore his site, and take particular note of his other cameras as well. Wow! I’m fascinated.
Question, though: where did he get that skull, do you think?
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