Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from KXVO News in Omaha in 2002!

Can you spell "bacteria?"

"Van Abbema created the font by stamping bacteria into paper, and then placing the paper in a jury-rigged incubator, which provided the right humdity and warmth for the organisms. As they multiplied and died, the resulting fonts changed color and shape. As van Abbema says, bacteria 'transforms the image to something new,' creating something that is literally alive, changing every minute without ever being tended."

Via Fast Company*

*where, btw, I had a really bad job interview once.

Happiness Hat

I certainly could have used this while working in food service.

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"Lauren McCarthy created the Happiness Hat – a gadget that detects whether or not you’re smiling. If you’re not, it drives a small metal spike into the back of your head to encourage to you resolve that problem quickly:
'An enclosed bend sensor attaches to the cheek and measures smile size, a servo motor moves a metal spike into the head inversely proportional to the degree of smile. Through repeated use of this conditioning device you can train your brain to smile all the time. The device runs on Arduino.'"

via neatorama, via geekologie

Twinkle, Twinkle

SO PRETTY!



Chiang Mai Yi Peng Festival in Thailand.
4th of July, eat your heart out.

The Long Count

Are you going tonight, too?

Dancin in the Dark

I recently attended a lecture at The Bell House , as part of the Secret Science Club series, about sounds black holes theoretically make. I won't bore you with scientific details, nor will I pretend I know enough about astrophysics to explain it, but I thought I'd share some fun sounds!

Click to enjoy:

The progressively closer encounter of two black holes

The chriping inspiral of two black holes


more fun with wav(e)s here.

Raptor Hoodie Shirt, via Svpply

Quotation

"People ask me, 'What's your medium?' I tell them, 'Extra Large.'"
- Jean Michel Basquiat in Downtown 81

Mutated Insects

Cornelia Hesse-Honegger makes detailed drawings of insect mutations resulting from radioactive contamination.

Deconstructed Flip Book

Cut-and-fold animation by Enrico Ascoli.

VIDEOGIOCO by Donato Sansone from Enrico Ascoli - Sound Design on Vimeo.

Fly Paper

Dead fly art by this German guy.

More here.

Then and Now

50 years later, Sharon Collins recognized herself in this iconic Robert Frank photo.



Listen to her interview with NPR:


via Lens Culture

Stefan Sagmeister

From his Ted Talk, a coffee table surfaced with compasses and matching coffee mugs fitted with magnets.

View the whole Ted Talk here.

Antonio Gonzales Paucar

Antonio Gonzales Paucar

Zapatos que rompen el silencio

2009
Shoes, flies, nylon
Dimensions variable

Tee-Shirt

Piano Stairs

While we're on the subject of piano videos on youtube...

Talking Piano

RIP

Irving Penn
1917 - 2009

Gefilthy

Further evidence that gefilte fish is the nastiest shit on earth, student Jessica Taylor of London was shocked to find gefilte fish aglow in her refrigerator the day after purchase. This is like the Jewish equivalent of finding an image of the Virgin Mary on your toast! Sorry Catholics, but I think this is so much cooler.

Full Article

Fun Internet Toy

http://www.cesmes.fi/



Like bubble wrap, but prettier.

via my friend Kate