The Case of the Mysterious Soth Web Presence

Can someone please explain to me what Alec Soth is up to? Looks like he's involved in some kind of independent art book publishing project. For someone known for his strong blog presence, this Little Brown Mushroom Wordpress is as vague as it gets. There's essentially an infinite loop from the blog to an essentially blank website, and back again!

"This book comes with a unique signed sculpture made out of Las Vegas prostitution advertisements (spoon and $100 bill are also included)."

WTF? Maybe Alec needs to lay off the little brown mushrooms...

The Master of Your Destiny is a Plastic Surgeon

A Korean plastic surgeon will alter your palm lines to improve your fate!

Watch a Japanese television report here.

via Japan Probe

Oscar Buzz

Here are some statuesque golden men to get you pumped for award season.



Don't forget to check out Retna.com for the best photo coverage of the Golden Globes, Grammys, SAG, Oscars and more!


via Japan Probe

I Know What You're Wondering

The autogenerated list of questions when you type "why" into Google.
Good questions, America. I'd certainly like to know why I can't own a Canadian.

Crayola's Law

"Designer Stephen Von Worley has analyzed Wikipedia’s list of Crayola crayon colors and created an infographic (shown in miniature above) demonstrating the Crayola Explosion of the past 107 years. Von Worley even coined 'Crayola’s Law,' stating: 'The number of colors doubles every 28 years!'"

via my friend Patty / Mental Floss

Cornelia Kondrads

Cornelia Konrads, via my friend Claire

Ironying Out the Problem

Michigan-based company SarcMark has applied for a patent on a symbol to indicate sarcasm in written text. It is available for Mac, PC and Blackberry.

Example: "OMG, Things I Like is the worst blog ever"
Example 2: "Wait, you mean I didn't invent sarcasm?"

via Neatorama/Telegraph

Passive-Aggressive Wi-Fi

via Gizmodo

Dueling MP3 Birthday Greetings

DAD
(tracked down a childhood classic, personalized)


VS


JOSH
(original composition)

New Trends from Prison

A prison inmate tattooed the whites of his own eyes.




via Neatorama

The Witchery of Kodakery

Best online archive of vintage camera ads EVER! Here's a gem from 1915.


They have other collections, listed here.

Kate Stone

I am really digging the work of my former classmate Kate Stone. Looks like she won the Tierney Fellowship in 09! Congrats!

Susana Raab

I am loving Susana Raab's work right now.

One Pussy Photographer

Cooper the Cat wears a camera affixed to his collar that shoots a photo every 2 minutes. You can purchase prints, framed and unframed, from his online gallery.

Check out his fine work! Prints are in numbered, limited editions and come with an official "paw-tograph" on the reverse. Seriously.

I See White People

Brush Up Your Shakespeare

Even though I categorically hate theater, this production of Romeo & Juliet in which the script is based on the memories of everyday people is pretty genius.

Chris Zedano

Photos by Chris Zedano
via Feature Shoot