encapsulation

kapil bhagat captures the essence 

of scientists' most famous achievements

in this series of designs.

thanks to the curious brain

(how deliciously appropriate)

pratfall

the falling man series by kerry skarbakka
reflects life's uncertainty

if god is a comedian, 

i suppose all those made in his image must be as well

(c/o the guardian)

game

haruki murakami's publisher has announced
that he'll be releasing a new book in april.
but why wait to find out the plot? 

I could come up with BINGO out of the last 24 hours.
not sure whether to read something into that or not.

(bingo card courtesy incidental comics)

incarnation

crayon creatures takes your child's drawings 

and uses a 3-D printer to create a sandstone figurine.

I wonder if they'd do this with Robots & Monsters?

(courtesy the guardian)

beauty contest

the museum of ridiculously interesting things

posted some great images from bizarre beauty contests

congratulations to the future mrs. abe froman

resolution

thanks to laughing squid

for sharing a rule is to break: a child's guide to anarchy.

it's not too early to get started on those resolutions

stylesheet

the awl published the style sheet for
george saunder's new book, 

tenth of december

unfortunately, I have to wait until january 8th
to find out what vivistif(tm) is

focal point

the guardian's travel photographer of the year 2012 
gallery has some iconic images

wish you were here?

guide

dr carmella's guide to understanding the introverted

I need this on a card so I can hand it to people 

(preferably from a distance).

thank you, schroeder veidt

definition

googlegänger

the person with your name who shows up in search results
when you google yourself.

(courtesy mental floss)

@schadenfreude

the @YourInAmerica twitter feed catches the grammar police 

making grammatical errors

objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear.

stupid human trick

dan menendez (the piano juggler)
does some pretty neat tricks.

 

but this very quick trick was way too close to the scary clown of childhood nightmares

 
thanks for keeping me awake tonight, geeks are sexy

thought for the day

from benjamin dewey's tragedy series

that is all.

memo

the next internet meme:

please advise.
(c/o boing boing)

duet

a miles davis and kermit mashup?

 

I am SO there.
(c/o laughing squid)

public service announcement

a cheerful reminder from metro australia



 courtesy pleated-jeans

vision

photographer fabrice wittner's lightpainting project
enlightened souls
memorializes the christchurch quake in february 2011

more images and technical details
in his profile on behance.net

validation

from an amazon top-500 reviewer

"Outrageously funny look at life in small-town America"

wOOt!

recognition

lalage snow photographed soldiers before, during, and after
their deployment in afghanistan.
this is pvt. chris macgregor, age 24.

view more of the series we are the not dead
at my modern metropolis.

remembrance

recently eiya iwata posted about visiting kobo abe's grave
at kamikawa cemetery on abe kobo's place.
This is kobo abe's headstone.

the image and the story keep returning to me.
I think this is what the japanese would refer to as yoin.

harmonic

something bittersweet to go with your coffee
on a cold gray sunday morning


girlyman

use of negative space

ddesignerr has a great post today
on logos that use negative design

less is more

potential

researchers from MIT and Harvard have found a way to use the natural battery in the cochlea to power an implantable wireless transmitter without affecting hearing.

the device could one day be used in monitors or implantable hearing aids, or even be used to deliver therapies.

read the full story at MIT News

reckoning

another succinct analysis from xkcd

anthropomorphism

clearly I've been watching too much Walk on the Wild Side

action figure

"I'm Wolverine!"  

"I'm Sabertooth!"

"Wolverine!"

"Sabertooth!"

another ffffind from  ffffound

alternate use of squash

forget the pumpkin patch -
visit villafane studios instead.

who says you can't play with your food?

apparition

the dark nebula SH2 136 (photo courtesy NASA)

happy halloween

typo

the guardian has a great slideshow of typos
from around the world

warning: it's NSWD
(not safe while drinking)

podcast

BBC Radio 4 welcomed Francesca Martinez to The News Quiz last week. I've enjoyed The News Quiz for years, and know Francesca Martinez from her work on the Disability Now podcast.

Kudos to The News Quiz for demonstrating that
smart and funny transcend physiology. 

reminder

an excellent demonstration of
"correlation does not imply causation"

by Bloomberg Businessweek
(click the link to see more)

tribute

from the incomparable xkcd

demonstration of flocking behavior

murmuration

sadly, I keep flashing on prey (michael crichton) and cell (stephen king)

use of legos

white stripes_Michel Gondry from samuel danesi on Vimeo.

it bears repeating.

proof that god exists

photo of the Carina Nebula, courtesy of Geekology

this explains everything.

alternative use of livestock

who says you can't play with your food?



I hope they move on to fractals next

postus interruptus

I'll be posting infrequently in the coming months so I can focus on other projects. The most efficient way to follow this blog is to subscribe.

challenge

a film by metroamv, a 20-year-old student

created for the u@50 competition
sponsored by YouTube and AARP

point of view

images from a 2006 exhibit by adam simpson

he makes me smile.

anniversary

onitsuka tiger commemorated twenty years
of making shoes worth celebrating

with the creation of the electric light shoe


and a new collaboration with tokidoki

ZODIAC RACE
by mcmentalninja

shoes for industry, compadre

self-referential commentary

another fine comic from xkcd

'nuff said.

counterpoint

scientists have captured on film
the waterjet formed
when a stone is dropped into a pool of water

read the whole story at science daily

great ball of fire

bioephemera, just one of many terrific science blogs,

has a great post with amazing video of the sun here

I'll forego the pun about sunscreen

panic attack

iCal not your cuppa?

try the 2009 counterterrorism calendar

if you've got a second, check out the technical pages,
which provide helpful information on all things scary, including
anthrax, bomb radii, plastic explosives, ricin,
and ramadan.

and I thought checking your horoscope was irrational

intersection of life and culture

perhaps americans would be more taken with

public transportation if we followed japan's lead

and injected more whimsy into our public transportation

check out this archival post at pink tentacle
for more fun train art

truism

location, location, location

animalia,
an exhibit by mikel uribetxeberria

watch where you step

act of extortion

neko case has agreed to donate $5 to the
best friends animal society
for every blogger who posts her new song to their blog


“people got a lotta nerve”

at least it's aptly named

playlist

that's right, you're not from texas

a texas songwriters playlist on finetune
compiled by wbaillargeon

well worth the listen
(even if it doesn't include pontiac)

wikitruth

a dose of reality from xkcd,
a web comic of romance, sarcasm,
math, and language


maslow must be spinning in his grave

incongruity II

another inspired effort by monique motil

captured from a story in the San Francisco Chronicle
by Marta Costa about Chris Moore's use of Motil's creatures
as inspiration for characters in his book, A Dirty Job

b movie plot

the spread of walmart across the united states

to watch the drama unfold store by store, click here

just one of the many intriguing visual presentations of data
(some of which are not reminiscent of an epidemiological study)
at flowingdata.com