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Slowly Rotating Kitchen Art
Sometimes the best art is unexpected art: rotating kitchen from Zeger Reyers on Vimeo.
Minimum Wage Machine
Artist Blake Fall-Conroy created the Minimum Wage Machine: "The minimum wage machine allows anybody to work for minimum wage. Turning the crank will yield one penny every 5.04 seconds, for $7.15 an hour (NY state minimum wage). If the participant stops turning the...
Goodnight Keith Moon
Goodnight Keith Moon takes the world of Margaret Wise Brown's beloved classic and introduces it to Keith Moon, late drummer of The Who.
Sketchy Santas
Just in time for the holidays: Sketchy Santas presents photos of, well, sketchy-looking Santas.
Ben Franklin was the Man
Can Do: an illustrated look at Ben Franklin, inventors & inventiveness.
Dead Fly Art
Artist Magnus Muhr uses a combination of drawing, photography and, oh, dead flies to make his art: More images available at acidcow Or visit the artist's site/gallery.
Evel Knieval You Are Not, Son
Demonstrating the greatest possible distance between "hero" and "fan" is this ad for Evel Knieval's line of popsicle molds. One the top you have cool-as-anything Evel; on the bottom you have the "I PUT ROCKET SHIP IN MY MOUTH?!?" kid. Priceless. {Via Shrapnel's Tumblr...
How to Brush Your Teeth like a Spartan
How to Brush Your Teeth like a Spartan
The Phantom Bike
See the beautiful bicycles of Finnish designer Olli Erkkilä, including the Phantom Bike: { Go Finland! } Thanks to Jim's comment below, here's video of one of the bikes in action: 7qiR7E3dpjk
Periodic Table
A rather literal take on the periodic table (of elements):
Bull Doze Blues
To start off your Monday morning, some of Henry Thomas' 'Bull Doze Blues' from 1928: (YouTube video, but contains sound only) (You'll also recognize this as the source of the song 'Going Up The Country' by Canned Heat)
Matchbook Stuffers
The International League of Championship Matchbook Stuffers attempt to stuff as many items as possible into matchbooks.
How to Make Friends By Telephone
A small, vintage guide to telephone etiquette entitled How to Make Friends by Telephone.
Neverwas Haul
The Neverwas Haul is a self-propelled, traveling 3-story Victorian/Steampunk house that houses a collection of items "from its travels around the world (i.e., oddities of the Jules Verne era including a Camera Obscura)." (photo from albany_tim)
50 Best Inventions of 2009
Admittedly, news of the world is a bit bleak these days. But, if you want a quick boost of cheer, just browse Time Magazine's list of the 50 Best Inventions of 2009. From an electric eyeball & an AIDS vaccine to tank-bred tuna & x-ray vision, the list has...
Papercraft Head
A most unusual costume is the result when Eric Testroete decided to go as himself for Halloween, only larger: Papercraft Self-Portrait