Obviously, I thought, a kid needs his own iPhone so he won't play with his dad's. So I asked my mom if she could knit one. And she did. picked by suebe 8 months ago

All over the world, birds are rockin' in their new homes on wires. picked by suebe 8 months ago

Meet Wayne Reuben, who hand draws the hundreds of price signs for a Toronto market. picked by suebe 8 months ago

There are easy ways to print out CD covers and lots of other fun things without needing to download or buy special software. Take a look at some of these useful and fun things you can print at home. picked by kakana 8 months ago

The average child in the United States will wear down 730 crayons by his 10th birthday (or 11.4 boxes of 64s). Kids, ages 2-8, spend an average of 28 minutes each day colouring. Combined, children in the US spend 6.3 billion hours colouring annually, almost 10,000 human lifetimes! picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

Painted onto elegant swan quills, these beautiful examples of feather-art really are fit for a Queen.

Painstakingly created by English artist Ian Davie, each individual piece painted over the royally protected bird's feathers can take up to one week to complete. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Marla Olmstead paints using her fingers, brushes and spatulas, and has sold 25 paintings for around $40,000. picked by Ankabout 8 months ago

What is 13 stories high, has 3,500 steps and is 100 feet deep? Right, this well, but do you believe it exists as shown in the photograph? Or has the symmetry been achieved with a little help from Photoshop? Not sure? We looked at it as if it were one of those wacky 3D-images and still weren’t sure. Read on for more details… picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

Created by Peter Bruce, 1 Photo. 3 Words. 365 Days's mission statement is clean and simple. Bruce finds a person on the street that he doesn't know, snaps their photo, and asks them for three words that describe how they are feeling at that moment. "Free, Wild, Crazy" is pictured picked by suebe 8 months ago

Maddeningly bizarre, "cast in stone" - so people will have to live with it! picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

The winner, who will proudly represent the United States at the elite Miss Pole Dance Australia 2009 competition, was Jenyne Butterfly from Las Vegas. More at Sports Illustrated and The US Pole Dance website picked by suebe 8 months ago

In the right hands, high dynamic range imaging can blend multiple exposures of the same scene to more closely reproduce what your eye can see. Here's how to do HDR the right way.

*check out the links* picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

With self-flaying candor Cheever had recorded day after day, beginning in 1939, a sorry story of incest with his beloved brother, Fred; of pain and bitterness and contempt for his wife; of relentless sexual predation.John Cheever picked by Bornbad 8 months ago

Twisting the knobs moves a stylus that removes aluminum powder from the back of the screen, leaving a black line.
George Vlosich, from Ohio, created the image especially for an art gallery show to celebrate the first black President’s inauguration.
He has also produced Etch A Sketch portraits of Will Smith, Tiger Woods, Muhammed Ali and The Beatles. picked by bingo 9 months ago

Extraordinary sculptures by Saúl Hernández (from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico). The “208 OSEOsidades” is a collection of 21 bronze sculptures of 21 centimeters in height. He uses the most common representation of death which is the human skeleton in a 1:8 scale replica of a real skeleton. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

Imagineering the future means sweating the details no matter how small, and future fashion has always loomed large when writers and artists want to get the image just right. What will our heroes and heroines wear on the day after tomorrow? picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

What it says above. picked by suckersklub 9 months ago

Scans of sandwiches for education and delight. picked by suckersklub 9 months ago

The father of a Pennsylvania high school student is facing criminal charges for a party he threw in his home where teens as young as 14 drank rum, vodka, and beer and cheerleaders danced on a stripper pole he had installed in his basement. More here picked by suebe 9 months ago

Amazing and Fascinating Captures of the Most Colorful Birds picked by cactushair 9 months ago

"The clothes are our second skin. They can veil us, reveal us, reflect upon our inner, or even hide who we are. A suit makes us suspect the person is banker, office clerk, insurance clerk, etc. In our society, this is a characteristic of professionalism. But how far is this assumption from the truth? Can we fully trust the envelope? Can the illusion be destroyed if a tattoo comes to light un... read full post picked by TheAnt314 9 months ago

From pebbles, to biro, to carpet. Each material is yet another way for Levi van Veluw to use on his skull which acts as a canvas.

The Dutch artist, posing in the same position, has managed to turn his head into a mini forest and a snowscape.

Other eye-catching pieces see him covering his face and shoulders in ink patterns, tree bark and hair. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Another very cool and beautiful online magazine. Unfortunately DQ Books releases are not frequent. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

Two million flights pass through New York's airspace each year. Artist Aaron Koblin used images from his piece, Flight Patterns, to create a Google map representing air traffic across the United States over a 24-hour period. Check out the animation video at the artist's site. picked by suebe 9 months ago

In the hopeful years following the Second World War, armed with new technologies and vivid imaginations, almost anything seemed possible to a society straining to break free from the cycle of earthly strife. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago