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o->-< Posted: 2 weeks ago by suebe
You know all those iconic signs you see all around airports and other places - learn more about the language of the pictogram.
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World's most beautiful object...officially Posted: 3 weeks ago by Bornbad
The Gyrofocus, designed by the award-winning contemporary fireplace maker Focus, has been named as the World's Most Beautiful Object for the 2008-2009 .What do you think?
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Shake it like a Polaroid Picture! Posted: 3 weeks ago by choco
The beloved camera will rise again from its photographic ashes and be made in China starting in 2010, ensuring that Outkast's "Hey Ya" will remain relevant for years to come.
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Human skull papercraft Posted: 1 month ago by Bornbad
Does your crypt or tomb lack that ominous appearance so vital to scaring away
intruders? Does your laboratory fail to properly horrify those you entrap?
Has your attic or cellar lost its terrifying atmosphere of inescapable doom?
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Ralph Lauren photoshop disaster spawns lawsuit threats and fair use Posted: 1 month ago by nateebiinature
The image first appeared on Xeni one month ago, and Boing Boing picked it up to bring more attention to the absurd levels this industry will go to to convince women that . But instead of cowing to Ralph Lauren’s legal team, Boing Boing and others are citing Fair Use and posting the image for the purpose of criticism and comment.
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Schoolboy pianist, 10, hailed as new Mozart Posted: 1 month ago by ITC518
A British schoolboy has been hailed as the new Mozart, despite having had piano lessons for just four months.
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High Art Graffiti Posted: 1 month ago by jasontho
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freaky freaky Posted: 1 month ago by meggysue
Don't say I didn't warn you. Be sure to click around.
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One Million Spiders Spin Silk For Tapestry Posted: 1 month ago by suebe
One million wild Golden Orb spiders from Madagascar (they can grow up to the size of a human hand) were harnessed to produce silk, which was woven into a golden tapestry, now on display at the Museum of Natural History in NYC.
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A whole new look to Disney Princesses Posted: 2 months ago by ClsCott645
A gallery of twisted princesses.
Now these are princesses I can appreciate. I think Snow White is my fav.
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Agent Provocateur's new model army marches on Selfridges to launch new lingerie line(careful@work) Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
Dressed in little more than their underwear a host of models descended on London's Oxford Street today to launch the new Agent Provocateur bra.
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Museum Security Guard Fired For Changing Yoko Ono Artwork Posted: 2 months ago by jasontho
An off duty security at the Seattle Art Museum named Amanda Mae was fired when she removed papers museum visitors had put on a work by Yoko Ono. It is a public participation piece entitled, "Painting to Hammer a Nail." After working for about a half hour, the museum's curator came into the gallery and told her to stop. She was fired the following day when she came in to work. The museum's spokeswoman, said, "The intent of the piece does not include taking things away, only adding things."
Amanda called her intervention, "Yoko Ono Excavation Survey" (Y.E.S.}.
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Dan Brown is such a bad writer Posted: 2 months ago by bernardblack
How bad is he? See how far you can get through some of these examples of his prose.
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The Edgar Allan Poe digital collection Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
This digital archive was launched to accompany the 2009 Poe Bicentennial exhibition, “From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe.”
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Philadelphia's Libraries Could Close Soon Posted: 2 months ago by cb__
There will be no book loans, no classes, no programs for seniors or children, no outreach to the community, no more community meetings at library locations.
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Not Photoshopped: Just Incredible Forced Perspective Photography Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
Adroit shooters among us were able to realise just such size-shifting exploits – or at least the illusion of having done so. Places around the globe provide backdrops for these fine examples of forced perspective.
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This week's challenge is to celebrate Steampunk and the age of Victorian sci-fi Posted: 2 months ago by Bornbad
Where airships and steam power exist alongside 19th century versions of more modern developments.
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Unseen for 60 years, Agatha Christie's lost masterpiece, The Capture of Cerberus Posted: 3 months ago by Bingo
A Russian femme fatale, a crazed tyrant and an assassination that shakes the world...
What a joyous discovery. Decades after it was written on the eve of World War II, a lost Poirot story by Agatha Christie has been found. Today it is published in the Daily Mail for the first time.
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Photography Pet Peeves We’d Throw Down a Black Hole Posted: 3 months ago by 2manyusernames
Who among you are not sick and tired of photographic cliches such as HDR images? This is just one of our pet peeves we would like to see done away with.
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Jonnycardboard Posted: 3 months ago by Bornbad
Our thoughts on cardboard usually end somewhere around the recycling bin. This artist makes me think you'll never look at cardboard the same way again.
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Help Aviary win the Best RIA of 2009! Posted: 3 months ago by jaxomlotus
If we win this round, they will possibly feature us (the staff behind plime) at Adobe's Max conference in Los Angeles. Please help!
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Discarded phone books become artist's canvas as Jack Nicholson and Obama are turned into stunning 3D sculptures Posted: 3 months ago by AutumnLotus
These amazingly detailed celebrity faces may look like sketches but they are in fact carved out of unwanted phone books.
Sculptor Alex Queral, 51, from Philadelphia, has hand-crafted some of the world's most famous faces including President Obama, Jack Nicholson, Bob Dylan and Spartan Kirk Douglas.
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Bubble Gum Art: What Chewing and Sticking Can Create Posted: 3 months ago by iamamaniac
It is hard to imagine a more useless thing than a chewed bubble gum… Well, not exactly… In the hands of an extra-ordinary artist it can turn into an amazing artwork that holds attention and inspires.
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Bizarre Birthday Cakes! Posted: 3 months ago by KerOBeroS32
Remember when your mom got you a Fudgie the Whale cake for your birthday and you almost died of delight?
Yeah, neither do I...
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Excuse me, I've just finished reading................. by .................... What should I read next? Posted: 3 months ago by Bornbad
Type in the name of the book you've just finished, and The Book Seer will provide recommendations for your next read.
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