Transport
Did you know that the wheelie was invented by some guy on bicycle who
was trying to frighten a horse? Okay it’s just a drawing but it’s a
giggle.
http://thelittlechimpsociety.com/barrett/the-day-the-wheelie-was-made-by-barrett/
OMG that’s fugly. Autotopia caption contest. And the captions are lame.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/08/wtf-caption-veritas/
OMG that is *not* fugly. Swoon.
http://www.thecoolist.com/the-1937-bmw-r7-restored-to-perfection/
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Objects of Design
There were eight winners in the electolux design contest. The only
three good ones are here. Le Petit Prince is charming and plausible.
The dishwasher is cooler than mine. (Difficult to do.) Bonus dumb
trend chasing design included.
http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/electrolux_design_lab_2009_finalists_14401.asp
Lego and food. You might see little 2x2 brick shortbread cookies at
the Boxing Day Party this year.
http://shop.lego.com/ByCategory/Product.aspx?p=852530&cn=13&d=443
Pizza rules the world on Saturday nights. Now you can rule your pizza
with chopper styled pizza cutters. Really. Click images for bigger.
That is a command, not a request. (Attitude baby.)
http://www.frankieflood.com/objects.html
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Technology
Make a vacuum fluorescent display clock. The workmanship on the model
for this DIY is enviable.
http://www.ladyada.net/make/icetube/
Early large telescopes and some of the images captured through them.
The fact that this is a collection of pictures with very little
explication lends mystery.
http://butdoesitfloat.com/67562
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Pictures
This one’s especially for myJim. Kit Karter was a one-off comic about
a go kart daffy boy. Ignore the name in the link — the poster admits
to a typo.
http://cosseyedcyclops.blogspot.com/2009/08/comic-kit-karson.html
The cover and an inside spread from the children’s book “Night Cars” I
agree with the poster about the specialness of the illustrations.
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/08/26/night-cars-gorgeous.html
Jorge Mascarenha’s portraits of girls. Haunting. Some disturbing, some
inspiring. All uneasily familiar.
http://jorgemascarenhas.bigcartel.com/
Danboard is a cardboard version of the character Danbo. 365 (more or
less) photographs of the cardboard mascot doing common and odd things.
http://www.fubiz.net/galleries/set/365-days-of-danboard/
Impossible cool. Cash.
http://theimpossiblecool.tumblr.com/post/171431564/cash