HOME |
RSS | 
Santa Claus is once again busy… blogging. During the summer months he posted sporadically about non-holiday activities, mostly sports, but he’s got the Christmas spirit now! People have a lot of questions for Santa this time of year, so he’s posted the meme “100 things about me†on his site. Although he’s been battling some kind of flu, he’s keeping to his holiday appearance schedule. Link
Comments Off
Christian Beijer inserts comic book superhero-like figures into everyday scenes. This one is titled Knaust Hotel. See more of his work: Link
This diorama is from a living room of the Showa [wiki] period (1926 – 1989). It has a working 1.5-inch color TV set!
Link [in Japanese, of course] | There’s even a video clip of someone actually playing Wii on the 1.5-inch TV! : Link [YouTube] – via Gizmodo
A long, long time ago, we posted Michael Paulus’ skeletal systems of 22 cartoon characters. Now, Korean artist Hyungkoo Lee did the same thing, but in 3D! Link – via Wooster Collective
Comments Off 
From the website:
Dr James Anderson, from the University of Reading’s computer science department, says his new theorem solves an extremely important problem – the problem of nothing.
"Imagine you’re landing on an aeroplane and the automatic
pilot’s working," he suggests. "If it divides by zero and the computer stops working – you’re in big trouble. If your heart pacemaker divides by zero, you’re dead." …The theory of nullity is set to make all kinds of sums possible that, previously, scientists and computers couldn’t work around.
"We’ve just solved a problem that hasn’t been solved for twelve hundred years – and it’s that easy," proclaims Dr Anderson having demonstrated his solution on a whiteboard at Highdown School, in Emmer Green.
This puppy has to work to earn his meal! Found at ChinaDaily.
Office Max has a Christmas widget to turn you into an elf for a holiday greeting! You can see my message to you, or make one yourself! Link -via YesButNoButYes
This week’s collaboration with What is it? brings us this object. Yes, it’s an eagle, but what is it for? More hints (dimensions, another photo) at Rob’s blog What is it?
Be the first to answer correctly (in the comment section – please post no URL or link.) will win a free Neatorama T-shirt.
Also, congratulations to Kevin Register, winner of last week’s contest.
Update 12/12/06: Congratulations to Mark (#18) who guessed correctly! What is it? Blog has this as their official answer:
According to the book Primitives, Our American Heritage these are called snowbirds, and were anchored by the holes to roof edges under materials as slate or tile, they were meant to retain snow for insulation. Others believed they could prevent a layer of snow from plunging down on the heads of pedestrians.
We’ve posted the whiteboard animation by Kristofer Strom. Here’s another one, drawings done on a roll of paper. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] | The whole thing on a webpage [long, and will automatically resize your browser] – Thanks pissingtheyellowfantastic!
Comments Off 
In a small west African country of Ghana, a homegrown industry has sprung up besides voodoo and witchcraft: new movie releeases are accompanied with these hand drawn movie posters, painted on sack cloth and on put on the walls of Ghanian ghettos!
See many more on exhibit at the Dazed & Confused Gallery: Link – Thanks Al Cabino!
From Spluch:
On 9 March 2004, this 46-year-old man was hit badly by a truck causing the bones below his abdomen to be crushed in Shenzhen, China. Doctors spent 7 months trying to rescue him from death and they succeeded. Due to the lost of the lower half of his body, his height has been reduced from 1.62 meters to 0.78 meters and now weights only 33 kg.
Looking at his own body, he calmly showed the reporter the wounds and scars covered by his shirt. Skin was transplanted from his scalp to what’s left of the abdominal area to cover the intestines and other organs. A man-made anus for bowel movements is attached to the right side of the body and two urine pipes are attached to the kidneys for urinating. According to doctors, under such circumstances, the survivor rate is extremely low. Nevertheless, he managed to beat all odds and survived this tragic accident. In addition to that, he went on to fulfill his lifelong dream of touring around Beijing.
Link – via A Welsh View and Cellar IoTD
