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Food art is a strange field, but I can’t help but love people who not only decided to play with their food, but make a living out of it. Over at WebUrbanist, they have spotlighted a few great food artists, one specializes in bento, one in food carvings, one in landscapes of food and then there’s the sculpture/photographer above. They may make you love art their art work, or they might make you hungry, either way, it’s certainly not a bad thing.
What a cute little guy! This potato, with arms, legs, and a nose, was harvested in Huon, Tasmania, where it’s summer now. Link -Thanks, Vit Peyr!
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Geophysical Survey of the World of Warcraft It turns out that WoW is really, really small: Link |
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Human Slip & Slide (It doesn't end there, folks, there's also an underwear stuffing contest!) Where do I sign up? Link |
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Double Fail at the Motorcycle Race Track |
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Shark Does a Spinning Jump Behind a Surfer Link (about time mark 0:10) |
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"What’s the deal with nunchucks?" by Brandon Bird
We’ve written about Brandon Bird before on Neatorama, but it’s a pleasure to run across another one of his tongue-in-cheek artwork floating on the Web. This one is Jerry Seinfeld/Bruce Lee Remix, found at Urban Retro Lifestyle.
Meet Mao Xinyu, a 38-year-old senior colonel in China’s People’s Liberation Army and blogger. He’s not just any blogger – his blog, which is all about Chairman Mao, was voted most popular by the readers of People’s Daily last year.
Oh, and one more thing: Xinyu is the grandson of Chairman Mao.
Mao’s blog is largely dedicated to an appreciation of his grandfather, who died when he was six years old. The founder of communist China is still admired by many people here -despite the fact that millions died because of famine and conflict during his rule (an official Communist Party verdict delivered after his death ruled – with precision – that Chairman Mao was 70% right and 30% wrong).
"The greatest happiness of my life and satisfaction come from a real understanding of a great man. And he is my grandfather," grandson Mao writes.
Link | Mao Xinyu’s blog (in Chinese) – via TYWKIWDBI
College students (why doesn’t this surprise me) Cary Silverman combined two party favorites to create a new snack: alcohol-flavored popcorn.
The popcorn, which doesn’t actually have any alcohol content, comes in beer, pina colada and Irish cream flavors. Link – via Unique Daily
TheraminTrees and his brother QualiaSoup collaborated to make this interesting animation called Instruction Manual for Life. There’s an unmistakeable (truthful/heavy-handed/blasphemous? Take your pick) message in there – which you don’t have to agree with – but all I could think of when watching the clip was all those IKEA cabinets I built over the years!
Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] – Thanks Bruce!
The Canadian team of Ray Zahab, Kevin Vallely and Richard Weber have completed a 680 mile journey across Antarctica to the South Pole on foot in just under 34 days. This beats the previous Antarctic speed record by five days! They traveled on foot, skis, and snowshoes while pulling a sled with their equipment.
They endured altitude sickness, vertigo and massive, painful blisters.
They kept themselves fuelled with a 7,000-calorie-a-day diet of deep-fried bacon, cheese and huge chunks of butter.
“I’m dying for some pizza,” said Mr Zahab, who added he was too excited to sleep.
Link to story. Link to website. -via Fark
Update: The original post has been deleted, but I found another copy. Link
This is pretty cool – it’s a musical composition using applications from several different handheld devices. I only ever thought to play games on my DS, so I’m quite impressed.
The Fifty United States and their Mottos (2008) by Emily Wick
Artist Emily Wick created this fabulous map of the United States out of linoleum block prints, with official state mottos carved into each of the 50 States. My favorites are New Mexico’s "It grows at it goes" motto and Maryland’s "Manly deeds, womanly words" motto.
Link – via Intelligent Travel, thanks Marilyn!
Can you be a Jedi? Well, here’s a toy Jedi training device that trains Star Wars fans to use The Force:
The Force Trainer (expected to be priced at $90 to $100) comes with a headset that uses brain waves to allow players to manipulate a sphere within a clear 10-inch-tall training tower, analogous to Yoda and Luke Skywalker’s abilities in the Star Wars films. [...]
In the Force Trainer, a wireless headset reads your brain activity, in a simplified version of EEG medical tests, and the circuitry translates it to physical action. If you focus well enough, the training sphere, which looks like a ping-pong ball, will rise in the tower.
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- via The Monkey Buddha, thanks Paul Micarelli!
