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Optical Illusion: Not Write

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This video demonstrates how human eyes and brains, collectively,  can be easily tricked.  Teaming up together to "read" and process what we see, these visual and cerebral duos occasionally miss cues and leave us with perceptions that are completely wrong.  Brace yourself and watch the phenomenon unfold here!   

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Submitted on Nov 20, 2009 2:28 pm by [submitter anonymized] | comments (0)

Are You The Slave or the Master of Your Body
Are you in control of your body? This is a nice little motivational article that ends with a video from Jack Lalane. Basically, it gets one thinking about trying to regain control of one's body and life.

The body is a fantastic servant but a hopeless master. The default option for everyone is to let the body decay. The default option for everyone is to eat as one pleases, succumb to short-term pleasures and gain weight. The default option is to take things as they come. The default option results in your body influencing your actions. Your existence is reduced to serving your body.

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Submitted on Nov 20, 2009 11:01 am by [submitter anonymized] | comments (0)

Wonder Bread Wonder Woman
A sculpture made of Wonder Woman from eleven loafs of Wonder Bread and their bags. Howard finster would be proud.

Link - via twitter

Submitted on Nov 20, 2009 10:45 am by [submitter anonymized] | comments (0)

Origami Money Hats
A thus-far anonymous creative has folded global currency into a series of origami money hats. They range from Lincoln with a sideways gangster cap to the Queen of England looking dapper in her trademark baret.

Link - via thejailbreak

Submitted on Nov 20, 2009 10:26 am by [submitter anonymized] | comments (0)

Techno-Geek Directors Who Changed Filmmaking Forever
All of these directors make a huge profit on their films for a reason.  When you are constantly reinventing the way that films are created you tend to attract a crowd.  I know that I will be in the line up for the Avatar film because I want to see what George Lucas has been working on.

The following directors have all employed the latest and greatest special effect technology to produce some of the most memorable moments on the silver screen. In some cases they’ve gone as far as inventing new technology and filing techniques, and in all cases they’ve inspired filmmakers in their wake.

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Submitted on Nov 20, 2009 10:09 am by [submitter anonymized] | comments (0)

25 Websites Inspired by Trees
Websites that use the illustrations of trees and the pictures of trees.

Trees are often used to represent nature or the environment itself. They can protect us against the sun and storm, they give us the material for building houses and the trees can also give us food. As you’ll see below trees are also powerful sources of inspiration. To prove this statement we have collected a lot of websites that use the pictures of trees, tree vectors, illustrations of trees, etc. Some sites show lonely trees, others show groups of trees or even a shadow of a tree.

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Submitted on Nov 20, 2009 8:44 am by [submitter anonymized] | comments (1)

Silkscreen print on wood, paper and cotton
Interesting old Chinese technique applied in a new fashion on unusual materials.

Screen printing is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil.

Link - via artsyspot

Submitted on Nov 20, 2009 4:39 am by [submitter anonymized] | comments (1)

ART IN LOO
@rtinloo is a continuous art project where people leave personalized toilet papers in public toilets to be picked up and read by others.

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Submitted on Nov 20, 2009 3:15 am by [submitter anonymized] | comments (0)

World’s first car that runs on animal fats
We have already seen cars running on water, wind and sun. Now, employees of a Belgian renewable enbergy company have managed to drive a car that's powered by fats of the animal remains, and the compnay says it's teh world's first.

Employees of the Electrawinds office near the Belgian city of Mouscron have created history by driving a modified Audi A4 diesel around for good 24 hours using animal fats as fuel. The toil of nearly two years resulted in creating a car that offers a supposedly green ride.

Link - via greendiary

Submitted on Nov 20, 2009 1:25 am by [submitter anonymized] | comments (0)

Officially Endorse Self Defense SunGlasses By Japanese Military
Imagine there's a 3" bullet travelling 106mph right to your eyes, is there any gadget good enough to prevent the deadly bullet causing any harm?

Following Japan Self Defense Force SunGlasses is the one officially recommended by the Japanese military due to the keen capability to withstand gratuitous amounts of force.



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Submitted on Nov 20, 2009 12:59 am by [submitter anonymized] | comments (0)

Tiny Food
You're looking at this food, licking your lips.
... until you see the photo where a bowl of oranges is balanced on the tip of a finger, and you realise: These are hand sculpted miniatures!



Note: I had to swap the original source and the via, because her blog right now has not the best pictures on the front page.




AiClay is an amazingly talented young woman from Sinagpore. She says she likes making food from non European cultures, but "sometimes I can't run away from the occasional cupcakes or cake!

Link - via aiclay

Submitted on Nov 19, 2009 8:05 pm by [submitter anonymized] | comments (0)

Reality Check: Your Chances of Selling a Script
Lots of people out there are 'writing a script'. But how hard is it to actually do? What are your chances of hitting it big?

Since there are always several questions at any given time about selling scripts, what the process is, etc., I thought I would start a post that will give everyone an idea of what to expect from the industry. I called this post ‘Reality Check’ because, in all likelihood, that’s going to be the first check you’ll get in this industry.

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Submitted on Nov 19, 2009 7:47 pm by [submitter anonymized] | comments (0)
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Apples for Teacher? PLEASE no.
Out in the world now, there are millions of children and parents trying to figure out what to give the teacher. ooo! Here's something with an apple on it! Teachers, apples... she'll love it!
Well I'm here to tell you that no, they won't. If you were an accountant would you want your whole house with a calculator and abacus decor? Earrings with numbers on them? Balance books for every  Christmas present? No. So please, spare the teachers!

This well researched article is a list in three parts of 20 things that teachers, though they'll appreciate the sentiment, don't really want to get. Some are repetitive, some are annoying, some are disturbing, some inappropriate, some are arrogant, and some, just not good if you're trying to be original.

Please remember: teachers are people too.

Links to the first part of the rant only. There's also a list of what to give to teachers. And soon a list of what teachers wish they could ask for.








Framed Photos of your Child:

I suppose the sentiment is that we won't forget your child. But as with the mugs and the apples: Where are you expecting us to put this? On the mantlepiece along with the photos of our own biological children, nieces and nephews, husbands and wives, parents, grandparents, cats, dogs, boyfriend, girlfriend, holiday snaps with friends?
Don't you think it's a little out of place? A little self centred to think your child goes into that category? Your child is not our beloved little cousin or our baby, no matter how sweet he or she was. We're not running an orphanage or teaching the same group of kids for a 12 year period, nor are your children our friends or youth group members. Perhaps some other teachers can help me explain this concept.

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Submitted on Nov 19, 2009 6:36 pm by [submitter anonymized] | comments (1)

You're Welcome

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Because revisionist history is always the best history. Welcome to the musket show. 

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Submitted on Nov 19, 2009 6:21 pm by [submitter anonymized] | comments (0)
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