Two weeks ago, Lisa highlighted the optical illusion body art of Natalie Fletcher. Her mindbending illusions are cool, but she's done even more amazing stuff with body painting. I'm especially impressed with a series called Lost in the Landscape. Fletcher painted human bodies so that they almost perfectly blend into the background of natural wonders. Her models recede into nature as their skin turns into the images behind them.
Content warning: artistic nudity.
-via Fubiz
Etsy seller Dave Stencil makes fine wood cutting boards with inlay images of television, film, and music stars making cooking-themed puns. His online shop is appropriately called Cutting Boredom. His themes include The Beatles, Harry Potter, 300, and The Big Lebowski.
You can almost see the thought processes inside the squirrel's mind. The bird feeder has a built-in dome to protect it from squirrels climbing the shaft. The solution is to find a position high enough but also close enough to make a death-from-above leap onto the bird feeder.
I saw Episodes I, II, and III when they came out. But I barely have any memory of them. I don't think that I could even describe the general plot. This is as a result of intense therapy over several years. It would gone a lot faster if I had access to Spock's mind meld abilities. Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy did in the episode "Spectre of the Gun." It saved their sanity and their lives, as demonstrated in this mashup video by Drew Krotz.
-via Geek Tyrant
Art director Madani Bendjellal took posters for famous movies and removed their titles and pictures of their main characters. You can view more at Fubiz. How many can you identify? Which ones were instantly recognizable and which ones took you some time to think about?
The Deer Creek Intermediate School in St. Francis, Wisconsin has a robotics team. Its equipment includes a 3D printer. The members learned about Ariah, a little girl in California who was born without most of her right hand. They decided to print an articulated prosthetic hand for her.
But it was no ordinary prosthetic hand. The team members decorated it with colors and images from the Ariah's favorite movie, Frozen. The Huffington Post reports:
With the guidance of their teacher, Peter Graven, they chose color combinations and added snowflakes to the design. To top it all off, they put “Queen Ariah” across the hand.
Later, they got to view an online video of Ariah using her new Frozen hand.
Inexplicably, the capital city of Illinois surrendered to Cobra, the terrorist organization from the G.I. Joe entertainment franchise. Why? Did Cobra Commander have dirt on Mayor J. Michael Houston? Did he offer Houston greater power after Cobra's conquest of the Midwest?
Officially, Mayor Houston gave Cobra Commander the key to the city in order to welcome visitors to G.I. Joecon, a fan convention assembling in Springfield from April 9-12. Still, this seems like a drastic and short-sighted move to get tourism dollars.
It does, however, speak well of Cobra Commander's leadership. In the past, he's failed in one violent venture after another. Perhaps he has learned that victory lies not in naked force, but by subverting pre-existing political structures. The press release quotes Cobra Commander demonstrating his now more conciliatory approach:
Springfielders near and far, I accept your Mayor’s generous gift. And let it be known that I too bring a gift for every man, woman and child of this city that is so near and dear to my heart; an invitation to join with me. Join Cobra!”
-via io9
Molly, who is biding her time--just biding her time, mind you--is a 3-year old Labrador. When you ask her to smile, she'll do it. She act like a happy, friendly dog who loves you. For now.
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In a famous scene in Breaking Bad, a furious Walter White, while feuding with his wife, angrily throws a pizza on the roof of his house.
That's a real house in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Fans know where it is. It's a tourist attraction. A pleasant couple lives there. They're okay with people stopping by to take photos. But they are tired of fans throwing pizzas on their roof.
Vince Gilligan, the creator of the show, is quite serious when he tells fans to stay off their property and not throw pizzas on their roof. You can listen to him talk about the problem at the 3:15 point in this podcast.
(Content warning: foul language.)
-via First We Feast
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Are you struggling to find the right thing to say? Despite the outcome of this scenario, you should still go with "say something weird." If he sticks around, then you've found a keeper. Think of your awkwardness as a sorting device.
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"Jesus, Grandpa, what did you read me this thing for?"
Game of Thrones is a heartwarming love story. The Princess Bride is a terrifying look into the abyss of the human soul and suffering in a godless world. Or something like that. I get them confused sometimes because, as this mashup by Shawn Kohne points out, they're very similar.
Content warning: violence and gore. On the other hand, Hodor keeps his clothes on, which is probably a good thing.
-via Jeremy Barker
Dalziel + Pop, a creative agency in London, is currently exhibiting at the Retail Design Expo in London. To demonstrate its skill set, the company built an interactive display using screenprinting with conductive ink. When visitors touch any of the 48 elements, up to 100 possible light animations activate. The company suggests that this is a great way to interact with potential customers.
I've never heard of conductive ink before. But now I want to see if I can use it in a crafting project!
-via Lustik
(Photo: Beppe Giardino)
There are 150 trees built into and around this building!
It's as close as you can come to living in an Ewok village in the middle of a city. Luciano Pia designed 25 Verde, an apartment building in Turin, Italy. It's designed so that the difference between inside and outside is blurred. There are 63 units in the 5-storey structure. The 150 trees provide shade and, the designer claims, help clean the air. You can see more photos of it at Colossal.
(Photo: Darren Rovell)
The Wilmington Blue Rocks is a minor league baseball team in Wilmington, Delaware. It has devised the perfect means of luring me to its games. This is their invention: a hot dog bun made from a Krispy Kreme donut and filled with bacon and raspberry jelly.
The team is holding a contest to name the new taste of Wilmington. Dan Carson of Bleacher Report suggests "the Groanut":
I suggest “the Groanut,” because one of these bad boys coupled with two Bud heavies equals you on the floor, instantly hungover and wallowing noisily in that hellish no man’s land beneath the stadium seats.
-via First We Feast
