Move over, Lassie - here's Skippy The Bush Kangaroo (from a popular Australian
TV series back in the late 60s).
Is there anything Skippy can't do? Link [Embedded YouTube Link]
Yes, Skippy was parodied by British comedy show Goodness Gracous Me as Skipinder the Punjabi Kangaroo [YouTube Link, a little NSFW language].
For Halloween, Andrew Lindstrom of Well Medicated Blog has something special for all of us. He's posting his collection of 100 vintage horror posters. The first 50 has a link to the rest: Link - via IZ Reloaded
I'm pretty sure this is a case of vandalism ... either that or a really clever guerrilla ad for Kung Fu Panda! Thanks Boots!
Photo: W. Woessner
That's a wire sculpture of an escalator by Fritz Panzer, as seen at the Krobath Wimmer gallery: Link
For her art project "The Pedestrian Project," costume designer Yvette Helin decided that she's going to bring to life the "lady" from the ubiquitous street sign.
She's done this since 1989, but stopped after 9/11 - now, she's restarting the project for Art in Odd Places in Manhattan: http://www.pedestrianproject.yvettehelinstudio.com/
It took Christian Bok 7 years to write Eunoia - the word is the shortest word in the English language containing all five vowels.
Eunoia means "beautiful thinking" and it's a very fitting title to Christian's book, in which each chapter uses only one vowel!
From CHAPTER A - FOR HANS ARP:
Hassan Abd al-Hassad, an Agha Khan, basks at an ashram - a Taj Mahal that has grand parks and grass lawns, all as vast as parklands at Alhambra and Valhalla. Hassan can, at a handclap, call a vassal at hand and ask that all staff plan a bacchanal - a gala ball that has what pagan charm small galas lack. Hassan claps, and (tah-dah) an Arab lass at a swank spa can draw a man's bath and wash a man's back, as Arab lads fawn and hang, athwart an altar, amaranth garlands as fragrant as attar - a balm that calms all angst. A dwarf can flap a palm branch that fans a fat maharajah. A naphtha lamp can cast a calm warmth.
Link - Thanks Ali S.!
Psst! The Moustache is Tiny Squid Roasts. And whatever you do, DO NOT get the Demon Moustache - found at Ectomoplasmosis
Photo: Firestarter by Dave Roth
In a long list of photos that went viral on the Net, here is: Disaster Girl. In a mere few weeks, the photo has been endlessly photoshopped into the newest Internet meme (why, there's even a YouTube video clip). Link
This is what every lawn needs: Moe the robotic lawn mowing sheep, made by Osman Khan at the Carnegie Mellon University.
Geeks are Sexy blog has the video clip:
The sheep, named Mower, has been designed by Osman Khan, a visiting assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon’s, with Philip K. Dick’s “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” in mind.
The robot features GPS navigation, obstacle avoidance sensors and lawn mowing teeth. It will move around your backyard on 6 little articulated legs, cutting grass wherever it steps.
This slow economy has everyone cutting back ... even Ferrari is making their new Formula One race car out of cheaper materials like ... LEGOs! Actually, it's just a driveable 1:1 scale model for the annual LEGO World convention: http://www.0-60mag.com/online/?p=5552
Halloween is nearing, and AskMen has a really neat article about the 5 Things You Didn't Know About Halloween. For example:
2- Halloween trick-or-treating originated from begging
The only real difference between begging and trick-or-treating is in perspective: The former is lowly, the latter is sanctioned. In fact, some U.S. states don’t hide it, calling Halloween “Beggars' Night,” while some groups have campaigned against the practice, labeling it extortion.Although no documentary evidence exists, trick-or-treating resembles a practice known as "souling," once performed in the British Isles by poor people around November 1. They would go door to door begging for food; in exchange, they would offer to pray for the souls of the dead.
Artists Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese made an ice sculpture of the word "ECONOMY" and set set it outside in downtown Manhattan. The duo said that the melting 1,500 lb ice symbolize today's economic meltdown.
Previously on Neatorama: Ice Sculptures of Melting Men by Nele Azevedo | 10 American Financial Meltdowns in the Past Century | T-Shirts About the Economy
Can't tell the difference between DOS and BIOS? Think that RAM is just a male sheep? Then you need to take a look at this excellent 1984 guide to computers:
In Computability, an instructional VHS tape from 1984, comedian Steve Allen and actress Jayne Meadows "take us on a light-hearted but detailed tour of the ways a home computer can change your life by simply using the correct software packages to suit your needs." [...]
With an Apple II, a Kaypro 2, cheeseball computer animation and a grab-bag of corny jokes, this is classic computing from the VHS era. Keep an eye out for references to Wargames, hackers, Boy George, Ronald Reagan, and more.
From the always excellent Waxy blog by Andy Baio: Link
Mark Langan created wonderful artwork using one of the most mundane of materials: corrugated cardboards!
Years ago, while tearing apart some old corrugated boxes, Langan noticed the wavy, fluted layer of paper (called medium) sandwiched between the smooth sheets of linerboard. “It got me to thinking that, if I were to slice, stack, and glue pieces to each other, some very interesting effects could be created,” he recalls.
Last July, Langan began turning that thought into reality, creating artworks by layering sheets of corrugated into aesthetically pleasing patterns. “The corrugated lends itself well to patterns,” he explains. “When viewed from different angles and lighting, the piece changes.”
Check out Mark's Artwork: Article at Inhabitat | Mark's Website
Today's the 79th anniversary of the infamous Black Tuesday, one of three days in which Wall Street crashed. Many people mark the Crash of 1929 as the official beginning of the Great Depression.
It's interesting to note that on Black Tuesday, the market lost about $14 billion in value (a chump change when compared to the $700 billion bailout package of 2008) and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost only 30.57 points (a bit percentage though: about 12%).
People who thought that this drop in price was a buying opportunity would be in for a rude surprise: stock values bounced back a little but then continued its slide for several years. The bottom was reached about two and a half years later; by then the Dow had lost almost 90% of its value from before the crash.
Obviously the stock market recovered from the Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression - but it took almost 25 years for it to do so.
Read more about it on Neatorama's 10 American Financial Meltdowns in the Past Century
