DeviantART member randomasusual makes sculptures out of, well, random things. Lately, she's been working with watch parts. Among other projects, she turns old watches into tiny guitars. The strings are made of solder. Very elegant!
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I don't see the problem. One Direction Farrier would have been a perfectly good name. Or, for something more traditional, we could have chosen Slayer Farrier. But I never win arguments with my wife and had to pay for the legal name change from my own pocket.
Lara Hawker, a face painting and special effects artist, frames the fearful symmetry of the tiger with a bit of paint and a lot of skill. She writes, "Thought I'd try something a little out of my comfort zone." I'd love to see more work like this!
Damn!! New at Lambeau Field at Packers game. The HORSE COLLAR! pic.twitter.com/96OcTcCYJT
— Bill Michaels (@Bill_Michaels) August 21, 2014It's called the Horse Collar because it's shaped like the harness and because you'll need a stout draft horse to drag you home after you eat one. As you might expect, Green Bay Packers fans invented it. You can count on Cheeseheads to develop the heartiest, greasiest, most dangerous game foods on Earth.
Heath Barbato, the executive chef at the Packers' Lambeau Field, says that it's a roll with a 22-inch kielbasa, beer cheese, and fried sauerkraut.
-via I Own the World
Having rescued the princess, Link stands atop a pile of his enemies. Jeremiah Lambert composed this image inspired by a famous (and somewhat risque) painting of Conan by the great fantasy artist Frank Frazetta. It was his contribution to Art Jams, an online community of artists inspired by pop culture.
-via Geek Art Gallery
In July and August, the city of Dresden, Germany hosted a public art festival that gathered more than 500 contributions from around the world. Tour buses took visitors around the city, showing them the best entries, such as those you see above.
You can view more photos at Rebel Art. That site is in German. Here's an English translation.
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In February and again in June, I made anime watching recommendations and asked for them from Neatorama readers. We had great chats about anime. So let's do it again, shall we?
I learned about Knights of Sidonia from Richard Eisenbeis, Kotaku's anime critic. He calls it "a mecha anime with a realistic twist." Knights of Sidonia, which is remiscent of Battlestar Galactica, is the story of the remnant of the human race struggling to survive in an inter-generational war against genocidal aliens. It is a superb series that demonstrates thoughtful and thorough worldbuilding. Some of these elements are truly original--not rehashes of common tropes. In any science fiction series, that is a tremendous advantage.
In real history, Japan National Railways--the government agency which operated that nation's rail network--was privatized in 1987. In the series Rail Wars, this event never took place and the JNR is still in operation. The series, which you can watch on Crunchyroll, shows the adventures of four young high school trainees who are trying to secure permanent positions.
Now the story of people trying to get jobs at a government bureaucracy might not sound exciting, but it is when it's a quasi-military organization beset with terrorist attacks and conspiracies. Even if you're not a railroading junkie, you'll be impressed by the complexities of modern railroading that the characters find so fascinating.
Cartoonist James Chapman likes to illustrate the words used in different languages for common sounds, such as chewing, sneezing, and dogs barking. Now he reveals something that surprised me: Pokémon have different names in different languages.
Some of the choices are particularly good. Relaxo is an excellent name for Snorlax and Karpador works well for Magikarp.
Who says that dogs and cats can't be friends? Certainly not these two. Oliver the dog and Arashi the cat are best friends. They do everything together! Each of us would be lucky to have a friendship like this one. You can see more photos at their Instagram account.
It can get lonely out on the range. The only one Lizzy, the bearded dragon cowpuncher, has to talk to is her faithful mount, Rambo. They work the ranch together together at Critter Camp, an animal sanctuary in German Valley, Illinois. When Lizzy and Rambo finish a cattle drive, they return home to their family, which includes foxes, kinkajous, a macaw, and a skink.
-via Geekologie
Here's a clever gadget that offers a practical solution to an easily foreseeable problem. Yes, there's room for your wheelchair in the back of the car. But once you've sat in your car, how are you going to put it there? For a wheelchair user traveling independently, this could pose a serious problem.
The solution is this robot arm that I gather was either made and/or sold by MV1 Canada, a mobility equipment company in Concord, Ontario. The controls are mounted under the dashboard. The driver uses them to control the arm, which grabs the wheelchair and puts it in the back of the car.
-via The Automata Blog
Vine videos are only 6 seconds long. You record by pressing the surface of your smartphone, then releasing when you want the app to stop recording. By quickly pressing and releasing, over and over again, you can record a lengthy event in segments.
Ian Padgham has developed this new medium into an art form. He brought that skill home in this video of his wife Claire Pasquier during her 9 months of pregnancy. Every month, he recorded her for 2 frames.
He should take this same approach as his child grows up. They do, after all, grow up so quickly.
-via BuzzFeed
Cartoonist John Atkinson, who recently diagrammed the anatomical structure of popular musical genres, now brings that same keen analysis to film.
He reveals that movies are terribly formulaic. It would be nice to mix them up a bit. Let's have action films that end with ukulele covers of The Cure songs, explosions in romantic comedies, and weird rural people in sci-fi movies.
(Photo: Amos Chapple)
There's a rain gauge in Mawsynram, Meghalaya, India. On average, it collects 467 inches--that's 38.9 feet--of rainfall a year. Contrast that with about 50 inches of annual precipitation in New York City. It's the wettest place on Earth and the people who live there have had to adapt accordingly.
Photographer Amos Chapple visited Mawsynram. He's published 18 photos of it in The Atlantic. You can view them all here.
Do you see the kids crossing the bridge? That bridge is alive. Because the rain rots standard wooden structures, the villagers have, over the centuries, developed the ability to shape and weave living trees into useful objects. That bridge is a living rubber tree.
-via American Digest
Will the ALS's Ice Bucket Challenge still be popular by Halloween? The online store Brands on Sale is counting on it. It sells a costume that looks like you're constantly under the bucket--as long as you have the strength to hold it over your head.
The costume comes with a plastic bucket, an ice cube tray, and a plastic film that vaguely resembles water pouring over your body.
Brands on Sale says that it will donate $10 for every purchase of this $39.99 costume.
Bonus Item: Star Trek actor Patrick Stewart offers this elegant, dignified response to the ice bucket challenge.
-via Huffington Post
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