A Webshots user who goes by the name gothamtradingcompany makes high-quality tables with popular themes. He's made a few Batman tables, one featuring the Scottish lion, and several with the logos of American sports teams. Link -via Walyou

Etsy seller Love & A Sandwich is currently sold out of these cute works of embroidery and appliqué, but she still has available a hoop featuring Beast from the X-Men. Still, I have my heart set on the Fuzzball hoop. Link -via The Mary Sue

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YouTube user simplydreaming had some fun with his mom's parrot, Kiwi. I wonder if there is any human equivalent to what animals experience when they encounter a laser pointer's red dot. -via Urlesque

These pods are moored in a canal in The Hague. They used to be oil rig life rafts, but now they serve as hotel rooms. Except for an exterior lock and a chemical toilet, they remain in their original state. This way, you can get the true life raft-in-a-canal experience!

Denis Oudendijk, the owner, established this business in 2004 as an art project. He plans to expand it to include pods in Amsterdam and Nantes.

http://www.unusualhotelsoftheworld.com/CapsuleHotel -via The Presurfer | Photo: Unusual Hotels of the World

The father of redditor BronyaCovooper carves monkey sculptures out of dried peach pits. All it takes him is a pocket knife and thirty minutes of work. Link -via Nerdcore

Prop maker Chris Myles, the man behind those marvelous lemon grenades, devised several functional Rubik's Cubes that look like Weighted Companion Cubes. Lambert Varias of Technabob asks "What’s next Chris? A GLaDOS Speak & Spell?" Yes, please!

Link -via Technabob

Scott Gundersen makes enormous portraits out of used wine corks. If I understand it correctly, Gundersen doesn't paint the corks at all, but arranges them by their pre-existing colors.

Pictured above is Grace, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide who, Gundersen states, "came to fully embody her name, shared her story and regained her smile."

Link -via Dude Craft

Chefs at an exhibition hosted by the Fuzhou Hotel in Fuzhou, China, made motorcycle sculptures out of pieces of lobster. Warning: not street-legal in the US.

Link -via Geekologie | Image: Xinhua/Zheng Shuai

The unnamed gentlemen in this video are concerned about running out of ammunition during a major zombie attack. So they devised this ingenious solution: two 100-round magazines for an AK-47 strapped together. When you empty one side, flip it over.

Video Link -via Everyday, No Days Off

Benjamin Harff, a German art student, spent a year creating a copy of The Silmarillion in the tradition of medieval European illuminated manuscripts. Most of the text itself is typed, but the elaborate calligraphy is Harff's own work. Click on the link to see some amazing works of calligraphy.

Link -via Nerdcore | Photo: Tolkien Library

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Oh, sure, the Nintendo classic Duck Hunt was a fine game. But what's not widely known is that it was based on a one-act play by Harold Pinter. Thankfully, Piper McKenzie Productions has revived this and other stage presentations of Donkey Kong, Pitfall and Pac-Man.

In the above recording of Duck Hunt, two hunters plan to enjoy a day of duck hunting in the woods. But dark, unspoken secrets between them begin to surface.

Link -via Nerd Bastards

You cannot resist the power of the Steamy Side. This steampunk mask made by Michael Salerno "represents the Imperial aspirations of the European powers in the 19th Century."

Link -via Bit Rebels | Previously: Steampunk Darth Vader Mask

In his Alternate Histories prints series, Etsy seller Matthew Buchholz imagines small, subtle changes in American history as reflected in iconic prints. Here, for example, is a picture of the massive statue Emperor Krgyyx Threatening the World. Of course, if you live in New York City, you can just look at the real thing, although the visitors' center is currently closed for renovations. Link -via The Breda Fallacy

It's hard to work in the creative industries. You've got to have a thick skin because you're going to get told 'no', a lot. You may even get rejected for things you've never asked, as Shawnee Barton discovered. Art San Diego rejected her non-existent submission to a film festival. Here's a passage from her response:

After all this, I (half-jokingly) wonder if Art San Diego is an organization made up of art supporters or artist soul crushers. I whole-heartedly wish the fair success and look forward to seeing the work you did not reject. That being said, I do not need your flogging.

Link -via @Christopher Jobson | Photo by Flickr user comedy_nose used under Creative Commons license

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Sure, it's a challenge, but it's not underwater chess boxing. Now that would be a sight to see.

This video shows a boxing match that allegedly took place in 1939 at Wembley Empire Pool in London. As YouTube user diagonaluk writes, "Can't imagine why this never caught on." Me neither. -via Doobybrain