Miss Cellania's Blog Posts
An account of a date at the L'Enclume, featuring the “Underground Menuâ€, which turned out to be a five-hour, 24-course experience.
http://howithappened.com/2007/05/underground-menu-at-lenclume.html -via Grow-A-Brain
The chef Simon Rogan is possibly the most innovative chef in the UK, pushing forward concepts and ideas in molecular gastronomy more than anyone except Ferran Adria. It's safe to say that I was more excited about this meal than anything I've eaten since the Fat Duck.
http://howithappened.com/2007/05/underground-menu-at-lenclume.html -via Grow-A-Brain
Wake up with the pleasant tinkling sound of a wind chime. You can hear it in a video at the product site. Link -via Ursi’s Blog
A collection of funny pictures of those who take pictures, both professional and amateur. One may be NSFW. Link -via Grow-A-Brain
The 1988 film Kele is a tale of two little girls and a scary monster by Russian animators Mikhail Aldashin and Peep Pedmanson. It is based on a folk tale and art by the Chukotka tribe of far east Russia. Push play or got to YouTube. -via Everlasting Blort
Have you ever seen a happier wombat? Honestly, I don't know if I'd recognize a wombat at all if I ever saw one, but this picture was described as 'happy wombat'. -via b3ta
YouTube user mutlunatic playing the hang, or hang drum. From Wikipedia:
A hang (pronounced 'hung' or 'hong') is a melodious percussive musical instrument, similar to a steel drum. It uses many of the same physical principles to operate. However, since it is struck with the fingers, the sound is generally much softer than a steel drum, and can be played in many ways to produce a large variety of sounds.
Push play or got to YouTube. -via Reddit
You might recall Nikolas R. Schiller as the artist who does kaleidoscopic maps. Now he has added LOL Maps to his repertoire. Reload the page to see a different LOL map. Link -via Ursi’s Blog
Intel and Ziba Design have collaborated to present the thinnest laptop computer ever. The product is code-named the Intel mobile Metro notebook, and is less than 0.7 inches thick and 2.25 pounds! No official release date yet. Link -via A Welsh View
Harley-Davidson afficianados can ride in style even after death, in this Harley hearse, a custom-built coash pulled by a three-wheeled motorcycle!
The black hearse is a replica of a 19th-century horse-drawn carriage and features sconces in each corner, a large window on each side and burgundy and gold curtains. It can fit caskets up to 39 inches wide and carry more than 900 pounds of coffin and dead weight.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/24/harley.hearse.ap/index.html to story. ss to product. -via Fark
Artist Matt Bilfield created the work Peggy with 2,788 hand-cut and painted pieces of dowel rods, which means it looks different depending on the angle from which it is viewed. It’s an interpretation of m-maybe, a painting by artist Roy Lichtenstein. http://www.mattbilfield.com/Matt%20Bilfield/peggy.html -via J-Walk Blog
How well do you know cartoon characters? In Mental Floss’ latest quiz, you must match a sound bite to the cartoon character who said it. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5970
An exercise in morphing, this video shows the faces of women painted by famous artists over a span of 500 years. Artists range from DaVinci, Raphael, and Botticelli, to Dali and Picasso. Push play or go to YouTube. -via the Presurfer
A video classified ad for a microwave oven in which the product itself raps. Mouseover then push play, or go to Vimeo. http://www.themarkpike.com/blog/2007/05/23/why-is-my-microwave-hot/ to lyrics. -via Metafilter
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