yes.

custom pixel t-shirts

living in a pixelated world. 

see custom pixel t-shirts

http://www.primitivestate.com/custom_t-shirts.asp

defining life

in case you were wondering.

a deuce deuce of the crooked i

nearly every popular rapper from the mid 90s did a commercial for st ides malt beverage. the results are stunning:






and the pg version:

Giant Gummy Bear ... on a Stick

This might be better suited for the Powers of X blog but its pretty sweet here too. . .

Candy lovers rejoice! The Giant Gummy Bear on a Stick represents the most delicious candy confection that man has ever produced. Hand made (with gloves on) in the US, the Giant Gummy Bear is 88 times larger than a standard gummy bear. Each Giant Gummy Bear weighs half a pound and comes on a stick for easy, mess-free snacking.

Functional Art of the People

Todd Norem created these media appropriate and proven effective outdoor boards for his client Ed who reported at least a 800% increase in gross income on days his media ran. Click image for full story and the rest of the signs.

If any body was still wondering. . . .

These are the routes that power takes across the country. Click for a great interactive map. (via npr)

The EyeBorg Project

Take a one eyed film maker, an unemployed engineer, and a vision for something that's never been done before and you have yourself the EyeBorg Project. Rob Spence and Kosta Grammatis are trying to make history by embedding a video camera and a transmitter in a prosthetic eye. That eye is going in Robs eye socket, and will record the world from a perspective that's never been seen before.

*Contains Strong Imagery*


Eyeborg Phase II from eyeborg on Vimeo.

a cyborg's tooth

from NASA with love.

Thanks for all the thoughtful posts lately.

In terms of the Apollo missions - granted space exploration can be a polarizing issue.  The particular relationship of the Apollo missions to the cold war and social upheaval in the late 1960's is justified in casting suspicion on their motivation if not their success but don't forget:

The rockets which launched the satellites which wirelessly bring this posting to you are all direct descendants of the space race.  Not to mention every cell phone call, email, you tube clip and as of June 12 - television show. 

a testament to the ingenuity of man

whitey on the moon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Scott-Heron

Apollo Evidence

Its simple really - we were there.  Whatever and cynical and egocentric reasons Rupert Murdoch (one of our greatest modern purveyors of ignorance) and the lunatic fringe come up with to deny our missions to the moon - we were there.  Conspiracy theories would not exist, and would simply be facts, if they were true. 

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/11jul_lroc.htm

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/apollo15_touchdown_photos_010427.html

and a mission for a new generation:

NASA's new LRO (unmanned) missions to the moon begin later this year:

http://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html

Bare Conductive Ink

Bare is a conductive ink that is applied directly onto the skin allowing the creation of custom electronic circuitry. This innovative material allows users to interact with electronics through gesture, movement, and touch. Bare can be applied with a brush, stamp or spray and is non-toxic and temporary. Application areas include dance, music, computer interfaces, communication and medical devices. Bare is an intuitive and non-invasive technology which will allow users to bridge the gap between electronics and the body.

bacon bacon

for those of you who missed this: http://www.popsci.com/bacon

Talk about fabrication . . .

Lexus made a replica of their LF-A concept car completely out of transparent acrylic. Pretty sweet! Click for full size or see link below.



http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-04/23/lexus-lf-a-a-car-built-from-plastic-and-light.aspx

A Guide to Elctric Poles

Click Picture for more info. . .

YOSEFF'S INTERNET DISCOVERY

Machines that Almost Fall Over

Machines that Almost Fall Over from Michael Kontopoulos on Vimeo.

mmm sco

this lady made a model of san francisco out of jello. she kinda sounds like a tool but the video is cool: http://kqed02.streamguys.us/anon.kqed/spark/lizhickok.m4v

INSPIRATION 4 STICKER WRKSHP

http://www.retroskatestickers.com/galleries.html

So many good ones.

jeff koons=cyborg

this is from an article about kanye west being a robot

Nike Dunk SB Low Piet Mondrian

no joke

frog lit up by swallowed christmas light

link

Bompas & Parr Jelly Makers

Former architect and PR guy design jello molds using 3D modeling, plaster castings, and vacuumed polystyrene plastic. By collaborating with a chemistry professor, they made this one glow under a black light!
NY TIMES ARTICLE:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/dining/01jelly.html

This month, they are making a "walk in cloud of breathable cocktail" in London, where visitors can, "step inside a cocktail with gin and tonic mist, giant limes, and massive straws."

lygia pape

Nari Ward

DIAMOND GYM
"Placed inside the Battle Ground Baptist Church, its roof lined with the watermarks left from Katrina, Ward’s muscular diamond shaped armature made from old workout machines mimics the structure of the building. Small wavy water-like lines cover the mirrors that bracket the piece, while small fliers stapled on the outside of the walls evoke the papered surfaces once visually defining the neighborhood after the hurricane. Ward draws inspiration not only from New Orleans but from the Rev. Al Sharpton’s office for the National Action Network, a repurposed gym, located just outside the artist’s studio in Harlem for which the piece is named after. An assemblage of Martin Luther King Jr. and other speeches fills the space, the gym mirrors powerfully reflecting both the weight of the disaster and the growing strength of the people."
http://www.artfagcity.com/?s=artworld

hawkinson pants

Weezy Baby

WORLDS LARGEST CRAYON

Was Made in Hinesville, GA.


http://www.worldamazingrecords.com/2008/12/worlds-largest-crayon-record-set-by.html

Brian Dettmer

Continuous Partial Awareness

I had to post this. The day after the critique last week, Cory Arcangel posted the outline of a lecture he gave called continuous partial awareness. Basically its him reading his 'idea list', or all of his current working ideas. Some of them are pretty hilarious. You can find the pdf and links to the audio of the lecture here.

Monomes

I've been obsessed with these things for a while now. The guys that make them call them "minimalist adaptable interfaces". Basically they are completely programmable open source devices that are able to control any program that can be run on a computer, so theres like a billion and one different things you can do with them. Seems like they're mostly used for electronic music right now, but they can be adapted for video and 2d image processing as well. Here's a simple program of conway's game of life:


conway's life from tehn on Vimeo.

here's a ridiculously complex sampling program:


pauk on pages from Pauk on Vimeo.

There's like 500 videos tagged monome on vimeo and even more on youtube, so if your interested, there's plenty of shit out there. Here's the official website.

emoter

as promised

Electrophysiology

Duchenne de Boulogne 

19th century physician & early neurologist determined that a "true smile" includes the muscles of the eyes as well as those of the mouth.  Also apparently first to use photography in medical research.  

INTERNET IN BLOOM

http://undertow.arch.gatech.edu/homepages/virtualopera/cyber24/SITE/htm3/site.htm











+ FREE NIRVANA DOWNLOAD
http://sadsteve.com/preview.py?id=6c7446b6fc8daafce985614eb82490fcca4fe5c2&title=In%20Bloom&artist=Nirvana

Endless Forms

http://www.darwinendlessforms.org/overview.html

E. Rutherford, NJ

After US Airways flight 1549 emergency landed safely in the Hudson river, the airplane's remains needed to be trucked through E. Rutherford, NJ on their way to an FAA hanger to be evaluated.  The little town wasn't quite ready for the Airbus A320.

Fucking Narwhals

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/7835/ignboardsofficiallookinkj4.png

chrome in a can

for all your chrome-like needs:

http://www.alsacorp.com

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melting google

http://gzzglz.com/

definitely irrelevant

some fun links...

I thought y'all would find this awesome:

http://www.feelunique.com/the-best-lips-in-make-up.php

AND

http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/02/copper-cookie-cutters-as-art-shapes-from-maine-by-allan-mccollum-food-art/

Love,

Ella

something irrelevant(?)

"It has certainly been flame grilled but this extraordinary cow is still standing.

The poor creature was struck by lightening and left with blistering burns. You would expect it to have been cooked alive" (The Daily Mail).

post-lightning ruminant. i guess its only irrelevant if your not into what shit looks like after a lightning strike. which, i dunno, some of you probably are...i guess i am too. article here.

"But if it wasn't for its horrific wounds, you could hardly tell the animal had suffered."

The Hills Have Eyes

These portraits of women in Africa, Asia, and South America were done by the French photographer JR.  The prints were then illegally plastered to buildings, trains, buses etc... as a sort of gesture against wartime violence.  This is the website for the project.

Okay, let the show begin...