A must see. LINK
Monday, December 31, 2007
Beautiful White Peacock
Traditionally, if anyone saw white peacock, your fortune turned better!
This is really true.White peacock is the resemble of good luck.Ppl are ready to pay lakhs of rupees to get just one feather of this peacock.One way to recognise its genuineness is that its shadow forms on the same side from where the light comes i.e on the opposite side of where it is supposed to form.This is true. LINK
Islamic Art
Double-Walled Ewer in the Form of a Rooster
Late 12th-early 13th century; Persian, Seljuk Dynasty; Ceramic; height 27 cm (6 3/4 in.); Founders Society Purchase with funds from the Founders Junior Council, Henry Ford II Fund, Benson and Edith Ford Fund and J. Lawrence Buell, Jr., Fund; 1989.34
This rare double-shelled ewer imitates in ceramic the Seljuk metalwork technique of openwork decoration, a masterpiece in the annals of pottery production.
A pierced outer shell representing deer, sphinxes, and human-headed birds covers a solid inner shell designed to hold the liquid contents. Inscriptions and willow leaves encircle the lower body and neck, above which rises a rooster's head with an open crest to receive liquid and a pierced beak for pouring. The rooster, perhaps identified here as the Simurgh (a magical being able to protect against evil) in this case possibly was intended to guard the owner of the ewer from poison. LINK
folk arts - art gallery in Prison
FOLK ARTS are crafted of materials indigenous to the place from which they spring.
IN PRISON - where resources are slim to none, inmates create with soap, cigarette wrappers, toilet paper, pebbles, toothpicks, pop cans, white bread, and much more!
Toilet paper sculpture done by Keith Dwy. Prison toilet paper is the coarse cheap kind, malleable when wet, hard and durable when dried. One toilet paper artist, paroled to a half-way house, discovered that the relatively luxurious toilet paper available on the streets was too weak for his sculptures. He contacted an aquaintance on the prison staff to get the name of the institution’s supplier. LINK
Happy New Year 2008 (Abba - happy new year)
Want to wish all of you out there in blogger world a Happy New Year from my co-blogger and I. Have enjoyed being a part of the Blogger World and will be here for a long time to come.
50 Cent - In Da Club
Music video by 50 Cent performing In Da Club: MTV Version
with Curtis Jackson, Andre R. Young, Mike Elizondo
(C) 2003 Shady Records/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records. LINK: Youtube
True Friends - Beautiful Animals And People Together
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These sweet images of people and pets (some really big ones!) together will stir you to remember just how important good friends are and how much we do need them. Music ... More»by James Taylor - "How sweet it is to be loved by you". LINK
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Fast Break Dancing
People videos
Break dancing experts. These talented dancers make it look simple. LINK
Unicycling just got cool
People videos
Unicycles used to be for clowns at the circus. Not anymore, as this guy shows what you can do with that one wheel. LINK
New Species Discovered That Look Like Aliens (Crazy)
Amazing real deep water discoveries! LINK: LiveLeak
The King of maneuver
Weird Abandoned Structure in the Russian Forests
The main test equipment before installation of the company PEC TUR (Germany), designed to test isolated thunderstorm pressure and pulse switching voltage and variable frequency industrial, as well as the installation of its own design for test equipment pulsed currents.
Among the means of measurement, which is equipped with the PEC should highlight exemplary measuring systems are available for calibration of the working method of measuring direct comparisons, in accordance with the recommendations of the IEC. LINK
Another LINK. Via: Neatorama
The SoftLightes - The Microwave Song
Single taken from their album "Say No To Being Cool Say Yes To Being Happy" on Modular Records. Video directed by Kris Moyes. Link: Youtube
LINKS:
http://www.thesoftlightes.com
http://www.myspace.com/thesoftlightes
http://www.modularpeople.com
http://www.kmoyes.com
Softlightes "Heart Made Of Sound" music video Dir. Kris Moye
The first video for Californian wonder pop outfit Softlightes. Beautiful stop motion story directed by Australian Kris Moyes. LINK, VIA: Samsung/ Imagine MP3 Atitude Player
Astronomy Pictures of the Year
There was certainly no shortage of breathtaking images to choose from — with robotic cameras orbiting Mars and rolling around its surface, the Cassini spacecraft at Saturn, space telescopes exploring the cosmos, and ground-based imaging with increasingly sophisticated hardware and software. Link
One of those selected was this image of the Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1672. Link
Funny cats compilation
One of the funniest cats compilations we have ever seen! This is a couple of minutes long with some simply amazing cat videos ! LINK
Little Boy Falls Out While Performing to Britney video clip
This little boy is singing a Britney Spears song in private when his mother catches him and he does this... LINK
Friday, December 28, 2007
Tony-B Machine Classic
For those of you that like to jam and make your own Tunes you've gotta check this out. I played with it for a half hour the first time and will continue. You can record what you do and who knows maybe send it on to someone as many people do. Have fun and enjoy. Here is the LINK.
3D Fireworks Glasses Video - Rainbow Symphony Inc.
Watching Fireworks in 3D with Rainbow Symphony's Fireworks Glasses.This is awesome you have to see it 3D. LINK: Youtube
You can get a free pair at Rainbow Symphony Inc.
Trampoline Stunts
Trampoline Stunts, but also listen to the words to the music. I'm a Survivor and I'm a Believer, I don't give up on those I Love, that's my Beliefs and Honesty is the best policy whether some believe it or not. LINK: Youtube
Fox on Trampoline
A wild fox playing on the kids' trampoline in the back garden, who would've ever thought you could capture this. LINK: Youtube
Thursday, December 27, 2007
The Stairs of Love
Fifty years ago, a 19-year-old Chinese man named Liu fell in love with an older woman, a 29-year-old widow named Xu.
At the time, it was unacceptable for a man to marry an older woman, so the couple eloped and lived in a cave in a mountain.
It was a grueling trip to go up and down the mountain, so for the next fifty years, Liu carved over 6,000 steps by hand so his wife could walk down the mountain more easily!
A half century later in 2001, a group of adventures were exploring the forest, they surprisingly found the elderly couple and the over 6,000 stairs of hand carved ladder.
“My parents loved each other so much, they have lived in seclusion for over 50 years and never been apart a single day.” Liu MingSheng, one of their seven children said, “He hand carved more than 6,000 steps over the years for my mother’s convenience, although she doesn’t go down the mountain that much.”
Read more about this touching love story at Weird Asia: Link (with video), LINK: Neatorama
The Many Faces of Joker
Take a look at Why So Serious? The Many Faces of Joker, with images spanning from the first comic book to feature the character in 1940 to Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight. This one is from the 1988 graphic novel The Killing Joke. Link
Bonus: Here’s an image of the even earlier character who inspired the creation of The Joker. Link LINK: Neatorama
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Colored Chicks Got Dye Injection While in Eggs
I’ve always thought that 1) buying baby chicks - cute as they are - for little children’s transitory enjoyment on Easter is kind of cruel and 2) colored chicks get to be that way because they are sprayed with dye after they are hatched.
I don’t know if you agree with me or not on point number one, but I guess I was wrong on the second part: chicks can actually get colored by injection of dyes a couple of hours before hatching time!
The scanned article above came from a 1947 Mechanix Illustrated, but it seems like the technique is alive and well today. LINK
Monday, December 24, 2007
Weird Al Yankovic -The Night Santa Went Crazy
A Weird Al Yankovic Original Song
Close enough to Soul Asylum's-Black Gold that some consider it to be a true parody. VIA: Youtube
Tokyo Dance Trooper
shoddy cam by kirainet.com
dodgy dancing by dannychoo.com
meaning of life at starwars.com
music to groove you by earth wind and fire. VIA: Youtube
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Artistic Tae Kwon Do Kata
A girl performing an artistic TKD kata.
Check out her speed and flexibility! VIA: Youtube
ELVIS PRESLEY IF EVERY DAY WAS LIKE CHRISTMAS
LYRICS:(Words & music by Red West)
I hear the bells
Saying Christmas is near
They ring out to tell the world
That this is the season of cheer
I hear a choir
Singing sweetly somewhere
And a glow fills my heart
I'm at peace with the world
As the sound of their singing fills the air
Oh why can't every day be like Christmas
Why can't that feeling go on endlessly
For if everyday could be just like Christmas
What a wonderful world this would be
I hear a child
Telling Santa what to bring
And the smile upon his tiny face
Is worth more to me than anything
Oh why can't every day be like Christmas
Why can't that feeling go on endlessly
For if everyday could be just like Christmas
What a wonderful world this would be.
Yes Christmas, a time of the year when we SHOULD all be Happy.
Via: Youtube
Sidekick Arbyn------ Lions vs Cape Buffalo vs Crocodile who will win?
to watch the whole video to see who wins this battle.
Link
http://loscuatroojos.com/2007/12/21/a-battle-between-lions-cape-buffalo-and-crocodiles-who-will-win/
Saturday, December 22, 2007
RIP Dan Fogelberg
Swimming Sloth
World’s Scariest Roads
These hairpin curves are part of a military road in China, and there are no guardrails. Link
Shoot Tony VS Paul
A really Awesome Fight clip called Tony vs paul but remixed with Shoot The Runner- by Kasabian. Remixed by Kyler And Josh. AKA: Deth On Wheelz. LINK: Youtube
Friday, December 21, 2007
An Ice Palace in St. Petersburg
So when it’s minus sixty seven - what do people do? Oh they have some fun, for sure. For example how about building a big ice palace on the city square putting outside real bowls with plants and inside cakes made of snow…
This is totally awesome, wish I could see this in person. Link
Russian nature in winter
Some nice shots of Russian nature at winter by Mikhail Tkachev. It’s winter now isn’t it! LINK
Sidekick Arbyn------Missing link ??
Link http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7150627.stm
Via
http://presurfer.blogspot.com/2007/12/whale-missing-link-discovered.html
INSANE Piano Style Guitarist - MUST SEE
ncredible Guitar Tapping From A Crazy Guitarist In A Park! Via: Youtube
Dancing Sony Robots
Awesome Sony robots in Japan! They move really smoothly and quickly for machines. Very impressive. Via: Youtube
Amazing Chain Reaction
In 1987 Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss built an enormous, precarious structure 100 feet long out of common items. Using fire, water, gravity, and chemistry they create a mind-blowing chain reaction of physical and chemical interactions and precisely crafted chaos. Presurfer, Via: Youtube
"Ice Worms"
The ice worm is a creature most people think is a myth - if they've heard of it at all. But ice worms really exist. The first ice worm species were discovered in 1887 in Alaska, on the Muir Glacier. These glacier ice worms can also be found on glaciers in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.
When ice worms are exposed to temperatures as low as 5°C, their membranes melt and the worm itself liquifies. Ice worms are several centimeters long, and can be black, blue, or white in color. Ice worms come to the surface of the glaciers in the evening and morning. LINK
"Color Changing Coat"
A coat with a black and white polka dot pattern and a color-changing RGB LED into the center of each of the spots.
When the coat is first turned on, the lights are synchronized for a while (going through a slow fade of red, green, blue, gold, aqua, pink).
Over time, the individual lights go through their changes independently and out of phase, for a nice random color changing effect. Via: Presurfer
Science Tattoos "HeartFlowerNerve.jpg"
"It's a tattoo, as you'll see in the picture, of a heart. Growing from the heart is a seeding dandelion, from which are flowing, instead of seeds, nerve cells.The dandelion serves as a great way to tie the two together, and also adds a good element of motion to the tattoo. The stem of the dandelion is, essentially, the superior vena cava, and the roots are the pulmonary arteries (going off to the lungs). The dandelion leaves are all growing out of the aortic arch. The angle of the heart makes some confused as to what they're seeing. The heart is rotated so that the majority of the image is the right atrium (purple) and ventricle (red). A small portion of the left ventricle and atrium are seen on the rightmost part of the image.
On the blog, The Loom, carl asked whether scientists wear many tattoos of their science. The answer was yes. He posted all the tattoos people sent him here on Flickr. If you've got one you'd like to share, send it (along with some explanation) to: blog at carl zimmer dot com. Via: Flickr
Corporate Logos Redesigned in Web 2.0
Came up with a cool idea for this. Going to take my last name and put in place of McDonalds, with the words "AND LOVIN IT" below the logo. My co-blogger, "Arbyn" is giving me a hand being I have yet to learn a few things about computers. Arbyn also did his logo and we have T-Shirts that he had made, which I also want to do for my own personal reasons. You can check out Arbyns T-Shirt here. My Logo will be posted in the near future. LINK: The Presurfer
OK Go - Here It Goes Again
Also visit myspace.com/okgo. Watching and listening reminds me of life, on a treadmill and going nowhere. Your up and your feet get knocked out from underneath you.Tell me what you get from this video in the comments. LINK: youtube
Evolution of Dance
Comedian Judson Laipply shows us the Evolution of Dance. You have it all here folks, from the Twist to the Patridge Family, Disco to Macarena, and even a little Vanilla Ice to boot! This video reinvents the meaning of “Funniest Video.” I have no idea how this guy makes it through this entire video without passing out. Some serious moves right here. LINK, Via: Youtube
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven-London-10 December 2007
The unimaginable has happened in London Monday night, the night of 10 December, from which overwhelmed concert-goers took quite a few days to never want to recuperate.
Grown men who have come from 5,000 miles/km away to be squeezed against each other at the urinals looking at each other, trying to receive yet another confirmation that they really were at this surreal gathering of the quarter century .... LINK: Youtube
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Beautiful Night shots of Yokohama, Japan
Great night shots of Yokohama which is the third largest city in Japan at night. LINK: Hemmy.net
Stunning Views of Asia
Beautiful views and sceneries in Asia where some of them can be easily recognized if one has been there before. These views include Taj Mahal in India, Twin Towers in Malaysia, Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque in Brunei, Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall in Taiwan and many others. LINK: Hemmy.net
Sidekick Arbyn------The Simpsons pay homage to Pink Floyd in movie publicity stunt
Pink Floyds album "Animals"
See the video on the link below.
Link
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/12/17/video-the-simpsons-bring-pink-floyd-to-life/
Sidekick Arbyn------UK going "drama queen" on disposal of CFL "compact flourescent light bulbs"
mongering. I thought CFL's were suppose help the planet? The point is,
they don't! More to come on this from Sidekick Arbyn cuz this topic gets
me going.
Via boingboing
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/19/how-the-uk-governmen.html
Paul Oakenfold - Ready Steady Go
The music video for "Ready Steady Go" by Paul Oakenfold. Rare video, great to watch. Love the song. LINK: Youtube
Dj tiesto power mix
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Human Statue of Liberty
"On a stifling July day in 1918, 18,000 officers and soldiers posed as Lady Liberty on the parade [drill] grounds at Camp Dodge." [This area was west of Baker St. and is currently the area around building S34 and to the west.] "According to a July 3, 1986, story in the Fort Dodge Messenger, many men fainted-they were dressed in woolen uniforms-as the temperature neared 105 degrees Farenheit. The photo, taken from the top of a specially constructed tower by a Chicago photography studio, Mole & Thomas, was intended to help promote the sale of war bonds.
Many examples of Mole's patriotic photographs in true perspective still exist. Pay close attention to the way spatial depth and perspective is defied. As in the Statue of Liberty there are twice as many men in the flame of the torch as in the rest of the design. LINK, Via: Snopes.com Snopes is a site that debunks or proves urban myths, and this was proved not to be a Myth.
Crazy animal eyes
Holy crap this is freaky. Not positive but pretty sure this is a Lemur. If not let me know in the comments. LINK: Youtube
Impressive Views of the Hoover Dam
The Hoover Damn is a concrete dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River on the border between the US states of Arizona and Nevada. It was also used for some of the scenes in the blockbuster movie Transformers where Megatron was kept frozen underground in a secret facility. The construction period of the dam took around 5 years 1931-1936 and costed $49 million. Lake Mead is the reservoir created behind the dam and the Lake Mead National Recreational area is the fifth busiest US National Park. The Hoover Dam and Lake Mead attracts 8 to 10 million visitors each year. LINK: Hemmy.net
Sidekick Arbyn------Beautiful waterfalls of the world
http://www.bulapictures.com/index.php?l=show&id=69
Via http://presurfer.blogspot.com/
Sidekick Arbyn------Huge rat discovered in Indonesia
Beatboxing flute inspector gadget remix
Beatboxing Flute player Greg Pattillo "inspector gadget" with a twist like nothing you've heard (unless you've been wandering through washington square park and heard him there.
LINK: Youtube
But then watch and listen to the video below from Axel F.- Harold Faltermeyer that says the song is from "Beverly Hills Cops."
Axel F. - Harold Faltermeyer (HQ Audio)
Middle 80's Classic "Beverly Hills Cop" Harold Faltermeyer Great Theme.
LINK: Youtube
Sidekick Arbyn------Lifehackers's best freeware and web apps
http://lifehacker.com/software/feature/lifehackers-2007-guide-to-free-software-and-webapps-334568.php
amazing human beat box ( too strange )
This is from American Idol, if anyone knows more about this please leave it in the comments. Thank-You. LINK: Youtube
Monday, December 17, 2007
Sidekick Arbyn------Ill take a large Yoda pizza
Link http://www.miniaturebrainwave.com/2007/12/06/yoda-pizza/
Via www.neatorama.com
Red Fluorescent Cat Cloned
A cloned Turkish Angola kitten, left, gives off a red fluorescence glow while an ordinary one appears to be green in this picture taken under ultraviolet light at a laboratory of Gyeongsang National University in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, Wednesday. The cloned cat’s genes were modified with a fluorescent protein. / Yonhap. LINK
SideKick Arbyn-------McDonalds steals Nine Inch Nails art? WTF?
Yes Ronald has robbed Trent. WTF
http://i19.tinypic.com/6tzbk38.jpg
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Electric eel lights up Xmas tree
Dec 13 - A new Christmas installation is taking centre stage at a Japanese acquarium involving an electric eel and Christmas tree lights.
The electric eel discharges up to 800 watts of power and every time the creature moves it lights up the Christmas tree.
The eel and the tree has been a crowd puller, with hundreds coming to watch the eel move and the lights twinkle. LINK: Reuters.com
Nine Inch Nails Remix by Arbyn
Arbyn, my co-blogger has created a remix of Nine Inch Nails song "Survivalism" called "Survival of the First Ableton Live 7 Halo". He was inspired by a site NIN created that allows you to freely download and remix the bands latest album. Remix.NIN
Link to Arbyn's profile on Remix.NIN
Not too shabby considering it was the first time he had ever attempted a remix, and the first time using "Ableton 7 Live", to create the remix, thus the name of the remix.
Arbyn "Survival of the First Ableton 7 Live Halo"
remix of NIN "Survivalism"
The New Beijing Airport Terminal 3 Looks Similar To A UFO
Amazing. This is the new Terminal Three at the Beijing Airport In China. Some have described it to look similar to a flying saucer. LINK: Youtube
Luminous Christmas Decorations in Seoul
Luminous decorations is seen near a Christmas tree at the annual tree-lighting ceremony in front of Seoul city hall December 8, 2007. Link: Spluch
CIRCUS SUNRISE Trio Diabolo Sisters Chinese yoyo
3 girl diabolo act. Working with the music from Bond, they have great timing with the tricks and acrobatics. LINK
Orca Attack Seal with Waves
In Antarctica, a most unusual method for orca to dislodge a crabeater seal from an ice floe - they made large waves to wash the seal off the relative safety of the ice. Later the orca put the seal back on the ice and dislodged the seal a second time which suggested strongly they were training their young. LINK, Via: Youtube
Frozen Cherry Tree
Friday, December 14, 2007
Teenar, Girl Guitar.
That's Lou Reimuller (the creator), playing Teenar back in 1986. It's an old mannequin that he transformed into a guitar. LINK
By Myself - Linkin Park
The song of "By Myself" by Linkin Park with some random videos from: Silent Hill videos, Hellraiser 5, 24 and Doom. LINK: Youtube
Art History Via Giraffes
If giraffes had been our forebearers instead of monkeys this is what our art history books would look like. These folks covered everything from Durer to Rembrandt to Van Gogh to Pop Art in this inspired portfolio. LINK: minaturebrainwaves
He Is The Egg Man
This guy balanced some eggs on top of other eggs and didn’t stop until he created a miniature city. Not sure who the guys is but if anyone knows leave it in the comments, Thank_You. LINK
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Incredible Wheelchair Freestyle
More Bizarro Animation - Android 207
About an android trapped inside of a large maze.
L19: Disposed
The last few minutes of an androids life. Canadian filmmaker Paul Whittington is bringing the hits. Check out his site Carrotkid Films for more info.
LINK, Via Youtube
De la soul-Me,myself and i.
A great album 'Three Feet High and Rising'. Intelligent Hip Hop with socially aware lyrics and a sense of humor. A milestone album for hip hop back then. Deep song...be yourself even when everyone else around you criticizes you for it.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Dalí: Painting & Film
Salvador Dalí's interest in film that went far beyond his collaborations with Buñuel, like the famed "Un Chien Andalou." Dalí created wonderful storyboards and set designs for quite a few unrealized films, including a collaboration with the Marx Brothers! Here's a quote from a 1937 letter Dalí wrote to surrealist André Breton: "I’m in Hollywood, where I’ve made contact with the three American Surrealists, Harpo Marx, Disney and Cecil B. DeMille." Dalí created the dream sequence for Alfred Hitchock's Spellbound (1945). Apparently, a phantasmagoric ballroom scene was shot for this sequence but ended up on the cutting room floor. Dalí's artwork and notes for this part of the dream are quite remarkable. It's sad that the footage was lost.
Link to Spellbound clip, Link to Dalí: Painting & Film at the LACMA
Spellbound - The Dream (designed by Salvador Dali)
LINK: Youtube
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Hidden Messages In Money
Hidden Messages In Money -
Hidden secrets, Myths and Legends about Money. LINK
Stick Figure drawing - "Goodbye Art"
Snowflake magnification 93x to 36000x
North Dakota, "Snow Angel World Record"
A snow angel is a man-made depression formed in an area of snow in the shape of an angel by moving the limbs back and forth. On February 17th, 2007 the world record for the most snow angels made simultaneously was broken with 8,962 snow angels in Bismarck North Dakota. The previous record was 3,784 students held by Michigan Tech University. A marvelous achievement and do check out the high resolution photo after the jump. Source, Via: Hemmy.net
Sidekick Arbyn------Mysterious Mammal video
Presurfer
http://presurfer.blogspot.com/2007/12/mysterious-mammal-caught-on-film.html
Monday, December 10, 2007
Introducing Arbyn------ My new occasional "co-blogger"
A fellow blogger has asked if I would grant him co-blogger status on an occasional basis. I agreed so I now introduce the "Sidekick Arbyn" feature. All of Arbyn's posts will be posted from his Sidekick LX mobile phone, thus the features name. Any images he posts will be screen captures from his sidekick LX. Hope you like his suggestions, let us know in the comments, good or bad. See the post below for the dry run of this feature.
Sidekick Arbyn--------Pac-Man Christmas tree
Via Neatorama
http://www.neatorama.com/2007/12/10/pac-man-christmas-tree/
"Scariest X-Ray Ever"
An x-ray derived from a young Australian teenager who was hanging around a club when one of the people fighting chucks a metal chair into his head. The victim miraculously survived the randomed attack after a complex three hour operation. The images were taken at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. To find out more about the story check out Thought Mechanics. Via: Hemmy.net
Unusual Fountain [Images]
Archibase has a collection of some of the most unusual fountains in the world. LINK
"World"s Largest 3D Street Paint"
The German street painter Edgar Muller and a team of artists managed to turn about 280 square metres of Riverstreet covered in paint into a river making it the largest 3D street art in the world. This was created as part of the 2007 Moose Jaw Prarie Arts Festival. LINK
"Streetside Caricature Art" at El Paso, in Colorado, Texas
"Water Droplet Splash Art"
Luxvich’s water droplet splash art are both intriguing and splendidly well taken photographs. Taking photos of objects in motion is difficult enough whereas taking photos of water droplets would require the absolute right moment to capture that awesomely beautiful splash. LINK, Via: Hemmey.net
"Beautiful Manholes of Japan"
Beautiful manholes from Japan. Well the Japanese have a pervasive design culture. Even their food is meticulously presented. The manhole shown here shows the anime ‘Detective Conan’. Via: Hemmy.net
"The Vegetable Orchestra"
Sunday, December 09, 2007
World’s Tallest Rideable Motorcycle
This 6,500 pound heavy and 15 feet tall motorcycle, built by Greg Dunham, is the world’s tallest rideable motorcycle according to the Guinness World Records. It took Greg over three years to build it and he spent aorund $300,000 on parts. Via: Neatorama
Video included.
Biggest Motorcycle
Not only does the giant machine
look amazing, it actually drives! Via: Youtube
New Harmonica Blues - Yuri Lane: Human Beatbox
Yuri plays around with some Harmonica beats on the live loop.Be sure to check out the rest of Yuris videos, they are cool. LINK
Moscow Night Photography
Beautiful photography of Moscow at night from English Russia. English Russia. Via: Hemmy.net
Stunning Tokyo Night HDR Photography
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Most Beautiful Waterfall in the World
The Iguazu Waterfalls located on the border of the Brazilian state of Parana and the Argentine province of Misiones is heralded as the most beautiful waterfall in the world by its visitors. This is a part of BBC’s Planet Earth which shows some of Iguaza Falls most spectacular views where at one point a person can stand and be surrounded by 260 degrees of waterfall. LINK, LINK
"Michael Poliza Photography"
Michael Poliza is a successful German IT entrepreneur who sold his companies in 1997 and started an expedition photographing the remote wildernesses of the world especially in South Africa. His work has been widely published in magazines that includes National Geographic, Nature’s Best Photography, Africa Geographic and Travel Africa. These are some of his photographs in Africa. LINK Via: Hemmy.net
"Spider Sculptures Created from Scissors"
Bike Sculptures made from Useless Watch Pieces
Make Your Own Money Wallet.
World’s Most Unusual Christmas Trees
The upside of this upside-down 7-foot pre-lit Christmas tree is that you’ll have more room for presents underneath! This strange tree was originally designed for specialty stores to display ornaments while using as little floor space as possible.
It’s $600 and is currently sold out at Hammacher Schlemmer: LINK, Via: Neatorama
Friday, December 07, 2007
New Amazing Sidewalk Art by Julian Beever
" Bacterial Art"
Eshel Ben-Jacob of Tel Aviv University has a gallery of art made from the patterns bacteria form with they grow in petri dishes. LINK
5 yr. old kid knows all the US PRESIDENTS
This is Michael Dy, a 5 yr old whom has all the US PRESIDENTS memorized , he can recall via number , name, or picture.....he actually knew all this when he was 3 years old.( but that was before youtube). LINK
Akon - Lonely
ARTS + FEATURES, "Surreal thing"
Dali Cafe // 11 Spassky Pereulok. Tel: 572 6203 // www.dalicafe.spb.ru // Open 10 a.m. to 5 a.m. // Dinner for two 690 rubles ($29).
All the dishes at this swanky new cafй hidden on a scruffy side street off Sennaya Ploshchad purportedly share their names with the titles of works by the Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dali after whom, of course, the cafй is named.
This throws up some strange imagery, as you would expect: grilled marinated veal (380 rubles, $15.50) is called “Flesh on Stones”; fillet of flounder with pesto (420 rubles, $17) is called “The Endless Enigma”; and bouillon with quail’s eggs and herbs (90 rubles, $3.60) is called “Atavistic Vestiges After the Rain.”
Perhaps in an effort to avoid the obvious, the literate people behind Dali Cafй do not have a dish named after Dali’s most famous work, “The Persistence of Memory” (1931), easily recognizable for its motif of melting watches. Melting watches are also absent from the sumptuous interior of Dali Cafй, which occupies a mid-sized second floor room overlooking the street, and smaller room at the back.
A great deal of attention has been paid to the decoration of the cafй. There is a reference to Dali’s “Mae West Lips Sofa” in the vast crimson velvet banquettes at the far end of the room, while there are smartly upholstered Empire-style chairs at the other tables. The tables are huge, black and shiny, like grand pianos, while blood-red swag curtains are tied back with golden tasselled cords. There’s more than a hint of camp in this red, gold, and black scheme, which extends to walls that, in the front room, have been covered with an elaborate marble paint effect suggesting ruby crystals flecked with gold. In the back room, hidden by a heavy curtain, the same idea is repeated, this time with dark, brooding malachite and ebony tones. In this “dark room” there is a recently installed triptych by the up-and-coming young painter Ira Drozd. The large paintings show impressionistic scenes from what appears to be a gay pride parade. As it happens, Dali Cafй is listed on gay web sites and describes itself as “gay friendly.”
The dishes are not as flamboyantly constructed as their names might suggest, and the idea of “surreal food” is perhaps a step too far. But there is wit in the presentation. A duck and pasta dish called “Gala’s Eyes” — a reference to Dali’s Russian-born muse and wife Yelena Ivanovna Dyakonova, known in later life as Gala — comes as two mounds of white pasta (eyeballs?), meat in red sauce on one and cream sauce on the other (surreal irises?) and an olive on top (pupils?). The dish stares at you until you stab it with a fork. Thank goodness they don’t supply you with a razor. It would be “Un chien andalou” all over again.
The menu’s origins are difficult to pin down — French, Italian and Asian elements jostle for attention, with some Russian soups thrown in for good measure. Ukha (Russian fish soup for130 rubles, $5.30) is renamed “Battle in the Clouds” while borshch is transformed into “The King’s Heart” (100 rubles, $4). There is a satisfying range of salads with adventurous combinations of cold meats, salad vegetables and fruits like melon and strawberry with no mayonnaise in sight (from 120 rubles to 490 rubles, $4.90 to $20), and an unusual selection of “non-alcoholic cocktails.” These are actually a group of frappes, milkshakes, cordials and fruits that should be popular in summer and with after-club crowds (Dali Cafй is open until 5 a.m.).
Ozzy Osbourne - "Here For You"
This is a very Soul to Heart song. Everyone gets there own meaning out of it. It touches me DEEP. Hope all of you can relate in some way or another. LINK
"Japanese Human Art"
This Japaneses perform a great act for a TV Show called Kasou Taishou. It's amazing and very creative. LINK
"25 of The World’s Most Interesting Animals"
Named after the dragons of Chinese mythology, Leafy seadragons (Phycodurus eques) resemble a piece of drifting seaweed as they float in the seaweed-filled water. The Leafy seadragon, with green, orange and gold hues along its body, is covered with leaf-like appendages, making it remarkably camouflaged. Only the fluttering of tiny fins or the moving of an independently swiveling eye, reveals its presence.
Like the seahorse, the male seadragon carries as many as 150-200 eggs. After being deposited by the female, the eggs are carried in the honeycomb-shaped area (known as the brood patch) under the male’s tail for approximately eight weeks. Seadragons have no teeth or stomach and feed exclusively on mysidopsis shrimp. Known as “Australian seahorses” in Australia, they are found in calm, cold water that is approximately 50-54° F (10-12° C). Leafy seadragons have been protected by the South Australian government since 1982. LINK
Thursday, December 06, 2007
"Beautiful Aerial Photos"
Couldn't find a listing of the locations where these photos were taken. LINK
Salvador Dali / Surrealism
A short tribute to great artist Salvador Dali.
Music by: Bernard Herrmann & Erik Satie/Aldo Ciccolini
Edited by Ric Warren. LINK
a gallery of salvador dali,toccata and fugue in d minor
There is a possibility that some of these may not be the work of Dali. LINK
300,000 bouncing super balls
A commercial for sony bravia. This version of the song is actually Heartbeats by Jose Gonzales. LINK
"Cool, gif Image"
I found this gif image interestin cause I like skulls. Click on image to see what happens.Link
Monday, December 03, 2007
Sand Art - Ilana Yahav - "Let's Get Together"
llana has such a graceful way of showing her tallent and the standard of her art is excellent. LINK
"Speed Painting with Ketchup and French Fries"
What do you do with fresh McDonald's French Fries and 10 packets of Ketchup? You paint with them of course. 50 min speed painting plays in 4 mins. Ketchup as paint and french fries as a paint brush.
The painting Measures 14x11 inches on foamcore surface. It is not permanent the video is the art. LINK
