The biggest, prettiest, and most interesting bridges all have stories behind them. Frikoo has ten of them with pictures and history, in a continuation of an earlier post also linked in this article. Pictured is Stari Most in Bosnia-Herzegovina, originally commissioned by Suleman the Magnificent in 1557. Link, Via: Neatorama
Friday, June 27, 2008
10 Stunning Bridges From Around The World
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Smells like teen ukelele spirit
Monday, June 23, 2008
Tooth "tattoos"
The Heward Dental Lab in Salt Lake City specializes in "dental tattoos," which are actually custom hand-painted crowns. Owner and main artist Steve Heward is a traditional oil painter too. The artwork on a crown costs between $75 and $500. I don't think I'd want a painted crown in my mouth but I'd love to have a collection of them in my wunderkammer. Link, Via: Boing boing
Kaitlyn Maher- America's Got Talent 2008 New York Auditions
4 year old hopes to make it through the auditions! Kaitlyn Maher. Watching this touched my heart and I got watery eyes.This is a must see. LINK: Youtube
Worlds Best Didgeridoo Player
Australia's got Talent 2008
Semi final 3
Humble and skilled aboriginal musician Mark Atkins displays an impressive didgeridoo performance.
The band decide to accompany him. LINK: Youtube
Worlds Best Didgeridoo Player
Australia's got Talent 2008
Semi final 3
Humble and skilled aboriginal musician Mark Atkins displays an impressive didgeridoo performance.
The band decide to accompany him. LINK: Youtube
Joe Raciti - Cardboard Song: All Hail the Great Blue Whale
http://www.joeraciti.com
Joe Raciti's song "All Hail the Great Blue Whale" is created using only instruments made out of cardboard and the human voice. You can download it from the link above. LINK: Youtube
Magical Worlds of Gale Franey
Gale Franey is a digital artist living in Vancouver, Canada. Shes been creating these visually stunning fairytale works since 2001. Her inspiration behind each piece comes from working extensively with refugees and homeless people. It is from those immensely rich experiences that have shaped her ideas and influenced the art and design, which ranges from fantasy to social complex issues. LINK
Illustrations by Jerico Santander
Spanish Born illustrator and graphic designer, Jericó Santander, operates in a very particular universe. His folio is a very professional and beautiful at the same time, highlighting his immense talent.What follows is a perfect compromise between technology and creativity, all flavored with a bit of ingenuity into the mix… This gives us access to the world through compositions in 3D graphics constructed and deconstructed. LINK
Saturday, June 21, 2008
The Trons - Self playing robot band
Ultra-Realistic Paper Craft Motorcycle
That’s the Yamaha MT-01, a concept power cruiser that got motorcycle enthusiasts atwitter. But take a closer look at the photo above: that’s not a real bike - it’s actually an ultra-realistic paper model of the motorcycle!
And yes, you can download the paper craft data and assembly instruction: Link, Via: Neatorama
The Cathedral of Antlers
Vajdahunyad Castle in Budapest is the home of the Hungarian Agricultural Museum. It’s also the home of hundreds of antlers.
Hundreds of antlers, horns, hooves, and fur. Stuffed birds and mounted bears. Cutlery with horn handles carved into foxes. Antler broaches, antler chandeliers, and antler chairs. It is known as “The Hall of Hunting.” With beautiful vaulted ceilings and stained glass windows, along with the fact that the Agricultaral Museum is often empty, this top floor feels like the church of a long lost deer deity. Echoed footsteps and hushed whispers lend a quiet respect to these relics of the hunt.
One example of taxidermy art that stands out from the rest is two deer heads mounted together with their antlers entangled. Curious Expeditions has the story behind the museum and the antlers. Link, Via: Neatorama
Puzzle Farter
Grandfather Clock Made From Bicycle Parts
Gigantic Aquarium Tank Holds Four - FOUR! - Whale Sharks
The Churaumi Aquarium in Okinawa, Japan, has a fish tank so big that it’s called the Kuroshio Sea. The gigantic tank is 10 m (33 ft) deep, 35 m (115 ft) wide and 27 m (89 ft) long and holds the equivalent of 3 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of water.
The tank is so large that not one, but four whale sharks live in it. The Daily Mail has more gorgeous photos of the aquarium exhibit: Link, Via: Neatorama
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Invisible Skate Boarding
This is a pretty cool video. It basically looks like the people are floating on thin air using invisible skate boards. LINK: Youtube
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
When I get where Im going
This is A tribute to our fallen heros. Song by: Brad Paisley
My nephew served over in Iraq, and a young man named Jesse Lodka that I baby sat and changed his diapers was killed only a few feet away from my nephew.They were in the same troop together. My prayers are with the families that have loved ones there, and my sympathy to those of you who have lost a loved one.
LINK: Youtube
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Pencil Face
Thunderdog’s Scion Crest Generator
Scion’s Crest Generator, designed by Thunderdog Studios. Using the simple interface, you choose the shield shape, animal icon, side elements, crest symbols, and city. You can also color your design. Once you’re done, you can download the design as a desktop. [Link], Via: Neatorama
World’s First Church Found?
Archaeologists in Jordan have discovered what could be the oldest Christian church in the world: an underground cave that may have been used by the first disciples of Jesus Christ.
Archaeologist Abdel-Qader Hussein, head of the Rihab Center for Archaeological Studies, Abdul Qader al-Husan told The Jordan Times:’We have uncovered what we believe to be the first church in the world, dating from 33 AD to 70 AD.
‘We have evidence to believe this church sheltered the early Christians - the 70 disciples of Jesus Christ.’
Mr Hussein said there was evidence that the underground cave was used in the first century after Christ’s death, which would make it the oldest Christian site of worship in the world.
The cave was unearthed in the northern Jordanian city of Rihab after three months of excavation and shows evidence of early Christian rituals.
LINK, Via: Neatorama
15 Creative Architectural Designs for the Future
Complex at the Centre of the Universe - Staszek Marek, Poland
nVidia and the Computer Graphics Society have announcede the winners of their NVArt Challenge, themed “Art Space: Architecture and Landscape”. It’s truly a mind-blowing fantasy depicted in pictures. Here are some of the most inspiring architectural designs that we won’t probably get to see accomplished. LINK
Bathing Polar Bears
The photos are made in the Moscow Zoo. During hot summer days polar bears spend most time bathing in cool water in their open-air cages. These polar bears seem to feel quite comfortable when posing to photographers. LINK
Single-horned 'Unicorn' deer
This undated photo provided by the Center of Natural Sciences in Prato, Italy, Wednesday, June 11, 2008, shows a deer with a single horn in the center of its head. The one-year-old Roe Deer - nicknamed 'Unicorn' - was born in captivity in the research center's park in the Tuscan town of Prato, near Florence. LINK
Monday, June 09, 2008
Color Sense Game
The Color Sense Game from Pittsburgh Paints finds your “color personality” based on your five senses, your interests, and your style. Each resulting personality gives you lots of colors to work with. LINK, Via: The Presurfer, Via: Neatorama
The Friendly Leopard Seal
(image credit: Paul Nicklen/National Geographic)
Paul Nicklen is a photographer for National Geographic Magazine. Over the course of several days last year, he developed a relationship with a 12-foot 1,000 pound leopard seal. She brought him penguins to eat and even tried to teach him how to hunt penguins! The story is told in a multimedia presentation on Nicklen’s work. Link, Via: Neatorama
Pun Stores
Patching Old, Crumbling Walls with LEGO
As part of a group art project "20 Eventi," Jan Vormann came to the village of Bocchignano, Italy, and "fixed" old, crumbling walls there … with LEGO!
Link - Via: Boing Boing, Via: Neatorama
Cuttlefish Can Learn as Embryos
Cuttlefish turns out to be a smart predator - in fact, so smart that they actually learn which animal to prey on before they are born!
Before they have even hatched, cuttlefish embryos can peer out of their eggs and spot potential prey. It is the first time any animal has been shown to learn visual images before they are born.
LINK, Via: Neatorama
10 Amazing Monuments to War Heroes
It was the 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division that was charged with taking Mametz Wood during the bloody Battle of the Somme on July 7, 1916. After five long days they managed to clear the woods of Germans, which cost them 4,000 deaths and casualties. This is how the 38th (Welsh) Division Memorial erected, with a defiant dragon (the Red Dragon of Wales was the division’s insignia) standing on a 10 feet plinth, facing the woods with the regimental cap badge of the South Wales Borderers carved on one side of the base. LINK, Via: Neatorama
Saturday, June 07, 2008
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