Miniture Sculptures Aren't Compensating

Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz
Meanwhile Further South, 2007

This is a pair of artists making really amzing sculptures all of a really tiny scale, i only discovered them today, but i'm already jealous that they thought of a bunch of great uses for those little model train people before i could think of one. Plus we totally used the same model trees, from one of their other pieces (sans Foliage) and the project i'm working on. If your at all interest in this sort of art i highly recomend looking at the rest of their galleries, there is too much good work for me to post it all here.

Sushi Westerns?

I like things taken out of context, I've recently been listening to Swedish Country music (imagine every instance of Memphis replaced with Stockholm) I can't wait to see this:

Sukiyaki Western Django


I mean seriously, It just looks awesome without any possible historical justification, they even got Quentin Tarantino.

Contest: Name My Imaginary Ride.

I'm looking for any good suggestions for a name for My Spaceship is Made of Pixels. It would help if its something catchy, but i'm gonna leave this open to your collective imaginations.

Your Furniture Sucks

The Vacuum Bag Furniture gives a real and surprising value to dust. The chair-shaped refuse bags can be connected to vacuum cleaners. Once filled with dust, they provide comfortable seating

The Karmans are Coming For Your Women Folk!

this is a bit of an enigma even the Ebay poster doesn't know what it's from, but still, gorrila suit plus weirdness from a long while back.

Karmens = High Tech Space Apes from the french table top game AT-43, and theyre also my favorites.

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The Leave Me Alone Box:

My Spaceship is Made of Pixels

I spent the better part of the last couple of days teaching myself pixel art,

Here's the outcome, now to be fair it's heavily modified after a preexisting design but i did rework the cockpit, engines, compartments, sensors, and the overall exterior hull. It was alot of work, especially with the shading which only makes me respect the guy who created the original shematic that much more.

Je Ne Te Reconnais Pas

Tais-toi mon coeur - Dionysos
by Dionysos

I found this a long while back and just thought i'd share it with those who hadn't seen it, very steampunk, and french to boot.

If You Ever Wanted Your Own Hobbit Hole

This is a low-impact enviromentally friendly home hand built by a family in england for roughly £3000. they even posted plans, and sort of how-tos here, in case you wanted build your own.

the interior is just as awesome:

After a Hard Day of Blogging...

... i have to remember to stretch, take a short break, maybe drink something, and have a snack.

Otherwise i might have over exerted myself with this blog post.

I Wonder How Long She Could Sit Still and Not Get Noticed

British Artist Riitta Ikonen

...Tried to Endow Purpose Upon a Cloud of Molecules with Ruinous Result

This a neat piece, but it's the quote by the artist that really sells it.

Matthew Kozak made a fractal scene of a self-replicating robot. “Several years ago, I built a robot whose sole purpose in life was to create an even smaller robot just like himself… So much like himself, that this robot endeavored to create yet another tiny robot, ad infinitum. This continued for a while until an extremely tiny speck of robot tried to endow purpose upon a cloud of molecules with ruinous result.”

Try clicking on the link for even more awesome.

Is He Wrong?

Here's a quote i found from Banksy on PicoCool:

I Hope They Have a Rewind Pedal Hidden Somewhere Too.

For all my friends with a penchant for speeding,

Check out The Pedals from the Twingo RS:

Maybe We Could Make a Tree House Sub-Division?

That last post reminded me of this:

This is another by XKCD.

I have this exact same phenomenon, I just have all these awesome (at least I think they are) ideas. I wonder if there are zoning laws concerning tree houses?

I want to Live in This When I Grow Up

I mean seriously, How awesome is that?

I think for mine i'll use Airstreams, and maybe get some rope bridges, covered connecting awnings, and a small crane with a rope pully elevator, It'll be so cool.

P.S. it looks like they used shipping containers to support the trailers as well as steel posts. Recycling, and extra storage space.

Mine Cart Madness Was My Favorite Level in Donkey Kong

Here's a really strange Mine cart Toilet I found with almost no context, while looking for something on Wikipedia. Better make sure the breaks are on before you sit Down.

Engineered Spirituality

The Endless Knot, is a Tibet Buddhist Motif, and one the "Eight Auspicious Signs"

It Symbolizes "Interplay and interaction of the opposing forces in the dualistic world of manifestation, leading to their union, and ultimately to harmony in the universe."

I found this interesting though, it's an explanation on how to draw an Endless Knot with Engineering Nomenclature and specificity. Ancient Traditional Symbolism, through mathematical Distillation:

Drawing an endless knot:

Plot the vertices A, B, C, D of square ABCD. Plot E, the midpoint of line segment AB. Plot F, the midpoint of line segment BC. Plot G, the midpoint of line segment CD. Plot H, the midpoint of line segment DA. Plot I, the midpoint of segment AE. Plot J, the midpoint of EB. Plot K, the midpoint of BF. Plot L, the midpoint of FC. Plot M, the midpoint of CG. Plot N, the midpoint of GD. Plot O, the midpoint of DH. Plot P, the midpoint of HA. Draw line segment AI. Draw line segment IN but with leaving a gap in its middle. Draw line segment NG. Draw line segment GE but leaving a pair of gaps at 1/4 and 3/4 of the way between G and E. Draw line segment EJ. Draw line segment JM but leaving a gap in its middle. Draw line segment MC. Draw line segment CL. Draw line segment LO but leaving a pair of gaps at 1/4 and 3/4 of the way between L and O. Draw line segment OH. Draw line segment HF but leaving a gap in its middle. Draw line segment FK. Draw line segment KP but leaving a pair of gaps at 1/4 and 3/4 of the way between K and P. Draw line segment PA. Erase points D and B, and the drawing is done.

Financed Self-Control

I found this interesting over at GOOD Magazine:

"Quit smoking without a patch.

Committed Action to Reduce and End Smoking is a savings program offered by the Green Bank of Caraga in Mindanao, Philippines. A would-be nonsmoker opens an account with a minimum balance of one dollar. For six months, the client deposits the amount of money she would otherwise spend on cigarettes into the account. After six months, the client takes a urine test to confirm that she has not smoked recently. If she passes the test, she gets her money back. If she fails the test, the account is closed and the money is donated to a charity. MIT’s Poverty Action Lab found that opening up an account makes those who want to quit 53 percent more likely to achieve their goal. No other antismoking tactic, not even the nicotine patch, appears to be so successful. "

Point, Counter-Point.

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