I swear I’ve wanted a WWII era bike since before Garden State was even a twinkle in Zach Braff’s eye (not that anyone would ever believe me). So, you can imagine how excited I was when I just happened to see one cruising around downtown Toronto. A bumper sticker directed me to militarybikes.ca. Yes, that’s right. They’re for sale.
This CJ750 is actually from 1966, but the model is a pre-war design. It even comes with a machine gun rack, which is mostly cool because it helps me justify buying a machine gun to put on it. Plus, with this I’ll be one step closer to dating Natalie Portman.
One of many neat projects from avoision, this ‘video‘ (featuring music by Dan Frick) pulls random images from flikr that have the song lyrics as tags. It’s different every time.
If you weren’t stoked on the re-release under Dark Horse of Rafael Grampa’s Mesmo Delivery, now you certainly are.
Or if you aren’t, I don’t really understand you. You can see image below, no?
Go and read his interview, then buy his book, and spoon with it nightly.
There are two known facts about high powered laser pointers, they’re expensive, but AWESOME. The little known fact is that, with the right know-how, you can amp up your cheap one into a match-lightin’, balloon-poppin’, leather-etchin’, rad-sauce version. Wired has this short and simple tutorial on how to do just that. So get on it.
Why stick with the stoic old two handed clock? Asprial Clocks takes it up a notch with the truly unique spiral formed clock. Unfortunately at £350 it might not be the most affordable, any inspiring clock makers out there want to make me one?
Production stills from David Bell, for his upcoming stop motion movie Illumin. I think high detail models are a really sweet size, though miniaturized versions, they’re still too big to really be kept as decoration, like you would a figurine or doll house. Anything that size and quality wasn’t made for consumers, and has probably been involved in something sweet.
Video from Goeblins, a Parisian animation school. The site is in French but the animations are all so nice.
National Geographic is known for their images. Somehow they manage to corral the best natural photographers in to one place, so it was no surprise to me when every image that sprung up in their International Photography Contest set was as good as the last. This might be the best way to supplement your Commons addiction.
I’m not sure if it’s because this house is just down the street (relatively speaking) or because it really is stunning, but this house from ZERAFA caught my eye. The New York City architecture firm designed this 5,000 sf. home in Niagara Falls, Ontario for a private client. If only I had the money…
Pictured above is a portrait of Charles Darwin and, beside it, a version that I made on my computer. Actually, it would be more accurate to say that my computer made it for me; the picture on the right was evolved using a program written by artist/scientist Steve DiPaola. The program is part of his research into computer creativity, which is, as the name implies, an effort to make computers creative. Evolving Darwin’s Gaze is described in an excellent set of videos, and also on its website, where you can evolve your own set of portraits.
