Weird Car Hotel On A Pole
09/29/09 - Pretty Cool
“Love is… sleeping in a refurbished Opel Kadett… sitting 15 feet up in the air on four poles… in Holland.”
New World’s Tallest Horse
09/29/09 - Amazing
“He’s ten feet tall with his head upright, weighs 3,000lb, and stands at 20.2 hands at the shoulder. So is Poe the Clydesdale the world’s tallest horse? His diminutive owner Shereen Thompson thinks so – and said she wants to ‘get the Guinness guys here as soon as possible’. Poe stands 6ft 10in (80.2in) from hoof to shoulder. That is taller than the current tallest horse Remington, who was declared the official Guinness World Record holder only last week at 80in in Princeton, Texas. Living on Ms Thompson’s working farm in Tupperville, Ontario, ten-year-old Poe stands ready to inch above his rivals. ‘We want to get the Guinness guys here as soon as possible,’ said Ms Thompson – who is dwarfed by her gentle giant, who towers over her 5ft 3in, 120lb frame.” w/ photos
Steampunk Arcade
09/29/09 - Pretty Cool
“I like steampunk, Harper Goff (designed the disney Nautilus from 20,000 leagues) and Kenneth Strickfaden (set designer and prop builder for Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein. I thought it would be fun to combine all that into a MAME (multiple arcade machine emulator) cabinet to play video games and use as a jukebox. I found all kinds of inspiration at places like Stelter Creative’s website, The Steampunk Workshop and many others. The cabinet wouldn’t be nearly as fun or interesting were it not for my CarveWright carving machine, which I use almost every day. I used it for the Lithopanes and the marquee sign and much more. One last note, the image of Frankenstein in the lithopane is from a piece of art by Rick Baker… I hope you enjoy it.” w/ photos
Foxworthy Vs. The Taliban
09/29/09 - Hilarious
“Super Agent, Jeff Foxworthy, uses his keen powers of observation to weed out members of the Taliban hiding in Pakistan.”
The Greatest Phone Fight In The World
09/29/09 - Hilarious
“A call for an apology quickly turns into the Greatest Phone Fight In The World.”
What’s REALLY Going On Inside Our Brains
09/29/09 - Interesting
“Are women more emotionally aware than men? Why does your arm hurt during a heart attack? Could people who see fairies be telling the truth? These are just some of the questions answered in a fascinating new book on the brain. Written by Rita Carter, a leading science and medical writer, it provides extraordinary insights into the way our brains work – and why we behave and act in the ways we do.” w/ photos
Pepsi To Cease Advertising
09/29/09 - Hilarious
“PepsiCo sent shockwaves through the carbonated beverage industry Monday when the multibillion dollar corporation announced that it would cease all advertising of its popular soda product, effective immediately. “We know it’s good, and everyone’s pretty happy with the overall taste, so why spend all our time worrying about what other people think?” PepsiCo CEO Indra K. Nooyi told reporters during a press conference at the company’s corporate headquarters. “Frankly, it just feels sort of weird and desperate to put all this energy into telling people what to drink. If they don’t like it, then they don’t like it.” Added Nooyi, “That’s not really any of our business anyway.” w/ photos
10 Cutting Edge Folded Paper Artists
09/29/09 - Top Lists
“Working with folded paper thrills and terrifies artists in equal measure. Although paper lends itself well to the creation of exact straight lines and perfect curves, it commands an extremely gentle touch and tremendous patience. Working and sculpting it can be both therapeutic and meditative, which is perhaps why so many of the artists featured here have devoted their entire careers to working with it.” w/ photos
