"om Beshara credits a love of M. C. Escher's optical illusions as the inspiration behind his "pirolettes," small wooden statues in which two heads appear to face off nose to nose. Carved in maple, walnut, or cherry, the nine-inch-tall sculptures' strong graphic lines evoke mini Eames stools. But their real appeal is the hidden profile of a child's face revealed in the object's negative space." More

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"A microphone in the cabinet of the Talking Popcorn machine picks up sound of popping corn, and a computer in the pedestal runs a program that translates the popping sounds according to the patterns and dictates of Morse Code. A computer-generated voice provides a simultaneous spoken translation."Labels: art, seemslikemagic, technology, toomuchtimeonhands
"Villagers in southwestern China are scratching their heads over the county government's decision to paint an entire barren mountainside green. Workers who began spraying Laoshou mountain last August told villagers they were doing so on orders of the county government but were not told why, media reports said Wednesday." LinkLabels: art, nature, toomuchtimeonhands
"You know, the Interstate System is a pretty incredible bit of infrastructure, but have you ever looked at a map? It's all over the place! Did those civil engineers never hear of a ruler?" LinkLabels: art, toomuchtimeonhands
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"British girls comics seem to have a flair for the goofy, the bizarre, the surreal. Just check out the hook in our first example:""Sixteen-year-old Carol May had just left school and was helping her mother run their small hotel. Her father, a scientist, worked in a laboratory at a local university which specialized in the study of animal behaviour."
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"So, here he is. The greatest achievement Paper Robot has created to date ... now in color! The one, the only, OPTIMUS PRIME! And not only is he a fully articulate action figure, but he also TRANSFORMS INTO A TRUCK! Wow. The best part is, he´s FREE!" LinkLabels: art, toomuchtimeonhands, toys
"Chilean artist Marco Evaristti presented his friends with his newest creation on Thursday night: Meatballs cooked with fat from his own body, extracted by liposuction. On the plates in front of them was a serving of agnolotti pasta and in the middle, a meatball made with the fat that Evaristti had removed from his body last last year." Link
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