Most people of my generation learned 76% of their renaissance art history from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Once you know about Leonardo Da Vinci, Donatello, Raphael and Michaelangelo you’re set at dinner parties for the rest of your life. But the original series was terrible at teaching anybody about modern art. Which is why these guys took it on themselves to introduce some new turtles to the bunch, and in the process they presented them in the style of their namesake.
I like Bacon. I like our pet turtles. I can’t say I’ve ever thought of combining the two before. But some turtle fan out there has piqued my interest and whet my appetite. Mmm. Bacon. What a mutation.
I like photography. But my photos are never as good as I thought they were when I look at them a week later. Here’s a little bit of proof that photography actually requires no innate gifting – or that the gift is not limited to humans. This Orangutan called Nonja was a photographer for a recent Samsung campaign.
This is a gif of a head being x-rayed while talking. It is pretty cool.
From here – where there’s another one.
I suspect Hebrew would look very different.
Robyn is getting into tea a bit. We have a kettle, a teapot and a nice variety of teas. If you come around for a cuppa we won’t be serving your tea using the lost art of teapot blowing.
I did try it last night with some success.
I don’t remember ever playing the original Donkey Kong – but I loved the Super Nintendo version. So anybody who is willing to transform one of their walls into an homage to the 8-bit version is fine by me.
Information on how the construction took place is available here.
Sometimes people get confused and think a metaphor represents real life. Metaphors are generally good for helping the reader understand an element of the topic via a handy comparison. Benny hates analogies. He would probably like this shirt. He would say metaphors are like analogies because both are stupid…
The best thing about this shirt is that it’s a simile.
Cold weather in Korea is prompting an odd development for cold fingered commuters. Rather than pulling off their gloves to use the iPhone citizens of Korea are splashing out for some novel styluses. The iPhone doesn’t work with the traditional “pen” stylus, they’re geared to work with sausages. Which is where we pick up the (oddly translated) story.
For those looking to brighten up a loungeroom or home theatre with some Pacmany goodness I suggest going no further than this set of shelves. For those not looking to do that – I suggest checking out this shelf and reconsidering.
A few days ago I shared a bunch of odd books for kids – here’s the equivalent post for adults. Most of these come from this list of ten strange books… which in turn comes from the Abe Books “Weird Books Room“. Every aspiring writer wants their tome to end up listed here… don’t they?
Here’s one for impressing your guests:
And one for the Emo first home buyer… how hard can it be to just paint everything black?
Looking for some Bible study material? How about Bible study with the Clampetts?
How about some arts and crafts for the construction site where all you have is Duct Tape?
Want a romantic career? Consider proctology and get yourself a copy of “The Romance of Proctology” which has been out of print since the publishing company realised what proctology actually was and pulled their fingers out.
And finally, here’s one I might actually buy – If I ever want to properly take over the world…
The black Iron Man Decal for the Mac a few weeks ago was pretty cool – but it’s not as cool as this coloured one. Also from Etsy.
This is a nice little ring that will no doubt keep one occupied for hours during boring lectures, public transport trips and sermons. If you want one it’ll cost you just $165.
Van drivers are like turtles. Driving around with convenient mobile homes. Parking in awesome places. Being photographed and collected in this gallery so that everybody can see just how cool the life of a turtle van driver is.
This one is guaranteed to confuse graphic designers. Like those posters that have the word “red” written in green writing. They don’t fool me. I’m colourblind.
But I’m not font blind.
Does anyone remember those sticker books that you had to lick for the stickers to be sticky. They tasted nice. And were probably bad for you in large doses. There is no way any envelope in the history of the world has tasted as good as these. Bacon Flavoured Envelopes. Worth raiding the piggy bank for ahead of your next Christmas Card mailout.
