Category: Curiosities
Fleshed out fiction
Have you ever wondered what Skeletor looked like before all the skin disappeared from his face? Had I paid more attention to the underlying metanarrative of He-Man as a child, rather than just appreciating it for the awesome sword and cool battle cat, I probably would have asked the question much earlier.
In fact. I didn’t ask the question. I didn’t need to. Someone else did it for me. Along with a couple of others…
Ironic Sans has a couple more.
Shirt of the day (two): You kern make a difference
As a sequel of sorts to the kerning shirt from earlier today I suggest you consider this “keming” shirt – when kerning goes bad…
Ate bit cakes
Mmm, nutritious, eight bit, and delicious. Just how I like my cakes.
This Mario Cupcake family (from Flickr) is beautiful.
But this Pacman cake (also from Flickr) really, well, takes the cake…
And for those who like arty cakes… I give you a Van Gogh (also from Flickr).
Shirt of the Day: You kern, do it
Ahh kerning. The art of bringing letters closer together… or tearing them further apart.
Here’s a shirt that celebrates the majesty of perfectly spaced typography.
Shirt of the Day: Clothing with bite
These hoodies are pretty cool.
For the sophisticated traveller
Traveller is an odd word. I’m firmly in the two “l” camp, but spell check is not… Irregardless, if you are a sophisticated traveller – be you the one “l” version or the two – you no doubt have found yourself in want of a classic bidet experience when visiting less than salubrious digs (not by choice obviously, given your level of sophistication).
This will no longer be a concern. You can even go camping. Safe in the knowledge that your bidet can come with you.
Ways to skin a cat
Here’s a great book from Awful Library Books… if anyone can track down a copy I will pay real money for it…
A trick of the light…
Look at this picture up close, and then look at it from a few metres away. I’m not sure this is an application Einstein considered when studying light.
From bits and pieces.
This one you can just look at up close…
From Neatorama.
Pretty fly art
The internet is abuzz with this cool collection of dead fly art. And why wouldn’t it be. It’s so dazzlingly simple.
Sing for your supper
Al Dente is the all singing, all dancing, king of the pasta pot. Chuck him in the water with your pasta and he’ll sing when it’s ready.
You can get your own little Al here – he’ll cost you three tenners.
A project for the weekend
If you’re not doing anything this weekend you could try to make this rubber band machine gun. Or this machine rubber band gun… either way it’ll be great fun going back to work with this on Monday…
Out on a limb
Am I the only person who likes to pick complex words with xs and other uncommon letters when playing hangman?
I thought this picture was funny. But I’m not sure why…
I thought this one from Flickr was pretty good too…
