the first rule of fight club is... j/k kids. it's all about the sneakz, or "trainers" as they say over here.

save the cacti.

Man survives 10 weeks in Outback on frogs and leeches. "The next thing [I remember] was waking up, face down, in a hole... What woke me was that there were four dingoes scratching the rocks to try to get at me."

shade elaine found Blingo - you search - and can win prizes if you have the right word... nice clean pretty layouts/graphical elements.

fresh snow + rabbit + owl = ?

ferrofluid display! OIL! found on core77 - check out the vid too

in contrast, its not pretty or professional, but its not just selling the image. matt embree is a good guy and he's for real. its not about the hype, but actually about the music and the people.

HOWIES is like oregon: wholesome, honest and down to earth...except its a bit too clean for me. but i do get pissed with consumerism and love this wallpaper, their library and their ideas.

suburbs. sigh* mission playground - found them at whole foods.

Scott Ingram paints lines (not even perfectly straight ones!) with nail polish on white. Speechless. But they are kind of pretty. And i guess it IS something to do with all those old bottles i have around that are drying out.

Ron Mueck - insanely creepy/amazing large sculpture works in Washington Post slideshow

always a fan of ideas that transform digital into physical - in this example - digital memory filling seen as physically growing.

liking the idea of simple book hangers - this is by those guys who did the coffee table where you could hang the magazines/books vertically also creating a table top from the spines.

Remember Bob's Big Boy? I still have that coin bank of him somewhere - does the chain even exist anymore?

david lodge is awesome. read anything and everything he's written. he's almost as cool as stephen fry...except nobody is as cool as fry.

argggg, my caption didn't win the caption contest! but this one was too cute not to post.

The 30-40cm-long (12-16in) eel catfish fish is able to propel itself out of the water and bend its head downwards to capture insects in its jaws.

the times has a gorgeous multimedia up on milan's international furniture fair. check it out, i promise it's pretty.

so what if they're a "christian rock band"? the fold is still fun. check out title track and new city.

kinky peeps? interesting concept though -

"Private Line" is a collection of fabrics into which the name of the customer is woven as the pinstriping. The letters of the name feature one above the other and thus form a discrete line.

The Philippines has recently discovered it produces one of the world's most expensive and coveted kinds of coffee...it involves "passing" the beans through a civet.

just watch the intro to this site, its beautiful. though of course having 2 olympians helps you get press quality photos of your athletes...

B-Unit: Bloomberg Personal Authentication Device
The Bloomberg B-Unit is one of the most advanced personal authentication devices available.

TLC Channel's "Life Lessons" figurines in "precious moments" style - are just hilarious.

glass heaters - embedded heating in glass panes - use for home or balconies/etc?

New site of Amdrew Pommier - some cool drawings and randomness

Inverted martini glass - one of the bombay sapphire winners

This barrel stave folding chair is handmade from salvaged 70-gallon oak wine barrels. Each is finished with linseed oil and branded with the name of the winery of origin under the seat

are you down with the bise? my advisor has a tendency to grab and kiss me enthusiastically after we've spent a week apart...awkward much?

if anything were to steal a gnome - this is it.

the one that didn't get away?
[Alina Paul: "I have been working in remote parts of Aceh for almost a year and this is one of the most surreal scenes I have seen."]

The offending footwear includes a yellow picture of an Asian youth with bowl-cut hair, pig nose and buck teeth. also see: http://www.woostercollective.com/fashion/

the US took 4 medals today at the jr worlds in fencing (2 gold, 1 bronze, 1 silver). thought i'd post about a new fencing "channel". web-based, edgy and cool. i mean...they sponsor bas...one of matt's crazy friends. is notcot.tv next?

super close up insects - some really impressive pics here.

patience.

mikimoto? maybe?

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ha.

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