Here comes the summer

Warning, don't watch this if you're of a sensitive disposition, it's arguably disgusting...



...Though pretty impressive going past the rails, 0:29.

Theo Jansen

Re-invention of the wheel
&
New forms of life
= A youtube definitely worth watching.

+ A million other talks worth listening to on www.ted.com

Water Holograms

James saw something like this a while back when he was in Singapore. They are huge holograms that are projected on to a water mist. They can have colour and if done right look stunning. Maybe we could do one on the Thames one day!

Fragiles: Porcelain, Glass & Ceramics

Maxim Velcovsky's, "Little Joseph" is a very different type of candle holder, we assume as the wax builds up Little Joseph slowly grows hair. However when using white candles (as in this picture), some might think it looks like something entirely different.
Fragiles: Porcelain, Glass & Ceramics Exhibition at Design Miami.
A beautiful collection of little works of art for the home.

Dick Tricks

After the Queen's speach, when the whole family is full of food and getting sleepy, charades can seem sooo last year. Instead why not log onto www.dick-tricks.com and impress the Aunts and Uncles with a little genital fun.

Sexy Bills

"Turban Noguchi to Yukai na Nakama-tachi" is a gallery of paper money origami. Nakajima is credited as inventor of the Turban Noguchi origami technique and, listen up, offers a firm word of warning to overzealous origami enthusiasts — "too much folding can destroy the money, so be careful".

Also, while we're wasting time and money, why not treat your loved one to something special in the form of an origami ring? ...Probably because it's fairly tacky. Click here to listen to some awful music and find out how to make a novelty ring all at the same time. We particularly enjoyed the romantic ending, how sweet.

Milk

"Milk is spoiled when it starts to look like yogurt. Yogurt is spoiled when it starts to look like cottage cheese. Cottage cheese is spoiled when it starts to look like regular cheese. Regular cheese is nothing but spoiled milk anyway and can’t get any more spoiled than it is already. Cheddar cheese is spoiled when you think it is blue cheese."
Nice sentence or two from Will Work For Food, in response to best when used by.com. Its a funny little site that lets you enter all the best before dates of your food, then emails you the day before its due to be chucked. Pretty time wasting and useless if you ask me. The old sniff test has never failed us.

53 O's with John Michael Boling

John Michael Boling's site is not too similar to the other site's I've looked at today.
Or yesterday.
In fact, it's pretty much on a different level. Weird though it is, I think I want to find out more.
Anyone care to join?
www.gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogle.com

We want to be Thoughtful

When asking Daniel Eatock how he wanted paying for the work he had done for Thoughtful he replied “Please give a £100 note to the first Big Issue seller you meet after withdrawing the note from the bank. Take his/her photo and email me a copy.”
We love both Eatock and Thoughtful for this gesture.
Sometimes in this industry people forget to be nice.

Catacombs of Paris

Spent a week in Paris recently and came across the amazing Catacombs. You walk for ages underground in claustrophobic tunnels, then emerge into spaces walled with bones. Something really different.
Check the Wikki out