Do you own an ICBM silo? // Silo makeovers. // USB-powered chainsaw. // A 3-D map of Hong Kong. (h/t, Coudal) // Could you make a toaster from scratch? // A chess set made of vacuum tubes. // Clothing made of leaves. // Origami dollars. // Socialist grades. // Hitchens on evil. // Unusually limber. // LCD monitor porn. It’s curved, it’s big and it’s $8,000. // Fancy a pair of toe shoes? // Modern mega-churches. // Deep zoom the Moon. // Someone didn’t like the Battlestar finale. // The SR-71 Blackbird. A piece of aeronautic art. (h/t, Maggie’s Farm) // More experimental aircraft. // And, via The Thin Man, it’s Mr Richard Cheese.
The 'elastigirl' video creeped me out. It can't be real... can it?
Posted by: Tim239 | July 17, 2009 at 07:39
I like the origami scorpion.
http://orudorumagi11.deviantart.com/art/New-pics-Dollar-Scorpion-59320307
And the tank.
http://orudorumagi11.deviantart.com/art/Two-Dollar-Battle-Tank-57017095
Posted by: mlrosty | July 17, 2009 at 08:49
I am disappointed in the iSaw. I rather liked that idea...the PFY in the next cube with his stupid ThinkGeek USB nerf missle launcher wouldn't know what was coming until it was far, far too late.
Posted by: apotheosis | July 17, 2009 at 14:18
I don't think those toe shoes will catch on. They're just... wrong. :)
Posted by: Anna | July 17, 2009 at 15:26
Thank you, Sir, for your link, I don't think I have ever received quite so many hits in such a short time, and 'emphemara' describes me exactly!
Posted by: David Duff | July 17, 2009 at 15:26
“I don’t think those toe shoes will catch on.”
But they come in a range of colours…
http://www.vibramfivefingers.com/
And ladies’ styles too…
http://www.vibramfivefingers.com/products/products_Sprint_f.cfm
Posted by: David | July 17, 2009 at 15:41
The mega-church photos are great. It seems to be the kind of commission that architects love to get -- Frank Lloyd Wright took on quite a few, and I think this is one of his:
http://www.morlinghaus.com/folio_1_14.htm
This feels like the inside of a tent, or a cocoon:
http://www.morlinghaus.com/folio_1_16.htm
This appears to be a repurposed set from Logan's Run:
http://www.morlinghaus.com/folio_1_02.htm
Wasn't there some talk about a Logan's Run remake?
Posted by: Dutch Canuck | July 17, 2009 at 20:08
Dutch,
“Wasn’t there some talk about a Logan’s Run remake?”
After Bryan Singer left the project, it seems to be moored somewhere in production hell. Joseph Kosinski is the latest director attached to it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan%27s_Run#Remake
Posted by: David | July 17, 2009 at 21:38