Internet meme paintings by Jeremiah Palecek
I really like these internet meme paintings by Jeremiah Palecek in particular, techno viking. Related: Password painting.
Month: March 2008
Ping Pong balls make plane buoyant
Ping Pong balls make plane buoyant Modern Mechanix, 1936. Fun fact, from Donald Duck artist Carl Barks wikipedia entry… A 1949 Donald Duck ten-pager features Donald raising a yacht from the ocean floor by filling it with ping pong balls. In December 1965 Karl Krøyer, a Dane, lifted the sunken freight vessel Al Kuwait in […]
drinkpeedrinkpeedrinkpee
drinkpeedrinkpeedrinkpee is a new eco-exhibit at Eyebeam… What happens when we think of our bodies as their own ecosystems? Are they open or closed ecosystems? Where do we draw the boundaries? Before we take medication, do we ask ourselves how it will affect our internal organs, our friendly bacteria? What is our medication’s future, beyond […]
A LEGO space odyssey – Discovery
Via Geekdad, a LEGO version of the Discovery from 2001 Space odyssey LDraw construction information included. Each pod bay door is held with magnets, nice touch! Related: Stargate: LEGO. HOW TO – Build a LEGO geodesic dome.
Superficielle – forest mirrors
Via Notcot, Michel de Broin’s – Superficielle – mirrors in the forest have an alien-like effect… Mirror, glue, cement / Vosges, Alsace, France – Upon invitation to reflect on the notion of transparency, that led me into the forest to envelop the contour of a large stone with fragments of mirror. The large stone, tucked […]
Made in Japan – Volume 6
This week: Chanko’s wire VW’s, Korg on the Nintendo DS, a pricey but nicey wooden keyboard, one stamp for many faces, a cyborg-esque finger piano begging to be circuit-bent, the Pixel Factory electricity-free movie player, Japanese manhole cover art, a psychedelic gas mask kaleidoscope, cushions made from subway car seat material, a rainbow in your […]
DIY Power distribution
Chris sent in his homemade controller for an old APC power distribution unit. This is a great way to recycle some old electronics. I found some ‘flaky’ APC AP9217 PDUs in the trash and grabbed a few to play with. These have 8 power plugs that can be individually toggled which is infinitely useful for […]
