Grant Gibson of Glasgow, the UK, converted a $5 alarm clock into a gmail notifier. Every time I get a new email the clock moves from side to side and does the classic Space Invaders sound, then lights one of the LEDs to give me an idea of how many unread messages there are. There’s […]
Tré Reising, a graduate student at Michigan’s Cranbrook Academy of Art, was so inspired by rapper Gucci Mane‘s unusual facial tattoo that he decided to make an awesome 5-foot sculpture of it. Of course it’s made from hemp and, wait for it, “burrrlap.” [via buzzfeed] More: Amy Winehouse Tattoo Sweater Knit a Tattoo for Mom […]
http://vimeo.com/33181232 …and after several rounds of zinc whiskers, take to the stage for a rousing if slightly off-key rendition of The Animals’ 1964 version of The House of The Rising Sun. From Vimeo user PURETUNE, who writes: For this video i recorded each instrument separately with a decent stereo mic and i also used a […]
As an adult, I rarely have a birthday party for myself, let alone one that has some kind of rad theme. These Rolo rocket party favors from Amanda from Shindig Parties To Go over on Skip to My Lou make me want to reconsider this travesty and throw a massive space-themed birthday party for myself […]
Redditor drewsaysgoveg made this cool DIY key rack from spare keys. He secured the keys in a vice and carefully curled them by tapping them with a hammer, only breaking two in the process.
OK Go’s new video for the song Needing/Getting has the band playing a thousand instruments… with a car. Yep, they rigged up a Chevy Sonic hatchback with retractable pneumatic arms, then drove a course with specially tuned instruments at specific intervals while extending the arms to hit each in time with the song. This allowed them to capture both the video itself along with audio elements, which they mixed into the the final track. Elements of which were aired during the Superbowl as an ad.
I love that these arrow pencils from The Crafts Department don’t necessarily scream “VALENTINE’S DAY!” but are a more stylized nod to Cupid’s arrows. If you’re looking for a grown-up Valentine’s project to make for friends, this is a great one.
