Food Flags
For the Sydney International Food Festival, advertising agency WHYBIN created these flags to represent countries using foods from that country. Delicious! See more big pics at The Kitchn.
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Bike builders compete to build best commuter bike ever
The fine folks over at Core77 have a bunch of pictures from the launch of the Oregon Manifest Constructor’s Design Challenge. The top 12 designs will be on display for the duration of the event.
Wooden hand crank iPhone dock automata
This wooden hand crank iPhone dock automata by Murtaza Lakdawala is equal parts form and function. Turn the crank and watch the gears mesh as the automata changes the iPhone’s orientation from portrait to landscape.
Gijs’ latest machine hacks both images and sound
Circuit-bending/music machine-building maestro Gijs Gieskes has posted the details of his latest creation, a synth that uses the SEGA video RAM as an audio source (after it’s been slowed down via a binary counter). Check out his use of magnetic patch bays to switch up the sounds. His tutorial on how to make the patch […]
Help write the Necronomicon
The Howard Phillips Lovecraft Historical Society, whose work I dearly love and have written about before, is compiling a complete prop edition of the Necronomicon from reader submissions! There was, apparently, a “Necronomicontest” of some sort to encourage submissions, the deadline of which has now passed, but they are still accepting “mad ramblings” here.
How-To: 1-2-3 Glitter Clothespin Photo Hangers
Today I got out the glitter for the next step in my Day of the Dead shrine. My altar is hung with garlands, and I wanted to attach photos of my loved ones to them. I spent last night selecting my favorite pictures, and I love seeing them hanging up. If you are working on […]
Dexter-themed interior decor
Bloody good post over on Mental Floss collecting some delightful home furnishings from the Lady MacBeth collection. Just don’t think you can get away with leaving them out past Halloween. The world’s not ready yet.