Wednesday, September 14, 2011

The Sunday Times Infographics by Jeremy Christopher

Here's a selection of infographics featured in UK's The Sunday Times between 2009-2011, produced by Jeremy Christopher whilst working freelance with the newspaper's Graphics team. Jeremy's specialty is in Typography and Print Design.

(Thanks Sir Thomas)

Robot Wallpaper transforms your boring wall into a robot army

Studio Ditte has an extraordinary wallpaper collection including this very cool Robot Wallpaper: "The army of friendly robots is made from old prints and decorated with small finds. The robot wallpaper is a blend of the nostalgic and the digital age."

(Thanks Michelle)

Your delicious fake food now come in miniature size

I've seen miniature food sculptures before but these creations by Kim Burke have to be the best. Kim uses clay to make miniature food sculptures of apple pies, sushi, cheese wedges and more. She says: "I usually take 1-3 hours to make one depending on how complex the miniature is - cookies are the easiest."

Watching Spongebob SquarePants makes your kids stupid

I've known this all along but now a study has suggested that watching just nine minutes of Spongebob SquarePants can cause short-term attention and learning problems in 4-year-olds. Watching a full program of Spongebob could be more detrimental. Nickelodeon spokesman David Bittler disagrees.

Foursquaropoly is Foursquare meets Monopoly

Those of you who are addicted to Foursquare have now more reason to keep using the popular app. Foursquaropoly is a real life game of Monopoly that uses Foursquare to make you the game piece and your city the board. After the app is purchased, your account is linked with your Foursquare information.

Don't throw away your old SLR, turn it into a lamp!

This DIY SLR camera lamp is a beauty! Kirsty show us how to convert an old SLR camera into a working lamp: "This how to shows how I prepared the camera body for the professional wiring of the lamp. It outlines the options you have for powering the lamp and the parts you’d need to provide to your electrician."

Howl's Moving Castle Papercraft

Some dude managed to build a papercraft of Howl's Moving Castle using the template found in the very rare Howl's Moving Castle Papercraft book. I understand that the book is now out of print. Howl's Moving Castle is a 2004 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli.

(Thanks Remus)

Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Redfoot Dragon made from Lego Bionicle parts

Check out Lego builder Mike Nieves's awesome Redfoot Dragon using Lego Bionicle parts. He says: This was my test of the Hero Factory pieces. I really like the texture they can give to a MOC but they're not easy to use. I connected each armor piece using a ball joint and decimated my supply. I used about 100 in this model."

Freaky Field Guide to Tokyo's Top 10 Mythical Beasts

Matt Alt writes a guide to Tokyo's legendary animals and mythical beasts on CNN Go with wonderful illustrations by Chip Boles. This is the Nue, a Japanese chimera with a head of a monkey, body of a tiger and tail of a poisonous snake. Don't look at it if you meet one because it can make you really sick.

(via Boing Boing)

Dude does voice impressions of Star Wars characters

This guy is good! Star Wars geek shows off his voice talent by doing some of his favorite voices from the Star Wars saga such as General Grievous, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader, Jar Jar Binks, Luke Skywalker and many more. Part two of his Star Wars voice reel here.

Watch "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" for free!

You can now watch the complete US and UK series of Whose Line Is It Anyway? online for free. The popular short-form improvisational comedy TV show consists of a panel of four performers who create characters, scenes and songs on the spot, in the style of short-form improvisation games

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