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The L.L. Bean blog has posted video footage of a tiny version of the L.L.Bean Bootmobile drag racing a small Oscar Mayer Wienermobile on a slot car race track.
The L.L.Bean Bootmobile goes toe to bun with the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile
via L.L. Bean blog
Paris-based art director Juri Zaech created Write a Bike, a lovely 2010 conceptual project in personalized name bicycle frames. Prints and other items showing Lovely Friday are available to purchase.
via Lauren Gardner and Dirty Pretty Things
The Littles was a cartoon television series for kids that aired in the 1980s about secret little animal/people that lived in the wall. In this 1985 episode titled Just A Little Drunk, cousin Dinky emulates an alcoholic Hollywood actor by drinking and then recklessly driving his grandfather around in his small car.
“It wasn’t cool, Dinky, it was criminal and dangerous!”
Henry wins a trip to Hollywood to meet movie star Kurt Corwin and the Littles go with him. They are quickly disillusioned when they discover Corwin is nothing but a loud-mouthed drunk and his superhero stunts are fake.
Back in 2005, Terry Moore presented a short TED Talk on how to tie your shoes. Hint: you’re probably doing it wrong.
via Reddit
This astonishing duel between a Snowy Owl and a Peregrine Falcon took place in a Chicago park back in January. The duel was photographed by bird enthusiast Rick Remington. It ended in a draw.
I could tell just before the Falcon would attack by the way the Owl crouched down and got ready to lunge. It would do a somersault just as the Peregrine approached and flash its nasty talons in an attempt to scare off the Falcon. The battle lasted for 5 full minutes before the Falcon headed off in another direction and the Snowy Owl flew down to the rocks by the lake. It was a surprisingly violent and noisy encounter, with both birds shrieking loudly and the owl extending its giant wings to intimidate the smaller falcon. I fully expected this to end badly for the owl based on what I was watching. In spite of the obvious mismatch, the Snowy Owl managed to hold its own and escape unscathed.
Thanks to Jennifer Lynch for the tip.
The incredible Mogees system converts anything from a tabletop to a tree into a customizable musical instrument operated by hand gestures (video). The system uses a contact mic to detect hand gestures, and software to convert the gestures into sounds. Mogees is an experimental project by music technology researcher Bruno Zamborlin.
video by Cristina Picchi
Designer Boguslaw Sliwinski encourages playing with your food with his cool series of modern ceramic Transportation Plates. Each one shows a different mode of shipping transportation which you can then load up artfully with food. They are available to purchase by contacting the designer.
via Geekosystem and MoCo Loco
Know What is a new city guide app for iPhone that features recommendations from local writers, bloggers, and critics. The app currently covers Los Angeles and San Francisco. Know What was developed by Escape Apps.
For the past three plus years, Tony the crumb-eating pigeon has been riding the New York Waterway ferry from Manhattan to Weehawken. In 2011, NY Daily News.com featured Tony in an article which described his daily journey on the ferry and reactions from human ferry passengers. Tony even has his own Facebook page simply titled Tony the Pigeon.
According to deckhands and regular passengers, Tony boards the Thomas Jefferson ferry every morning at Pier 79 on W. 39th St. during the rush-hour commute. He travels back and forth on the boat to New Jersey, exiting briefly at each dock to search for food, before disembarking after two hours without fail back in Manhattan.
He then repeats the same two-hour routine, wandering both the upper and lower decks of the boat, during the evening commute. The only time he ever misses a day is during a blizzard.
via Damiano DeMonte
photos by Anthony Quintano and Damiano DeMonte
video by Rebecca Davis for NY Daily News
The laurel wreath logo for casino company Caesars Entertainment was recreated with kitchen knives (without the aid of CGI) for a recent print campaign by Mike Ferrer of ad agency GSD&M. The image was captured by photographer Adam Voorhes.
via Who Killed Bambi? & Inspire Me Now
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