Tear-off cardboard USB flash-drives - Boing Boing

http://boingboing.net/2012/09/28/tear-off-cardboard-usb-flash-d.html

10 smartphone habits you should avoid

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/28/tech/mobile/netiquette-eight-phone-habits/index.html?c=tech&page=0

HOWTO make a machete wrench - Boing Boing

EV Builder and friends were in the midst of refitting a vehicle to be of use in a zombie apocalypse when it occurred to them to turn a machete into a variable hex wrench. They liked the result so much that the published the HOWTO on Instructables.

Perhaps one of the more useful tools I have ever owned was a flat bar with a series of hexagonal cutouts in it. While minimally useful as a wrench because of its long length, it proved invaluable as backstop for holding nuts in place while I was tightening them down. Not to mention that when my wrench set was annoyingly missing just the size I needed, my hard to misplace flat bar always had me covered.

It therefore stood to reason that a Katana with a similar series of hexagonal cutouts would be valuable both for taking down Zombies/Mutant wildlife and complementing any set of tools used for post apocalyptic DYI projects. However, after a bit of research it became apparent that in addition to being expensive to make, "Katanas are notoriously high maintenance"* and at ApocalypsEV we hate the idea of high cost high maintenance (www.ApocalypsEV.com).

So seeking a simpler more affordable concept, we created the Mechanics Machete. It combines the Zombie fighting power of a machete with the utility of a set of wrenches. Also when using stainless steel for the blade, it eliminates the maintenance hassle of trying to keep the blade rust free.

Every time I see a hex-wrench made by cutting a shape out of a piece of metal, I remember the time Gatwick airport security stole my belt-buckle, including the little loop that held the belt's tongue, because the loop had a hexagonal cutout that was a "wrench."

Apocalypse Mechanics Machete (viaNeatorama)

http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/howto-make-a-machete-wrench.html

Eye Lands II (64"x74")::

func art http://maker-of-things.blogspot.com/2012/09/func-art.html

Eye Lands (64"x74")::

func art http://maker-of-things.blogspot.com/2012/09/func-art.html

Things From the Thingiverse

First 3-D Printing Store Opens In U.S.

MakerBot will open a 3-D printing shop on Sept. 20 in New York City. Inside, a new breed of machines prints out designs from the web. The hope: to make the hobby mainstream.

By Dave MosherPosted 09.19.2012

http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2012-09/first-3-d-printing-store-opens-world-domination

Dwelling in a well lit home ::

Welcome to the creepily awesome Tron home

DuPont is asking designers to create furniture and other accoutrements you'd expect to find in the home of a Grid denizen. Peek inside the high-end home of your digital nightmares.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20044349-1.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zero Sum Game :::

Zero Recalls Electric Motorcycles that May Stall in Traffic

http://blogs.wsj.com/drivers-seat/2012/09/22/zero-recalls-electric-bikes-that-may-stall-in-traffic/

Saw it comin'

Broad strokes of beige ::

In the shadows ::

Home Is Where The Heart Is ::

Tiny homes are becoming a big deal

Could you live in a 170-square-foot home? Some people who have moved into tiny living spaces are enthusiastic boosters of downsizing -- big time.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/21/living/small-homes-irpt/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

 

Agenda 21 Micro-Apartment Scheme Being Beta-Tested in NYC

Susanne Posel July 12, 2012

http://www.infowars.com/agenda-21-micro-apartment-scheme-being-beta-tested-in-nyc/print/

Skullboingary

Longtime BB fave Tim Biskup has a show of new paintings opening this Thursday at Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea in Milan, Italy. Juxtapoz has a preview of the exhibition, titled "Excavation."

 http://boingboing.net/

Japan tooth patch could be end of decay - FRANCE 24

http://iphone.france24.com/en/20120916-japan-tooth-patch-could-be-end-decay

Cerebral-trick are we?

CNN:: HEALTH

How art tricks the brain

Art is not reality, and yet we recognize our reality in it and find at least some of it beautiful.

Scientists have been working on understanding how the brain perceives art.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/15/health/art-brain-mind/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

 

 

 

Weird Art - Photos of Weird Art

http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ig/Weird-Art/

Sharp-eye viewers identify strange photo | OC Science

http://sciencedude.ocregister.com/2009/10/31/bet-you-cant-identify-this-photo/65911/

Glass acts from an ancient world - Community - The Star

http://m.thestar.co.uk/community/glass-acts-from-an-ancient-world-1-4913041

Black and white and bad all over: Artist combines today's celebrity mugshots with snaps of 1920s crooks to create fascinating photos | Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2202461/Black-white-bad-Artist-combines-todays-celebrity-mugshots-snaps-1920s-crooks-create-fascinating-photos.html?printingPage=true

Intricate Doodle Portraits Are Made with a Single Continuous Line | Oddity Central - Collecting Oddities

http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/intricate-doodle-portraits-are-made-with-a-single-continuous-line.html

As pretty as a picture (but a lot more deadly): Killer diseases as you've never seen them before | Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2197533/As-pretty-picture-lot-deadly--Killer-diseases-youve-seen-before.html?printingPage=true

Couple finds medieval well under their living room floor | Fox News

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/08/30/couple-finds-medieval-well-under-their-living-room-floor/print

WhyLand?

 

Playing Koi

 

 

 

 

 

func art

Sculptures::

Dear Daliesque Busted
http://maker-of-things.blogspot.com/2015/05/dear-daliesque-busted.html

Coral Coil Sledge::
http://maker-of-things.blogspot.com/2011/09/coral-coral-sledge.html

Iron-Wood-Coppera
http://maker-of-things.blogspot.com/2012/04/iron-wood-coppera.html

SssEyeCloptyc Scythe Disc::
http://maker-of-things.blogspot.com/2012/08/func-art-ssseyecloptyc-scythe-disc.html

wrenched eye::
http://maker-of-things.blogspot.com/2012/08/func-art-wrenched-eye.html

Corrugated Metal Sculpture::
http://maker-of-things.blogspot.com/2009/03/core-made-it.html

Brass Torch Sculpture::
http://maker-of-things.blogspot.com/2012/08/brass-torch-sculpture_25.html

Just Duckie:: Not Pretty, Not Pink::
http://maker-of-things.blogspot.com/2012/08/just-duckie-not-pretty-not-pink.html

Abstract Lattice (2"x2"s: ~ 45"x90")::
http://maker-of-things.blogspot.com/2011/12/abstract-lattice-schematic-completed.html


“locus” maps (36”x48”)::
(line-work is based on parcel data)::

locus dp ka
http://maker-of-things.blogspot.com/2011/10/locus-dp-ka.html

locus - srm
http://maker-of-things.blogspot.com/2011/12/locus-srm.html

locus wc
http://maker-of-things.blogspot.com/2011/12/locus-wc.html

locus eb
http://maker-of-things.blogspot.com/2011/10/locus-eb.html

locus - j
lhttp://maker-of-things.blogspot.com/2011/12/locus-jl.html

locus dc wm
http://maker-of-things.blogspot.com/2011/10/locus-dc-wm.html

locus map - hj
http://maker-of-things.blogspot.com/2011/10/locus-map-hj.html


Canvas:
Eye Lands II (64"x74")::
http://maker-of-things.blogspot.com/2012/09/eye-lands.html
http://maker-of-things.blogspot.com/2012/09/eye-lands-ii.html

Oxford's Secret Societies | Golden Oldies | Toby Young | www.nosacredcows.co.uk

"All of these institutions can boast of famous social occasions -- the George, for instance, persuaded Andy Warhol to attend a party thrown in his honour in 1981 -- but "the Buller" stands out for two reasons.
http://www.nosacredcows.co.uk/golden_oldies/829/oxfords_secret_societies.html

Obamanation (One Painting That Says It All)

http://www.mcnaughtonart.com/artwork/view_zoom/423

Nazi looted art found at future site of Bush presidential library - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/64351-nazi-looted-art-found-at-future-site-of-bush-presidential-library?tmpl=component&print=1&page=