Archive for December, 2006
Saturday, December 30th, 2006
Cyclops Kitty
Time for that end-of-the-year wrap up and I was thinking about some of the more unusual things I’d seen this year, and thought of Cylcops Kitty. The cat belonged to Traci Allen and was born a year ago today on December 28th, 2005. She says the kitten she named Cy, short for […]
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Thursday, December 28th, 2006
Tiger’s Nest Monastery
Perched on the side of a cliff 3000 feet from the floor of the Paro valley, Tiger’s Nest is the most famous of Bhutan’s monasteries. A place of pilgrimage for Buddhists.
This fabulous photo was shot by Leo Palmer
Leo Palmer Photography
Taktshang Monastery on Fresh Pics
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Sunday, December 24th, 2006
Just in time for the holidays
A lovely Turkey Jello Mold with all the trimmings!
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Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
Mountain Dew Christmas Tree
Christmas 2006
Materials: Approx 400 Mountain Dew cans
Construction Materials : PVC pipe for the trunk, construction markers for the branches, a drill to get the constructions flags into the PVC pipe. Time: 3 Months of soda drinking / 4 days of building.
Tree 2.0
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Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
Tasteful holiday decor
I’m so tired of tasteful decorations with careful, restrained use of little white lights or a single holiday wreath decorating the door.
This should solve this problem.
More tasteless holiday decorations
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Friday, December 22nd, 2006
Feliz Navidad from ElVez
Yes, Virginia! There is a Poncho Claus! El Vez will be going on tour this year. It’s been a long time but he is back on the road with MY MEXICAN MERRY MEX-MAS. So come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, the King is here.
Elvis con salsa…
www.Elvez.net
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Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
Christmas Island
Paul, “I Am A Friend of the Squirrels” posted a great set of holiday ads and photos on Flickr called Christmas Island, via Boing Boing.
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Monday, December 18th, 2006
Glow-in-the-dark bath fixtures
LED glowing bathroom fixtures from Wet Studio (via Sellsius).
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Saturday, December 16th, 2006
Hail Mary, full of grace
The 1000 lb. rosary that retired quarry worker Bernard “Chub” Clark has created in his rural three acre yard near Nokomis is made of old bowling balls and probably weighs close to 1,000 pounds, give or take. Chub has linked each ball by ¼-inch log chain and attaching a 2-foot by 16-inch cross hewn […]
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Thursday, December 14th, 2006
Theater Bed
It’s the RUF-Cinema, the first multimedia bed of the future. The bed features a home cinema rack fitted between the two headboard bolsters that offers enough space for items such as a DVD player and games consoles. As soon as the film is over, all you have to do is touch a button […]
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Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
Organic architecture link love
A cool collection of photos of organic architecture around the world.
Haute*Nature
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Sunday, December 10th, 2006
Vertical Gardens
Patrick Blanc overgrows the vertical surfaces of buildings in the most beautiful way. What he creates is far away from any fancy horticultural show, his Vertical Garden could rather be called eco-art, or greener architecture consisting of a variety of plants trailing gently up any interior or outside wall.
Vertical Gardens of Patrick Blanc via […]
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Saturday, December 9th, 2006
African Foldaway House
Rajan Harinarain, a South African entrepreneur and inventor has come up with a temporary foldaway house for use in emergency situations complete with electrical wiring and fittings, doors and windows that can be erected by a small team in 5 minutes.
The patented structure weighs less than a ton, collapses to under a foot in height […]
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Friday, December 8th, 2006
Godzilla Christmas
Godzilla-shaped Christmas tree spews smoke, Aqua City Odaiba shopping mall, Tokyo, Japan.
