When I was in high school, still living with my parents, they gotta pretty pissed off at me when I painted a checkerboard grid in a corner of my room. Except the cool thing was that it only appeared as a square grid from one specific one of reference in the room. This page has a gallery of rooms (and outdoor sites) where this same principle of trompe-l’Å“il is applied. The indoor ones look to be real, but I’m a little sceptical of the outdoor versions. Whether real or not, it’s a head-trip!
No, this is not Apple’s Time Machine. The Time Fountain is much more fun - a super-nifty gadget someone made that uses strobing LEDs and a stream of nuclear-green water droplets to bring to time to a screeching, soggy halt. It can even reverse time.
Being a fan of Bender, the rude robot from Futurama, I was very impressed with this Bender Costume someone put together. Proportions look pretty close to cartoon Bender, and the attention to detail is quite sweet. Bite my shiny metal ass.
Here are some pictures of the Bender costume I made. I made the costume initially because I was inspired by the large scale costumes I saw in the 2003 Comic-con masquerade. I was able to finish it in time to give him a test run at the Las Vegas Comic-Con on Halloween weekend.
BÄSTIS Hook I’ve been keeping my eye out for a coat rack / hook system for my apartment for some time now. The products I found were usually hideous, utterly boring, and never interesting. IKEA to the rescue. I found the BÄSTIS Hook on my way out of the megastore, in the pet section - presumably to be used for your dog’s leash or something. I thought they would be an excellent humorous answer to my coat hanging solution. They’re not made for anthing too heavy, so don’t hang a fully laden backpack on these. Great conversation starters the minute your guests enter your pad.
