WTH: Welcome To The Fake Nail Olympics
I tried to keep a straight face when I was reading about this on Daily Mail, but then I got to the sentence that read, "This is one of the most important competitions in the world," and I couldn't help but start laughing.
It's true, apparently there is an event called Nailympics, and it's been he ...
LCD Faucet: Water Goes Digital!
If you are planning to geek out your home, and if you are looking for inspiration, you are about to get inspired. Sure, a cool coffee table and a couple of pixel walls are going to bring the level up a lot, but nothing speaks geek as much as an original way of pouring your water when you get thirst ...
Just Released: The Original Charlotte’s Web Illustrations
Wow, this brings back so many childhood memories. Charlotte's Web is the best-selling children's paperback of all time (Publisher's Weekly, 2000). I remember reading that story dozens of times when I was growing up.
These original illustrations, drawn by Garth Williams in 1952, have been preser ...
Photography: Do You Have Big Enough Hands For This Camera?
It's not every day that someone decides something is too small, and they want to make it bigger, especially a lot bigger. I mean, today when everything is getting smaller, it's kind of rebelish to go against the trend and bring on the something that people have never even seen. We all love digital ...
The New Pop Tarts World Features Pop Tart Sushi!
Yesterday I wrote an article about some very creative, mouth-watering pop tarts on a stick. After that article published, one of my Twitter friends sent me another crazy cool pop tart concoction that is definitely worth sharing with you.
This is "Pop Tart Sushi." It is made from three flavors o ...
How To: Grow A Rainbow Colored Rose
I have never seen one of these rainbow colored roses in person; however, I've always thought they were fake, which is not appealing to me.
However, today I discovered that a rainbow rose can actually be grown. Now... that, on the other hand, is very cool! The process, discovered by Peter Van de ...
The New Evian Limited Edition Bottle: Design Inspiration
Each year, for the past few years, Evian has introduced a limited edition collector set of water bottles. I'm a sucker for beautiful packaging so I look forward to this.
Yesterday they announced this year's designer, Issey Miyake. He's created a flowery set of bottles, which I think are the ess ...
Creative Pop Tarts On A Stick: Yummm!
I've been saying for months that I want to write an article about all the different foods on sticks. These days it seems like almost everything comes on a stick, doesn't it? I even had a friend tell me today that she ordered waffles on a stick at a restaurant.
When I saw this food, which is one ...
More Bizarre Face Distorting Jewelry
As bizarre as it sounds, face-distorting jewelry is obviously a fashion trend because different designs are popping up all over the Internet daily. I remember when I wrote about it for the first time. The morbid yet interesting looks reminded me of Pablo Picasso. You can check that out here.
T ...
How To: Ride a Bicycle and Draw at the Same Time
This is one of those rare times when an unusual invention really grabs me. I like everything about this. The concept, the design, the thought provoking images that are graceful and beautiful, all of it is spot on.
This drawing machine, by Joseph Griffiths, is a crazy looking bicycle that create ...
An Unusual Remix: Star Wars and Ben Affleck’s The Town
You know by now how much we all love Star Wars here. Even though I have spent countless hours watching those movies over and over again, it still blows me away when I see the amount of time some true Star Wars geeks spend on their Star Wars creations. This is a perfect example of that.
As many ...
Tread-Walk: Brilliant or Stupid Invention?
I really thought there wasn't going to be any more modding to the treadmill. Honestly, in my own little way, I thought that the awesomeness and laziness of the treadmill was all behind us by now. Boy, I was wrong. When you think of countries like Japan and Korea, you always think of cool inventio ...
New Study: Americans Go Crazy When Internet Is Slow
Not long ago, @mistygirlph wrote an article entitled, "Do You Freak Out When Your Internet Goes Down?" It always makes me giggle when I see that one circulating on Twitter because people almost always add a little comment with their tweet that says, "Yes!" I know for me, I definitely freak out whe ...
Milk Carton Castle: World’s Largest Recycled Sculpture!
Once again, we are going to touch on the subject of being environmentally aware and thinking about what we are doing and how. For example, do you ever think about where all your trash is going once it's down inside that garbage can outside your house? Or, do you even give a second thought to what ...
The Traffic Light Tree: Nature and Industry Combined
Apparently this has been a fixture in London for a while, but I just saw these pictures for the first time today, and I can't stop staring at it. It's so unusual and surprisingly beautiful and... Well, you just check out the photos below and let me know what you think.
Created by French sculptor ...