Build Your Own

More Harry

Boy Art

(From makezine)

Physical Pixels

Super Cool. Check out the details at make.

Mythical Products That Became Real

Remember this stapler? Well, boxvox highlights it and 5 other products that were mythical but then turned real. What mythical product do you wish would find its way into production?

Almost Like Being There

If you have never seen the last supper in person, here's as close to being there as you'll get without a plain ticket. Check it out here.

Creative

Go here for more Ira Glass.

Amazing

(From makezine)

It Was a Hoax

Remember that youtube post I did the other day of the gps drawn picture - FAKE.

Erik Nordenankar's self-portrait – which straddles the entire globe – was allegedly created by tracing the route taken by the specially-primed case on its 55-day journey around the world.

The artist claimed he gave the case to DHL, the package delivery firm, with exact co-ordinates detailing the stages of its tour.

When the package was returned to Stockholm he claimed he downloaded the GPS's route memory to produce the enormous drawing above. It is composed of a single 110,00km-long line that passes through six continents and 62 countries.

But after bloggers pointed out holes in Nordenankar's claim, DHL confirmed to the Telegraph that the artwork was an "entirely fictional project".(Full Story at telegraph)

The World Is My Canvas

Telectroscope

As the first splinters of sunlight spread their warmth on the south bank of the River Thames on Thursday, it became clear that after more than a century, the vision of Victorian engineer Alexander Stanhope St. George had finally been realized.

In all its optical brilliance and brass and wood, there stood the Telectroscope: an 11.2-meter-(37 feet) long by 3.3-meter-(11 feet) tall dream of a device allowing people on one side of the Atlantic to look into its person-size lens and, in real time, see those on the other side via a recently completed tunnel running under the ocean. (Think 19th-century Webcam. Or maybe Victorian-age video phone.) (via makezine)

Of course they didn't actually drill a tunnel across the Atlantic, but its still cool. I'm betting their are some folks who will buy the story hook, line and sinker too.

Changed to The Same Thing

On October 5, 2007 Kristin Lucas succeeded in legally changing her name from Kristin Sue Lucas to Kristin Sue Lucas.

In Alameda County Court, the presiding judge who granted the request said: “So you have changed your name to exactly what it was before in the spirit of refreshing yourself as though you were a web page.”

The artist receives a government-issued refresh. Documentation includes a certified name change form, newspaper clipping, sketches from court hearings, and a transcript of a philosophical debate between the artist and the presiding judge over the perception of change. (Art and Story at 169.pair)

Interesting.

Skulls

This is from Skull-A-Day:


The Blog name kind of explains what its about. An artistic skull everyday for a year (the year is almost up).

DYI Fonts

Ever have a project that you are working on and you can't the perfect font? Well now you can build your own without having to buy software or overcome a learning curve. FontStruct is a free, online beta that lets you create your own font. It seems pretty user friendly, with intuitive controls (disclaimer: I haven't played with it much yet).

So go start making fonts.

Social Art Projects

I tied a disposable camera to a bench with a sign that read:

Good afternoon,
I attached this camera to the bench so you could take pictures. Seriously. So have fun. I'll be back later this evening to pick it up.
Love, Jay / The Plug

When I retrieved the camera that night, I was happy to find that the entire roll of film had been shot. Below are the photos that were taken.

Go check out his site to see what kind of shots people took.