Nov 30, 2012

Let's Talk About Androids

I was talking to a friend last week who told me that within 5 or 10 years the 'happy few' can by an adroid, a robot looking like a human with 'human' skin.

Fortunately I'm not part of the 'happy few'. Did you ever look at the vegetarian section of the meat department in the supermarket? I never understood this, why make fake meat? As a vegetarian you don't want to eat meat, I understand. So you're a vegetarian and you have to go to the meat department in your supermarket to get fake meat, fake meatballs, fake hamburgers. Why?!


I have the same problem with android robots. First I thought I was being old fashioned. But it's not that, I like gadget, I like technology, I like 'new' things. But to have another human in the house who isn't a human, I have a big problem with that. I don't like it, it's creepy.


I wonder if it's going to be possible to customize it. I like surprised, I like unexpected things to happen. I don't like to have a very organized thing in the house. I only want to use it to clean, do the laundry and sometimes cook. And I want it to look like R2D2 or the android logo. I want it to look like a robot.


Would that be possible? But more interesting ... am I the only one who thinks like this?

Santa Claus ... I've been good

Wow! 2 statues I would love to find underneath the Christmas tree.

Bad Apple is a graffiti artwork by french artist GOIN.:


And a Japanese “X-ray McSuper-Sized” Ronald McDonald toy also via


Nov 29, 2012

Musical Firearms

The mexican artist Pedro Reyes has created a set of 50 fully functioning musical instruments including a flute, guitar and drum kit fabricated out of a variety of firearms such as revolvers, shot-guns, machine guns ... With 6 musicians he performed 'Imagine'.




pedro reyes: imagine - musical performance from designboom on Vimeo.

Theremin Mini Kit

Can someone tell Santa Claus I have been a good girl?! Want!

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Nudifier

Gizmodo's app of the day, Nudifier. It doesn't matter if the subject is naked or not, Nudifier puts a pixel censor piece over their private parts. Some people think this is hilarious.

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London's Spider-Man

Peter Parkour - London's Spider-Man. This jumping and climbing and falling seems so simple. I'm jealous!

Filmed on location in London, UK for the Blu-ray and DVD release of The Amazing Spider-Man.



Crib Dribbler

Buy a bench, buy the Crib Dribbler and you're ready for a child. Efficient, sustainable and safe.

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Architects Smashit

Free expression of architects. On the website Architects Smashit, architects can get rid of their frustration by smashing their models. Yes ... even architects get frustrated sometimes.



Nov 22, 2012

Happy Birthday Terry Gilliam

Just in time. What's more important ... Thanksgiving or the birthday of Terry Gilliam. For me Terry Gilliam, but I'm not an American.




Terry Gilliam - Storytime (1968) from O.C. on Vimeo.

Donald In Mathmagic Land

Learn math from Donald Duck. A Disney cartoon from 1959.



The Girl Studies

Becoming a Woman - Striking Side-By-Side Portraits of Teens and Transgender Women.

As part of a multi-year project called “The Girl Studies,” Charlie White had photographed teen girls between the ages of 12 and 14 side-by-side with male to female transgender adults.

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Art In The Digital Age

A very interesting subject on Crane.tv. This is part two about 'ownership' of art in this digital age.

Artists are using the internet as a creative platform at every stage of the creative process from inspiration right through to promotion. Galleries are moving online, platforms are popping up where you can buy digital art and with the rise of online pin boards and visual blogs, anyone can now curate their own individual online galleries. We speak to six experts including New York- based digital artists Reed+Rader, Lousie Shannon - Acting Head of Contemporary at the V&A, James Davis - Program Manager at Google Art Project, Shane Walter - Founder of onedotzero and digital designers Keiichi Matsuda and Nazareno Crea to uncover how digital is shaking up the art world. In Part Two we debate the pros and cons of patenting digital art in an age of open source and sharing, explore the idea of 'ownership' and look at what the future holds for digital art.



Male Models

If you follow this blog you will know I'm not really into regular fashion and super models. But have I found a nice Tumblr blog Male Model World. Very refreshing if you compare it to the standard super models and half naked male models photography. Nice photography, cute male models. What do you want more.

This blogger from the Netherlands, a 14y old girl named Micky Puck van Dartel, has also a fashion blog with the inviting name Fashion F*cker. Also worth checking.







Nov 21, 2012

Requiem 2019 - Stop Whaling

Beautiful short film Requiem 2019 starring Rutger Hauer, directed by Rutger Hauer & Sil van der Woerd. A must see and a must share!

The last remaining blue whale comes eye to eye with its only enemy; mankind.




Requiem 2019 from Sil van der Woerd on Vimeo.

Dumb Ways To Die

These are indeed dumb ways to die.



Rap Coloring And Activity Tumblr

Based on childrens books this Tumblr blog creates coloring and activity images of rap artists. Cute.

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Mysterious Circle

China erects a giant circle in Sina Weibo. It costs $ 16 million. 3,000 Tons of steel and 12,000 LED. Circle Of Life, Time Portal, just a big circle? It's a mystery.

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Foals 'Inhaler'

New song 'Inhaler' by Foals from their new album Holy Fire, out feb 2013.



Linkin Park 'Waiting For The End'

2 Years old already, missed this one. 'Waiting For The End' by Linkin Park.




Linkin Park - Waiting For The End from Gabriel | ItsKnowOne | Perez on Vimeo.

Blow Job

Tadao Cern went to Leipzig to create another series of Blow Jobs. Which city will be next?

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Will We Ever Run Out Of Music?

An interesting subject by Vsauce 'Will We Ever Run Out of New Music?'. Scary shit, never thought about this. Even scarier ... perhaps we already ran out of new music ... ... ...



Nov 20, 2012

I Have Your Heart

I Have Your Heart, an animation by Crabapple, Boekbinder, & Batt.



A Popping Illusion Of Choice

Very good popping by Dragon House 'Illusion Of Choice'.



Thanksgiving Parade 2012

An alternative Thanksgiving Day Parade, the balloons beat the regular ones for sure.



Wolf Shirt Photo Shoot

I love this! I'm thinking of doing the same thing with a couple of friends, buy the most obnoxious shirts or whatever, and go to the local photographer for a photo shoot.

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Chrome Teaches Us The Stars

100.000 Stars by Google Chrome. It includes real location data of over 100,000 nearby stars, including 87 major named stars and our solar system.