They say that lighting a match after doing your deed on the toilet does not get rid of unpleasant odors but only masks them. Be that as it may, I still love the smell of freshly lit matches and always keep a box in the restroom for guests. goodjoy design must also see the need for a matchbox in the bathroom, because they have cleverly added a matchbox holder to the top of a TP dispenser. Screw a new jet tub; this is a bathroom addition I can get behind! Via Design Milk. ...
Continue readingI love Italian photographer and artist Federico Mauro's clever take on a modern digital artist's workbench: It reminds me of another "manual" re-interpretation of a modern artist's tool...
Continue readingToday is a typical day after a holiday weekend in that there were TONS of goodies to be read and discovered on my Google Reader. Instead of creating a separate post for each one of them, I've decided to do a monster round-up post of my favorite reads of the day. Some of these are a bit old (and by that, I mean about 12 hours old) but still deserving of mention. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did! How the Nursing Home for Superheroes Would Look LikeA funny but indefinitely sad sculpture of the lives of aged superheroes. 25 Blockbuster Movies Posters Recreated Using LegoA must-see for any Lego fans! My favorite? "The GodVader," of course. Stoudemire has agreement with...
Continue readingIn 1988, illustrator Paul Middlewick was staring at a map of the London Underground on his daily commute home from work when he "saw" an elephant among the lines, stations, and symbols — similar to how the ancients discovered constellations in the night sky. Since then, the elephant has been joined by 33 other animals in a collection called Animals on the Underground. Batstation nickname: Highgate Puppy (dog)station nickname: Colliers Wood Catstation nickname: Queen's Park Puppy (hound)station nickname: Hounslow Central Cockerelstation nickname: Cockfosters Ravenstation nickname: Ravenscourt Park Dogstation nickname: Barking Reindeerstation nickname: Caledonian Road Elephantstation nickname: Elephant & Castle Baby Rhinostation nickname: Kenton Emustation nickname: High Barnet Rhinostation nickname: Hornchurch Angel Fishstation nickname: Angel Sealstation nickname: Finsbury Park Flamingostation nickname: Rotherhithe Snailstation nickname: Mudchute Goosestation nickname: Canada Water Stagstation nickname: Richmond Hawkstation nickname: Goldhawk Road Tortoisestation nickname: Oval Houndstation nickname: Hounslow...
Continue readingI have never heard of Very Small Array before, but after browsing through just a few pages I immediately added it to my Google Reader. Chock-full of interesting charts, graphs, maps, and illustrations, the blog is right up my alley. Currently, it is running a series of NYC maps that display the most common type of restaurants by zip code based on The Village Voice Restaurant Guide. ...
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