BlogCadre - gallery

Creepy Typewriter Sci-Fi Creatures

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:34:21 -0500

Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci, William Gibson and Philip K. Dick, Jeremy Mayer builds sci-fi inspired sculptures by using antique typewriters. Gallery [via]

A Truck Driver's View of Japan

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:48:12 -0500

Mike Cash is an American working as a truck driver in Japan. While on the road and at the wheel he takes beautiful photos of Japanese culture and environments. Link to his gallery, Japan from the Driver's Seat.

[Pictured: cropped photo of "Modern Monk" by Mike Cash. View full image here.]

Cake Wrecks

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:57:51 -0500

Cake Wrecks is a blog where cake disasters are found throughout the internet and posted for our amusement. Most are funny and some are ugly, but there are a few that are just plain creepy. Link [via]

Previously:
Optimus Prime Cake, Mario birthday cake, Mac Mini birthday cake, Nintendo! It's a ceral... and a wedding cake?, iPhone Birthday Cake

Baby's First Internet

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:53:25 -0500

Kevin Fanning and Kean Soo put together hilarious rhymes and illustrations called Baby's First Internet.

Not sure how to explain the internet to your young ones? Presenting a series of nursery rhymes to teach children how to comport themselves on the online.

Link

Related links:
Kean Soo's personal website - link
Kevin Fanning's personal website - link

How the Joker evolved

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:27:55 -0500

Here is a pictorial history of how the Joker evolved from campy, annoying prankster to murderous, dark villain. Link.

Any reviews on The Dark Knight? Share it in the comments.

Land of the Free by Steven Schofield

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:19:45 -0500

Land of the Free by Steven Schofield:

Steven Schofield takes photos of british sci-fi fans, dressed in character in their homes. He treats it as 'found' photography, which seems to illustrate the subjects vulnerability. The title of the work is Land of the Free - and illustrates how American culture infiltrates, with the ironic edge of questioning the idea of the freedom of choosing to copy the look of these fictional characters. [via MeFi]

Link

Hyper by Denis Darzacq

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:32:16 -0500

Hyper is a photograph collection of breakdancers (well, I'm not positive if they are breakdancers) floating in common places like convenient stores done by French photographer Denis Darzacq. Link to gallery. La Chute is another one of his collections. It's worth the look.

Childhood Fears Come to Life

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:39:41 -0500

I'm going to have nightmares tonight after viewing agentparanoia's "Childhood Fears" photoset. These photos are down-right scary. View the set if you dare. Link.

Portraits of Phone Sex Operators

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:54:41 -0500

Phillip Toledano is coming out with a new book in July about phone-sex operators.

So much of commerce now is blind: online shopping, tech-support in Bangalore. We hope there is a person at the other end of the transaction, but it could be a machine; often the machine doesn’t seem very well programmed. The phone-sex industry, though, thrives on being faceless and intensely personal at the same time. Phillip Toledano’s new book Phone Sex (July 2008, Twin Palms) takes us into the boudoirs of nearly 30 phone-sex operators so we see their faces and also hear their stories—each operator gives his or her take on the business.

The Morning News posted a few portraits from the book as well as an interview with Toledano on their website. Be sure to read the captions underneath each portrait. My favorite caption?

“Gary was watching a ‘World’s Strongest Women’ show and saw a woman pick up a motorcycle.
‘Oh I could do that,’ I offered.
‘Could you?’ he responded, breathless.
‘Yes. How much do you weigh?’
‘160.’
‘Oh. I could bench-press two of you.’
‘Oh my god… I’d like to see you lift up my girlfriend’s car.’
‘What kind of car does she have?’
‘A Mazda Miata.’
‘Oh yes, I could pick up a Miata. In fact, I would love to.’
‘Really?!?!??! Oh my god! What if my girlfriend was inside?’
‘I would just pick it up, lift it to my shoulder level, and then hoist it up over my head, with your girlfriend inside. I’d slowly turn around in a circle with it held up in the air, with your girlfriend screaming in the front seat.’”

A part of me may miss getting paid for this when I move on.

Link [via]

No Regrets, ridiculous tattoos

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:02:56 -0500

Authors Aviva Yael and P.M Chen recently released "NO REGRETS: The Best, Worst, & Most #$%*ING Ridiculous Tattoos Ever," which is a book of "creative" tattoos found throughout the country. ABC News has posted a gallery of some of the tattoos from the book on the website. Link.

Previously:
Chevy Cavalier tattoo (LwL), furniture tattoos (LwL), UV Blacklight Tattoos: Tattoos only visible in blacklight

Splitting the Hive

Sun, 18 May 2008 23:05:07 -0500

Over the weekend, Jason, Colleen (Jason's mom) and Ted (beekeeping expert) split their hive in order to set up a secondary hive in another location. Chris Wiggins witnessed the hive splitting and lived to tell the tale. He wrote a great post over on his blog Beautiful Bokeh and also shared amazing photos he took on that day.

Link to Beautiful Bokeh. Link to photo gallery.

Update: Jason wrote up a post over at Make: Blog about his hive splitting experience and provides information on how to start your own backyard beehive. Link.

Hubcap Creatures

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:08:59 -0600

Hubcap Creatures are sculptures made of hubcaps and other metallic junk. The creatures are designed by Ptolemy.

From the website:

Hubcap creatures are made entirely from re-cycled materials. All the hubcaps are found, usually on the side of the road, and therefore bear the scars of their previous lives in the form of scratches and abrasions. I believe these marks add texture and history to the creatures they decorate, and so choose not to fill, overpaint or alter them in any way.

Link [via The Alternative Consumer

Skin Alphabet

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:30:06 -0600

Alfabet in Huid was created by Thijs Verbeek. Clothes pins were used to form letters from the alphabet on human skin. Link [via Grow a Brain]

Sleevefaces

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:52:03 -0600

Sleeveface is "the art of one or more persons obscuring or augmenting any part of the body or bodies with record sleeves causing an illusion." Here is a gallery of a variety of sleevefaces. Have a sleeveface of your own? Share it with BlogCadre! [via MeFi]

LEGO Snowflake Ornaments

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:23:51 -0600

In the spirit of the Christmas season, here is a Flickr gallery of LEGO snowflakes put together by Nelson "Big Daddy" Yrizarry. Link [via Neatorama]