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but is it art? March 5, 2008 posted by

Giant Anglepoise Lamp – super cool 70th aniversary lamp says it bigger, brighter and more retro

This 70th anniversary Giant Anglepoise Lamp gets our vote as the lighting implement of the week. The gorgeous retro 1930’s design still holds its own in the style stakes, although we can’t help feeling that having a mammoth lampshade hanging over their shoulder could make your visitors feel a trifle uncomfortable in one of those malevolent whack-a-mole Pixar icon kinda ways. £1,450.00.  To celebrate the 70th Birthday of the original 1227 Anglepoise Lamp this three times life-size Anglepoise has been created. Each lamp is…


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but is it art? March 3, 2008 posted by

Pivot Stick Figure Animator – free fun figure animations

Pivot Stick Figure Animator. Fun, free and easy way to create your own stick figure animations like wot all those clever artistic types do. There’s an MSN Group to help you build and show off your creations too. So no excuses.  Pivot makes it easy to create stick-figure animations. You can build your own stick figures and load your own backgrounds. The animations can be saved as animated gifs to be used on web pages. An example animation is included. Tags: pivot+stick+figure+animator,…


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but is it art? February 14, 2008 posted by

Triple Axle Hummer Limo – Mommy, please make them stop…

Triple Axle 8 Wheel Hummer Stretch Limo. The world’s first nightclub on wheels. Featuring 2 VIP lounges, disco floors and ceilings, gullwing doors and a Level 5 sound system (ooh that sounds loud, grandma). Just perfect for that ladies night out, as long as you’ve got a starting fee of £350.00 for the first hour. Oh and apparently it does around 5 miles to the gallon. Of Scotch. Joking!   Tags: hummer, stretch+limo, triple+axle+8+wheel+hummer+stretch+limo


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Awesome February 11, 2008 posted by

Rarindra Prakarsa – beautiful photographic imagery

Rarindra Prakarsa is a photographer and Photoshop artist working out of Indonesia who has an incredibly rich portfolio of work to show off. His stuff is reverberating around the Web right now, but it’s worth repeating here. Even if you don’t like the style (and some people may perhaps find it to be a little cheesy or overblown) you have to admire the sheer style of the compositions and the amount of effort these photos take. If you want to…


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Awesome February 8, 2008 posted by

50 Years of British TV Comedy – a catalogue of YouTube shows lovingly sorted in date order

50 Years of British Television Comedy. A fabulous collection of video clips from British comedy down the years. It’s indexed in decade order with Wikipedia links giving show descriptions, and there are some absolute gems in there (like The Parrot Sketch from Monty Python, above). I’m definitely bookmarking it for a rainy grey day. Tags: 50+years+of+british+tv+comedy, television, humour, youtube


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Bookmark This! February 8, 2008 posted by

HDR Walls – free high dynamic range wallpapers for computers and devices

HDR Walls. A new portal containing free downloadable wallpapers of high dynamic range (HDR) images. Nearly 500 of them, for PC, Mac, iPhones etc. Enjoy!  What are HDR wallpapers? HDR images are created by taking multiple shots exposed for the highlights, mid-tones and shadows seperately and then merged into a single image. This process results in incredibly vivid images. These high quality photos are the only kind that you will find at HDRwalls.com. Welcome and enjoy. Tags: hdr+walls, hdr, photography,…


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but is it art? February 4, 2008 posted by

MotoArt 737 Galley Bar – exotic home furniture relocates to ground level

The 737 Galley Bar lets you relive those precious memories of life at 36,000 feet, when it was just you, a tawdry piece of chicken or fish and 145 other sweaty, cramped individuals fighting for some fetid oxygen. Available in any colour you like as long as it’s crinkled silver. $1,500.00  What served you at 30,000 feet, can now serve you in your own home. The MotoArt 737 GalleyBar’s are the perfect addition to any fun or retro theme room….


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Bookmark This! February 4, 2008 posted by

These are not photos – nice vector art gallery shows some serious cool

Superb Vector Art. OK, so the second cat and this stupid lettuce really freak me out. They’re photos right? They’ve got to be photos. Some of the other illustrations are just so-so, but the best are indistinguishable from real life. Sheesh! Tags: vector+art, illustrations, computer+graphics


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but is it art? February 1, 2008 posted by

Go-One Human Powered Vehicle – now with electrical assist

Go-One. It’s a human powered tricycle or velomobile, available in yellow (possibly) and resplendent for the recumbent incumbent with headlights, turn signals and joystick steering. Also available now with a 500 watt BionX electric assist motor, which will propel you up to the slightly scary speed of 20 mph. Come back Sinclair C5, all is forgiven. Priced from a recumbent creating $10,739.98 without electric assist.  The go-one³ is more than an enclosed bicycle [actually tricycle], it’s a “Human Powered Vehicle”…


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Bookmark This! January 31, 2008 posted by

10 universities offering free writing courses online – the moving finger writes and having writ, moves on…

10 Universities offering free writing courses online. Tell me something. Why do education sites in the USA always *look* like education sites? You know, with that weird banner, book logo, typeface, nav bar thing? Is there a club or something? Anyhoo, here’s a nice offer for you budding ‘Emmingways. Lots of juicy writing courses for you to enjoy and profit from. Go for it! [Via Metafilter]  Whether you are a current writer or looking to break into the craft, formal…


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but is it art? January 25, 2008 posted by

Firebrand – or how to treat advertising like…uh…art?

Firebrand. Take a bunch of television adverts, thrown in some ‘E’ style veejays, docu-commentary and a super slick interface and what have you got? Er…a bunch of television adverts? Yes, it’s every ad exec’s wildest dream come true, as all of a sudden the annoying stuff that we want to fast forward gets its own online channel complete with stylish Web 2.0 features like embed links, favourites et al. Eat your heart out Visit4Info and AdForum, ‘cause this is art. Y’hear?…


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but is it art? January 22, 2008 posted by

Message Tape – the geek communication solution

Message Tape. Such a terribly nerfdy cool way to communicate. Stick the tape where you need it, then use the supplied black marker to black out panels to make letters which form the message. Yes yes, of course you could use the marker to just write on some blank white tape, but where’s the FUN in that, eh? Or the profit? From £5.00 a roll.  The tape can be used to label boxes when you move house, to impress your date…


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Bookmark This! December 20, 2007 posted by

Jacquie Lawson Greeting Cards – beautiful, elegant digital greetings

My friend Chris just sent me a Jacquie Lawson Christmas Card, and it’s fab. This English artist has a quaint olde style web site, a 15th century cottage, this kitchen table family business and a beautiful range of over 100 high quality e-cards that are worth the giving and the receiving. Delightful. Check out this Rocking Horse for instance.  Of course, an e-card service of this kind cannot be operated free of charge and to cover the enormous costs of servers and suchlike….


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but is it art? December 10, 2007 posted by

Pocket Films Festival – celebrating the art of movies taken with camera phones

The Pocket Films Festival celebrates the art of making movies with camera phones. It’s been running for two years now and has got to be the strangest example of the festival craze going. Still, if you like staring at a 2 inch screen for an hour or more, this should be right up your street. Watch out Cannes!  Japan’s first attempt at the Pocket Films Festival is based on a partnership between the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music…


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Bookmark This! December 10, 2007 posted by

I Love Anything – heart your T to bits

I Love Anything. Stick your fave love on your T-shirt quick-like and easy. Or on other pieces of apparel even. Screen printed, not iron-on. Priced from $17.99 (for some strange reason it looks like ladies only though).  ILoveAnything.com would like you to know that we support sweat shop free clothing and American made products such as American Apparel. We are trying to rediscover the essence of classic products like the basic I Love T-shirt, an icon of American culture. Our goal…


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