Tuesday, February 24, 2009
where are the eyes?
They may not be where you think, the holes above the mouth are the nostrils, the eyes are the bulbs inside the transparent skull and swivel around to see. Pharyngula
Monday, February 23, 2009
17th century wax relief
Of plague victims, now available for auction at Christies with a great testimonial from the Marquis de Sade:
"So powerful is the impression produced by this masterpiece that even as you gaze at it your other senses are played upon, moans audible, you wrinkle your nose as if you could detect the evil odours of mortality… These scenes of the plague appealed to my cruel imagination: and I mused, how many persons had undergone these awful metamorphoses thanks to my wickedness?' (Sade, op. cit.)."
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Sushi boat video
This is a cool, very simple idea. These guys placed a video camera on a sushi boat carousel and let it record what it saw. There's nothing mindblowing here, but what I find neat is the impartial observation of the camera. This reminds me a little of the cat camera, where a guy attached a small camera to his cat's neck. The camera would take a picture every once in a while, revealing what the cat had been up to. Check out the cat camera, why don't you?
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