Bye bye 2010

The most geeky way to end the year, for sure. First seen here.

I miss you

As the year draws to a close, an image that struck me as my wife is once more in Shanghai, this time until the summer. I will be visiting her in a few weeks from now. First seen here.

Error

One of a series of great fake error messages in the attached link. First seen here.

You can't have your cake and eat it

The most amazing cake I have ever seen was recently on display in Bangalore, India. This replica of Mumbai’s Taj Mahal Palace Hotel measure 7x5 m, and contains a baffling five tons of sugar. Calories were not mentioned, but must run in the tens of millions. First seen here.

Absolut Psycho

A new subject: the well-known Absolut vodka advertising campaigns or variations thereof - depicting the vodka bottle shape. This one is by New York advertising photographer Steve Bronstein. First seen here.

Ready for take off

One of the best variations on the coke+mentos combination I have seen so far. Ready for take off? First seen here.

Eilerts jul

Amidst stiff competition, this is probably the single worst Christmas album cover of all time (the link has some other candidates as well). The culprit is Eilert Pilarm, a Swedish Elvis impersonator. The album title translates as Eilerts Christmas. First seen here.

His Ginger?

This must be one of the weirdest Christmas advertisings I have seen the past few days. I'd guess it dates back to around 1960. First seen here.

Post 500

This is post 500 in the blog, just little over a year after its start. In other words, nothing to see here, carry on........ Image sourced from here.

Merry Christmas!

And make it a snappy one..... A Christmas shot unlike any other. First seen here.

Origami Christmas tree ornament

When I checked the blog Oddee yesterday evening (a daily routine), I did a double take: their latest post was this funny advertisement. Why the double take? Let me quote the post: "This Christmas all readers of the Almere Vandaag get an extra present. This free morning newspaper for all Almere residents gives away due to this festivity an origami Christmas tree ball made out of newspaper. You have to fold it yourself, of course. Gladly, the Almere Vandaag also provides the readers with a 2-steps folding instruction for beginners. So it's not complicated and you'll enjoy building it." - well, we actually live in Almere (the sixth bigest city of the Netherlands), and the only reason I missed it is that we have a sign on our letter box stating that we do not want free newspapers............ First seen here.

5-4-3-2-1........

There is something strangely funny about showing something that did not happen yet - but which we all can vividly imagine. First seen here.

The truth is out there

Just a bit of fun with a Toy Story figurine they were giving away at the supermarket. I applied an extra effect (focal zoom) in Picnik. First seen here.

Which one is called Pink?

Clever even though perhaps a bit obvious. But I am a big Pink Floyd fan, so it made me smile. First seen on Fukung, a site to which I never link to because of their content.

Finger monkeys

I did not even know monkeys of this size existed, but the link has a whole series of them. Cuteness overdose. First seen here.

Old Gold

A weird drawing to accompany a 1941 advertisement for Old Gold cigarettes. The ad states "Something new has been added" - makes you wonder whether that new ingredient was really tobacco. First seen here.

Forgot my shoes.........

Making the best of an awkward moment. I wonder how long she managed to keep this up? First seen here.

Bon appetit

Can I eat that? Well, I'd like to see you try. One of the best forced perspective photographs I have come across. First seen here.

Stormtripper

You can find a lot of pictures of stormtrooper figurines in strange sitation on the web, but this triptych is one of the best. First seen here.

Googled: citroen in the snow

Flickr gives you a statistics option that shows you from which link people access your shots. I am always curious, so I usually check, especially when it is from Google images. I will be posting some of the Google image searches where one or more of my shots actually ended up on the front page. For this post, I take the search term citroen in the snow, which even shows two of mine on page one. First seen here.

I love realism

Ingenious variation on the usual depiction, and of course spot on. First seen here.

Star Trek clock

Geeky it may be, but I am severely tempted. This hand crafted clock comes with twelve vintage star ship models taken from the famous SF series. First seen here.

Illegal aliens

These kinds of meme's tend to get old quick, but this is one of the best of the "photograph with caption" meme's I have seen. First seen on Fukung, a site to which I never link to because of their content.

Pegasus spotted

OK, it is an antelope followed by a crane. But still.... First seen here.

Word art of Juan Osborne

If only he would show a bit more consistency in his output... in that case Juan Osborne would have ended up in Art for Art's Sake, because his best word art creations, like this portrait of Picasso, are highly artistic and original. First seen here.

Selling ink cartridges

A screen shot, not sure how long the company will let this stay on their site. Sympathize with the guy, who clearly snapped at a boring job. First seen via the Miss Cellania blog, here.

Showing the flag

Having lived in the ultra-puritan Singapore for over three years, I was delighted to see this mishap for their national waterpolo team. Whoever designed these trunks based on the Singapore flag should have his/her head examined. First seen here.

Wireless technology

Simple, but it made me smile. First seen here.

Needle sculptures

Really amazing stuff: Willard Wigan creates fantastic sculptures that fit inside the eye of a needle. First seen here.

Miniature food sculptures

Can I eat that? In this case, no! American sculptor and artist Kim Burke loves to create 1/12th scale miniatures of food from polymer clay, which looks amazingly real. First seen here.

A special business card

Now here is a delightful design for a business card of a lawyer, specializing in divorce. First seen on Fukung, a site to which I never link to because of their content.

Das ist ja Sinterklaas

A photojournalism shot that made me do a double take, as this is Sinterklaas, who in the Dutch tradition hands out presents to children on 5 December - but in this photograph accompanied by weird creatures rather than the Zwarte Pieten (Black Petes) who do so in Holland. Turns out that similar versions of Sinterklaas are celebrated in parts of Southern Germany. His companions are so-called Buttenmandls, who are completely covered in straw and wear animal masks and cow bells. First seen here.

The real life of Snoopy

A cartoon that is both endearing and philosophically disturbing. Maybe I need to re-name this category. First seen here.

Windows

Most likely a photoshop job, but I would not put it past Windows to come up with a gem like this either. First seen here.

Popping balloons

A fun series of images, courtesy of a Jenny Downing buzz. Balloons popping in various ways. Recommended to click the link. First seen here.

One year of Potpourri

How time flies: today one year ago I started this blog in parallel to Art for Art's Sake, and I managed to keep it going. Image sourced from here.