I love your hat

It is rare to see such "shot at just the right angle and moment" shots with celebrities, let alone four of the most famous people in the world. Michelle Obama is really depicted here as if she was wearing a novelty hat. First seen here.

EDIT: after I had pre-posted this, the same shot was used in the BBC news amusement quiz/show Have I got News for you.

Benzene rings tool

A beautifully designed tool, recalling polyaromatic molecules composed of benzene rings, but also very practical with five different sizes all in one handy format . First seen here.

It'll blow your mind away

Well, ads hardly come less subtle than this Burger King one. Even more astonishing that it ran in the puritan city-state of Singapore, of all places. First seen here.

Matchstick Minas Tirith

The patience that people who produce buildings from matchsticks display is remarkable in all cases, but perhaps none more than fin the case of Patrick Acton, who took almost three years to complete a stunning rendition of Tolkien's Minas Tirith from 420,000 matchsticks, and an additional 24,000 small wooden blocks used to construct Mount Mindolluin, which supports the huge matchstick structure. Amazing stuff for sure. First seen here.

The first photobomb?

I guesss this shot is well over a century ago - and may well be the very first example of a photobomb - the sudden appearance of someone at an unexpected place in the shot. First seen here.

Data protection

Brilliant in its simplicity, combining old and new technology. A perfect way to protect your data on the USB stick in the old fashioned way. First seen here.

Blake's bar code projects

Why amazing stuff? Portraits of celebrities like Marilyn Monroe with letters and numbers are ten a penny, right? Well, Scott Blake found an interesting new twist: his portraits are made of bar codes of products related to the celebrity depicted (e.g. movies). In exhibitions, he includes a bar code reader so visitors can check it out. First seen here.

Right behind you!

Surely this beagle is the worst fox hunting dog in the world.... the fox was actually protecting his/her young. First seen here.

Asparagus or not?

Can I eat that? Of course, unless you are allergic to asparagus. What is the catch? Check the link. Yes, you can eat that, but it is not quite what you would expect. First seen here.

Syracuse Chiefs

Taken from a hilarious overview of bad baseball club logos. To quote that site verbatim on this one: "The Nationals Triple-A affiliate took what looks to be a hybrid of Teddy Roosevelt, Wilford Brimley, Colonel Sanders and the Monopoly Guy and successfully turned a baseball into something laugh-out-loud funny looking. I'm sure that was their goal when they first created it.". Click the link for more - and more will appear in my blog in the coming months. First seen here.

Blacked out sunglasses

Partly Mixed Nuts, partly Special Designs - and I can understand why the company who designed these paparazzi-proof sunglasses, Urban Outfitters, have discontinued them. First seen here.

Cross section of Leica Lens

Art? Vandalism? Actually neither, but a graduation project by Leica students. Fascinating how complex such a lens is on the inside. First seen here.

The Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War

Even though I am Dutch it was new to me that as recent as 1986 the Netherlands had finally ended a war that we started in 1651 with the Isles of Scilly, off the Cornwall coast. Granted, no-one involved seemed to realize the situation until someone found out in 1985 that this war was offically still going on, racking up an impressive casualties toll of zero overall. First seen here.

USB film roll

Designers and manufacturers continue to come up with special themes for USB sticks. These beauties are based on pure nostalgia: film rolls. First seen here.

Silhouetted plane

Amazing craft work for sure: Joe Bagley creates unique silhouettes from a single sheet of black paper. Click the link to see more examples. It is worth it. First seen here.

Orgy!

What a find! Indonesian amateur photographer Nordin Seruyan captured this rare scene of six leaf beetles having a bit of fun. First seen here.

Pull tab prom dress

This is a very talented young lady: 16 years old Maura Pozek, from Reed Springs, Missouri. She created her own prom dress from 4000 pull tabs and 400 yards of pink ribbon. A fascinatingly original choice of material, and a fantastic result. First seen here.

World's largest miniature airport

The world's largest model airport has opened at Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany. Based on Hamburg's International airport, it includes a staggering list of accessories, including 40 planes, 40,000 lights, 15,000 figurines, 500 cars, 10,000 trees, 50 trains, 1000 wagons, 100 signals, 200 switches and 300 buildings. The display took 7 years and roughly $4.8 million to build. First seen here.

Norge

A fascinatingly different advertisement from the WW II years: Norge Appliances explains that it didn't make any new models for 1943 so that the materials could go into the war effort. First seen here.

Simpsons alphabet

Worth clicking for the larger version: the alphabet Simpsons style. I particularly like N(ed) and S(anta's little helper). First seen here.

Ice cream van

A very nice piece of photoshopping indeed. Retrieved this one on Fukung, a site I never link to because of its extreme non-safe-for-work content.

Shark

Rather than making money with his art, Won Park makes art with his money. Amazing structures folded from dollar bills, such as this shark. First seen here.

Google Earth goes bonkers

No, this is not an earth quake aftermath, but an occasion where the Google Earth software that creates the 3D view clearly went off its rocker. First seen here.

Jimi Hendrix

Artists have made portrait mosaics using the funniest things, but this one is very appropriate. Ed Chapman made this Jimi Hendrix rendition from more than 5,000 Fender plectrums! First seen here.

Police 100mm shoe

Another example of mixed nuts at work in shoe design. This one is by Christian Louboutin. The name of the product is as strange as the shoes themselves. For a mere 795 USD they can be yours... First seen here.

Mueller's third cave project

Edgar Mueller continues his work to transform regular streets into fantasy cave worlds in astounding 3D drawings. This one was created in Ptuj, Slovenia. First seen here.

Paper Beatles

Neither art, nor strictly speaking origami, but these small paper sculptures by Russian artists Alexei Lyapunov and Lena Ehrlich are a delight to look at. I particularly like their take on the Beatles. First seen here.

Model Airplane News March 1957

Another lovely cover of days gone by for model aircraft enthousiasts - like myself when I was a teenager. Pure nostalgia, but not artistic enough for the under cover series in Art for Art's sake. First seen here.

Nemo sushi

Poor thing. What a way to end a promising movie career. Picked up at the Fukung site, which I never link to because of its many nude and rude images.

Emo math

In case you can't read it, the text is: "Parallel lines have a lot in common, but they never meet. Ever. You might think that's sad. But every other pair of lines meets once and then drifts apart forever. Which is pretty sad too." First seen here.

Monkey tail beard

Apparently this is pitched as the new beard style for the new millennium. Good grief. Let's hope not. First seen here.