2. Human Cheese: Ok, I consider myself a pretty gung-ho when it comes to trying new food, but cheese made out of human breast milk makes me want to throw up in my mouth just a little.
3. Closet Home Offices: Design Sponge knocks one out of the park again with this great article featuring the best examples of tiny offices, and the materials to help you create one for yourself.
1. Minnie Mouse Makeup Tutorial: I have been a long time fan of Doe Deere’s makeup tutorials, but this Minnie Mouse one takes the cake. Cuteness!
2. IE6 Funeral: I know this isn’t polite to say about the deceased, but I have to be honest - he was crotchety, cruel, and incredibly corrupt. I’m glad he’s dead. They can’t dig a hole deep enough, IMO.
3. Magical Flowers: A rare Buddhist flower that blooms once every 3,000 years? Growing under your washing machine? That’s not news - THAT is the plot of a kung-fu movie.
1. Zach Genin: Loving the photography collection posted by BOOOOOOOM. So simple and unaffected, and pure beauty.
2. How They Became…The Flaming Lips: The Flaming Lips explain the origins of their band name, and some of their favorite/most hated band names out there. (PS: I am tingling with anticipation about seeing them live next month, so prepare to be inundated by Flaming Lips stuff from me.)
3. Top 10 Plants for Removing Indoor Toxins: As if I didn’t have enough to worry about, now I have to be concerned about INDOOR POLLUTION in my house. Ick. Fortunately, there are some plants that can assist me in cleaning my air, so I don’t have to go around my domicile with one of those creepy face masks.
1. Magazine Wall: Yeah, I know about that pile of NYLONS and Elle magazines slowly piling up in closet, and I have the solution: BUILD YOUR HOUSE WITH ‘EM. You’re welcome.
2. eBay to Launch “Fashion Vault”: eBay is jumping on board the fashion flash sale train, and plans to launch a site similar to Gilt Group in March.
3. eBay to Launch “Fashion Vault”: eBay is jumping on board the fashion flash sale train, and plans to launch a site similar to Gilt Group in March, as well as create more “fixed price” listings - I imagine to compete with Etsy. I guess they’re finally getting the credo of the internet: change or die!
4. Shoe Stalking Fashion Week: Refinery 29 collects some of the hottest shoes they spotted during New York Fashion Week last week. Prepare to drool.
5. The Tiniest Terrarium: Wow your friends and dazzle your home by making this sweet little terrarium in a light bulb.
1. Hello Kitty Hell: Naysayers be damned: this thing is awesome. If I needed to be killed by an insane axe murderer, this would be my letter of choice, and it would be so KAWAI!! Also, this would ideally held by this guy.
2. A Sculpture That Perpetually Sells Itself On eBay: Artist Caleb Larsen has created an art sculpture which every ten minutes pings a server on the internet via an ethernet connection to check if it is for sale on the eBay. If its auction has ended or it has sold, it automatically creates a new auction of itself. A compelling piece of work concerning art, the internet, and marketability.
3. Heinz Ketchup Packet Redesigned: I want to know why this took so damn long!? Why have I had to suffer through nearly thirty years of squeezing ridiculously small ketchup packets. Bitterness aside, we can all take relief that our days of suffering over 12 sticky, nasty packets to eat a container of french fries are OVER. HALLELUJAH.
4. Evelyn Evelyn: One of my favorite musical artists working today is Amanda Palmer. Her unique sound, her exhibitionism, and her artistic vision never cease to surprise and delight me. Her newest collaboration with Jason Webley, the “promoting” of two conjoined twin performers, features: “Weird Al” Yankovic, Andrew W.K., Tegan and Sara, My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way, Neil Gaiman, and Frances Bean Cobain. Yeah, that one. It will be difficult for this NOT to be awesome.
5. CSS Rolls A Coke Can: Ok, I am not sure if this is going to resonate to anyone who isn’t a code-monkey/junkie, but it’s so cool, I can’t help mentioning it. Click the link - see that Coke can? See how it rolls? That’s done with code. No flash, no movie. Straight code. And it’s fracking beautiful.
6. 15 Cute Animals That Will Cause You Horrible Harm: They may look cute and cuddly, but BEWARE! They will kill you. Though I have to point out that I feel the rats are being given a bad hand here - it’s not their fault Bubonic fleas love them. Stop hating, civilization.
7. 5 Easy Ways to Make Your Screenshots Look Great: As designers, we are inundated with screenshots we have to make look awesome. It gets a mite tiresome. Digital Telepathy gives some tips on bringing the fun back into that run-of-the-mill screenshot.
Finally, I am PROUD to present. Hand Puppet Karate.
2. Reknit: Your favorite knit sweater dying a slow, unraveling death? Never fear! ReKnit will transform your favorite old sweater into a shiny, new scarf for you to enjoy. Welcome to upcycle heaven.
3. Pennyshooter Prototype: I have seen the future, and in that future I can wing you with a penny with my business card. Better start ducking, bitches.
4. Why Humans Were Born To Run Barefoot: This fascinating article and radio clip explains how scientists are discovering how running barefoot affects human’s stride, and why it appears to actually be significantly better for us to run in this fashion.
5. Mac Vs. PC: The Complete Campaign: AdFreak has collected the entire collection of what may be considered the best ad campaign of the decade. If only John Hodgman wasn’t so loveable…
6. “If Movie Posters Told The Truth”: Though I personally feel these “photo-editing” contests can get a little out of hand, a majority of these altered movie posters are remarkably well done, and exceptionally amusing.
7. Ain’t: I came across the Wikipedia page for this colloquialism the other day. It’s a fascinating grammatical read of a practically made up slang word.
Finally, if you aren’t familiar with Fever Ray, the solo side project of The Knives front woman Karin Dreijer Andersson, you really, really, need to acquaint yourself, because it was one of the best albums that came out last year, in my humble opinion. If that isn’t a good enough reason, then I turn your attention to this award acceptance speech she recently gave in Sweden while accepting the award for best dance record. Known for never revealing her face, she is swiftly giving Lady Gaga a run for her money in the performance art department. And I LOVE it…
3. 24 Kick Ass Portfolio Designs: Varying to supremely simple to tricked out to the max, Fuel Your Creativity offers some stellar examples of online portfolios done well.
4. Clients From Hell: A blog that is a collection of anonymously contributed client horror stories from designers. Find out what its like to be a designer, or commiserate your existence if you happen to be one.
5. Conan O’Brien Keeps It Real: I along with a lot of other people I know feel like NBC really picked the lame horse on this one. However, I have been completely impressed with the sensitivity with which Conan and his team have successfully spun this disaster. Reading formal statement he released earlier this week shows you just how in tune he is to the sympathies and thoughts of his audience.
6. 10 Web Design Rules That You Can Break: With this list of web design taboos used effectively and fantastically, Web Design Depot proves that to a good designer, the only rule is there are no rules.
7. MyKarmaSutraBuddy: This is the reason they invented the internet, folks: kama sutra positions filmed for your perusal by several different couples with alternate body types, including very large and extremely little people. Obviously, this may be not safe for work. There’s no nudity, but your going to see some ridiculously funny sex positions.
Finally, this brilliant palindrome ad will give you chills. Simply brilliant…
1. The Deadliest place on Earth: Photographer Paul Williams offers his personal experiences shooting in one of the most beautiful and dangerous landscapes on the Earth - the Cueva de los Cristales of Mexico. (Via derrenbrown.co.uk)
2. Whip Your Workspace into Shape: Design Sponge offers these inspirational and brilliant assortment of organized office space to get our creative juices flowing.
3. Unearthen Watches: NOTCOT reviews this beautiful, mystical line of crystal-embellished vintage watches by Gia Bahm. Much swooning is had.
5. Creative bus stop advertisements: Creative Criminals compiles some of the coolest, most creative bus stop advertisements ever conceived. These are totally brilliant, and would easily make anyone’s wait a bit more whimsical and enjoyable.
6. 60-Foot Peener Painted On Roof : Ok, it’s incredibly infantile and immature, but this aerial shot continually makes me giggle. I know someone in England who deserves a hi-five!
7. Bubble Hem Master Class: I was recently digging through the archives on Kingdom of Style, and came across this assortment of fantastic sewing tutorials. This is one of my personal faves!
Finally BUST Magazine: offers us this uncovered video of Stefani Germanotta, known more commonly as the phenomena that is Lady Gaga.
3. Lona, A Fairy Tale: Now out of print, this fairy tale written, photographed and modeled by children’s book author Dare Wright is a surreal, haunting journey through fable and psyche.
4. Mick Jagger is the Best Client Ever: As a designer, you quickly learn that working with clients can be a study in misery and frustration, yielding small kernels of joy when you can get them to see your vision. This letter, written by Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger to their album designer, is the kind of client direction that would bring any of us in the creative arts to joyful tears.
5. 15 Best Places for Designers to Get Free Stock Photos Online: Let’s be honest - a lot of free stock photography just plain sucks. This handy resource of some of the best stock photo sites the web has to offer will make it just a little bit easier to discover that diamond in the rough.
6. Touch-Screen Gloves: I know your plight - now that it is could, how on earth will you control your iPhone, and maintain a reasonable core temperature in your fingers?? Fear not! Crafters to the rescue!
7. Crazy-Dangerous Animals Become Friends: It’s finally happened - the trimuvirate of the most deadly animals on the planet has finally formed. I am moving to Jupiter, because we are all fucked.
Finally, the Muppets doing “Bohemian Rhapsody” may just be the greatest thing to happen EVER.
1. Nature Gallery: Nature is Crazy & Awesome: I have been staring at this picture all week, and I still get so excited every time I look at it. Seriously, what the hell is happening?! All I know is, IT’S GOING DOWN.
2. NYLON Winter Music Playlist: I love free music - to add to your holiday cheer, NYLON has put together a one heck of a wintery mix available for download. Fa la lala la…
3. Scroll Clock: Design genius Toki-woki has created a functioning clock out of Moo Tools and scroll bars. Pretty rad!
4. My Real Name Is David Jones: In 1967, 14-year-old Sandra Dodd of New Mexico wrote to a song artist she had recently discovered and come to enjoy, and received a heartfelt, hand-typed note in response, in which the artist discussed his personal feelings, and even the movies he had recently watched. The artist in question? David Bowie.
5. How To Poach An Egg: I know it’s not one of the most common forms to have your egg in these days, but there’s something wonderful about a poached egg, particularly in Eggs Benedict. Here’s a quick lesson how to make one.
6. The best films of the ’00s : The Onion’s AV Club has put together their list of the top fifty films to be released in the 2000’s. A great list with some surprising and somewhat obscure choices, much like the decade itself.
7. 15 Must-Have Free Software Programs for Your PC: Ugh - PC owners, don’t say I never do anything for you. If you are going to be evil, here are some apps that might make your life slightly better (but no where near as awesome as if you really owned a Mac ;).
And finally, this is exactly what it’s like when a boy is sick…
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