Trash truck dangling from a parking garage

Trash truck dangling from a parking garage. Via.

April 1 Links part 2

Here's a few more clever April Fool's Day links:



World of Warcraft unveiled a new helper - - Crabby.





Lunar Poker Tour on the Virgin Galactic.




Art Lebedev unveiled some exciting new trash can designs.

*Here's the batch I posted earlier today.

Link roundup

1. How to create a retro scifi-style poster. Via.

2. Treasure map. Via.

3. "Gigantic piles of shrink-wrapped garbage have been moldering in the heat of a Hawaii industrial park for more than five months, waiting for a place to be shipped." Via.

*Buy treasure maps at Amazon.

Dystopian art by Laurie Lipton

A few of the less disturbing drawings from Laurie Lipton's "Machine Punk" show, opening November 5 at La Luz de Jesus Gallery. She writes:

This show was inspired by the Steampunk movement that is sweeping Britain. Instead of steam, however, my devices are mostly run by electricity and madness. I was vacuuming one day and noticed the amount of plugs and cables on the floor... a veritable wasp's nest of wires and sockets connecting a hoard of gadgets and doo-dads intertwining around the house and my life. I was trapped like a fly in an electrical web. What had happened? Were these things making my life easier or more complex? I began with The Steam Punk Pocket Watch, an absurd idea of a time piece too huge & complex for anyone's pocket, and went whirling on from there. These machines are designed to hinder, control and/or give the illusion of technology. I had a tremendous amount of fun creating the images and think that this show will touch anyone who has ever become entwined, up to the eyebrows, in the Technological Age.

The Fates



Surveillance



Recycling



Perambulator



Motoring



The Illusion-of-Control Tower




Communication

*Buy vintage phones at Amazon.

Futuristic street sweeper (link roundup)

A behemoth of a street sweeper by Danny Gardner.

And a few more links:

1. Blue rabbit brooch.

2. "Safety is contagious."

3. A tiger enjoying some milk.

*Previously: Unlucky Rabbit's Foot Voodoo Keychain.

*Buy vintage jewelry at eBay.

Futuristic street sweeper (link roundup)

A behemoth of a street sweeper by Danny Gardner.

And a few more links:

1. Blue rabbit brooch.

2. "Safety is contagious."

3. A tiger enjoying some milk.

*Previously: Unlucky Rabbit's Foot Voodoo Keychain.

*Buy vintage jewelry at eBay.

Trash truck by Michael Schall

Garbage truck and star factory by Michael Schall, whose work is currently on display at Platform Gallery in Seattle.

*Previously: Trash truck of the future.

*Buy garbage truck toys at eBay.

Trash truck by Michael Schall

Garbage truck and star factory by Michael Schall, whose work is currently on display at Platform Gallery in Seattle.

*Previously: Trash truck of the future.

*Buy garbage truck toys at eBay.

Bertie Lego CubeDudes (link roundup)

One of two Lego CubeDudes by Angus MacLane based on ThreeA Toys' Bertie.

And a few more links:

1. Bobby Solomon at Kitsune Noir is looking for a coblogger, and also posted a huge number of iPad-ready desktop wallpapers.

2. The stunning pictures of sleeping insects covered in water droplets. Via.

3. Robocop poster by Travis Pitts.

4. Beijing to sweeten stench of rubbish crisis with giant deodorant guns. Via these sites.

*Previously: Little Shadow Doll by ThreeA Toys.

*Buy Ashley Wood toys at eBay.

Bertie Lego CubeDudes (link roundup)

One of two Lego CubeDudes by Angus MacLane based on ThreeA Toys' Bertie.

And a few more links:

1. Bobby Solomon at Kitsune Noir is looking for a coblogger, and also posted a huge number of iPad-ready desktop wallpapers.

2. The stunning pictures of sleeping insects covered in water droplets. Via.

3. Robocop poster by Travis Pitts.

4. Beijing to sweeten stench of rubbish crisis with giant deodorant guns. Via these sites.

*Previously: Little Shadow Doll by ThreeA Toys.

*Buy Ashley Wood toys at eBay.

Cake Monster, Garbage Truck Cake

Two gems from The White Flower Cake Shoppe:


Monster cake deemed "too cute" by the judges of Food Network's horror cake contest.



Garbage truck wedding cake. Via.

*Previously: Garbage truck costume.

*Buy Start A Cake Business Today at Amazon.

Cake Monster, Garbage Truck Cake

Two gems from The White Flower Cake Shoppe:


Monster cake deemed "too cute" by the judges of Food Network's horror cake contest.



Garbage truck wedding cake. Via.

*Previously: Garbage truck costume.

*Buy Start A Cake Business Today at Amazon.

Garbage Truck costume

Homemade garbage truck costume made by one of Nancy Dorsner's readers. You can see more photos and read how it was made here. And skim through Nancy's site because she's recently posted many more clever costumes.

You know, I'm seeing a lot less interesting Halloween art this year. It could be that I'm not looking in the right places, but I wonder if the economy has hit people so hard that they have less time for such projects.

*Previously: Trash truck of the future.

*Buy costumes at eBay.

Garbage Truck costume

Homemade garbage truck costume made by one of Nancy Dorsner's readers. You can see more photos and read how it was made here. And skim through Nancy's site because she's recently posted many more clever costumes.

You know, I'm seeing a lot less interesting Halloween art this year. It could be that I'm not looking in the right places, but I wonder if the economy has hit people so hard that they have less time for such projects.

*Previously: Trash truck of the future.

*Buy costumes at eBay.

Starting and ending the day with rainbows

Today was my last day on vacation (if being away from home with two kids under five can be called a vacation). The day started and ended with rainbows. The late afternoon rainbow was actually a double-rainbow, and so vibrant that it seemed tangible.








It had been ages since I last visited Hanauma Bay. Used to be, you'd buy food at the beach and then hand feed fish right at the water's edge. Now, there's wind and solar powered street lights (those things hanging down were turning with the wind), and a solar-powered trash compacting garbage can. You also have to watch a nine-minute movie about reef preservation before they'll allow you step on the beach.




Also, I passed a repo store with a bear in the window.

*Previously: More photos from my vacation.

*Buy rainbow calendars at eBay.

Starting and ending the day with rainbows

Today was my last day on vacation (if being away from home with two kids under five can be called a vacation). The day started and ended with rainbows. The late afternoon rainbow was actually a double-rainbow, and so vibrant that it seemed tangible.








It had been ages since I last visited Hanauma Bay. Used to be, you'd buy food at the beach and then hand feed fish right at the water's edge. Now, there's wind and solar powered street lights (those things hanging down were turning with the wind), and a solar-powered trash compacting garbage can. You also have to watch a nine-minute movie about reef preservation before they'll allow you step on the beach.




Also, I passed a repo store with a bear in the window.

*Previously: More photos from my vacation.

*Buy rainbow calendars at eBay.