Duct Tape Prom Outfits
Every year for the past decade, Duck Tape brand duct tape has held a contest for the creative use of their tape in prom dresses and tuxedos. Winners earn scholarship money. Gallery at the link. Link...
View ArticleT-Shirt War
(YouTube Link) T-Shirt War is an impressive stop-motion film by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal. It depicts two men using alternating images on their shirts to battle and irritate each other. Paul...
View ArticleUnicycle Training Wheels
Mathery is a website that encourages people to think creatively, such as building a unicycle with training wheels. Here’s the philosophical statement for the site: An idea is a parasite. Once born, it...
View ArticleDoily Car
Paul Overton of Dude Craft is trying to identify this image of a doily made in the shape of a car. His commenters have determined that the model is a Skoda Octavia Combi — a Czech-made vehicle. The...
View ArticleSledding Winch
As Paul Overton puts it grandly “For centuries, man has been looking for a way to go sledding without all the pesky exercise, and Josh has found it!” Indeed he has. Josh of Cycle Karts rigged a winch...
View ArticleBook Sphere
Artist John Marshall made this sphere out of books. It can be found at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts in Minneapolis. Paul Overton of DudeCraft helpfully points out that with minimal...
View ArticleThis Is Made of Paper
Really! It’s paper. Paul Overton of Dude Craft summarizes my own thoughts on the work of paper sculptor Calvin Nicholls: Every time I think I’ve witnessed the limits of paper sculpting, along comes...
View ArticleEdible Stadium
The Super Bowl is only four days away, so you’d best get ready! Here’s a single-serving deli platter shaped like a football stadium. You can view five similar works of food art at the link. Link -via...
View ArticleHow to Make Tortilla Bowls
Here’s a great tip from The Garden Pantry. To make a tortilla bowl, just flip a muffin pan over, grease it, then bake tortillas in the open spaces. By the way: homemade flour tortillas fresh off the...
View ArticleSnowmobile Chopper
Weather is no obstacle or excuse for the committed motorcyclist–even the extremes of Antarctic weather. That’s why Bob Sawicki and Toby Weisser, two mechanics at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, built...
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