⇒ man up

photos made awesomer with lightsabers via nextround

related: the 8 manliest images via Cracked


related: starring saxton hale


via RPS
no idea, but looks awesome

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⇒ web creative

remember soundwave from transformers? the sony walkman dude? well here's a new soundwave cassette
decepticon cassettes!
more here




Godzilla, voltron, mazinger mash-up

IBM's chimera maker
Crankbunny: old school 2D puppetry and craft
Etsy: place to buy and sell handmade stuff
crankbunny's profile on etsy
papercraft obama

icons:
patapon system icons
indiana jones themed desktop icons

Olly Moss' flickr photostream
and here
and his video game classics

halftones:
understanding halftones
and here
halftone tutorial
automated halftoning
the rasterbator: large size halftoning

slick captain america hoodie for girls
ewok driving velociraptor. sure, why not?
flatliners poster
the black axe store

awesome, comical bruce lee and chuck norris interpretation by patrick mate

old school style poster. reminds me of those circus-spectacle type posters
here
render your image in the style of the famous Obama 'hope' poster
more matrix ping-pong
strutting squid
from here

comic book character interpretations:
marvel pin-up
batman pin-up
cutesy batman interpretation
the kosmo reference
cutesy DC heroes here

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⇒ catchup

Aviary roundup:



Raven fun games | Raven in action (vid embedded below) | Mona Lisa by other artists



How to draw awesome-r | What do you pay for?. summary: convenience, quality, additional functionality, customization & privacy. All valid points | one-step drawing guide

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⇒ bored at work

maybe i should try harder at work...or get a better job.

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⇒ the arts

http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/tekkonkinkreet/index.html
http://gizmodo.com/397866/back-to-the-future-mcfly-sneakers-unboxed-going-for-2000
http://io9.com/384799/io9-talks-to-geoff-johns-about-making-superheroes-scifi
http://io9.com/385799/what-if-you-ripped-a-planet-apart-and-something-was-inside
http://io9.com/342603/trippy-re+interpretations-of-stan-lees-comic-book-characters-at-art-show
http://www.philsfonts.com/?gclid=CNLk5Lqp35ICFQdHagods0yT-Q
http://www.udonentertainment.com/streetfightertribute/
http://www.intothepixel.com/artwork/2008_contest_winners.asp
film, footwear, pop culture, arts, fonts, streetfighter, into the pixel competition

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⇒ random

from http://www.n-europe.com/news.php?nid=11457

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darian_calendar

extra-terrestrial stuff
http://www.crowdedskies.com/download_files.htm

cool website
http://www.nexusproductions.com/MailLoadFavourites.php?f=53_

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⇒ things to see and read...

http://atasteforthetheatrical.com/

http://thegothamtimes.com/
http://www.thehahahatimes.com/

http://reactor88.blogspot.com/2007/12/totem-nintendo-64.html

http://www.darkhorse.com/zones/buffy/downloads.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumi-e
http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/polymer-vision-announces-rollable-displays-are-in-production/

finally beat diablo II:lord of destruction this morning...i had some trouble with Baal, but ultimately he was more manageable than Diablo (!). Anyhoo, killed his ass in one sitting, no townportalling back and forth for potions. Yeah, I wrecked his shit!

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⇒ i surrender!

recently binged and purged my disgusting, vile, selfish consumerist urge...by buying up everything I've 'even sort of' wanted since the dawn of uni (my uni time, not Uni itself!). Let's see, in pretty much chronological order, I picked up:
converse double upper, black/milk lo cut
converse double tongue, white/olive lo cut
sneaker freaker collected paperback
another sneaker book I've forgotten the title to
lone wolf and cub vol. 12, 23, 27 and 28 (completing the set!)
JAG jumper/sweater
JAG t-shirt
god of war (PS2) twenny-bux!
god of war 2 special edition (PS2)
guitar hero 1 (i got 2 ages ago) on the cheep!
GTA: San Andreas twenny-bux!
Foster's home for invisble friends dvd set volume 1
Harvey Birdman attorney at law vol. 1
Hulk 2-disc special edition (was $9.95 Bargain!)
coming to america special edition 2-disc eddie! ed-die!
zatoichi the blind swordsman dvd jap-tap-climax!
batman haunted knight
batman dark victory
justice volume 2 (it's alex ross man!)
path of the assassin volume 1
shadow of the colossus (PS2) brand new collector's edition in transit
ico (PS2) brand new
we ♥ katamari (PS2)
resident evil 2 (GCN)
resident evil 3 (GCN)
resident evil code veronica x (GCN)
hungry jack's whopper meal
need for speed most wanted twenny-bux!
prince of persia trilogy box
okami!

I think that's pretty much it. Had I remembered/come across it at the time, I would have also gotten:
converse double upper, parchment/navy lo cut
samurai executioner vol.1
the dark knight strikes again (for completion)
spider-man: reign
metroid prime 2
rez
metal gear solid 3: subsistance
toy story
toy story 2
wallace and gromit curse of the were-rabbit
Aqua di Gio aftershave (smells purdy)
plenty of other stuff to pick-up down the line...this should hold me for now.

feck you eBay! just when I think I'm out, they pull me back!

on the issue of collectivism, obsession and materialism, 'yes'. I'm told the life I currently live is poor (it's not rich but we do ok) so having stuff makes me feel better about being borderline welfare while other prix mooch off their custom-schooner-toting parents. Lay off. We were robbed by the war.

other topics:
wearable display smoking jacket | v low-light digital photography at last. 1-Lux sensor. But I thought the luminosity unit of measurement was the Lumens or Candela? | this happened to my dad, when he was buying us a PC this was during the pre-uni-heavy-HSC era when I didn't and couldn't know better!)


I have alot of other 'issues' going on right now but in keeping the overall light tone of the blog, I won't post just what exactly. They shall thus be known as 'squash issue', 'friends issue', 'exercise issue', 'career issue' and 'masters degree continuation at this university or drop altogether issue'...meh

milhouse: "yeah!"

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final iron man costume designed by Stan Winston! Yowza!

http://www.la.siggraph.org/html/index.htm
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/05/04/cgi-night-elf-causes-screaming-in-uncanny-valley/
http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/04/microsoft-shows-off-digidesk-workstation-of-the-future/
http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/04/nasa-competition-finds-a-better-space-glove/
http://www.fodors.com/wire/archives/002477.cfm

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