Hybrid of scrap metal (copper pipe and an old, unusable jewelers vice) with a plastic, 3D-printed bulb / shade I designed and printed (much to my extruder’s dismay; new one arriving tomorrow), and probably-not-code-ready electrical wiring. This one was by turns fascinating, heartbreaking, fury-inducing, and, ultimately, rewarding. On to the next thing, whatever that is.
Need.
Seeing the DC bullet logo once again gracing covers this week is all kinds of wonderful.
Common mistake. :: Dog DNA Company Insists Human DNA Is Actually Alaskan Malamute | Futurism
Loved BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS and I am well and truly stoked for their reunion :: Nicolas Cage to Star in Werner Herzog's ‘Dead Man's Wire' | World of Reel
Did they finally get it right? ::
AI-powered calculator concept can solve even handwritten math problems | Yanko Design
YES :: ‘Peaky Blinders’ Movie Set to Shoot in September, Cillian Murphy to Star | World of Reel
Very excited for this: Farrell owns the role ::
Around The World in 1896: See Colorized & Upscaled Footage of Egypt, Venice, Istanbul, New York City, London & More | Open Culture
Kinda love the watchband :: Industrial Product Design Trends For 2024 | Yanko Design
Prehistoric creature named after Kermit the Frog offers clues on amphibian evolution, scientists say | ABC News
And we're back to the weekly list: Squarespace changed up their iPad editor and made it impossible to add links, so it's simpler to do it this way and put it together once a week on the Mac.
As if the beauty of her work as a whole wasn’t amazing enough, her attention to the smallest detail never ceases to amaze :: Star Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter on Fashioning Afrofuturism | artnet
The black and white photos of Macdonald's work are incredible; like PDR, I can only imagine how amazing the color was in reality :: The Art of Sutherland Macdonald, Victorian England’s “Michelangelo of Tattooing” (ca. 1905) | The Public Domain Review
🤯🤯 :: Immersive Bamboo Installations by Asim Waqif Whirl and Heave in Monumental Motion | Colossal
The Armored-Knight "Robot" Designed by Leonardo da Vinci (circa 1495) | Open Culture
Better late than never, I suppose :: Keurig Just Killed The Coffee-Pod With Their New Biodegradable Compressed Coffee Pucks | Yanko Design
At last, an AI with impeccable gaming taste :: Google DeepMind’s Latest AI Agent Learned to Play 'Goat Simulator 3' | WIRED
Someone has to have the adaptation option on this story, right? :: The Ghost-Busting 'Girl Detective' Who Awed Houdini | Atlas Obscura
Very cool :: Teen Titans Live-Action Movie in the Works at DC Studios | The Hollywood Reporter
And, finally, re-linking / linking within to the teaser for MOUSE, an upcoming game from Fumi Games that takes the CUPHEAD / Tex Avery aesthetic and turns it into an FPS.
I've been familiar with Vidocq's wild story for awhile, but this excellent longread is a perfect summation: Eugène-François Vidocq and the Birth of the Detective | The Public Domain Review
Artist Pandora Graessl’s Transportive “Amor Fati: When the Fire Bit Me” Exhibition | Cool Hunting
The five finished minutes included in this piece are incredible: The Russian Animators Who Have Spent 40 Years Animating Gogol's "The Overcoat" | Open Culture
Yours for $25k: Brian Eno's light-up turntable changes colour in "complex and unpredictable" patterns | Dezeen
Art Bites: Surrealist Painter René Magritte Was a Master Forger, Too | artnet
Autodidacts FTW: Noriko Sugiyama Transforms Old Kimono Into Luxurious Landscapes | Spoon & Tamago:
Excited for this one: Wagner + Jones + Dracula = instant sale: Dark Horse to bring DRACULA BOOK 1: THE IMPALER to eager blood fiends this October | ComicsBeat
Fourteen views of Himeji Castle | {feuilleton}
Favorite headline of the week: Yakuza member selling soda arrested for extorting money from ninja spreading flyers in Asakusa | SoraNews24
Seatbelts inform Steady walking aid for elderly dogs | Dezeen
‘Black Panther’ Costume Designer Launches Otherworldly 3D-Printed Handbags | Yanko Design
Dream home = found: A Pair of Backyard Cabins Are Worlds Removed From Their Main Residence—But Only Steps Away | Dwell
And finally, a wonderful look inside OSU's Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum. Need to make a return trip sooner rather than later… Inside the World’s Largest Comics and Cartoons Collection | Hyperallergic
