Gareth says: "Paul Overton, of the most-splendid DudeCraft, sent us this mosaic toolbox project. He was asked by someone doing a book on "geek crafts" to submit something, and this is what he came up with, an homage to Gort and The Day the Earth Stood Still, accomplished via bits of paper cut from junk mail and magazines. Awesome idea. Stunning results."
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We've been following artist Shepard Fairey's work here on Boing Boing for some time now. A disclaimer, first: I love his work, we have mutual friends, he strikes me as a stand-up guy. Last year, Pesco was among the first to blog the Obama "Hope" poster which quickly grew far more popular than anyo... More.
Photographer Chris Jordan has published a series of images identified as dead albatross on Midway Atoll whose bodies are filled with bits of plastic they ingested. Midway Island is an anemic little line of sand and coral reefs, way out in the middle of the Pacific. Now, I don't know Mr. Jordan ... More.
Above is the only film footage of Anne Frank, the inspirational 13-year-old diarist who hid from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic before finally dying in a concentration camp. The brief clip shows Frank, then 12, looking out of her window during her neighbor's wedding on July 22, 1941, one year befo... More.
Philip Greenspun explains how Wall Street makes billions -- by bilking taxpayers. Because of the Collapse of 2008 financial reforms, the big investment banks are able to borrow money from the U.S. government at 0 percent interest. Then they can turn around and buy short-term bonds that pay 2 or 3 p... More.
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in LA there's a life-size Gort in a store window I pass fairly often.
I like it.
Thanks for featuring my toolbox Mark! And for mentioning dudecraft.com. Much obliged.
Awesome geekery with a suitably macho twist. Can't tell if it's benevolent or malevolent but it looks, er... pretty!
That is awesome!
Does it come with a hydro-spanner?
This is off topic, but is that the old logo I see atop 'ol BB? It looks nice, I hope it stays! :)
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