Barnaby Barford's twisted take on kids on Santa's naughty list in this sculpture titled "Does that mean we're not getting any presents?" Check out more of his subversive porcelain pieces at his website.
James Reynolds created a typeface using only variations of the six-pack plastic rings.
More than 99 bottles were used to create this Christmas tree, which was actually built using 1,000 Heineken beer bottles. Currently it's on display in Shanghai.
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This story is a few years old, but think of it and count your blessings if you think you are having a bad Christmas. Yours might be bad, but it's not stuck-upside-down-in-a-septic-tank bad. Could there be anything worse? I submit that there is not. On December 25, 2007, an Iowa resident, Robert Schoff, 77, trying to fix a toilet problem, fell, and found himself stuck upside down in his septic tank for over an hour before his wife spotted him. After being rescued by fire fighters, Schoff said in the understatement of that year, "It was the worst Christmas Eve I've ever had."
No shit.
Kaizar shared this awesome excerpt from a fascinating Vanity Fair article about the new $9 billion gargantuan Large Hadron Collider (That's what she said).
I was repeatedly reminded of Arthur C. Clarke’s remark that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” cern may be the closest thing real life has to Hogwarts, an institution where arcane arts amounting to sorcery are pursued by a cultish guild of masters and their young protégés.
Artist Marshall Astor built this fully functional Rubik's Cube out of bronze. One of my resolutions for 2010 is to learn the steps in solving one...in just three steps. Yeah!
An interesting read at Wired: Scientists don't know exactly why, but blue whales are singing in ever deeper voices each year.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwxdu59rH90] Japanese beatboxing sensation on YouTube, Daichi, 19, sends a special Christmas greeting this year.
Motoi Yamamoto's "Salt" series are installations created from some people's favorite seasoning ingredient, salt.
Yale University Press' top 10 notable quotes of 2009.
1. "Keep your government hands off my Medicare." - Speaker at health care reform town hall meeting in Simpsonville, S.C., commenting on the government-created Medicare program, quoted by The Washington Post on July 28.
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Print of this balloon ampersand available I'm addicted to this simple yet compelling physics-based online multiplayer basketball game. Don't let the basic wire graphics fool you. Also, because it's a massively multiplayer experience, it's like playing a game of HORSE against over 900 players from around the world. Go on, take that half court shot.
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I would expect no less of a fly watch for a player like Albert Einstein. His Longines timepiece sold for a record setting $520,000 at an auction last year.
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BuzzFeed compiles a list of the top 50 funniest celebrity quotes of the Aughts. W'aught do you think of their picks? See if you can correctly guess the celebrity behind the quotes shared below. Highlight with your cursor after the dash at the end of each quote to find the answer:
"I just want one day off when I can go swimming and eat ice cream and look at rainbows." - Mariah Carey
"Wal-mart… do they like make walls there?" - Paris Hilton
""We found a great rhythm. Contractions started kicking in. I sat there with her, right between her legs. We got tribal on it, we danced to it! I was DJ-ing this Brazilian music." - Matthew McConaughey, on the birth of his son Levi
"I love giving the golden shower. I've done it before in the shower. It's, like, so sexy." - Ricky Martin
"They misunderestimated me." - George W. Bush
"She's got double D's! You can't cover those suckers up!" - Jessica Simpson's dad talking about his daughter.
"I get to go to a lot of overseas places, like Canada." - Britney Spears
"Okay, my pussy is hanging out!" - Britney Spears
Another tower, this time made of toy soldiers, by Evan Blackwell. Titled "Vessel of Mass Destruction."
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As a fine connoisseur of take out meals, I appreciate Evan Blackwell's "Take Out Tower."
Artist Jenny Holzer answers 31 short questions. I chuckled at how she phrased "I acquired him."
12. Best memento from Whitney [Museum Independent Study] program:Well, I met my husband there. I acquired him. Also I have some of the early posters I did. I’m pretty sure I destroyed the rest of my art from that time.