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Sunday, April 29, 2007

Paper cutting and building?

I remember making cutout little houses or something as a kid, but this is taking it to phenomenal heights.
Bits and Pieces of the Net: Large Papercut Installations :Purely Breathtaking

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Saturday, April 21, 2007

Rube Goldberg

You probably know I have liked Rube Goldberg runs for many years. Here is a video recapping the '07 competition at Perdue University. Really doesn't show the actual machines in action, but you can get the flavor of the competition.

This link shows the winner of a Japanese competition, the goal is to humorously and in-efficiently prepare ramen noodles for dinner. This, though in Japanese is more fun, since it shows the machine in action, right down to breaking a raw egg into the bowl.

Tossed in by: R.G.B.

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Monday, April 16, 2007

found notes

I always like to have glimpses into other peoples' thinking and lives. This is a strange way to do that. Just browse through a few of these wayward notes, sent in by people who have found them in books, on the ground, etc. Some are very revealing, some are dumb, some creepy, some are funny. FOUND Magazine | It 's Really a Good...