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Pedal Car gets pulled over
The Blues Brothers might not consider it to be a good getaway vehicle, but if you feel compelled to drive one, be aware of the cops. They do not seem to like this (why, I can not fathom)
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Inconceivable Turtle Upgrade
Would you do this to your pet animal? This turtle probably does not mind, but it's still strange to see the slow-moving animal turned into this guy's private Salvador Dali crawling piece of surrealism. He "glued" fur on its shell, presumably artistically. You decide.
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Retro-Space Art, one more
I really liked this rarely-seen piece of art, called "Travel to Distant Worlds" (an illustration to Karl Gilzin's 1958 book). It is an understated, moody and mysterious piece.
(original unknown)
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Blue Lagoon (inside a rock)
If you remember our article Fantastic Gemstones, this picture will add to the spectacular collection of nature's rocks. Irene Muller justly calls this picture "Blue Lagoon", waiting to be discovered inside a stone:
(image credit: Irene Muller, used by permission)
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Mixed fresh links for today:
Eerie Sounds of an Aurora - [fascinating]
Some Neat Streamlined Retro Tech here - [vintage]
Mysterious Radio Number Stations - [interesting]
Record-setting City Roads & Streets - [urban]
Monkey brains control robot legs - [tech]
Revolution in the Bedroom - [weird, sfw]
Mug Shots: a fun pet photo contest - [cute site]
Old, but still useful tip: ATM scam - [tip]
Radical Bicycle Stunts - [wow video]
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Neat Job
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Friends Forever!
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Black-and-White Postcards, the Classic Way
Pacco J. Pompei has a good collection of vintage postcards in his flickr set. He also does professional hand-tinting, his company in business for 25 years. He says "we employ only classical techniques... When history is written, those who have negatives and hand-developed prints will have works of Art that will be priceless."
Lourdes, France
Wernigerode a. Harz, Germany
Merano, Italy
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Intricate Nail Art
From the "forwarded by grandma" department comes this series of nice nail art pictures:
(original unknown)
UPDATE:
According to Make:Blog,
These are the works of Albanian artist Saimir Strati. The nail mosaic was named "The Largest Nail Mosaic" on September 4th, 2006.
"I have lost count of the nails, but I think it was around 400 kilos (880 pounds) of nails. I have used different nails. The condition was they should be industrial nails and they are," Strati said. "My technique resembles (digital) camera pixels. I have used a nail for each pixel," he told Reuters.
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