In lieu of any original thought, I will share a few urls from my pile.
This artist uses spools of thread as the medium to create works of art. I would love to see this kind of art in person. Somehow I bet they cheat and use a computer to create this. [Link courtesy of Neatorama]
If you happen to have a lot of angst about GW Bush & have some craft chops, you could create your own doll that expresses your "opinions of the President of the United States and his policies." [Link courtesy of Amy]
Josh, yes the one with the impeccable timing, is back in Minnesota. I haven't seen him myself, but have heard several eye witness accounts who claim to have seen him. I can't wait to hear about his whirlwind trip through the great plains and the purple mountains majesty, etc..
In my line of work, downsampling data can be problematic, creating an unacceptable loss of resolution. That isn't all bad -- I for one would like to make one of these things to cover my TV.
Joel seems to have had some sort of blogstorm last night, posting more in 24 hours than in a typical month. The pick of the litter is this one entitled, "crickets, year 2". (One small problem with that post, I was IM'ing with Joel on that very night. Thanks a lot, dude.)
They need to clone this dog, seriously, a two nosed dog, who knew?
When I finish my basement I gotta have one of these hidden doors.
Do you ever feel like you are stuck in a place where you would like an IM client, but don't have one, check out meebo. It works in your browser and is pretty slick. It doesn't have a tabbed interface, if you are into that sort of thing & the notifications are weak, but it's a very solid way to IM and works through firewalls neatly. I like it enough that I would probably pay for https level service if I had to, but it's free. (Thanks to B.K. for the idea, I had heard of meebo before, but hadn't really given it much thought until she raved about it.)
