Eclectic junk from the four corners of the ‘Net. And pictures too!
Every now and then a paper project catches my eye and I just know I have to share. This is one of them. Here is a 1/48th scale paper model of the Apollo lunar lander that will blow your mind. the detail is breath taking. He’s got more paper spaceships (or links to them) on his site as well. This is going to keep me busy for a while…
Firefly squids light up the night in this Japanese sea port.
[via MAKE]
I was browsing my favorite links when I discovered an enchanting selection of HDRI (high dynamic range imaging) images of Japan. I’m working on a few of my own using a PC tool called Photomatrix. So far it’s been easier to use than the tool in Photoshop CS2. It provides better control over your image when your stacking the images up. The tone mapping of RAW images looks unbelievably impressive, I figure that I’ll have to go back and re shoot a bunch of my photos with this method. Sounds like a good excuse to go back to Toronto, New York, Japan and Bangkok. 🙂
[discovered via Nipponkan]
If you can do a task in a more complicated and convoluted fashion than a normal person would then you should be acquainted with these devices. The Japanese call them pitagora souchi, but we call them Rube Goldberg machines.
My brother sent this link to me yesterday. These examples are quite fascinating, the use of household items like spoons and paper clips is very inspirational.
If there ever was a toy that screamed out "mod me, hack me, subvert my cuteness!" it’s this. What could be more fun to cram a camera into than a remote control flying Doraemon helicopter? I mean, it a robotic cat from the 25th century after all. It needs some mad video moves. With this you will be one step closer to ruling the world…
[via Oh Gizmo!]
Over at the new paper model blog Paper Kraft I saw this charming paper model of the star of the Japanese film ‘Tonari no Totoro‘. My kids have loved this film for years so I bet that they will love having a few of these.