There’s never a bad time for cuteness.
Month: May 2011
Captchart is a blog dedicated to artworks inspired by funny captchas. Over at Oddee, I recently wrote an article including the 20 funniest captcha art pieces from the site. Enjoy.
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Amazing Steampunk Taxidermy
I’m fascinated by artistic taxidermy and the works done by Jessica Joslin are some of the coolest I’ve seen in a very long time.
When a real estate agency painted over the great mural above, I doubt they expected someone to get revenge like this.
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Don’t Let Your Addictions Take Hold
Via Laughing Squid
When most people are harassed by their homeowners association, they back down, but with a little legal loopholing, one Tampa Bay Lightning fan managed to work around his HOA’s idiotic “no signs” rule. He learned that the association did allow security signs, so he quickly made his sports sign into a silly security company sign.
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Sweet Steampunk Cell Phones
These steampunk cell phones may be works of art, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t totally functional too.
Stock images are useful for writers and editors who need an illustration to illustrate their article. That’s why photographers for stock image websites often try to create pictures that will suit every imaginable situation. The thing is, sometimes it’s impossible to guess just what the image was supposed to illustrate in the first place. BuzzFeed has a collection of 60 great stock images that seem entirely useless, so let’s make a game of it.
You have until May 19th to come up with any type of situation that this image could help illustrate. Winner will receive a can of homemade jam, one of my well-maintained, pre-owned books or $5, your choice.
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I Weep For The Future
If you can find humor in the depressing state of American education, then you will appreciate the new blog Shit My Students Write, which has gems like,
The rebel and onion armies showed grose negligence by having many of their battles right inside national parks, like Gettysburg.
On the other hand, if you know our future is being flushed down the toilet and the prospect makes you physically ill to think about, then you probably shouldn’t click on the link.
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7 Animal Station Masters
You may have already heard of Tama, Japan’s famous feline stationmaster, but since her success, many other animals have been honored with the position. WebEcoist has more on the monkeys, dogs, goats and more who have become stationmasters in their home towns.