Here is the optical illusion of the day…
Who do you see?
The artist, Olly Moss from Nonsense & Miscellany, says:
I came up with this idea on the way to meet with the guys at Marvel, but didn’t show it to them (for obvious reasons).
Whenever I see a really cool Dilbert cartoon, that applies to my job, I print it out and put in on my office wall.
One of the cartoons is this one…
So when I saw this device I immediately reminded me of the cartoon…
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I seriously need to get one of these!
I don’t know about you folks but I seriously like Robocop. The whole part man, part machine concept protecting the innocent and upholding the law is right up my alley.
So when I saw an article about a group of people wanting to erect a statue of Robocop in Detroit I had to read further…
As you might know (read this post if not), with the economic crisis affecting the automobile industry particularly hard in the USA, Detroit is slowly turning into a modern day ghost town.
The New York Times has a great article stating:
The campaign’s organizers intend to put the statue on land owned by the Imagination Station, a nonprofit group whose interests include public art, near the derelict Michigan Central train station. They are exploring other sites if the city agrees to sign on.
The unusual fund-raising effort sprang from a question posed to Detroit’s mayor on Twitter last week by “a random dude in Massachusetts,” who proposed that the city celebrate “RoboCop” the same way Philadelphia does “Rocky,” according to the project’s Web site. The first-term mayor, Dave Bing, replied: “There are not any plans to erect a statue to RoboCop. Thank you for the suggestion.”
Jerry Paffendorf, who helped organize the campaign, acknowledges that RoboCop will not revive Detroit. But he hopes the project will not only create a tourist attraction, but also show that “crowd funding” can make a difference in a city where so much needs to be done. Additional money collected through March 26, when fund-raising is scheduled to end, could go toward other — perhaps more important — projects, he said.
“Sometimes it takes a RoboCop to show a different way to do things,” said Mr. Paffendorf, a 29-year-old Internet entrepreneur. “My hope is that it sets an example and puts this kind of funding on the map, so when people see big problems, they can think, ‘If crazy people raised $50,000 for a RoboCop statue, we can certainly raise more to take on something bigger.’ ”
More than 1,600 people agreed to chip in an average of $17 through a Web site, DetroitNeedsRoboCop.com, and half of the target amount was contributed by a San Francisco company that specializes in turning fake consumer products from movies and television shows into reality. Not coincidentally, the company, Omni Consumer Products, shares its name with the villainous conglomerate that tried to turn a dystopian Detroit into Delta City in the 1987 science-fiction film.
So far more than $59000 has been pledged and there is still a month to go! How is that for crowd funding!
Check out their site for the latest stats and video explaining what they want to do – http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/imaginationstation/detroit-needs-a-statue-of-robocop
I personally hope that it goes ahead as Detroit needs Robocop!
I discovered this poster when I was looking for a hardware poster to explain to my then IT Intern Technician, Tshepo Rapoo, what the different ports on a computer looks like.
The image was put together by a person calling themselves “~Sonic840” and the effort put into it really shows. The version that was current on his site at the time of this post was version 1.7, but it seems he is working on version 2.0, so I will definitely be checking out his site in future again.
The image is 4320 x 6120 resolution and is a whopping 24Mb download. The good news is that you can order a print online or just download to print it out yourself (if you so lucky to have an A2 or A1 printer lying around to fully appreciate it)…
Check it out! I know that I learnt a lot from it, and so did Tshepo!
VW decided to advertise the 2012 VW Passat during the last Superbowl event.
The advert features a “mini” Darth Vader (from Star Wars for those of you who are wonder who that is) trying out “The Force” powers around the house.
Have a look and tell me if you don’t agree that this advert is damn cute!
About the kid behind the mask from switched.com:
Meet Max Page, the 6-year-old boy who plays a bite-sized Darth Vader in Volkswagen’s latest Super Bowl commercial. Max, who was unmasked on the ‘Today Show’ this morning, has a congenital heart defect that forced him to get a pacemaker at an early age. But that hasn’t stopped him from pursuing his dreams in Hollywood. He’s already appeared on ‘The Young and the Restless,’ starred in a handful of regional commercials, and bears an uncanny resemblance to Meg Ryan. The kid’s such a natural, he doesn’t even need to prepare for his roles. Even after having donned Vader’s mask and cape, Max has yet to actually see ‘Star Wars.’
This is really something that will help you loose friends and never be invited over for another sleep over… Medical students, doctors, and maybe a psycho or two however might enjoy it…
ascii-store in Japan are proud to announce their Anatomical Model Sleeping Bag which only costs 6090 Yen (about R530,00 ex postage)…
Know anyone going to Japan that can bring back one?
