Steve Aleksic covers Blondie’s 1978 hit with vocals – pretty much as you’d expect – performed by a cat.
Easy now.
Author Archives: Chompsky
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Hot Wheels
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Behold: the Ares Design Panther Progettouno Coupe – a modern 650bhp V10, all wheel drive update of the legendary DeTomaso Pantera with the same engine and basic structure of the Lamborghini Huracán along with a bespoke Alcantara, Nappa leather and carbon fibre interior.
Only 70 Progettounos (prices yet to be announced) will be made over the next five years.
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Toronto-based stop motion animator Kevin Parry uses strata-cut animation to explore the internal structure of sundry fruit and veg.
Previously: Strike A Pose
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Behold: the 1987 BMW Alpina B7 Turbo Coupe – an ultra rare variant of the E24 6-series and one of only 17 equipped with a catalytic converter resulting in slightly less horsepower (320bhp) but more torque ( 520 nm at 2,400 rpm as opposed to 512 nm at 3,000 rpm).
This B7, which had its interior reupholstered in red leather with sport seats shortly after leaving the factory, can be yours for €160,000.
The Northern Lights shine above the frozen surface of Lake Superior on the west coast of the Keweenaw Peninusla in a 10 shot panorama captured over the space of three hours at the start of this month. To wit:
At left, a faint band of Zodiacal light rises sharply from the horizon crossing Mars and the Pleides star cluster. Both the distant galaxy M31 and our own Milky Way shine above the greenish auroral arc. Navigational north pole star Polaris is centered above and accompanied on the right by the northern night’s most recognizable asterism, the Big Dipper. Terrestrial lights include markers for two breakwaters on the the horizon near the center of the scene.
Full resolution image here.
(Image: Lorenzo Ranieri Tenti)
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A fascinating mini documentary by Kevin Staake, appropriately tilt-shifted to illustrate the morbid miniatures of Abigail Goldman.
Goldman – an artist, former reporter and current public defender at Bellingham, Washington – creates dioramas of death and destruction based on the gruesome crime scene photos and autopsies she observes in the course of her day job.
1980s ‘woonball’ housing in the Dutch municipality of Hertogenbosch, north-west of Eindhoven.
Designed by the late Dutch artist and architect Dries Kreijkamp and still fully occupied 35 years on, the 5.5m diameter PVC bubbles of the ‘Bolwoningen’ sit on cast concrete plinths with an internal staircases connecting two bedrooms on the bottom floor, a kitchen and bathroom on the first and living space with a panoramic view up top.