Author Archives: Niall Murphy

Film fanatic, Alex Eylar has 30,000 pieces of Lego and an online art exhibit that’s made him something of celebrity. His latest project re-creates scenes from this year’s 10 Best Picture Oscar nominees.

Best Picture Nominees (11 pix) –  Lego Style (Yahoo! Movies)

And if you liked that, you’ll be wanting the Lego motherlode.

Everything you know is wrong. Egypt is the new Iraq.

UPDATE: Possibly faked (see woesinger’s comment). Curse you internets – bringer and snatcher-away of dreams!

Buzzfeed

Previously: Fox news: Fair And Balanced Since 1478

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tl-XXu7QXI

Broadsheet’s favourite fail-compiler presents the month of January 2011 in all its explosive, teeth-shattering, crotch-slamming glory.

TwisterNederland

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hg8QgqXATc

Street-drinking in St Petersburg, a fight and a home-made Bender. There’s a story behind all this, but you’re probably better off not knowing what it is.

The acronym you’re looking for is: WTF.

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The Duplex aquarium/cage designed by Constance Guisset and produced by Specimen.

‘…an improbable encounter between a bird and a fish. The aquarium is thermoformed so as to create a space where the bird can fly at the same visual level as the fish. A surprising encounter that evokes the impossible fusion between the air and the waterworld.’

Frustrated birds and paranoid fish. Together at last.

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Episode 1 of Axe Cop – the hilarious and demented comic book created by 29 year old artist Ethan Nicolle and his 5-year old brother Malachai – now has a live-action fan video by Peter Muehlenberg.

It’s faithful to young Malachai’s original narrative. Because it knows what’s good for it.

BoingBoing

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiE1Qm7HSd8&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Cyclo-gymnast, Ines Brunn: behold the fixed gear bike, the spandex, the interpretative dance.

Truly, she has transcended mere irony.

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