Is all your bad-ass clothing just too much for those flimsy, plastic, run-of-the-mill hangers. Do your pants or shirts, weighted as they are with pounds of pure awesomeness, need something more structurally sound to keep them in order? The “Man Hanger” suits your very strange needs. More »
I’ve always wanted to steal a street sign but they’re always bigger than you think. Where would I put it? How annoying is it for the city to fix? Wait, how are street signs even made? This video shows the street sign magic factory of New York City and reveals the true anatomy and process of those signs. If you’re a fiend for cutting metal and silkscreening and anything in a manufacturing process, this video shows it all. More »
Halo fans will want to break open their piggy banks right now and rush over to Etsy to get their hands on this wondrous metal statuette of the game’s protagonist, Master Chief.
This 6-inch-tall Master Chief statue was hand-cast out of almost 1 pound of pewter by artist Donald James. It’s truly a sight to behold. Chief himself was cast in 9 separate components, and then soldered together to form a single statuette.
This metal-man also comes with your choice of two weapons – a rifle and a side arm, though you can purchase more weapons if you’d like to fully outfit his arsenal. Personally, I would need to have both an assault rifle and an energy sword.
The pewter Master Chief sells for $250(USD) over on Etsy. And if gold is your thing, Donald will bling out your Master Chief with 24k gold plating for another $100.
You can tell a lot about a person’s mood or disposition by observing his or her body language. For example, when a person’s pissed off or annoyed at you, then their arms are most likely crossed over their chest.
Aside from their moods, you can also surmise a few things about the person based on how they move. For example, dancers are usually more graceful in their movement and poses, like the dainty hand position you see below.
Of course, their hands get into position without the metal guide that you see above. That metallic thing you see, however, is a part of artist Jennifer Crupi’s series of wearable sculptures and it’s called “Ornamental Hands.” This and the other pieces in the series explore human nature and highlight communication by looking at a person’s body language and gestures.
My favorite would have to be the “Empathy Table.” It’s basically a table with indentations on the surface where two people sitting across each other would have to put their hands and arms in, to assume a position of empathy.
Which one’s your favorite?
[via designboom via Laughing Squid]
There is iron in cereal. That’s good! But it looks pretty gross. Here’s how to find it: soak a cup of cereal in a Ziploc bag with water, mix it up and then rub a magnet over the bag. You’ll see the metallic iron trailing the magnet. You eat that! More »
Liquid metal technology. That’s Terminator 2 stuff, right? Well you better start running now, John Connor, because it’s here. A new, flexible, conductive nano-coating lets liquid metal keep its form by transforming under high pressure, and then springing right back. More »
I think they had the right idea when they began making sporks and including these hybrid utensils in packs of instant noodles. However, they left a lot to be desired, especially since they didn’t really do a good job when it came to actually scooping up soup or noodles.
That is, until now.
Some folks finally saw fit to reinvent the spork and come up with a utensil that is actually useful. The spork you see here looks more likely to be able to perform its functions as both a spoon and as a fork, doesn’t it? While it was specifically designed for eating ramen noodles and soup, it could also come in handy for pasta and other saucy dishes.
The Ramen Spoon+Fork is available from Uncommon Goods for $14 (USD).
Now excuse me while I go fix up a bowl of instant noodles…
[via Bit Rebels]
Apparently Christopher Lee, the guy what played Saruman in LoTR, is a fan of metal. He’s also a fan of Christmas. So, he did the only logical thing that someone who likes both metal and Christmas would do—he recorded a metal Christmas album. No, seriously. More »
For some reason, a Belarusian iron and steel mill made a calendar using its naked women workers. That’s sort of normal, I guess. But the iron and steel mill wanted to make sure anyone who saw this calendar knew it was theirs by superimposing images of melting metal, wire looms, burning steel, cables, fences and anything else you would never associate with a beautiful woman on their naked skin. It’s hilariously weird. More »
I have a recurring nightmare about being attacked by some sort of creature with too many legs. I’m not sure if it’s from playing too many FPSes, or from reading about Cthulhu. Heck, maybe it’s from visiting the aquarium. Who knows. But if you’re not afraid to have some tentacles hanging around your bookshelf, then you’ll definitely want to check out these bookends.
They’re made by Knob Creek Metal Arts, and feature a cutout of a woman being abducted by some sort of creepy tentacled beast – I’m going with a Kraken, but it definitely could be Cthulhu, or just some sort of giant octopus. Or maybe a septapus. Maybe it’s just Squiddly Diddly.
Each pair of Tentacle Attack bookends is handmade from steel, and sells for $43(USD). Grab a pair now, before the tentacles grab you instead.
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