Mad Quickies

BOO! And a Happy Halloween to you!

• The call was coming from the basement.
• Unlike that game you had as a kid, this Operation game costume actually works! {via Steve D.}
• PREDATOR SHOES!
• Impostrophes, small decapitation and other typographic horrors.
• Steve reported on Small World in his 10.29 Quickies. Ars Technica examines a few of their favorites and explains stuff. Embiggening provided.
• The prehistoric Barbatodon transylvanicus had blood-red teeth.
• “Morbid Anatomy Anthology” is a Kickstarter fave. w00t! {Video after the jump.}
• Ten legendary TV Halloween parties.

Clickety clack!

• At Instructables: costumes and curiosities. {via Seve D.}
• Scary typefaces at FontShop’s pinterest.
• I don’t know about you, but I happen to think that this nice little craft project is genuinely creepy.
• Wookie cookies and other galactic recipes.
• Mighty cool metal skeletons.
• The Phantom Manor Sugar Cookie House. Complete with patterns. {via Steve D.}

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Morbid Anatomy

from the page
It is an honor to present in this episode my friend and a huge inspiration to me – Joanna Ebenstein whose Morbid Anatomy blog is sort of the online Bible of the macabre and the sublime (making Mademoiselle Ebenstein – as I call her – the Patron Saint of Odd). Here she discusses the thinking behind her research, her views on death and beauty and the institution she has created.

Amazing photography at The Secret Museum and Anatomical Theatre.

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The timing is eerie…
Art imitates life.
New York City time lapse
Found here at Open Culture.

from the page

Thrash Lab’s “Empty America” timelapse travel series takes you to New York City. All the bridge and tunnel people have been sent home and Manhattan has been wiped empty! Penn Station, Wall Street, Central Park, Times Square, The Met and Fifth Avenue have never looked so vacant.

“Empty America” a Thrash Lab Special directed by Ross Ching
Music made by David Adametz

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Featured image is an excerpt of recently hatched lynx spiders by Walter Piorkowski of South Beloit, Illinois. These little guys couldn’t be more adorable!

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