It’s the Wednesday Quickies! Clickety click!
- British explorer Robert Falcon Scott was the founder of The South Polar Times. Here’s the story: Penguins, Hockey and Serious Stuff Too: Scott’s Polar Chronicles. Folio Society encourages you to own a piece of Polar history.
- This will blow the beret off your bean. The new French hacker-artist underground. Literally underground. {via Brian}
- Low-Commitment Projects or how to make stuff happen with little time and energy. A little confused and yet charmed? The about backstory will clear it up. {via Maria}
- Cuff links at QA Create are available in Scrabble tiles, robots, superheroes, LEGOs, functioning compass, functioning thermometer, and more.
- Physibles is the new portmanteau for physical objects. It is also, says The Pirate Bay, the next wave of downloadables. According to ExtremeTech it’s the next frontier of online piracy. {via @krelnik}
- Children’s toys inspire great art. That includes what must be the most massive bunny ever.
Make the jump here. It’s worth it!
- What on earth? Check out these upcycled old globes! {via Michele}
- What to do with a pothole? Why, transform it into a garden, of course.
- Little architectural drawings on all kinds of stuff at Girls Can Tell.
- Jim Henson’s robot explains data communications.
- A bit of satire of the skeptical variety: A ghost in the church window and A face in my bath mat.
By now you might have seen this, but if not, this moment is to epic that we don’t want you to miss it. Bravo and well-played, Lukáš Kmit! {Originally found at Laughing Squid.}
This is the prologue for a TV series being developed by Epic Films. You can give them some “like” love on facebook. {via Maria}
Featured image and more:
In Osaka, The Rubber Duck Project by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman.
