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Washington-based artist Tyree Callahan transformed and old 1937 Underwood Standard typewriter into a functional painting device he calls a Chromatic Typewriter. He did it by replacing the ink pads of the typewriter with colored paint pads and the letters with color markers. “I’m super excited about it. http://allfromweb.net/unusual-chromatic-typewriter

Unusual chromatic typewriter

Be like Albert Einstein

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius—and a lot of courage—to move in the opposite direction. http://www.ownzee.com/post/676/be-like-albert-einstein
Did you know that in the U.S. alone about 350 slices of pizza are eaten each second? That’s a whole lot of people ordering pizza that comes in a pizza box. What’s bad about these pizza boxes is that most of them take up a large amount of space in your fridge. They also don’t fit into your standard size trash cash, so you end up getting grease and cheese on your hands when you try to break them down. William Walsh has come up with a solution to all of your pizza box woes. It’s called the Green Box . http://mattermore.net/2011/05/30/the-green-box-%e2%80%93-an-eco-friendly-pizza-box-that-transforms-into-serving-plates/

The Green Box – An Eco-Friendly Pizza Box That Transforms into Serving Plates « mattermore

This is the winning strip from the 4CR contest . Congratulations Jeremy Kuehnau, thanks for the great story, and thanks to Nick Rumas who was instrumental in organizing the whole thing. It was in response to this short (in case you misse it):

Life In The Analog Age - Single Mom

http://www.lifeintheanalogage.com/2011/02/15/snow-day-4/
When I was in Rome I was introduced to the most spectacular and inspiring women. One of these amazing ladies was Marisela Ferderici. I met Marisela at her villa "La Furibonda." She welcomed me and my mom into her garden, dressed in a gorg eous yellow dress and perfectly coiffed hair. http://advancedstyle.blogspot.com/

ADVANCED STYLE

8-Bit vs. Reality:: Kidrobot's Blog, The KRonikle

UK designer, Aled Lewis crosses the streams of reality and 8-bit with a fun new photographic series. Aled is best known for his clever t-shirt illustrations on Threadless, but his latest project superimposes your favorite pixelated video game characters of yesteryear with photographs of real life scenarios. http://blog.kidrobot.com/8-bit-vs-reality/
http://www.nerve.com/news/books/listen-samuel-l-jackson-narrates-go-the-fuck-to-sleep Author Adam Mansbach, after repeated struggles to get his two-year-old daughter to fall asleep, once sent out a jokey Facebook post reading: "Look out for my forthcoming children's book, 'Go the Fuck to Sleep.'" The one-liner amused many of his Facebook friends, and the next thing you know, Mansbach had assembled some verses, and bootleg PDF copies of the profanity-laced opus were suddenly going viral. The thirty-two-page Go the Fuck to Sleep was picked up by a small Brooklyn publishing house, and even reached number one on Amazon's bestseller list ahead of memoirs by Tina Fey and Steven Tyler, well before its official publication date, which was yesterday.

Listen: Samuel L. Jackson narrates "Go the Fuck to Sleep" | Nerve.com

http://inkbutter.com/ Rick Genest gives The Avant/Garde Diaries some personal insight to his life during a shoot by photographer Nadine Elfenbein at a warehouse in Berlin.

| Ink Butter™ | Tattoo Culture and Art Daily

Is there any more decadent or geekier-than-thou way of expressing your superiority than by constructing your very own themed cinema at home? These ten home theaters are so over the top, they’ve obliterated the top. I suppose it’s only natural that there would be so many Star Trek home theaters. The bridge of the Enterprise is shaped like a theater, after all.

10 Awesome Home Theaters | ForeverGeek

http://www.forevergeek.com/2011/06/10-awesome-home-theaters/