Arts & Design

Back when the bat-signal was still illuminated by candle light, a non-electronic wielding vigilante roamed the streets, hunting down such villains as Jack the Ripper. Marc Tan created this awesome piece titled “Gotham by Gaslight,” visualizing the image of Batman as seen through the eyes of 19th century Gotham. Link [via]

Like a lot of geeks out there I have a constant stream of crap being shipped to me from various internet companies. But I’m getting sick of just chucking all of the cardboard away. There has to be something productive we can create using all of our excess boxes. And then I came across this and I had a “Eureka!” ...

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Us humans are so vicious. We take poor innocent potatoes, skin them while their friends watch and then mash them into a creamy pulp. Doesn’t sound too appetizing when explained so truthfully, huh? But what happens to the dead potatoes that are left behind? They become zombie potatoes, of course. This Zombie Potato Halloween costume is equally bizarre and surreal. ...

If you’re still listening to cassette tapes, we might have some news for you. That music technology has been dead for like, a decade now. Hell, CDs aren’t even relevant anymore. Let me be even more blunt. If cassettes are already being used as ironic business card designs, than I think it’s safe to say they are past their prime. ...

Not every occasion is a happy occasion. But every occasion does call for cake! And thank god for that because, come on, it’s cake. Scrum-diddly-umpcious. Just lost your baby? Cake. Just got involuntarily circumcised? Cake. Venereal disease? Cake! Hit the jump for a few of our favorites, or least favorite. Whatever.

I call the penis! Check out this incredible cake, expertly decorated to resemble the iconic image of Han Solo frozen within a block of carbonite. Now Darth Vader really can have his cake and eat it too. That is, unles Jabba gets to it first.

Perhaps the greenest and most flammable case mod we’ve ever seen, aside from the UbuntuBox, the “Recompute” cardboard PC case shows off how sustainability can not only be cheap, but can ignite your whole house in flames as well. Even if there is a cooling fan, and even if the power supply and mother board are kept at separate ends ...

I’m not sure how this Forkless Bike works, so I’m just going to assume it’s via magic. Designed by Olli Erklia, this bike ain’t got no alibi, it’s forkless. Yeah, yeah, it’s forkless. Link [via]

Sure, we’ve seen better looking cakes. Much better looking cakes. I’ll give you that. But the messiness of this Left 4 Dead cake has its own sort of charm. It actually sort of fits in with the games seediness. Actually, that might be the point. So, yeah, don’t listen to me. Featuring chocolate frosting and a marzipan hand. Om nom ...