Dot. The World’s Smallest Stop-Motion Animation Character.

I found this on Youtube by accident.

Professor Daniel Fletcher’s invention of the CellScope, which is a Nokia device with a microscope attachment, was the inspiration for a teeny-tiny film created by Sumo Science at Aardman.

It stars a 9mm girl called Dot as she struggles through a microscopic world. All the minuscule detail was shot using CellScope technology and a Nokia N8, with its 12 megapixel camera and Carl Zeiss optics.

It may please you to know that as well as being shot on life saving technology, Dot broke the Guinness World Record for smallest stop-motion animation character in a film!

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A Wee Knitted Elephant Man!

I love this.
I flaming well LOVE IT!

Found on the brilliant Flickr page of someone called ‘MaffersToys’, a wee knitted Elephant Man!

From the Flickr page:

“I am NOT AN ELEPHANT. I AM NOT AN ANIMAL! I am a human being! I’m… a man.”

A toy version of Joseph Carey (aka John) Merrick, also known as The Elephant Man. In spite of what many people assumed of him upon sight, he was a highly affectionate, caring and intelligent man for whom I have the utmost respect..

I decided to publish the pattern, so see my profile if you are interested.

View MafferToys’ Flickr set HERE.
Read all about Joseph Merrick HERE.

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La Tomatina: The Spanish Tomato Throwing Festival.

“La Tomatina is a festival that is held in the Valencian town of Buñol, a town located 30 km inland from the Mediterranean Sea in which participants throw tomatoes and get involved in this tomato fight purely for fun. It is held on the last Wednesday of August, during the week of festivities of Buñol.“

I think we could all use a festival like this.
Just imagine, Tomatoes…EVERYWHERE!

Read all about it HERE and HERE.

Pingu In John Carpenter’s “The Thing”.

Gin & Titonic.

Maybe you know that I’m obsessed with The Titanic disaster..
Actually, maybe you don’t know that.
Now you do.

Anyways, I am.
Imagine the look on my face when I saw this!

Titanic Ice-cubes!
Talk about cool?
There’s no way that I’m not buying these!

You can get them for 5 bucks from Amazon HERE.