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</description><title>Illuminations and Other Stuff</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @ianbrooks)</generator><link>http://ianbrooks.me/</link><item><title>Once Were Gentlemen’s Club by Japu
Shirt available today...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzw6p7l8d71qzamioo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Once Were Gentlemen’s Club&lt;/em&gt; by Japu&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Shirt available today only (2/24) at &lt;a href="http://riptapparel.com/shirt/02/24/2012/once-were-gentlemans-club" target="_blank"&gt;riptapparel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Artist: &lt;a href="http://www.darkoblivion.it/en/index.html" target="_blank"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/japu" target="_blank"&gt;redbubble&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#!/japu_jwings" target="_blank"&gt;twitter&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Japu/41858172225" target="_blank"&gt;facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18188041507</link><guid>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18188041507</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:30:05 -0500</pubDate><category>lord of the rings</category><category>ringwraiths</category><category>japu</category><category>lotr</category><category>design</category><category>riptapparel</category><category>shirt</category><category>illustration</category><category>film</category><category>book</category></item><item><title>Boxes o’ Time Travel by Matt Cowan
You need boxes to time...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzu6fgyHkH1qzamioo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Boxes o’ Time Travel&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; by Matt Cowan&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You need boxes to time travel, guys. Everybody knows that. Sometimes cars work too.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Artist: &lt;a href="http://mattcantdraw.deviantart.com/art/Boxes-286510279" target="_blank"&gt;deviantart&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://en.qstoms.com/mjcTees" target="_blank"&gt;shirts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18167018625</link><guid>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18167018625</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:53:05 -0500</pubDate><category>matt cowan</category><category>time travel</category><category>art</category><category>dr. who</category><category>tardis</category><category>phone booth</category><category>bill and ted's excellent adventure</category><category>calvin and hobbes</category><category>box</category></item><item><title>Inside Out by Kevin Twomey
From his examination of low-tech...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzuab6Dv8w1qzamioo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzuab6Dv8w1qzamioo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzuab6Dv8w1qzamioo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzuab6Dv8w1qzamioo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzuab6Dv8w1qzamioo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzuab6Dv8w1qzamioo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzuab6Dv8w1qzamioo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzuab6Dv8w1qzamioo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzuab6Dv8w1qzamioo9_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Inside Out&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; by Kevin Twomey&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;From his examination of low-tech devices, Twomey skinned several calculators and adding machines alive and turned them inside out to reveal their hard, mechanical innards to the world.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Artist: &lt;a href="http://kevintwomey.com/" target="_blank"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/kevintwomeyphotography?sk=wall" target="_blank"&gt;facebook&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://kevintwomey.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;tumblr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(via: &lt;a href="http://www.lostateminor.com/2012/02/22/the-intricate-workings-of-low-tech-devices/" target="_blank"&gt;lost at e minor&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18162584743</link><guid>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18162584743</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:43:05 -0500</pubDate><category>kevin twomey</category><category>design</category><category>electronics</category><category>parts</category><category>tech</category></item><item><title>The Lylat Space Program by SIRLAZYJ
Prints available...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzu5ahfXRA1qzamioo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Lylat Space Program&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; by SIRLAZYJ&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Prints available at &lt;a href="http://society6.com/SIRLAZYJ/The-Lylat-Space-Program_Print" target="_blank"&gt;society6&lt;/a&gt;. Cant let you do that, Starfox!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18158059601</link><guid>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18158059601</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:34:06 -0500</pubDate><category>gaming</category><category>starfox</category><category>lylat system</category><category>space</category><category>animals</category><category>sirlazyj</category><category>photomanip</category><category>lol</category></item><item><title>The Turtle Van by Josh Lane
Prints available at society6. This...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzu58p8Dw61qzamioo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Turtle Van&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; by Josh Lane&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Prints available at &lt;a href="http://society6.com/JoshLn/The-Turtle-Van_Print" target="_blank"&gt;society6&lt;/a&gt;. This may not be a homage to one of the ragiest quitting NES games in vidya gaem history, but to anyone who’s played the original Turtles game, you know just how sweet it was to finally get the Turtle Van and start unloading on barricades and wandering foot soldiers with unlimited missiles. Bask in that feeling, because it never got quite as good again in that game.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18153601612</link><guid>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18153601612</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:24:05 -0500</pubDate><category>josh lane</category><category>teenage mutant ninja turtles</category><category>tmnt</category><category>van</category><category>illustration</category><category>design</category><category>art</category></item><item><title>Futurama Trinity by Ricardo Chucky
Good news, everybody! While...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzu6r1vfwp1qzamioo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzu6r1vfwp1qzamioo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzu6r1vfwp1qzamioo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Futurama Trinity &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;by Ricardo Chucky&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Good news, everybody! While this Trinity doesnt include Fry… or Professor Farnsworth, there’s an excellent chance you just read this in his voice!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Artist: &lt;a href="http://fubango.deviantart.com/art/Dr-Zoidberg-286545031" target="_blank"&gt;deviantart&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://ricardochucky.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;blogspot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18149285006</link><guid>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18149285006</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:15:05 -0500</pubDate><category>futurama</category><category>fan art</category><category>illustration</category><category>zoidberg</category><category>bender</category><category>ricardo chucky</category><category>tv</category><category>cartoon</category><category>animated</category><category>show</category><category>leela</category></item><item><title>Zombie Cameos by UndertakingFX
Available for purchase at etsy....</title><description>&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzu7utcdGp1qzamioo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzu7utcdGp1qzamioo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzu7utcdGp1qzamioo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzu7utcdGp1qzamioo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzu7utcdGp1qzamioo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Zombie Cameos&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; by UndertakingFX&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Available for purchase at &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/UndertakingFX?ref=seller_info" target="_blank"&gt;etsy&lt;/a&gt;. These acryllic, hand-painted cameos feature grisly portraits of rotting, putrified zombie nobility. A few are encrypted with the latin phrase: ”Memento Festum Mortuorum” which translates into Merican speak as “Remember the Dead Feast.” Give one to your granny to remind her that death’s icy undead grip is just a zombie bite away!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18146257553</link><guid>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18146257553</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:17:05 -0500</pubDate><category>zombie</category><category>death</category><category>corpse</category><category>cameo</category><category>design</category><category>crafts</category><category>undertakingfx</category><category>horror</category></item><item><title>Cthulhentai Type by Sakke Soini
Happy Cthulhu Cthursday!...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzucoxoDYq1qzamioo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzucoxoDYq1qzamioo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzucoxoDYq1qzamioo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzucoxoDYq1qzamioo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzucoxoDYq1qzamioo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzucoxoDYq1qzamioo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzucoxoDYq1qzamioo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzucoxoDYq1qzamioo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cthulhentai Type&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; by Sakke Soini&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Happy Cthulhu Cthursday! Marrying the unholy alliance between the Cthulhu mythos and Japanese tentacle culture, Sakke created this maddening eldrich type from beyond the stars. The favorite font of creatures both dead and dreaming!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Artist: &lt;a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/Cthulhentai-Type/686372" target="_blank"&gt;behance&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#!/sakkesoini" target="_blank"&gt;twitter&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.sakkesoini.com/" target="_blank"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18141903434</link><guid>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18141903434</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:56:06 -0500</pubDate><category>cthulhu</category><category>cthulhu cthursday</category><category>h.p. lovecraft</category><category>Sakke Soini</category><category>typography</category><category>design</category><category>letters</category><category>alphabet</category><category>japan</category><category>tentacle</category></item><item><title>The Weaver by Tatiana Blass
Entitled “Penelope”,...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzub4f3MdJ1qzamioo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzub4f3MdJ1qzamioo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzub4f3MdJ1qzamioo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzub4f3MdJ1qzamioo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzub4f3MdJ1qzamioo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzub4f3MdJ1qzamioo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzub4f3MdJ1qzamioo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzub4f3MdJ1qzamioo9_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzub4f3MdJ1qzamioo10_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzub4f3MdJ1qzamioo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Weaver&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.tatianablass.com.br/" target="_blank"&gt;Tatiana Blass&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Entitled “Penelope”, this exhibit was inspired by Odysseus’ wife in Homer’s Oddysey, Penelope, who kept herself busy during her husband’s 20 year journey by weaving an elaborate burial shroud and subsequently unraveling it each night. Set in the Chapel of Morumbi in São Paulo, Brazil, a red carpet leads to a loom with chaotric strands of yarn uncoiling in every direction, through the windows and to the courtyard outside, where they’ve spread like a virus. Has this never-ending tapestry been woven or unraveled? &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(via: &lt;a href="http://design-milk.com/penelope-by-tatiana-blass/" target="_blank"&gt;design-milk&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18138886618</link><guid>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18138886618</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:47:05 -0500</pubDate><category>tatiana blass</category><category>design</category><category>crafts</category><category>homer's odyssey</category><category>penelope</category><category>yarn</category><category>weave</category><category>loom</category><category>brazil</category></item><item><title>Floating Islands of Trash by Thomas Jackson
Have you ever heard...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzubh1s1uS1qzamioo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzubh1s1uS1qzamioo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzubh1s1uS1qzamioo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzubh1s1uS1qzamioo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzubh1s1uS1qzamioo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzubh1s1uS1qzamioo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzubh1s1uS1qzamioo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzubh1s1uS1qzamioo8_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Floating Islands of Trash&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.thomasjacksonphotography.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Thomas Jackson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Have you ever heard of the island of trash that floats untethered on the Pacific ocean surface? With the extrapolating rate of our consumption and subsequent waste, it’s really only a matter of time before those islands become sentient and begin to enact their revenge on society, floating through our cities thirsty for the blood of man. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(via: &lt;a href="http://origin.juxtapoz.com/Current/hovering-sculptures-by-thomas-jackson" target="_blank"&gt;juxtapoz&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18136009155</link><guid>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18136009155</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:37:05 -0500</pubDate><category>design</category><category>sculpture</category><category>art</category><category>floating</category><category>thomas jackson</category><category>photography</category></item><item><title>Comrade Cthulhu by Gwen Callahan
Available in sanity-rending...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzu7chYtLH1qzamioo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Comrade Cthulhu&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; by Gwen Callahan&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Available in sanity-rending shirt flavor at &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/60930497/comrade-cthulhu-unisex-t-shirt-size-s-xl" target="_blank"&gt;etsy&lt;/a&gt;. Celebrate Cthulhu Cthursday and the rise of the one true Evil Empire with this shirt from &lt;a href="http://www.sighco.com/" target="_blank"&gt;sighco.com&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18133247753</link><guid>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18133247753</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:28:05 -0500</pubDate><category>cthulhu</category><category>cthulhu cthursday</category><category>soviet union</category><category>gwen callahan</category><category>sighco</category><category>illustration</category><category>ussr</category><category>flag</category><category>design</category><category>h.p. lovecraft</category></item><item><title>T-Rex Skeletal Halloween Costume by JamieP
Weighing in at a cup...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzucg6CCGU1qzamioo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzucg6CCGU1qzamioo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzucg6CCGU1qzamioo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzucg6CCGU1qzamioo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzucg6CCGU1qzamioo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzucg6CCGU1qzamioo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzucg6CCGU1qzamioo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzucg6CCGU1qzamioo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzucg6CCGU1qzamioo9_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzucg6CCGU1qzamioo10_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;T-Rex Skeletal Halloween Costume&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; by JamieP&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Weighing in at a cup of water-shaking 25 pounds and costing $550 total, THIS Tyrannosaurus Rex costume was excavated from amber resin and reanimated with unholy scientist magic! Really though, this thing is fully operational but more importantly: &lt;em&gt;it gits down&lt;/em&gt; in tha club. Check out the intricate step-by-step process at &lt;a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Ultimate-T-Rex-Costume/" target="_blank"&gt;instructables&lt;/a&gt;, and check out the costume in full T-Rex-booty-shaking action in the video below:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/s3Cfp4OD0ME" width="420"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18130803204</link><guid>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18130803204</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:20:05 -0500</pubDate><category>dinosaur</category><category>t-rex</category><category>skeleton</category><category>costume</category><category>halloween</category><category>jamiep</category><category>instructables</category><category>design</category><category>crafts</category></item><item><title>The World’s Largest Cup o’ Joe
Available for...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzubrvaR291qzamioo1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzubrvaR291qzamioo2_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzubrvaR291qzamioo3_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The World’s Largest Cup o’ Joe&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Available for purchase and caffeine overdoes at &lt;a href="http://www.fredflare.com/WHAT-S-NEW/World-s-Largest-Coffee-Cup/" target="_blank"&gt;fredflare&lt;/a&gt; for $46 USD. This is seriously the biggest goddamn cup of coffee I’ve ever seen… and it’s glorious. Staring into the swirling abyss of coffee that fills this Lovecraftian monstrosity up, I swear I felt it staring back. The way good coffee should, really!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18128769413</link><guid>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18128769413</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:10:05 -0500</pubDate><category>coffee</category><category>cup</category><category>giant</category><category>fredflare</category><category>design</category><category>morning</category></item><item><title>You Shall Not Pass Ink Stamp
Available for purchase at etsy....</title><description>&lt;img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzu289HSi61qzamioo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzu289HSi61qzamioo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You Shall Not Pass Ink Stamp&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Available for purchase at &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/90084813/you-shall-not-pass-self-inking-stamp-red" target="_blank"&gt;etsy&lt;/a&gt;. Letter grades are out, wizardly ratings are in. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(via: &lt;a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/babymantis/geeky-gandalf-stamp-for-teachers-1opu" target="_blank"&gt;buzzfeed&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18119650758</link><guid>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18119650758</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:33:44 -0500</pubDate><category>lord of the rings</category><category>lotr</category><category>you shall not pass</category><category>stamp</category><category>crafts</category><category>gandalf</category><category>wizard</category><category>homework</category><category>school</category></item><item><title>Pac Men by Nik...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lze0x5Fafc1qmi21io1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pac Men&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; by Nik Holmes&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Artist: &lt;a href="http://nikholmes.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Tumblr&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://ape74.deviantart.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Deviantart&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/zombiedollarcreative" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.nikholmes.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;em&gt;(via: &lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.it8bit.com/post/18003844210/pac-men-by-nik-holmes" target="_blank"&gt;it8bit&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18108557848</link><guid>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18108557848</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:54:06 -0500</pubDate><category>pacman</category><category>mashup</category><category>retro</category><category>gaming</category><category>mad men</category><category>design</category><category>illustration</category><category>nik holmes</category></item><item><title>VW AT-AT Bus
Echo Station, we have spotted Imperial...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzsek909ju1qzamioo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VW AT-AT Bus&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Echo Station, we have spotted Imperial Hipstermobiles!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(photo by &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#!/jackschofield" target="_blank"&gt;jack schofield&lt;/a&gt;, via: &lt;a href="http://www.geekologie.com/2012/02/omgwtf-vw-at-at-volkswagen-bus-at-at-wal.php" target="_blank"&gt;geekologie&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18104048940</link><guid>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18104048940</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:43:06 -0500</pubDate><category>star wars</category><category>vw</category><category>bus</category><category>at-at</category><category>walker</category><category>sculpture</category><category>art</category><category>design</category></item><item><title>Fire and Wine by Adam Marksteiner
As part of the raining sparks...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzsf610HcZ1qzamioo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fire and Wine&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; by Adam Marksteiner&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As part of the raining sparks photography challenge at Gizmodo, Adam created the hottest (see wut i did ther) photo by breaking off the bottom of a wine bottle and placing a metal duct in it, before lighting steel wool and blowing sparks down through the bottle with a hair dryer. WAITER, there’s a highly combustible element in my glass! Check out all the other entries over at &lt;a href="http://gizmodo.com/5886966/64-pieces-of-proof-that-the-world-is-ending-its-raining-fire" target="_blank"&gt;gizmodo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18099671716</link><guid>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18099671716</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:34:05 -0500</pubDate><category>wine</category><category>bottle</category><category>sparks</category><category>photography</category><category>steel wool</category><category>Adam Marksteiner</category></item><item><title>Decepticon Engagement Ring by Gipson Diamond Jewelers
Cast in...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzsebs9Ura1qzamioo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzsebs9Ura1qzamioo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Decepticon Engagement Ring&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; by Gipson Diamond Jewelers&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cast in 14k white gold, this commissioned ring is for the evil transforming robot who’s stolen your allspark.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Artist: &lt;a href="http://theboog17.deviantart.com/art/Evil-Robot-Organization-Engagement-Ring-179548976" target="_blank"&gt;deviantart&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gipson-Diamond-Jewelers/161932697190603" target="_blank"&gt;facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(via: &lt;a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/babymantis/transformers-engagement-ring-1opu" target="_blank"&gt;buzzfeed&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18095410686</link><guid>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18095410686</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:26:06 -0500</pubDate><category>transformers</category><category>ring</category><category>engagement</category><category>design</category><category>diamond</category><category>decepticon</category><category>gipson diamond jewelers</category><category>comics</category><category>fashion</category></item><item><title>The Purge by Ink Tank
As part of a series imagining how people...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzsejlfoI11qzamioo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzsejlfoI11qzamioo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzsejlfoI11qzamioo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzsejlfoI11qzamioo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzsejlfoI11qzamioo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Purge&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; by &lt;a href="http://inktanklab.com/home.html" target="_blank"&gt;Ink Tank&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As part of a series imagining how people would react to the Mayan Apocalypse of 2012, the artist collective known as the Ink Tank created this house violently vomiting out all its contents. Too much 151 will produce the same results.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(via: &lt;a href="http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/02/a-condemned-house-explodes-onto-the-streets-of-austin/" target="_blank"&gt;colossal&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18090982236</link><guid>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18090982236</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:15:05 -0500</pubDate><category>house</category><category>home</category><category>ink tank</category><category>design</category><category>art</category><category>sculpture</category><category>architecture</category><category>2012</category><category>vomit</category></item><item><title>The Pulp Arts of Kristian Hammerstad
An illustrator out of...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzsgwtDq2x1qzamioo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzsgwtDq2x1qzamioo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzsgwtDq2x1qzamioo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzsgwtDq2x1qzamioo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzsgwtDq2x1qzamioo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzsgwtDq2x1qzamioo10_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzsgwtDq2x1qzamioo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzsgwtDq2x1qzamioo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzsgwtDq2x1qzamioo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzsgwtDq2x1qzamioo9_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Pulp Arts of Kristian Hammerstad&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;An illustrator out of Norway, Kristian’s work resembles the style of indie comic books blended with a healthy dose of macabre, horror, and gore… just the way mom used to make!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Artist: &lt;a href="http://www.kristianhammerstad.com/#everything" target="_blank"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kristian-Hammerstad/207070655980666" target="_blank"&gt;facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18087498353</link><guid>http://ianbrooks.me/post/18087498353</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:18:05 -0500</pubDate><category>Kristian Hammerstad</category><category>art</category><category>illustration</category><category>pulp</category><category>death</category><category>horror</category></item></channel></rss>

