Hanttula http://www.hanttula.com Unmitigated Brilliant Magnificence Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:15:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Animated Shadow Art http://www.hanttula.com/distractomatic/animated-shadow-art http://www.hanttula.com/distractomatic/animated-shadow-art#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:15:45 +0000 Mike Hanttula http://www.hanttula.com/?p=5151 Artist Kumi Yamashita’s impressive work combines mechanics, light & brilliance:

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OK Go’s highly successful video for “This Too Shall Pass” was a lot of people’s first introduction to the mechanical-stylings of Rube Goldberg, but people have been building contraptions that mimic his mind-boggling style for some time. Evidence: this Breakfast-making Machine…

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]]> http://www.hanttula.com/distractomatic/chimps-on-ice/feed 0 OK Go: This Too Shall Pass http://www.hanttula.com/distractomatic/ok-go-this-too-shall-pass http://www.hanttula.com/distractomatic/ok-go-this-too-shall-pass#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:00:54 +0000 Mike Hanttula http://www.hanttula.com/?p=5139 The band OK Go has the unenviable task of having to constantly outperform themselves in terms of their music videos (evidence: their video for Here I Go Again). In their new video for “This Too Shall Pass,” they have have succeeded again:

Take special note of the astounding levels of detail here. They could have easily gotten away with much less. But, even in the world of Rube Goldberg-inspired contraptions, this video is massively impressive.

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*Dwell, just for the record, is probably the best home design magazine around.

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That translation offers no explanation for this amazing video…

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The Bacon Beer Mug

The Bacon Guy Lombardi Trophy

The Bacon Gingerbread House

The Bacon Cheese Turtleburger

]]> http://www.hanttula.com/distractomatic/today-in-bacon/feed 0 How to Speak Hip http://www.hanttula.com/distractomatic/how-to-speak-hip http://www.hanttula.com/distractomatic/how-to-speak-hip#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:24:39 +0000 Mike Hanttula http://www.hanttula.com/?p=5118 “For English-speaking people who want to talk to and be understood by jazz musicians, hipsters, beatniks, juvenile delinquents and the criminal fringe.”

How to Speak Hip with your instructor Geets Romo.

]]> http://www.hanttula.com/distractomatic/how-to-speak-hip/feed 0 Beautiful Book Covers by Jim Tierney http://www.hanttula.com/distractomatic/beautiful-book-covers-by-jim-tierney http://www.hanttula.com/distractomatic/beautiful-book-covers-by-jim-tierney#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:07:10 +0000 Mike Hanttula http://www.hanttula.com/?p=5113 I love these beautiful cover designs from Jim Tierney:

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