Hector Invades Japan

Hektor consists of a suitcase which contains two electric motors, a spray-can holder, toothed belts, cables, a strong battery and a circuit board which is connected to a laptop and controls the machine. The motors that are mounted onto the wall suspend the can holder through the toothed belts and define its position by changing the length of these belts

If you happen to be in Japan next month, you might be lucky enough to catch Hector the weekend of April 14th at the trico information gallery.
If your not going to be in Japan be sure to check out these videos.

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Make

Night Writer

Graffiti Research Lab is my new favorite site. The most recent post has a stp-by-step tutorial, as well as a quicktime movie that shows the finer details in getting your name in lights. David Hasselhoff fans should also be impressed by the movie's soundtrack.

via:
Make

more Hasselhoff

knight-foundation

buy the song from Stu himself!

..and also via Make:
Knight Rider Dashboard Project

Instructables round-up

Electro Graf

Spoke POV

Dance Messenger

Pop-Up lettering

Laptop Stencils

and last but not least:
Drumhead Decal

and.....
Altoids case from dead shuffle

Guinness is Good For You

Sign Wars

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boingboing

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antiwarblog

Been Gay?

Exodus International has started issuing "cease and desist" letters to people who make fun of their billboard campaign that spreads their "cure for gay" message.
Justinsomia got this one from these guys for this sign.

great quote from Zortnac
who also has some great parodies of the sign in question.

Empty Legal Threats Are Fun!
Everyone's favorite Ex-Gay ministry has put up some billboards in the mid-west advertising their product (a nicely packaged lie), with a new "Gay? Unhappy?" campaign. I mean, I have to admit, I am gay, and I am sometimes unhappy. I was unhappy just the other night when I was in the lab at 3 AM and the results from my project weren't coming out right. Just last week I was damn unhappy when I got another parking ticket! BLAST YOU STREET SWEEPING!!! So...does this mean that exodus has a solution to both my parking tickets and my statistical tests for a school project? If I go to the website and find that they don't....I'm going to be pretty unhappy.

Die Diesel Die!

This sign is funny, because it shows what you wish would happen after being fooled into buying a ragged pair of jeans for $300. I made this gif from one picture I took during the day, and a second one I took at night from the same spot. It seems odd that only half of the sign would burn out.

Flask Sprayer

Wooster's "how-to #15"
Hiding things in plain sight is Brilliant.

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KETMI

Not Open 24 Hours

The Patio Cafe in The Castro used to be a great place for hangover brunch on the weekends about five years ago. I guess when the went out of buisiness someone forgot to turn off the sign. It's on all day and all night everyday.



I took a photo of this myself this weekend, but the one above is much better.
Check out Eric's other great photo sets here:
Eric in SF

Alien Cow Abductions

Intergalactic Cattle rustling is no laughing matter....




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Mutt

Sweet Ham strikes again

Last month I posted Colin Sjostedt's SweetHam, a great site where you can get a peek of his fabulous photography. Next Wednesday Colin has an art opening at Lucid, a hip little cocktail lounge in the Tendernob. Come for the art, and stay for the drinks.

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