While celebrating my 10th wedding anniversary last week, my wife and I visited multiple art galleries in Baie-Saint-Paul and Quebec City to purchase our first “real” piece of art. So while admiring the work of various painters at the Beauchamp Art Galleries, we fell in love with a painting titled Reinventing my Life (pictured above […]
What does an astrophysicist do on a cloudy day? Create art. Alex Parker, who is a post-doctoral fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, was bored when a cloudy day meant he couldn’t do work at the observatory. So he got the idea to make a mosaic-style version of the famous Van Gogh, “Starry Night”, […]
European officials are urging national consumer regulators to check that Apple isn’t misleading customers over the usefulness of its AppleCare protection. It follows a $1.2 million fine for violations in Italy. European consumer law, which applies in all European Union member countries, automatically gives buyer a minimum of two years’ warranty on products. During the […]
It’s hard to imagine Darth Vader or Boba Fett turning all squishy at the sight of a bunny or a lamb. But for Nashville, Tennessee artist Kelly Kerrigan, the juxtaposition seemed clear. Kerrigan was inspired by her husband’s love of the film “Harvey” starring Jimmy Stewart. He passed away in 2010, but he always said […]
Both of these amazing costumes were made entirely out of balloons by balloon artist Jeff Wright. If only someone this talented could have lived in my area when I was a kid, my birthday parties would have been oh so much more awesome with this guy around. [Via Walyou]
One lovestruck lady bucked the tradition where the fella must propose and took matters into her own hands! Both she and her boyfriend, Dylan, are huge “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” fans, so with some train tickets to Toronto, two rings, some envelopes, smartphone navigation, and a little MS Paint, she “leveled up” and earned […]
Climate change is one of those hot topics these days. We are increasingly realizing we need to be more “green” and stop abusing our planet lest we break the atmosphere as we know it. In the meantime, in order to preserve our way of life, scientists are trying to come up with ways to battle […]
Susan Moffett of Wibbly Wobbly Shoes has created a new line of ‘Serenity’-inspired high-tops, including one fashioned after Mr. Jayne Cobb himself! Order your ‘shiny’ pair here, for $115! There’s also a TARDIS-inspired pair! Kids’ sizes, too! [Via Etsy]