There’s been a huge spike in the production of zombie movies lately, and many of them seem to be inspired by war…io9.com. click on chart

Chart by Stephanie Fox. Additional reporting by Katharine Duckett.

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Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso complained on Sunday he cannot find enough time to devote himself to his lifelong hobby – reading comics…AFP news service

“Japan’s culture is not only kabuki or no play,” he said, referring to Japanese traditional drama. “Comic books, our subculture power, have been widely read in not only Asia but Europe, the United States, Latin America.”

So kids keep reading those comic book and you may end running your country.

A zygomatic bone glommed together from old sauce pots; a mandible constructed from rusty whisks; a maxilla ossified from dinner plates and mustachioed with unwashed spoons. This gloriously sepulchral skull constructed entirely from old cookware and crockery was on display in London’s Regent Park a couple weeks ago as part of the Frieze Art Fair…boingboing.net. Once again, its a head thing.

Fun fashion accessory or offensive symbol of violence. You decide.

Bling-bling that stings stings. A pepper spray self defense ring. Done be caught without it.

Looking to set up a bar in your home? Also looking to make the interior of your house look more like a spaceship? Well, who better to turn to than famed architect Zaha Hadid, who designed this insanely futuristic bar for Home House in London…dvice.com

A 43-year-old Japanese woman whose sudden divorce in a virtual game world made her so angry that she killed her online husband’s digital persona has been arrested on suspicion of hacking, police said Thursday.

The woman, who is jailed on suspicion of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data, used his identification and password to log onto popular interactive game “Maple Story” to carry out the virtual murder in mid-May, a police official in northern Sapporo said on condition of anonymity, citing department policy…Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

“I was suddenly divorced, without a word of warning. That made me so angry,” the official quoted her as telling investigators and admitting the allegations.

As art is said to imitate life, virtual life may often emulate real life.

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Wai Lam Wong is an industrial designer located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His latest experimental project, the Bigfoot wheelchair, toys with the intertwined psychological and physical associations that arise in handicapped situations…core77.com.

Damn, I never thought I would say something like this about a wheelchair, but this is one fine set of wheels. Read the rest of this entry »

Art from the gutters, literally…dailycognition.com

storm drain graffiti taken in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.

Albert Camus