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Take a look at the super-tight design work from Hydro74. Simply stunning…especially all the skull work. [Cheers Snub]

Mike Giant blogs about his recent trip to Europe. It really hots up for me when they take a 30 foot drop into the famous catacombs under Paris. More info on the catacombs and it’s art can be found here. [via]

NewsBreaker is a breakout clone that delivers news headlines when you clear certain blocks! The reason I’m writing about it though is because it was recently set up movie theatres where the audience control the breakout paddle via mass movement that’s picked up by a motion sensor at the front of the screen. Check the video of a game being played before a showing of Spiderman 3. [via]

The Screw Asylum is a collection of deformed screws, yup, just screws! Each screw has been photographed and then catalogued into size and type with a short explanation of each screw’s deformity. God bless the internet, there really is something for everyone! Here are a few things that are being said abut Screw Asylum -

This might actually be the most boring weblog on the entire internet.

Pretty chill blog man. I’ll come back later after toking up.

I don’t really know what’s going on in there but it’s vaguely soothing.

The Internet is full of passionate, quirky people. Righteous.

The most boring website of all time. Some dude has a website about unusual screws. Stop the internet, I wanna get off.

This is the most incredible thing that I have ever encountered. Mind blown.

Lots of detailed photos, descriptions of freaks such as “Short, stumpy and no slot” “Beautifully mangled shaft” and my favourite “left with a small appendage [...] somebody’s getting off on this, that’s for sure

Pretty intriguing if you have little on your mind.

Oddball screws and the blogger who loves them

Luke Chueh’s amazing designer toy/urban vinyl/piece of art/whatever we should call it, Possessed, has finally been released. Check out this recent video interview with Luke to find out more about the piece.

You may or may not know that I’m pretty obsessed with the amazing tattoo based artwork of Shawn Barber. With this in mind, it was a welcome pleasure to stumble across this Shawn Barber studio visit video a few days ago. In case yo don’t already know, Shawn Barber’s first book, Tattooed Portraits, is still available and I can’t recommend it enough.

The Camera Toss posse have created a nice Mini How-To with all your questions answered. No excuses…get tossing!

Typographics is a great little movie all about…typography of course! [via]

Maybe I’m the last one to find out about OpenOffice. If I am, I apologise. However, if you’re in the market for Microsoft Office you may be interested to know that there’s a free alternative that’s completely compatible with the aforementioned software. It doesn’t have a version of Outlook but then there’s Mozilla’s Thunderbird for that I guess. Saying that it’s a bargain seems to be a complete understatement.