I’m guessing the curvature could lead to RSI or wrists the thickness of thighs, but this hedgehog cheese grater still looks mighty fine.

Right, I’m off shopping. Do try to keep the place tidy.

The chocolate anus. // Chicago from 36,000 ft. // Stop-motion Tron. // Crayon Physics Deluxe. // Dreamlines. How it works. (h/t, Dr Westerhaus.) // Unusual instruments. Including the bubble organ and the bowafridgeaphone. // High end watchmaking. // “Dr” Charlene Werner’s “homeopathic lecture.” A world of stupid. // Mary Jackson on “hegemonic masculinities” and other gratuitous plurals. // Steven Malanga on poverty and family structure. // Robert Spencer on “defaming” Islam. // At home with the Ahmadinejads. // Bert Teunissen’s domestic landscapes. (h/t, Mick Hartley.) // Islands of the world. // The door to hell, Uzbekistan. // Remarkable bulbs. // Tokyo taxi lights. More. // There’s so much to know about shoelaces. // The Puma “speed legs” advert. // Body Care and Grooming. (1948) // Things to do with your body. (h/t, DRB.) // Balloon animal anatomy. // Teddy bear skulls. (h/t, Ace.) More. // Giant mechanical animals. // Comic vendors of yore. // Science fiction book covers. (h/t, Coudal.) // Via Drunkablog, Arthur C Clarke’s The Sentinel. Sausages on the Moon. // And, via The Thin Man, it’s Mr Mel Torme.

Masaru Tatsuki has spent nine years photographing Japan’s decorated trucks and the people who drive them. 

A book, Decotora: 1998-2007 Japanese Art Truck Scene, is available here.

Related: Smart Car Monster Truck. 

Stefan Nadelman’s Food Fight. A short history of modern warfare, fought with egg rolls, chicken nuggets, sushi and falafel.

An index of warring foodstuffs. Related: Warfare with nuts and ribbon.

For Battlestar Galactica enthusiasts, a slice of blasphemy.

Naturally, the image above contains clues as to the show’s final season. Is Baltar’s Six about to deliver the Cylon gospel? Who’s the new Number Six standing on the left, as if to denounce her counterpart? And who’s missing from the table, and why? Stay tuned.

Previously…

Pink-eyed fascination. (h/t, Mick Hartley.) // Earthquake van. // Christvertising. Do you have the best brand-prayer alignment? (h/t, Chastity Darling.) // The electromagnetic spectrum. (h/t, Infosthetics.) // BSG teaser. // “I’m afraid I can’t do that.” Dangerous computers. // On HAL’s programming conflict. A detailed breakdown. // The Dawn of Man and Discovery, rendered in Lego. Yes, the pod bay doors do open. // Things turn ugly between HAL and Dave. (h/t, Ace.) // The BigDog robot. Sounds like a fly, walks like a horse. // Dog and machine in perfect harmony. // Wooden elephants. // Wooden horses. // Knit your own squid. // Stefan Kanfer on misplaced pacifism. // Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism podcast. // Madsen Pirie on poverty. // Mary Jackson on a failed accountant’s jihad. // Iranian schoolbooks. Shaping young minds. // Remarkable crushing machines. // Luminescent gravel. // The luminescent pillow. (h/t, Ace.) // Prequels are evil. // Alarming intersections. // And, via The Thin Man, Janis would like some wheels.

As some of you seemed to like the bubblegum drum machine, mentioned here, this may also be of interest. The Drum Buddy™ is a “4 oscillator, light activated, mechanically rotating drum machine.” It has a robust wooden cabinet and a state-of-the-art control system.    

It is, I think we can agree, a formidable instrument. Though I may wait for a version powered entirely by steam.

If you haven’t been already, you may enjoy a visit to the, fairly self-explanatory, Stuff White People Like.

Entries of note include Hating Corporations, Arts Degrees, Having Gay Friends, White People in the News and, mentioned here previously, Knowing What’s Best for Poor People. 

Floating hotel, shaped like a whale. // 6 things that resemble the Death Star. // At last, a knitted Princess Leia wig. (h/t, Coudal.) // Boomerangs in space. Will they return? // Martian avalanche. More. // The Abisko Aurora webcam. // Electronic contact lenses. // Jeff Han’s multi-touch media wall. More. And. // Chicago City Council proposes crackdown on “self-sealing plastic bags under two inches in height.” // Schweppes and balloons. // Attention proud parents – display your newborn baby on a sack of rice. // The mystery of smell. // Mythical causes of disease. // How the Yeti has been imagined through the ages. (h/t, 1+1=3.) // Hulk alert! // Gnome terrorises town. A Sun exclusive. // The Playmobil security checkpoint. (h/t, Chastity Darling.) // Airport terminals of note. // Heathrow’s electroluminescent wall. // Telescopic rotor blades inspired by toilet paper holder. // “She wasn’t glued to the toilet seat. She was just physically stuck by her body.” The mystery of the adhesive buttocks. // 1950s Sherlock Holmes episodes. Including The Case of the Texas Cowgirl and The Case of the Shy Ballerina. // And, via The Thin Man, Sticky Fingers.

Via Photoshop Disasters, I stumbled across a romance novel whose cover promises a little more than is delivered. Behold Christina Dodd’s historical yarn, Castles in the Air. From the blurb: What man would have her once he discovered her secret…?

Ms Dodd’s publishers have subsequently fashioned a corrected – and, alas, less intriguing – jacket.

A brief taste.