Someone has been going around Hamra with a can of spray paint and a stencil of Oum Koulthoum saying ‘Boos el wawa’.  How cool is that?

(via Suha Deeb)

A Pole Dancing Robot?? are you kidding me? It is not sexy, but, well, at least you can switch it off whenever you want!

Giles Walker, the inventor of these things explains: ‘These ‘robots’ are built from 12V motors found in cars (windscreen wiper motors etc) and then controlled through a PC using a DMX programme. For me, the creative process is not about completing some huge scientific challenge but creating something visual, and alive, using the basic equipment at my disposal … its about getting some of it wrong and making sure you use this to your advantage….’

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I always wanted to be a superhero!! since I was seven, in fact.
I mean, wouldn’t it be cool to have superpowers, always getting the hottie, and to save the UNIVERSE!!

It seems that some people took themselves real serious, and became “real life superheros”, basically vigilantes in spandex with names like Terrifica, Mr. Invisible, Master Legend, and The Ace… That what was published lately in two articles in the Rolling Stone and The Sunday Times.

From Rolling Stone:

Although Master Legend was one of the first to call himself a Real Life Superhero, in recent years a growing network of similarly homespun caped crusaders has emerged across the country. Some were inspired by 9/11. If malevolent individuals can threaten the world, the argument goes, why can’t other individuals step up to save it? “What is Osama bin Laden if not a supervillain, off in his cave, scheming to destroy us?” asks Green Scorpion, a masked avenger in Arizona. True to comic-book tradition, each superhero has his own aesthetic. Green Scorpion’s name is derived from his desert home, from which he recently issued a proclamation to “the criminals of Arizona and beyond,” warning that to continue illegal activities is to risk the “Sting of the Green Scorpion!

From The Sunday Times:

In recent weeks, prompted by heady buzz words such as “active citizenry” during the Barack Obama campaign, the pace of enrolment has speeded up. Up to 20 new “Reals”, as they call themselves, have materialised in the past month.

The Real rules are simple. They must stand for unambiguous and unsponsored good. They must create their own Spandex and rubber costumes without infringing Marvel or DC Comics copyrights, but match them with exotic names – Green Scorpion in Arizona, Terrifica in New York, Mr Xtreme in San Diego and Mr Silent in Indianapolis.

They must shun guns or knives to avoid being arrested as vigilantes, even if their nemeses may be armed. Their best weapon is not muscle but the internet – an essential tool in their war on crime is a homepage stating the message of doom for super-villains.

(via boingboing, image via wiseacre)

Everyone has the opportunity to awaken and become who they always wanted to be.
—Green Scorpion

Bend light into “containers” to create music. Very well done. Turn on your speakers and start playing! (via zoomdoggle)

Banksy is a famously anonymous street graffiti artist. He has created work around the world with messages ranging from subversive to downright silly but little is known for sure about his background.  The graffiti artist, whose work has fetched millions of dollars at auction houses from the likes of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, has never been publicly identified.

Banksy’s art is frequently political, often funny and always outré. He has fashioned a replica of Stonehenge out of portable toilets, spray-painted animals and released an inflatable Guantanamo Bay prisoner doll at Disneyland. He has portrayed Queen Elizabeth II as a chimpanzee, rebranded Warhol’s iconic Campbell Soup can with a Tesco Value logo, and scrawled “Mind the Crap” on the steps of the Tate Britain museum. He also made trip to the Palestinian territories, where he has created nine of his images on Israel’s highly controversial West Bank barrier.

Banksy’s talents aren’t limited to paint and the occasional pencil drawing. He has been responsible for a number of social commentaries involving replacing hundreds of Paris Hilton CDs with CDs of his own creation. He has sneaked his own work into several art museums, including a prehistoric-looking piece at the British Museum which the museum decided to add to their own permanent collection.

For more information about Banksy, you can visit his official website:

www.banksy.co.uk

The wikipedia entry about the artist, or just google his name.

Also, watch these two yoububes:

Who’s Banksy?

Banksy in Palestine

pop-down.blogspot.com offers an alternative to the “pop up” advertising we encounter on the streets. They write:

On the Internet, getting rid of unsolicited pop-ups is pretty easy. In real life, things are a tad more complicated. The Pop_Down Project aims at symbolically restoring everyone’s right to non-exposure: Just stick a “Close window” button on any public space pollution.

Head to the site to download the template and start sticking yourself.  (via urbanprankster)

If someone is producing these… It means there is a market!!!

This is the description of the product:

No more worry about losing your virginity. With this product, you can have your first night back anytime. Insert this artificial hymen into your vagina carefully. It will expand a little and make you feel tight. When your lover penetrates, it will ooze out a liquid that look like blood not too much but just the right amount. Add in a few moans and groans, you will pass through undetectable. Its easy to use, clinically proven non-toxic to human and has no side effects, no pain to use and no allergic reaction.  Made in, where else, Japan.

Features:

• Easy to use
• Place inside vagina 15-20 minutes before intercourse
• Soluble and expandable at body heat
• Clinically proven non-toxic to human
• No side effects, no pain to use, no allergic reaction
• Made in Japan

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I got this via email… If you know the source, please let me know!

After I had spent years enjoying waxing hoff  (www.waxhoff.com), I finally found more hoff fun. here it is… the “I Heart Hoff Super Fantastic Activity Book”. This will be the perfect free gift on holydays to all my friends. Download it here (via zoomdoggle)