Aerosol Art

Aerosol Art

A monumental feat will become reality in 2006 in Waterloo, Iowa.

Never before has an attempt been made of such magnitude, but Paco will be the first to push the envelope and take graffiti art to a higher power.

This summer Paco will be the first artist in the world to bring the Sistine Chapel to the Cedar Valley — all in spray paint.

Recent visitors, Rosic said, included art teachers from Minneapolis and an employee from the New Melleray Abbey in Peosta, Iowa.

Mark Goffeney

Mark Goffeney

Mark Goffeney is an unlikely guitar player. For that matter, he’s an unlikely basketball player, football player, driver, or whatever else that requires the use of one’s arms. Goffeney, you see, doesn’t have any arms. He was born without them.

By early adulthood, Mark was committed to a full-fledged career in music and by the end of the nineties, Mark had successfully completed his first CD, titled “Big Toe”. Sponsored by PSB Records and produced by Steve Dudas (known for his work with Aerosmith and Ozzy Osbourne).

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Delft

Delft

Aerospace engineering is the merging of two interrelated disciplines, aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Aeronautical engineering works specifically with aircraft or aeronautics. Astronautical engineering works specifically with spacecraft or astronautics. At the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, you will have the opportunity to learn about both as well as the closely related fields of earth observation and wind energy.

Aerospace engineering is one of the most widely applicable engineering disciplines. Its future development promises to be as challenging and exciting as its history. In a little more than a century, aerospace engineering technology has grown from the Wright brothers’ first flight to the complexities of manned and unmanned space travel.

Aerospace Engineering students from ISU can also study in Delft, the Netherlands.

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Lake Harriet

Lake Harriet

Every summer weekend people sit in orderly rows on the north shore of the lake and listen to music. They did it last year too. They did it seventy summers ago. And seventy summers before that. Minneapolis hadn’t yet been named when people first came to this spot. For that matter, it hadn’t been settled. Indians came here before anyone else, camped on the northwest corner, and fished.

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The Lake Today

Carbage

Carbage

You know what they say – one man’s meat is another man’s floppy fibreglass spoiler.

But thankfully Top Gear is here to ridicule the clueless by bringing you the best chavved-up motors and tasteless tat. Welcome, then, to Carbage.

Being over 50, I’m not a big fan of the loud, buzzy, softball-sized exhaust on many sported-up cars today. Most of the cars on this site are carbage, but there are a few that I like, and the Jet Powered Beetle simply DOES NOT BELONG ON THIS LIST!

I also have a distaste for most art cars, although the Aerocar doesn’t seem as bad as the others.

Full disclosure:
I have to admit, I put aftermarket wheels and tires on my truck.

Changing your car is ok, if you do it right. For example, you can keep the exterior mostly stock looking and add those little touches to the interior.

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Dreams of Flying

Dreams of Flying

After a spell as a photographer’s apprentice and as a director at Young Photographers United, Jan von Holleben moved permanently from Germany and signed up to study for a BA Hons in Photography at the prominent SIAD University in the South of England.

Ready to have some fun? Fire up your digital camera and create your own “Dreams of Flying” collection.

Jan von Holleben at the Saatchi Gallery.

(via Andy’s Blog)