Macabre kids’ book art by Gojin Ishihara

Illustration by Gōjin Ishihara --

Here is a collection of wonderfully weird illustrations by Gōjin Ishihara, whose work graced the pages of numerous kids’ books in the 1970s. The first 16 images below appeared in the “Illustrated Book of Japanese Monsters” (1972), which profiled supernatural creatures from Japanese legend. The other illustrations appeared in various educational and entertainment-oriented publications for [...]

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ONE NOT TO MISS: Circus Gold Presents: Neighborhood Watch

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Circus Gold Presents: Neighborhood Watch
3-day Event Featuring: Art/Movies/Puppet Dj dance party/Music/Raffle/Games/Kung Fu/Costume party/and more
Suggested donation at door.
For daily event schedule and to RVSP go to the circus gold page on face book.
Artist Showing:
Briar Bonifacio/ Austin, Texas
JLaw/Austin, Texas
Zach McDonald/ Austin, Texas
Patrick Griffen/ New York
David Perez/ San Antonio, Texas
Stephen Fitzgerald/Brooklyn, Texas
Kim Swift/Brooklyn, Texas
Cherie Weaver/ Austin, Texas
Hayden Dunham/ [...]

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Morbid Anatomy Presents at Observatory Next Week (August 5 & 6): Lord Whimsy’s Curious Flora and Amy Herzog’s Pornographic Arcades!

This Thursday and Friday at Observatory! Lord Whimsy on the curious flora of the bogs of Southern New Jersey–with live specimens and a book signing!–and Amy Herzog on the pornographic peepshows of Times Square as illuminated by Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project. Hope to see you at one of both of these great events!
Full details follow:
Nature [...]

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PENStory

Given the high number of views, I am obviously not the first one to talk about this stunning stop motion video.
They shot 60,000 pictures, developed 9,600 prints and then again shot over 1,800 pictures. And apparently without any post production! Thanks to all the stop motion artists who inspired us. Stunning, right?

(thank you Markus)
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Ballmer (and Microsoft) still doesn’t get the iPad

“The operating system is called Windows,” claimed Steve Ballmer when asked about Microsoft’s plans for the tablet/slate/pad form factor at the company’s annual Financial Analyst Meeting on Thursday. He expressed dismay at the iPad’s strong sales figures, “[Apple has] sold certainly more than [...]

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Anti-P2P lawyers accused of copyright hypocrisy

Have the copyright enforcers been caught with their hands in the cookie jar? The blog TorrentFreak today published its claim that the US Copyright Group, which has filed more than 14,000 lawsuits against anonymous P2P movie sharers, ripped off another copyright settlement group [...]

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The Vampire Shrink

Product DescriptionDenver Psychologist Kismet Knight just wants a little excitement in her life. A little publishing fame and fortune. She doesn’t believe in the paranormal. Especially not comic book children of the night. But when a new client pulls Kismet into the vampire underworld, and introduces her to gorgeous Devereux — who claims to be [...]

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What’s the Fastest and Best ISP in Your City? Look It Up Here

Top ISPs in San Francisco by speed, as of Wednesday, July 28, according to Speedtest.net rankings.

Want to know which ISP is the fastest and best-rated in your U.S. city?
Well, now there’s a crowdsourced, Consumer Reports–like way to find out, thanks to the folks who run the online speed testing service Speedtest.net.
The company, which runs more [...]

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