Brian Cox teaches an adorable child the soliloquy from Hamlet

This clock is actually an LED screen looping a video of the designer manually redrawing the hands every minute and hour in real time for 12 hours.  The clock is part of a larger body of work by Maarten Baas called Real Time, which includes several really unique and amusing takes on time keeping.

A whole new world was revealed to me recently, the world of RC dancing robots.  Did you know there are people who not only spend time building robots, but also perfecting the ability to make them dance via remote controls? There are even robot dance competitions.  This is awesome on many levels.  For one, I now feel like I have a life, but also because I am sure there are many people out there who have gone too long without the means of living out their dreams of seeing a robot do the robot, and now those people can die happy.  I know I can.

The biggest emotional roller coaster you’ll ride all day comes in the form of the best possible outcome to a mother’s worst nightmare. CCTV footage captured an Australian woman standing on a train platform losing control of the baby carriage holding her 6 month old child.  She’s forced to watch in horror as the carriage falls onto the track and is almost instantly hit by a train.  I know, you’re thinking “OMG, LILY DON’T TELL ME THIS!” But guess what!  The baby is fine!  This afternoon awesome is brought to you by the defiance of all odds and the number 7!

I don’t know what it is, or why it is, or even what it means, if anything, but I love it, and can’t explain why.

John Hughes was much more than a writer, producer and director–much more.  He was also a good person.  In 1985 a young girl watched The Breakfast Club and finally felt understood. So she picked up a pen and wrote him a fan letter, pouring out her heart to him about the feelings of connectedness he had instilled.  In return she received a fan club welcome kit.

Unwilling to allow her feelings to be brushed aside by a form letter, she wrote him again.  He responded personally and they began a two year correspondance that had more resonance than she ever imagined.  Here she tells her story and eulogizes John in one of the most touching articles I’ve read in a long time.  It’s worth every minute of the read, but have some tissue handy. Thanks to Mae for passing it along (John Hughes is another thing she doesn’t hate).  You owe me some Kleenex!

The sand art of Andres Amador is awe inspiring, but you better check it out before high-tide.

This is not Photoshoppery. Chinese photographer Li Wei uses a combination of props, wires, cleverly positioned cameras and acrobatics to achieve astounding, seemingly physics defying effects in his photographs. Below is one of my favorite images, but check out Li’s website for more images and info on his works and technique. It’s well worth it as it’s truly amazing.

Thanks, koudelka and Greystar!