One Ring Fire Ring

Posted on October 30, 2014 by

As huge fans of the Lord of the Rings series and one who enjoys campfires we thought why not combine them.

Using the Black Speech from the one ring as a fire ring seemed to perfect. The font glows perfectly with a nicely lit fire under a starry night.

Partial transcription of:

Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul,
ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.

For those whose Black Speech is a little rusty:

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

Via BohemianAlpDesigns on Etsy.

Sky Barges and Soldiers of the Future

Posted on October 29, 2014 by

For 2.5 years straight (SOCIAL LIFE IS FOR POSERS!) I’ve been eating, breathing and well essentially mating with photoshop and so When my Education is finished I hope to become a 2d art concept artist preferably for a fancy computergamecompany.

Seems like a noble goal. I might be kind of biased, admittedly.

By Marcus Lindgren.

The Grave Robber and Historian Dug up Little Girls to Dress Them for Birthday Parties

Posted on October 29, 2014 by

Russian Anatoly Moskvin dug up 150 graves so he could dress the corpses of dozens of young girls for birthday parties.

He then took them home and turned them into a grisly mummy collection, dressing the bodies and skeletons in stockings and dresses, and even making one look like a teddy bear.

Moskvin, who speaks 13 languages and was described by some as a genius, also gave the mummified corpses names and organized birthday parties for them.

Before he was finally arrested he wrote a piece for a publication on necrology to explain his interest in the dead.

He said that when he was 12, he came across a funeral procession whose participants forced him to kiss the face of a dead 11-year-old girl.

Not surprisingly, three years after Moskvin’s arrest a judge has ruled him to still not be mentally fit enough to stand trial, leaving him locked up in a psychiatric clinic.

I swear, this shit you simply cannot make up.

Via Mirror for the full messed up story.

Zombie Fortification Cabin (ZFC-1)

Posted on October 28, 2014 by

The ongoing threat of an imminent zombie apocalypse has inspired Tiger Log Cabins to create the world’s first zombie proof log cabin.

The Zombie Fortification Cabin (ZFC-1) has considered all forms of possible zombie attacks. Not only is the building strong and secure enough to stop any zombie from getting inside, but even zombie invaders were to breach the boundaries of your land, the design is intelligent enough to give you fantastic and safe vantage points to use any artillery you have whether it’s light or dark outside.

Weapons not included. Kind of a disappointment, really, especially since there don’t actually appear to be an artillery hardpoints.

Via tigerlogcabins.

Chemically Etched Tags of Maps of Over 120 Cities Around the World

Posted on October 28, 2014 by

Using GPS data from OpenStreetMap, these pendants are chemically etched and feature over 120 major cities from 32 different countries.

From Chicago to Tokyo, these tags are intended as unisex jewelry for urbanites who just love their city and want to pay homage to it.

Urban Gridded Dogtags is now raising money on Kickstarter, and for $50 – $100, you can wear a piece of your city’s map.

Clever use of GPS. I’m just waiting for them to do my home, though I suspect it may be a while before they do a GPS map of the sewer system.

Urban Gridded Dogtag Jewelry Collection by AMINIMAL Studio via Taxi.

German Town Offering the Unemployed Beer in Return for Street Cleaning

Posted on October 27, 2014 by

A special project in the town of Essen, Germany, is designed to engage alcoholics and drug addicts in cleaning up the city’s streets, giving them a chance to pick themselves up and rejoin society. The project is called “Pick-Up”, and it pays the participants with a small hourly wage, along with free beer.

The idea is to allow participants, who are not forced to take part, to contribute to society in a way they otherwise wouldn’t.

The ambitious project has five participants so far – one of them is a recovering alcoholic named Jürgen. “I’m not doing this just for the beer,” he insisted. “I can find beer on my own. I can get drunk anytime I want. This is something that allows me to help the people around me, and it gives me a chance to give back to my city.”

Best line: “Not everyone gets beer. Only the participants who aren’t able to do their work without it.”

Via Oddity Central via DW.

The Key (And Lock) That Bends

Posted on October 27, 2014 by

The invention relates to a lock assembly with a curved keyway, more particularly to a lock assembly having a lock body with a longitudinal curved keyway and at least two differently oriented sets of tumbler members provided thereon.

The curved keyway removes tumbler members provided on the lock body from straight access which makes actuation or manipulation of the tumbler members more difficult for a thief. The flexible key has a plurality of knuckles hinged to one another.

This would likely confuse the crap out of most lockpickers…

Via
Patent via Google Patents for .

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