Wow, I really like Robert Wechsler’s work. For example:

If that’s not enough to warrant a clickthrough, consider this description of another project:

The steam holes of a working iron were re machined to mirror the iconic aura of the Virgin of Guadalupe. When cloth is scorched by the iron an image of the Virgin appears in the burn. The text on the T-shirts (everything is coming up roses) accompanies the burns and refers to the Virgin of Guadelupe’s first appearance when she caused roses to grown on a barren hillside for the lone peasant Juan Diego.

(via dude craft)

I was trying to think what to say here, and I think only holy shit will do.

Two trailers for you. Start the betting on which will be the crappier big dumb robot movie of 2011: Real Steel or Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Tough to bet against Michael Bay in a crappiness contest.

Very cool, Inception squeezed down to four minutes and 27 seconds, Inception in Real-Time. Spoilers, obviously.

Vi Hart’s Mathematical Doodling videos are fantastic, I’m not sure which one is my favorite. Maybe Snakes and Graphs:

Poignant, how you can watch maturity (and loss of exuberance) develop before your eyes: Natalie Time Lapse (birth to 10 years old in 1 minute 25 seconds).

Great piece by Bruce Schneier on terrorism and fear: Close the Washington Monument:

An empty Washington Monument would serve as a constant reminder to those on Capitol Hill that they are afraid of the terrorists and what they could do. They’re afraid that by speaking honestly about the impossibility of attaining absolute security or the inevitability of terrorism — or that some American ideals are worth maintaining even in the face of adversity — they will be branded as “soft on terror.” And they’re afraid that Americans would vote them out of office if another attack occurred. Perhaps they’re right, but what has happened to leaders who aren’t afraid? What has happened to “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”?

An empty Washington Monument would symbolize our lawmakers' inability to take that kind of stand — and their inability to truly lead.

This is too good: Get Your War On (slideshow).

Another great take on that awful LeBron Nike commercial, Michael Jordan Responds To Lebron.

Thank you Chris Kimball, regarding cooking times:

But it was Chris Kimball, editor of Cook’s Illustrated, who cut to the heart of it. “Utter bullshit,” he said when I asked what he thought of cooking times. Kimball is no slacker; CI, as its devoted readers know, has a well-earned reputation for accuracy. They’ll bake a chocolate torte 500 times before publishing the results. Yet Kimball doesn’t include start-to-finish times in his recipes; he rejects outright the notion that they can be measured with precision. “Thirty-minute recipes are never 30 minutes,” he says. “It’s marketing.”

Crazy interception, to not only have the awareness to make the attempt, but to also have the athleticism to pull it off:

Train arriving at the station plus high-speed video equals “pointless, action-free and totally mesmerising”: