1389 Message Blog: 2011-02-06

2/07/2011

Kinetic Necktie-Tying Sculpture

Why Knot? - A kinetic sculpture by Seth Goldstein

The YouTube description calls it "A kinetic sculpture that continually ties and unties a necktie."

I am not sure whether this fits best into the category of "art", "satire", or "technology". It is not a modern takeoff on Rube Goldberg, but rather, an experiment in robotics and perhaps topology.

Enough with the unicorns!

These guys are a LOT more fun!

Narwhals cartoon video by Weebl's Stuff.

Read about actual narwhals on Wikipedia.

Pointed Gestures

You're disgusted with Obama's nonsensical televised blatherings, you're too frugal to hurl a well-deserved shoe through the screen, but you still need to express yourself?

Me too.

I will refrain from causing more annoyance by discussing Obozo's latest helping of hogwash. Instead, I offer this:

Pleated Jeans: The Angry Traveler's Guide to Obscene Gestures

Click to see the full-size illustration, plus the comments.

The same gesture means different things in different places!

Videos:

How To Swear In American Sign Language

Taboo Words in American Sign Language v2.0

Note: I cannot personally vouch for the accuracy (or otherwise) of the signs shown above.

Also see:

Foreign Fingers offers another illustrated take on rude gestures in foreign countries.
Wikipedia's list of gestures, while by no means exhaustive, covers benign as well as insulting gestures.
Body Language gives an exhaustive, and very useful, treatment of body language, including hand gestures.