Meret Oppenheim

“Smart Skin” – The Dattoo is the vision of Hartmut Esslinger (Frog Design). A tattoo that you would essentially print onto your skin. It would capture your DNA in order to utilize its functionality, of which would include the basic peripherals such as a camera, microphone, etc.

Clever. It drives me to think of the implications this could have toward a new type of ink addiction. And of course the possible “pleasure uses” this has potential to introduce. Or past that, what are the gaming and music capabilities? I’m sure there would be subscriptions tied into them or some sort of ‘app’ system. Screw your iPhone, I’m going to call text you from my arm!

GizMag [Article]

You hear about “crazy cat ladies” a lot. Which I suppose Gorey could also be called as such. Self proclaimed ‘sexless’ being that he was. Although Morrissey tried that whole a-sexual shtick in the 90s, and we all know where that ended up.

I never really thought much of his personal life or his influences. But I suppose his love for the feline does make sense. He was a ballet lover as well. The stature of his characters are not dissimilar to the movement of a cat or a dancer.

He is forever in my fantasies of crosshatchings…now with cats.

Languish [Castser]

Air Krakens!

Kites, that is. From The Berkeley Kite Festival, which set a record for the number of giant octopus kites flown simultaneously.

Berkley Kite Festival 2010 by amadne [Youtube]
Berkeley Kite Festival

The music is pretty. The visuals are prettier.

Jonna Lee [YouTube]

The Call of Cthulhu in Under 2 Minutes, by The Brothers Grim and Grimy [Youtube]

As George Takei might say, Oh my …

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PS: Mr. Bradbury thinks “We’ve got too many internets.” I don’t know if he’d say that if he’d seen the video first.

Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury by Rachel Bloom [Youtube]
“Ray Bradbury: ‘We’ve Got Too Many Internets‘” [Wired Magazine]