Weekend Edition
It’s been a strange week on the internet, Betties. Scandals and controversy seem to have eaten everyone’s brains, but there are still a valiant few who are using this digital frontier for its intended purpose: the sharing of awesome things.
Let’s start with a simple revelation, courtesy — appropriately enough — of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.
You see? It all makes so much sense!
I love these balloon lamps. It’s a simple idea, executed elegantly.
Riley is a Bitty Betty with very strong opinions about marketing for children. This has been floating around the internet for a little while, but if you haven’t seen it already, prepare to be inspired. Seriously, this is like Peter Finch’s “Mad As Hell” speech.
The ever-awesome Mental Floss put up a post featuring eleven geeky license plates. In what might be the laziest re-post ever, here are my favorites:
The last one, I admit, is a blatant excuse to post this again. What can I say? It’s a cold day in Ohio, and it makes me happy:
I think we all secretly suspect that this is what really happens:
I recently discovered the fantastic art and design blog Colossal, and I had to share two of my favorite recent stories. The first is an installation in the Queensland Gallery Of Modern Art, in which artist Yayoi Kusama created a pristine white space, and then gave children thousands of stickers. It’s wonderful.
And lastly, I present this with no commentary, because its awesomeness is self-evident:
Have a great weekend, everyBetty!
Awesome links, as usual Bald Betty!
Several friends have linked the dancing books this week (why yes I DO have geeky friends who love to read!) and I love it every time I see it.
Bacon as the fruit from the tree of knowledge. Heh. Just where does one find this bacon tree?
Wonderful as always! I can’t imagine the time it most have taken to make the bookstore clip.
Enjoyed the links. I’d also seen the dancing books but had to watch again because it makes me happy.
Have a great weekend every Betty.
@Lyric Betty: I wondered also how long it took to make that video. All my little OCD mind could think was how long it would take to put the books back in “normal” order rather than color order.
Great links as usual, BB. Now I want balloon lamps.
Love the links you find Alastair!
I’d seen the bookstore one the other day as well. @Sunshine – I had the exact thought while I was watching the video! That color order was pretty, but it really made me squirm.
I hadn’t seen the book video, so thanks so much Alastair. And the Bitty Betty was adorable. Great Edition, thanks!
All fabulous. And I do love me some Gandalf!
Thank you TechyBaldBetty!!
Hugs and FGBVs to all
The dancing books were so wonderful!
The dancing books were way cool. I’m amazed that anyone had the patience to do all of that stop motion animation and I’m even more amazed there was a bookstore willing to let someone do that to their shelves!
oh, wow, that colossal site is amazing! The toothpick sculpture of San Francisco! the underwater ink sculptures! The toy car rainbow! *sighs with happiness*
Great collection of fun stuff, BA, merci!
Hey, am I the only Betty who’s deeply disturbed by the recent spate of articles about a link between breakfast meat and pancreatic cancer? Seriously? As if bacon could ever, ever be bad for us!! I object! Next thing you know, it’ll be wine…and then sex…