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Patrick Havens on November 18th, 2007

This annual report (for a Croatian food company) ships wrapped in foil, and needs to be baked in an oven in order to make the thermal-reactive ink illustrations show up.
Note it’s only the Recipe Book (2nd additional book) that is needed to be baked to be seen.  As a designer I love the idea.  It’s [...]

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Patrick Havens on November 8th, 2007

“There’s this new trend of organizing books by color. I love this photo by chotda linked via the Rainbow of Books Flickr group. This growing trend is cool but if I were gonna do this, I’d probably have to create a little digital database so I’d be able to find the right book I was [...]

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Patrick Havens on November 1st, 2007

[via Rideau Canal Waterway - Photo - Winterlude]
I have to say that this is a freaking AMAZING ice sculpture. I just can’t fully comprehend just how much time and effort went into making this.

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Patrick Havens on October 29th, 2007

This is one serious artist… lol I loved how ones dirty mind went one way, and the artist kept going…

http://filez.litwc.com/Video/os_seminovos.flv

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Patrick Havens on October 20th, 2007

If you haven’t kept up with the latest Captain America comic plot lines, you may be in for a shock to learn that the virile symbol of American patriotism is dying and he has to choose a successor from among a band of merry marines and office trollops. But who lurks over his left shoulder? [...]

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Patrick Havens on September 10th, 2007

I’m not sure who did this, and major props to who ever did.
The last few days I’ve been watching the Star Wars Trilogies… Saga, with my son. That may be the reason I like this picture so much.

(JPEG Image, 1024×500 pixels)
Responses I got when trying to see if it was post worthy:
Bizzle: that’s awesome
son: [...]

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Patrick Havens on September 5th, 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uYrmYXsujI

Luciano Pavarotti, one of the most famous tenors of the 20th century and a figure whose hefty physique was known to millions as the quintessence of opera, died Thursday in at his home in Modena, Italy, at 5 a.m. local time at the age of 71. The cause was pancreatic cancer.
Pavarotti underwent surgery for pancreatic [...]

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Patrick Havens on August 17th, 2007

As a Mythbuster ’s fan I was entertained to see this Robot Chicken… Parody?

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Patrick Havens on August 5th, 2007

If you have never heard of Steampunk. It’s modern devices given a Victorian Steam run feeling. Today you may find computers with analog gauges with keyboards that look like typewriters. Or Motorcycles given a steam run feeling. Or perhaps you’ll find what you’ll see in this video.

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Patrick Havens on July 10th, 2007

In 1947 Life Magazine asked some famous comic strip artists to to draw their famous characters while wearing a blindfold. The results are interesting; they sort of remind me of that famous nature film that I was shown in Health Class where they blew marijuana on a spider and then watched him make crazy freaked-out [...]

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