"If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission."

There are over 100,000 toothpicks and a whole lot of Elmer's glue holding this piece of wonderfulness together, but it is Scott Weaver's creativity, passion, attention to detail, patience and love for San Francisco that make this a thing of beauty and one of the most amazing pieces of art I've seen.

What if I was only introduced to new people and ideas based on what someone else predicted I would like or need? Well, the internet is getting there.

by Andrew Michael Sullivan Down in the Big Easy, designer, urban planner, and public installation artist Cindy Chang reimagines the use of sticker art with her I Wish This Was project. Working in the most ephemeral of all American cities, currently reveling in the madness of Mardi Gras celebrations, Chang’s project not only gives voice [...]

The “Intimidator,” made by Michigan machinist GarE Maxton. Here’s all 125 pieces, including 45 caliber bullets, a standard sight and a laser sight; wow. Could you put it together? It’s about 40 pounds, composed of six different metals. Twenty of the pieces can be reassembled to make a single-shot pistol; yikes, don’t shoot!

There are countless reasons swirling about on what exactly went wrong to land us here at what many are calling the worst economic meltdown since the advent of the Internet Age. No doubt, and rightly freaking so, fingers are pointing at Wall Street, Black Swans and misguided planning. But I also think it is a [...]