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Paper Airplane Producers: Morning Types vs. Evening Types

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 05:05 AM PDT

The following article is reprinted from The Annals of Improbable Research.

by David L. Dickinson, Dept. of Economics, Appalachian State University, and Todd McElroy, Dept. of Psychology, Appalachian State University

People differ in their diurnal (time of day) preferences: some are morning-types and others are evening-types. These differences are explored in a unique experiment design in which subjects are randomly assigned to produce paper airplanes at either 8:00 a.m. or 10:00 p.m. Our results show that evening-types, at their optimal time of day (10:00 p.m.), produce planes that fly statistically significantly further than those produced by morning-types at their optimal time of day (8:00 a.m.). Evidence also indicates that planes produced by evening-types fly straighter.

Background
Paper airplane flight design is a competitively pursued endeavor that boasts a key role in the world of aeronautical engineering.1 The current world record holder for time aloft of a paper airplane (27.9 seconds), Takuo Toda, is part of a funded research team preparing to launch paper airplanes from the International Space Station.2 Paper airplane competitions are hosted by many student branches of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Red Bull sponsored the Paper Wings World Finals 2009 competition, which included over 37,000 competitors from several hundred qualifying tournaments from around the globe.

Paper airplane flight distance is a commonly considered outcome measure in the world of paper airplanes, though not the only one: other measures include time aloft, flight stability, and aerobatics. Our experiments examined how one's diurnal preferences (i.e., morning-types versus evening-types) affected the flight distance and accuracy of the airplane they constructed. Modern society often requires performance at non-preferred times-of-day (e.g., evening- types in the early morning), and some limited research has shown that such "circadian mismatch" affects decision- making (Bodenhausen, 1990; Kruglanski and Pierro, 2008; Dickinson and McElroy, 2009).3 Thus, we hypothesize that circadian mismatch may deplete cognitive resources and harm important paper airplane outcome measures.

Figure 1: Data generation diagram. Sample flight. NOTE: Airplane shown in figure is classic "dart" design. Lightning bolts are for illustrative purposes only, and were never witnessed during our research flights.

The Experiments
Our experiment design was aimed at examining decision effects of optimal versus suboptimal times-of-day. A prescreen survey utilized a validated reduced-form questionnaire (Adan and Almiral, 1991) to score the diurnal preferences of each respondent (see Horne and Ostberg, 1976). We then randomly assigned morning- and evening- types to be recruited for a morning (8–9 a.m.) or evening (10–11 p.m.) experiment session. Thus, our 2×2 experiment design includes morning-type subjects both matched (8 a.m.) and mismatched (10 p.m.) to their optimal time-of-day, and similarly for evening-type subjects. Subjects were compensated for participation and for other task outcomes unrelated to the paper airplane task. They were informed in advance that their airplanes would be saved, flown later, and the data would be collected from the flights. Subjects were given up to two minutes to make their paper airplane from a single 8.5×11 inch sheet of paper, on which the experimenter wrote the subject's ID code. No add-ons (e.g., tape, paper clips,) were allowed. All airplanes were stored loosely and safely until "flight day", when each airplane was flown three times by different research assistants utilizing a standardized flight technique. All planes were flown at late afternoon times when the flight hallway was largely clear of foot traffic. Each plane flight generated data on flight distance from origin to final resting spot, as well as distance off-center, as described in Figure 1.4

Results: Distance
We present results averaged across the three research assistants' flight data of the 79 airplanes produced for this study.5 Table 1 shows summary data from each of the four experiment cells: morning-matched (MM), morning-mismatched (MMM), evening-matched (EM), and evening-mismatched (EMM) subjects. (Recall, an EMM subject, for example, refers to an evening-type subject in an 8 a.m. experiment session.) Results reported are from one-sided t-tests.

Figure 2: Cumulative distribution functions vs. paper airplane flight distances.

Flight distances (in inches) do not significantly differ for the unconditional match vs. mismatch comparison. However, conditional on being circadian "matched", EM subjects' mean flight distance was 36% greater than that of the MM subjects' airplanes (p=.03). The cumulative distribution functions of flight distance are shown in Figure 2 (circadian matched subjects in bold lines), and we see that almost 40% of evening-type subjects
in the night sessions (EM) had flights of 200 or more inches, compared to only 10% for MM subjects. Multivariate regression analysis bears out the same results (available on request).

Results: Flight Trajectory
We also generated data on how far off-center each flight was compared to a straight forward flight, and then standardized the data (using the mathematical laws of right triangles) to determine an average "degrees off at departure" for each plane (see Figure 1). Thus, this variable proxies flight inaccuracy. All airplanes, on average, significantly departed from a straight forward flight line.

However, evening-type subjects made airplanes that flew significantly straighter than the average plane made by a morning-type person (p=.03). This was especially so when people made planes at what was, for them, circadian mismatched times.

Table 1. Summary data. Note: Flight Distance and OffCenter are given in inches

Discussion

The most significant determinant of paper airplane outcome measures in our experiments was one's diurnal preference. Evening-types seem to be the wise choice for these tasks, no matter the time of day. As an example of the implication of this result, consider that EMM planes diverged at 12° from departure.6 Now consider a flight from New York's JFK airport to the Seattle–Tacoma airport (2405 miles flight distance). At 12° divergence, assuming a linear flight path, the plane would be approximately 500 miles from Seattle when reaching the West Coast (near Chico, CA, for example). All else equal, had that plane been designed by an MMM engineer, diverging 18.7° from departure, it would end up about 800 miles from Seattle (between Fresno and Bakerfield, CA.). Modest assumptions about the time and resource costs per passenger to correct that 300-mile difference, multiplied by over 40 weekly flights from JFK to Seattle, show how quickly the impact of this effect could add up.7

Policy prescriptions for the airline industry are straightforward. Job recruitment practices could be modified to discriminate against morning-types, as our results indicate that evening-type workers should produce better aircraft. If airline production schedules are also altered to disproportionately utilize evening shifts, the industry would further benefit from improved aerodynamics design of the type that led to increased paper airplane flight distances in our study. While the prevailing wisdom is that "the early bird gets the worm," this research argues that night owls are getting the worms in this particular paper airplane task. Future research might consider expansion of the outcome measure (e.g., aerobatics, flight stability), and the study of sleep personality effects on broader classes of engineering or manufacturing outcomes.

(Image credit: Flickr user Gianluca [Miche])

Acknowledgements
The authors wish to thank John Whitehead, Tim Perri, Pete Groothuis, and Mark Strazicich for comments, as well as Jonathan Corbin, Natasha Brown, Dana Larson, Patrick Figuerado, and especially Katie Lambert for their valuable research assistance. We thank Appalachian State University for unknowingly offering the 2nd floor hallway of Smith–Wright Hall for the paper airplane flights.

References
Adan, A., and H. Almiral. "J. Horne and O. Ostberg Morningness–Eveningness Questionnaire: A Reduced Scale," Personality and Individual Differences, vol. 12, 1991, pp. 241–53.

Bjerner, B., A Holm, and A. Swensson, "Diurnal Variation of Mental Performance: A Study of Three-shift Workers," British Journal of Industrial Medicine, vol. 12, 1955, pp. 103–11.

Bodenhausen, G.V., "Stereotypes as Judgmental Heuristics: Evidence of Circadian Variations in Discrimination," Psychological Science, vol. 1, no. 5, 1990, pp. 319–22.

Coren, S. 1996. Sleep Thieves. New York: Free Press.

Dickinson, D.L. and T. McElroy, "Naturally-occurring Sleep Choice and Time of Day Effects on P-beauty Context Outcomes," working paper #09-03, Dept. of Economics, Appalachian State University.

Horne, J.A., and Ostberg, "A Self-assessment Questionnaire to Determine Morningness–Eveningness in Human Circadian Rhythms." International Journal of Chronobiology, vol. 4, 1976, pp. 97–110.

Horowitz, T.S., B.E. Cade, J.M. Wolfe, and C.A. Czeisler, "Searching Night and Day: A Disassociation of Effects of Circadian Phase and Time Awake on Visual Selective Attention and Vigilance," Psychological Science, vol. 14, no. 6, 2003, pp. 549–57.

Kruglanski, A.W., and A. Pierro, "Night and Day, You Are the One: On Circadian Mismatches and the Transference Effect in Social Perception," Psychological Science, vol. 19, no. 3, 2008, pp. 296–301.

Wright, K.P., Jr., J.T. Hull, and C.A. Czeisler, "Relationship between Alertness, Performance, and Body Temperature in Humans," American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology, vol. 283, no. 6, 2002, pp. R1370–7.

Yamaguchi, M. "Paper Airplane to Fly from Space to Earth: Scientists Say a Successful Flight Could Advance Spacecraft Design." Associated Press, March 27, 2008.

Notes
1   See Paper Airplanes. This site now incorrectly identifies Ken Blackburn as the current world recorder holder for paper airplane time aloft. The record was broken on May 18, 2009 by Takuo Toda (see reference at The Telegraph).

2   Yamaguchi (2008) reports that a prototype has already successfully passed a wind tunnel durability test.

3   Without examining circadian mismatch per se, sleep researchers have documented decreased performance in a variety of arenas at adverse circadian phase times (e.g., Wright et al, 2002; Horowitz et al., 2003; Bjerner et al, 1955)

4   Paper airplane flight objectives include not only distance traveled, but also flight time, and acrobatics. We only explore the first in this paper.

5   We count the final resting point in calculating our total flight distance, while others may choose to count distance to where the plane hits ground. Because planes that fly straighter are more likely to have a longer landing slide, our data probably contain a positive bias on flight distance for straighter flights.

6   Our calculations of degrees off at departure likely underestimate the true degree of divergence, because our estimates assume linear divergence. Our recollection is that many paper airplane flights that were off-center followed a nonlinear divergence path (i.e., a convex flight path that was diverging at an increasing rate)

7    If you are thinking that pilots themselves could correct flight paths, perhaps with the help of air traffic controllers, then you perhaps forget that the culture in both those professions gives rise to sleep deprivation (see Coren, 1996).

(Title image credit: Flickr user Dave Kellam)

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What Playing In The NFL Does To Your Brain

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 01:14 AM PDT

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Football is definitely back this fall, but will the players show up after seeing this insightful video about what playing in the NFL does to your brain? Former player Dave Duerson donated his brain to the NFL Brain Bank so researchers can clearly see what happens when you knock your head around for a living, and the results aren’t very pretty. But did anyone really think being a professional football player would be good for your mental health? I think not.

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Gorgeous Pictures of The Orion Nebula

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:29 AM PDT

Environmental Graffiti has a great collection of pictures of The Orion Nebula for your viewing pleasure. After viewing them all, I can’t help but think they should take over as the Rorschach Test of the new century. I see an astronaut with bird wings, what about you?

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The Battle of Opossums Vs. Snakes

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:19 AM PDT

In the eternal struggle for survival, animals are constantly evolving new strategies to win. This arms race is particularly evident when looking at the fight between opossums and snakes. Possums have built up a tolerance to pit viper venom by eating the potential predators. This has also helped them protect themselves from bites from rattlesnakes and copperheads. Even more interestingly though, the viper is constantly evolving more deadly poison:

Rapid evolution of both the snake's venom and the opossum's venom defense suggest that the two creatures are in a chemical arms race, having evolved in response to each other, according to researchers at the American Museum of Natural History in an article published in PLoS One.

Learn more over at Discovery News.

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Princess Leia Cupcakes

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:01 AM PDT

This is my last Star Wars post today, I promise. But just look at how cute this Princess Leia cupcake is. Best of all, it’s super easy to make with just a little black frosting, a few Oreos and pink sprinkles.

Link via Geeks Are Sexy

A Salacious Crumb Crochet Plush

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 11:56 PM PDT

I hate to admit it, but I’m on a bit of a geek kick still so you’ll have to excuse my extensive Star Wars posts today. That being said, how awesome is this great Salacious Crumb crochet plush? He was created by Allison of Crafty is Cool for the Bird and Bear Gallery’s Stitch Wars Strikes Back show that starts in August.

Link via Craftzine

12 Things Inspired By Darth Vader

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 11:45 PM PDT

I just got back from Comic Con today and while there were tons of people dressed as Darth Vader and a few artistically painted Vader helmets, there was nothing like this wonderful disco ball or the Darth Vader gas mask featured on this great Oddee article. If there was, I might have ended up spending even more money on things I don’t need.

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Retro Disneyland Map In Hi Rez

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 09:28 PM PDT

Have you ever wondered what Disneyland had to offer before it began getting massive, modernizing facelifts? Then take a look at this old map of the magical kingdom from 1962, scanned and uploaded in full size by Wishbook, with lots of classic Disney character heads surrounding a detailed, Imagineer drawn map! Look for the view all sizes button on Flickr and choose original size if you want to read the tiny text, and see all the pretty little drawings up close.

Link via Boing Boing.

The Comedy Of A Doggy Tragedy

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 09:22 PM PDT

Tragedy on the Sea Nymph from machine project on Vimeo.

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Opera has become infinitely more enjoyable since the canines have hit the stage. Watch as wig wearing hounds get dramatic, in a silent performance that will leave a mark on more than your shoe.

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Cool Shooters Ice Tray

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:40 PM PDT

Cool Shooters Ice Tray – $7.95

Are you looking for a great way to beat the heat? You need the Cool Shooters Ice Tray from the NeatoShop.  This fabulous ice tray makes 4 picardie-style shot glasses.

The Cool Shooters Ice Tray is perfect for your next hot summer party.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more cool Ice Trays.

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If Gustav Klimt Had Painted The Legend of Zelda

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 07:41 PM PDT

The Kiss is the most famous work of Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt. Rich Pellegrino was inspired by it and other works of Klimt to depict Link and Zelda in this moving piece entitled Zelda’s Slumber; Dreaming of The Kiss. At the link, you can see it and concept sketches that show Pellegrino working out the concept. Link -via Kotaku | Image used with permission

Recycled Tire Sculptures

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 06:00 PM PDT

Korean artist Yong Ho Ji takes old tires and turns them into awesome sculptures of sharks, horses, monsters, and men. Much of his work is a warning about the dangers of genetic manipulation:

Ho's concept of mutants grew out of his life in Seoul, where there is fierce political debate over genetic engineering. In school, Yong Ho read Darwin and was galvanized by how his theory of evolution applied to man's manipulation with nature. Already, he says, cats and dogs are bred to emphasize their domesticated traits and downplay their wild sides. The sculptures can be taken as warnings; if we're not careful, we may soon lose the ability to see animals in their natural state altogether.

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Waterfall Flowing Upwards

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 05:50 PM PDT


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Storms recently hammered Sydney, Australia, dropping a month of rain in a single day. They were so severe that this waterfall south of the city appeared to be flowing upwards. If you watch carefully, you can see wind sweeping water over the upper edge. Link (warning: auto-sound) -via Technabob

Laser Cut Toilet Paper is Very Judgmental

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 05:35 PM PDT

If you’ve ever wanted to have a conversation with your toilet paper, then artist Brooks Bischof has the perfect product for you. His laser cut roll proclaims “You used me once and threw me away.” Link -via NotCot

Gold-Plated Copier

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 05:13 PM PDT

Designer Yogi Proctor coated a Canon copier in gold. It is, sadly, no longer functional. So it may not be a good buy if you’re in the market for a new copier.

When asked to explain why he made it, Proctor cryptically responded:

Well, I happened to re-hear the famous JFK speech on the radio that was actually written by Ted Sorensen, who himself modified it from a Khalil Gibran speech. It goes “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.”

I knew exactly what I could do. I could make a golden photocopier that doesn’t make any copies. Art is great like that. You make it to share with people.

Link -via Born Rich | Photo: Yogi Proctor

Paper Eyelashes

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 05:01 PM PDT

With the right selections, you could almost tell a story with these eyelashes available at Nonesuchthings. They’re inspired by Chinese papercrafts and carry symbols from its traditions:

The designs come steeped in Chinese symbolic meaning with “Deer and Butterfly” meaning “free, sensitive and delicate”.

Link -via Swiss Miss | Photo: Christina Wilson

Duke Nukem Visits The Shining's Overlook Hotel

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 05:00 PM PDT


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Have you ever found yourself wondering about the layout of the Overlook Hotel while watching the Shining? No? Well, me neither, but film analyst Rob Ager sure has, and he's made an unusual little film about it, in which he uses a Duke Nukem mod as a virtual tour guide with a gun.

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Mashup of Rebecca Black's "Friday" and the Nyan Cat Theme is Really Good

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 04:54 PM PDT


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Lara, a classically-trained musician in Sydney, has been earning major Internet points in the past few weeks for applying her skills to the sounds of pop culture, including the theme to The Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers. In this recent video, she plays variations of Rebecca Black’s “Friday” and the theme to Nyan Cat together. The two pieces work surprisingly well together. -via Geekosystem

Taxidermed Koopa Paratroopa

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 04:41 PM PDT

Darick Maasen made this taxidermed version of a Koopa Paratroopa from the Super Mario Bros. franchise. It’s the perfect display item for a man cave — far superior to a mere mounted deer head. Link -via Uniblog

Knit Knitting Octopus

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 04:27 PM PDT

Max Alexander knitted this adorable octopus, hoping that the little fella will be as good a knitter as himself:

I seem to have a bit of a thing for knitting octopuses at the minute. (2 here and 1 here!) I'm not sure why because I always get bored of the tentacles after I've done two or three. So I decided to make one that's good at knitting in the hope that it'll do some for me. This one is already much better at colourwork than I am!

Link -via Craft

The Fantastic World Of Jim Henson

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 03:32 PM PDT

There’s a fuzzy new exhibit coming to a museum near you that showcases the works of puppet messiah Jim Henson. The Fantastic Voyage is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute and showcases some of Henson’s most beloved and well known characters, like Bert and Ernie, Kermit, and Rowlf the piano playing dog, so you can see your Muppet pals up close and personal. Plus there’s lots of concept art, sketches and photographs spanning the entire career of the world’s most beloved puppeteer. Jim Henson fanatics unite and show the puppet master some love when the exhibit comes to your town!

Link image via Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service

New Birth Control Pill... for Dogs

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 02:57 PM PDT

Both the ASPCA and Humane Society strongly encourage pet owners to spay and neuter their furry friends to prevent overpopulation (and a dearth of homeless puppies, sad face). It shouldn’t really be a surprise, then, that there is a less invasive option in the works. But let’s face it, it’s kind of a crazy idea, right? Not so, according to a group of scientists in Arizona.

There’s birth control for dogs?
It’s in the works. Along with SenesTech, a biotech company that specializes in “humane animal population management,”Arizona scientist Dr. Loretta Mayer has developed Chemspay, a doggy contraceptive that is administered once orally or via injection, and induces menopause in an animal. In trials conducted between 2004 and 2008, the drug significantly reduced the number of eggs in test dogs, thus rendering them unable to have puppies.

What’s next for this canine pill?
Mayer is taking her research to India, where she’s working on a project to curb the country’s feral dog population. “This technology, if successful, will really have a huge impact on unwanted dog populations,” she says. “The biggest impact will be where dogs are reservoirs for human diseases, like in India.” Stateside, it could dramatically decrease the number of unwanted dogs that are euthanized, says Maria Parece at Gather.

So when can American dogs get in on this?
In three years or so, Mayer plans to begin FDA trials at an animal rescue center in Flagstaff, Ariz. It will take a total of six to nine years for Chemspay to gain FDA approval. “There is a very long timeline in this project,” Mayer says. “Each and every one of our products takes years to develop.”

The rest of the article focuses on the history of pet-designed birth control and the potential of Chemspay, as well as other alternative birth control options. Check it out on The Week. Link

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10 Completely Useless Homemade Machines

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 10:40 AM PDT

Just like the father in Gremlins we all think we have a great idea that everyone else will love as well. Most of us shelve those ideas, but for the few they (unfortunately sometimes) become a reality.

Here’s the thing. With all of the online file storage options out there right now the standard USB drive is on the brink of obsolesce. Clearly the future is in the cloud, not on USB drives – especially USB drives made out of dead mice. If that wasn’t enough, its eyes are actually LEDs that light up with each data transfer. The only memory this drive is truly useful for are the terrifying visions stuck in your brain that wake you up in the middle of the night.

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Windows Cheese Snack

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 10:39 AM PDT

This doesn't appear to be an officially endorsed product, yet someone has created a Windows brand cheese snack. I wonder if the cheese also makes you crash after a few hours?   See all the cheesey goodness at the link

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Magnetic and Electric Properties in a Single Material

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 09:17 AM PDT

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory announced today that they have observed a rare property in a special class of metals called multiferroics: they have both magnetic and electric properties, which normally don’t happen in the same material. Ferromagnets are, of course, magnetic metals, and ferroelectrics are materials that have a permanent electric polarization.

Now, scientists have found a new way that electric and magnetic properties can be coupled in a material. The group used extremely bright beams of x-rays at Brookhaven's National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) to examine the electronic structure of a particular metal oxide made of yttrium, manganese, and oxygen. They determined that the magnetic-electric coupling is caused by the outer cloud of electrons surrounding the atom.

"Previously, this mechanism had only been predicted theoretically and its existence was hotly debated," [Brookhaven physicist Stuart] Wilkins said.

In this particular material, the manganese and oxygen electrons mix atomic orbitals in a process that creates atomic bonds and keeps the material together. The researchers' measurements show that this process is dependent upon the magnetic structure of the material, which in this case, causes the material to become ferroelectric, i.e. have an electric polarization. In other words, any change in the material's magnetic structure will result in a change in direction of its ferroelectric state. By definition, that makes the material a multiferroic.

You’ll find more technical information at the Brookhaven National Laboratory site.

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Punctuation Matters

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:55 AM PDT

A Tweet from @TheRealLadyLuck was illustrated by Jeff Naslund and became a Twaggie. And I thought I was the only one who did this! Link

Hurricane Story

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:45 AM PDT

The day hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, photographer Jennifer Shaw was giving birth to her son in Alabama, where she and her husband had taken refuge after evacuating the city. Two months later, she returned to the devastation in NoLa. In the photography project Hurricane Story, she staged scenes from her experience using plastic toys and took pictures with plastic cameras. The collection is available in a book, and some of the prints are for sale. See a selection of them at Soulcatcher Studio. Link -via Nag on the Lake

10 Weirdest Ways to Remember Your Deceased Pet

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:25 AM PDT

Losing a pet is losing a best friend who lived with you, so of course you want to remember him. However, the way you do it isn’t proscribed by tradition the way human memorials are. So a wide variety of creative businesses have sprung up to cater to the bereaved pet owner -some you may think are quite bizarre. You can have a personal item made from your pet’s ashes, or even its fur! Pictured are jewelry items made by Kate Benjamin from pet fur. Read about this and nine other strange pet memorials at Oddee. Link

Kerembeyit's Dragons

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:15 AM PDT

DeviantART member Kerembeyit doesn’t paint just dragons, but he’s done a lot of beautiful dragon paintings. Unreality magazine posted a collection of 16 of his best -check them out! Link

The Basket Cat Blog

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:00 AM PDT

Shiro loves small baskets the way Maru loves boxes. And 9-year-old Shiro has a patient zen attitude for wearing hats and other materials on his head, which leads to many photo and video opportunities. See photos and videos of Shiro and his feline family at the Basket Cat Blog. Link -via Metafilter
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