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Do you know Swedish? A tattoo magazine, Tare Lungt, and one willing participant collaborate to turn Issue 3 into a tattoo. Human branding goes one step further and it turns out both a little brilliant and a little nuts — thanks to Selectism for the heads-up. Now, just how do you manage to talk someone into this?

Finally another iPod portable speaker worthy to appear in GEDDEM. The new Dice Speakers called OTOKORO from Buffalo Japan are due out in April with 5 fashionable colors (and different designs, too) for 2,814 Yen (about $32 USD). For 4/5th generation iPod Classic/Mini/Nano and 2nd generation iPod Touch. Takes direct power from iPod and with volume control.

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Currently making the rounds: the new, official poster for ‘Where the Wild Things Are,‘ the Maurice Sendak book-soon-to-be-Spike-Jonze-directed-movie that a whole bunch of us are sort of chomping at the bit to see.

The new image inspires a strange desire to do what we may have all been avoiding — that is, to find out more about how this film has really been coming together. The childhood storybook, and this one in particular, is a sacred thing, and it’s easier to peep at new developments through one hand cautiously over your eyes. Perhaps you’ll be happy to hear, then, that early word has been positive. From New York Magazine as early as late 2007:

In transforming the 338-word story of Where the Wild Things Are into a 111-page screenplay, Eggers and Jonze have fleshed out the story not, unexpectedly, with wild plot developments, and not, thankfully, with densely packed pop-fiction references. Instead Where the Wild Things Are is filled with richly imagined psychological detail, and the screenplay for this live-action film simply becomes a longer and more moving version of what Maurice Sendak’s book has always been at heart: a book about a lonely boy leaving the emotional terrain of boyhood behind.

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From about a year ago, but new to me. At any rate, this ‘ambiguous animation’ from the artist Blu, which takes place across outdoor/indoor walls across both Buenos Aires and Baden (in southwest Germany), is worth revisiting for its pure, jaw-dropping, how-did-you-DO-that? artistic quality.

It’s tough to explain how cool a piece of street art it is without just POINTING at the clip. I could say, ‘There’s this creature, and he runs 2D across the walls, and turns into bugs, and manages to interact in a 3d environment, and runs through pipes and gets all blobby and pulls off a robot head that runs around like a spider, and…’

But it’s probably best if you just watch the darn thing already.

This is one of those delightfully bizarre little entries that makes you grateful for the Internet. The idea behind Scanwiches, a photo blog of sorts, is pretty simple. In fact, the site offers, by way of explanation, only these words: “Scans of sandwiches for education and delight.”

I’m not sure what type of education one can be expected to get from gazing at the cross-section of a sandwich, but it’s best not to overthink it and just enjoy.

The vivid colors, textures and striking details can be mesmerizing to the point you forget you’re not looking at some new kind of art, but rather sandwiches that someone is lovingly taking the time to scan with near-medical precision.

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A nice little graphic video made by Jonathan Jarvis, although, not exactly our kind of article, we figured everybody should have a basic understanding of the current Credit Crisis that is creating the biggest economic downturn since World War II. We recommend visiting Crisis of Credit to watch this video. If you really like it, you can even buy Jarvis’ T-Shirt. This video has already received half a million views on YouTube.

From Juxtapoz – a short talk with Harry Kim of the documentary film ‘Dirty Hands: The Art and Crimes of David Choe.’ Kim, as one of Choe’s old friends, is in good position to explain some of the ins-and-outs of the bad-boy artist’s life. Former prisoner, current gambler (but with a buddy-system!), and all-around interesting personality, here are a few choice snippets from the interview:

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We have a system down, where we go to Vegas together, he gambles every day, I hold the chips, and he has to leave up so he doesn’t leave losing money. We have to be partners in gambling so it’s really measured and controlled. He calls it “nerd gambling.”

Is he still a hard-core Christian?

No, he hates all that stuff now. But all the Christians are trying to capture him back. They won’t stop emailing him.

One scene was almost a metaphor for his whole life, where he punches himself in the face to get blood running from his nose, to use it in his drawing.

Well, it’s one way to put yourself in the work!