If you still haven't gotten your fill of the iPad here are some official pictures to satisfy your appetite.
[Apple]
Intriguing and somewhat disturbing these shoes aptly titled, "Gun Hoofs" by artist/ designer, Iris Schieferstein are something to be revered and admired.
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I personally know Eric Klein and his 501c3 Can-Do.org. Eric is in Haiti right now with 17 water purification trucks capable of distributing 100,000 gallon of fresh water daily. He needs $ for 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel to get the trucks to distribution locations. Please check out Eric's blog for daily updates from Haiti on Can-Do.org. Money you donate goes directly to the Can-Do team. Eric was a runner-up on Oprah's The Big Give TV show and was awarded a Global Compassion Award by the United Nations for his humanitarian work around the world. He is the real deal and this is an amazing organization that needs support for disaster relief in Haiti. Please share the link Can-Do.org with friends, colleagues and social networks.
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A Haitian woman is helped after being trapped in rubble on Tuesday, January 12th in Port-au-Prince following a huge earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti. The massive quake toppled buildings (including the Haitian Presidential palace, also pictured above) and caused widespread damage and panic.
President Obama released a statement shortly after the news broke of the earthquake saying,
"My thoughts and prayers go out to those who have been affected by this earthquake. We are closely monitoring the situation and we stand ready to assist the people of Haiti."
No official word on the loss of life, but according to CNN, it is expected to be in the thousands.
Wondering how you help Haiti in their time of need? You can donate $5 by texting YELE to 501501 or get more info by visiting www.yele.org. The American Red Cross has also setup their website for donations (www.redcross.org).
Here's a video of a fellow dressed as a unicorn, posing as a sword-wielding samurai. I don't know that I would like to be chased by him. (thanks, Jeff)
Here is a photo of a videographer getting taken down by an eagle. This is basically the plot of Avatar completely summed up, made for considerably less than $250 million. [Reddit via The Daily What]
I wonder what's going through Mitch "oorange3" Adair's head in this picture. Is he annoyed that someone made yet another joke about hacking the Gibson or did he just lose the US Cyber Challenge? Either way, that's one unhappy-looking hacker.
The US Cyber Challenge in which Adair participated is a huge competition with the goal of hacking your opponents' computers while defending your own from attacks. It's not just a silly game for the sake of showing off either: The competition is designed to find talented individuals and recruit them to defend our country, companies, and computers from evil-doers' cyberattacks.
Neat competition, but I still wonder if Adair's frustration was because he didn't win or because of a lame joke. [CNN]
Update: Adair has emailed me to set the record straight. He explains that this isn't frustration or annoyance we're seeing. It's the "21st century's version of Rodin's The Thinker."
In a world of Photoshop and special effects, artistic craft wrought by hand is getting harder to come by. But Liu Bolin doesn't need any fancy technology to produce the jaw-dropping illusion of invisibility – his urban camouflage photography is all paint and pure talent.
The Beijing-based artist spends hours studying his chosen locations and painting himself and other subjects, while carefully taking perspective and texture into account for spectacular results that render them almost invisible.
But Liu's work is more than just a cool-looking feat of trompe l'oeil. In the past, works depicting anti-government imagery, including some in which his Chinese subjects are in the grips of police officers, have resulted in the Chinese government shutting down his art studio.
"In my photography, historical statues, costumes and architecture become symbols of that which confines us," Liu says. "I am expressing the desire to break through these structures. I portray subjects that seem to disappear into these structures and become transparent. The subject is released from social constructs and he is free."
"Living in the red hot China, I feel that I am not in control of my own life. However, I have an indescribable burning desire inside of me. Art is a weapon that helps us untangle the chaos in our lives. I hope that my artworks can calm people down during this period of constant change, but at the same time, inspire people to re-evaluate our environment and reconsider the problems arising in our society. In this transition period, I can hear the voice of Hamlet whispering, "for in the sleep of death, what dreams may come."
Camouflage isn't just for natural environments - it can be used surprisingly effectively in urban surroundings as well. Click Here to See More
The beautiful thing about upcycled materials is that the end results often bear no resemblance to the original items. Such is the case with sculptor Kris Kuksi's toy sculptures, which are constructed out of old toys, statues, and mechanical parts.
Read the rest of Kris Kuksi's Recycled Toy Sculptures Will Scare the Kids
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