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Sion Queenie Liao is a freelance artist living in California, USA. As a mother of three boys she always enjoys artworks that focus on her children and created some dreamy fairy tale like sceneries inspired by her indulging in fairy tales when she grew up. After the birth of her first son she began to take pictures of him, frequently drawing inspiration from the beautiful works of Anne Geddes. After seeing the work of Ms. Adele Enersen on her sleeping daughter, she began to experiment similar ideas with her then three-month-old son Wengenn. Her vision was to create a series of photos portraying him exploring his imaginary, enchanting fairytale-like world.
‘I am very grateful to have the opportunity to share with the readers not only the pictures I have taken, but more importantly, the inexpressible love, joy and pride as a mother while creating this special album for my son Wengenn’, she explains.

All images © Queenie Liao

We were mentioned on the Today Show this morning! Have a look. Also you can download a high-resolution version of this comic for free, here.

Water is awesome stuff…

Best conductor ever.

Kermit was too expensive to hire for this PSA.

A larger, zoom-able version of this map can be found here.

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EDIT2:  Some Wikipedia articles from which we pulled much of our data have suddenly been updated.  Coincidence?  Anyway, we’ve made further updates to the map.

EDIT:  Made multiple corrections to outdated data and wrong country borders.

Medieval Land Fun-Time World

Do everything right the first time, kids.

Fun Fact.  If you flipped Mount Everest over and placed it on top of the Mariana Trench, it’s peak would fall 7,000 feet short of the bottom. It would also be the single largest waste of human effort in history.

Sometimes after a long staring contest with a great piece of art, you might feel a little exhausted, maybe even start seeing things. Zack Dougherty‘s latest project doubles down on this idea by featuring a clever collection of manipulated, hypnotizing GIFs. The Portland-based digital artist takes a simple sculpture and turns it into eternally repeating images, transforming pristine busts into psychedelic moving pictures. These switch so rapidly that eye and brain need some time to grasp the lightning evolution of the picture. But when one fathoms this sequences the deed is done: he is witness of a captivating ode to art history.

All images © Zack Dougherty

Lukas Galehr is an Austrian architect who studied at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Los Angeles. He is a member of the design collective Madame Mohr, which includes five architects and one industrial designer. One of his works is this pizzeria in Vienna, whose centrepiece is a spinning oven shaped like a giant disco ball. In fact the spherical oven is covered with dozens of tiny mirrored tiles. In the evenings, when the lights are dimmed and various coloured spotlights are directed onto the oven, it causes scores of pink, green and blue dots to flood across the white walls and ceilings. Named ‘Disco Volante’, which loosely translates as ‘flying disc’, the restaurant is otherwise modeled on an authentic Napoli pizzeria with a vaulted ceiling, smooth tiled floors and clean white walls. Simple wooden chairs and benches provide rows of seating, giving most diners a clear view of the glittering central feature.

All images © Lukas Schaller | Via: dezeen

Easy Homemade Granola Recipe

This easy homemade granola is sweetened with maple syrup (or honey), mixed with almonds and dried fruit, bakes up super chunky, and is the absolute best!

READ: Easy Homemade Granola Recipe

Hoy se estrena en los cines de España Gravity, de Alfonso Cuarón, probablemente la mejor experiencia audiovisual (aquí si parece justificado el 3D) para meterte en la cabeza de un astronauta.

Para ir abriendo boca, podemos echar un vistazo a este documental, que muestra las vistas que tienen los astronautas cuando están allá arriba. Con una gran ventaja: no aparece Sandra Bullock.

Vía | Microsiervos

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La noticia [Vídeo] Las vistas de los astronautas fue publicada originalmente en Xatakaciencia por Sergio Parra.

Last Friday was my mom’s birthday… a great big belated happy birthday to my mom!! She spent the latter part of the afternoon and evening running around with me to do last-minute errands before our party on Saturday. I’ll be making her very favorite dinner (sausage, pepper & mushroom risotto with chocolate chip scones for dessert) soon, but since Friday was spent doing party prep, she only requested some Five Guys takeout for dinner. I couldn’t let her birthday come and go without giving her something special to eat, so I surprised her with this cheesecake. Turtles are by far her favorite candy, and I’ve been wanting to make her a turtle-inspired cheesecake for quite some time. It took me awhile to decide how I wanted to build such a cheesecake, and I finally ran with it. This turned out even more fabulous than I imagined, and was a perfect celebratory cake.

I took all of the elements of classic turtle candies and built it into one extremely dreamy cheesecake. I started with an Oreo cookie crust and topped it with a mixture of homemade caramel sauce and chopped pecans. I chilled the pan in the refrigerator while I prepared a fantastic basic cheesecake recipe. Once the cheesecake was baked and cooled, I topped it with a chocolate ganache, then finished it off with more caramel drizzles and chopped pecans.

The result? One of the most fabulous cheesecakes to ever come out of my kitchen. My mom absolutely loved it, as did the rest of us. Caramel and nuts, sandwiched by chocolate and a luscious cheesecake layer… it’s all win. A perfect dessert for a mom that deserves only the best!

One year ago: Quick & Easy Chicken Pot Pie
Two years ago: Honey Cake
Three years ago: Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Maple-Cream Cheese Filling
Five years ago: Cream of Mushroom Soup
Six years ago: Cinnamon Rolls

Turtle Cheesecake

Yield: 12 servings

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 70 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 40 minutes

A cheesecake fashioned after turtle candies; it has an Oreo
crust, a layer of caramel and pecans, a creamy cheesecake,
then topped with a chocolate ganache and drizzled with more
caramel sauce and sprinkled with additional pecans.

Ingredients:

For the Crust:
24 Oreo cookies, finely crushed into crumbs
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
Pinch of salt

For the Caramel-Pecan Layer:
1½ cups caramel sauce (omit the salt for a sweeter version)
1 cup chopped pecans

For the Cheesecake:
32 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
1¼ cups granulated sugar
4 eggs, at room temperature
¾ cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

For the Chocolate Ganache:
¾ cup heavy cream
¼ cup light corn syrup
8 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Make the Crust: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Toss together the Oreo crumbs, melted butter and salt until all of the crumbs are moistened. Press into the bottom and two inches up the sides of a 9-inch springform pan. Place pan in the freezer for 10 minutes. Bake for 7 minutes, or until crust is firm. Remove from oven and cool completely.

2. Make the Caramel-Pecan Layer: In a small bowl, stir together the caramel sauce and pecans. Pour onto the cooled crust and gently spread into an even layer. Refrigerate while the cheesecake is prepared.

3. Make the Cheesecake: Beat together the cream cheese and sugar on medium speed until smooth and creamy, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well until fully incorporated and scraping down the sides of the bowl between each addition. Add the heavy cream and vanilla and beat until well combined, about 1 minute. Pour the batter on top of the caramel-pecan layer and bake for 55 to 65 minutes, or until the edges are set, but the middle still jiggles a little.

4. Keeping the oven door closed, turn off the oven and let the cheesecake rest in the oven for 1 hour. After 1 hour, remove the cheesecake from the oven, and place the pan on a wire rack to cool completely, about an additional 2 hours. Once completely cool, refrigerate for at least 6 hours (preferably overnight).

5. Make the Chocolate Ganache: Combine the heavy cream, corn syrup, chocolate and vanilla in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly, until smooth. Set the glaze aside to cool and thicken at room temperature for 30 minutes.

6. Pour the ganache over the top of the cheesecake, gently spreading it to the edges. Refrigerate for 15 minutes, or until set. Remove the sides of the pan, garnish with additional caramel sauce and chopped pecans, and serve. Leftover cheesecake can be stored, tightly covered, in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. It can also be frozen for up to 2 months.

On a trip to Sicily, Mauritius and Morocco photographer Joseph Ford spent several days flying around over all sorts of terrain in a helicopter. After showing the aerial pictures to some friends they suggested shooting a series mixing fashion and landscapes. Juxtaposing clothes and aerial landscape, the piece of work was selected for the Association of Photographers Awards in the UK and had an Honorable Mention in the International Photography Awards.
The combination of images creates a fascinating interaction, highlighting the appeal of each image, which would have been less remarkable on their own. But by identifying an unexpected relationship with other images each picture develops a gripping impression.

All images © Joseph Ford | Via: fubiz

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