Here I post things that I feel the need to ramble about, teach others, or just stuff I think is cool! You can also see some of my design and photography work at my photoblog…. BlankdeckartTumblr (3.0; @blankdeck)http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/<iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vsboQ7cp7a4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>nuff said.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsboQ7cp7a4&feature=related">How To Make A Carrot Ocarina</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/heita3">heita3</a>)</p>http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/508244229http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/508244229Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:49:35 -0400<iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CQuH8g8LrOw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>What the Heck!? Dude made an ocarina out of an apple</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQuH8g8LrOw&feature=related">4hole Apple Ocarina-London Bridｇe is Falling Down-</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/heita3">heita3</a>)</p>http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/508227855http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/508227855Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:39:32 -0400<iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3sw76wHUmk4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Awesome!</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sw76wHUmk4&feature=related">Super Mario Bros Theme on Ocarina</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/docjazz4">docjazz4</a>)</p>http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/508221944http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/508221944Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:35:58 -0400<iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vGblUtEUS44?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>The Zelda and PotC fans in me don’t usually agree at the same time…but today they walk hand in hand</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGblUtEUS44">The Medallion Calls from Pirates of the Caribbean on STL Ocarina</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/Heathersocarina">Heathersocarina</a>)</p>http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/508214371http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/508214371Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:31:27 -0400“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed”<br/><br/> - <em> Michael Jordan (via <a href="http://blog.deezshirts.com/">justojusto</a>)</em>http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/269385731http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/269385731Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:41:21 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktdqbf6Ccc1qzxhoso1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://blua.tumblr.com/">blua</a>)</p>http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/269381961http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/269381961Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:37:07 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktfjfjMN4a1qz4ueho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I love cake with all my heart!</p> <p><a href="http://blog.gesteves.com/post/251207007/super-epic-rainbow-cake-with-lemony-swiss">guillee</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://whisk-kid.blogspot.com/2009/08/say-it-with-cake.html">Super Epic Rainbow Cake</a>, with Lemony Swiss Merengue Buttercream. (Via <a href="http://davecaolo.com/blog/super-epic-rainbow-cake/">Dave Caolo</a>.)</p> </blockquote>http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/269381511http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/269381511Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:36:35 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksx3k8X1IC1qzqvm2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://lickystickypickyme.tumblr.com/post/239601137/source">lickystickypickyme</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynchburgvirginia/sets/72157613535356851/show/with/4083503137/">source</a></p> </blockquote>http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/239651439http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/239651439Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:41:46 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks3rikp52F1qzqvm2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://lickystickypickyme.tumblr.com/post/224129939">lickystickypickyme</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>people taking their halloween very serious</p> </blockquote>http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/224134210http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/224134210Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:57:12 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krrxzwYpDE1qzqvm2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://lickystickypickyme.tumblr.com/post/217360587">lickystickypickyme</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Jenga!</p> <p><a href="http://www.simonbutterworthphotography.com/photos/502632253_2Ci6p-L.jpg">source</a></p> </blockquote>http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/217433761http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/217433761Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:40:51 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RUCfSiMB_2E?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>This is why you practice accordian! Seriously when you hear someone say they play accordian…this is what you should expect. Unfortunately this is the top percentile…</p>http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/208226104http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/208226104Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:28:51 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqvt4a57l81qzqvm2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Where’s Waldo Extreme!</p> <p><a href="http://lickystickypickyme.tumblr.com/post/202548236">lickystickypickyme</a>:</p> <blockquote>look closer. there is a man hidden in this picture. and it isn’t photoshop. He just paints himself and blends in with his surroundings.<br/>His name is Liu Bollin, The Invisible man.<br/><br/>more of his work <a href="http://v1kram.posterous.com/liu-bolinthe-invisible-man">here.</a></blockquote>http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/202560647http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/202560647Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:09:48 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqu54pdoDq1qzqvm2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://lickystickypickyme.tumblr.com/post/201713972">lickystickypickyme</a>:</p> <blockquote><b>Sometimes escapism is the only way out.</b></blockquote>http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/201738030http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/201738030Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:14:30 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqsji1m0uM1qzqvm2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>As a kid I had a boomerang and it only came back to me twice like it was supposed to….both times I missed catching it and it popped me in the face. Stupid Weapon!</p> <p><a href="http://lickystickypickyme.tumblr.com/post/200990494">lickystickypickyme</a>:</p> <blockquote><b>Simple and brilliant.</b></blockquote>http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/201045245http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/201045245Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:10:16 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqb6m9XM3l1qznd83o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://are2.tumblr.com/post/193450335/invaders-at-school">are2</a>:</p> <blockquote><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42231620@N07/3900149716/sizes/o/">Invaders at school</a></blockquote>http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/200465577http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/200465577Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:40:28 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqe5n0LFrt1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thedw.us/post/194425236/data-visualization-of-the-day-the-contiguous">thedailywhat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>Data Visualization of the Day:</b> The contiguous United States, <a href="http://www.weathersealed.com/2009/09/22/where-the-buffalo-roamed/">visualized by distance to the nearest McDonald’s</a>.</p> <p>Stephen Von Worley @ <a href="http://www.weathersealed.com/">Weather Sealed</a> compiled this rather spectacular infographic using a list of all 13,000+ US locations of McDonald’s (the “barometer of cookie-cutter commercialism creep”) in order to determine where true wilderness lies within the lower 48.</p> <p>The result?</p> <blockquote> <p>Between the tiny Dakotan hamlets of Meadow and Glad Valley lies the <a href="http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=45.45955,-101.91356&z=11">McFarthest Spot</a>: 107 miles distant from the nearest McDonald’s, as the crow flies, and 145 miles by car!</p> </blockquote> <p>Golden arches being erected near the tiny Dakotan hamlets of Meadow and Glad Valley in 3… 2…</p> <p>[<a href="http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/09/data-visualization-map-distance-to-the-nearest-mcdonalds.html">via</a>.]</p> </blockquote>http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/200464455http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/200464455Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:38:49 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqetjieVwN1qz6d7so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.jilllian.com/post/195111863/waffle-tetris-pic-waffles-tetris">jilllian</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/lindseyweber/waffle-tetris-ru">Waffle Tetris [PIC]</a></p> <p>Waffles + Tetris = Unbelievable levels of awesome.</p> </blockquote>http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/200463754http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/200463754Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:37:54 -0400“There are no bad pictures; that’s just how your face looks sometimes.”<br/><br/> - <em>Abraham Lincoln (via <a href="http://soandsuch.tumblr.com/">soandsuch</a>)</em>http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/200463476http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/200463476Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:37:30 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqfrx9a5AH1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thedw.us/post/195138749/shop-of-the-day-why-so-rumpus-via">thedailywhat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>Shop of the Day:</b> Why so rumpus?</p> <p>[<a href="http://weloveyouso.com/2009/09/where-the-wild-things-ought-to-be-even-more/">via</a>.]</p> </blockquote>http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/200463205http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/200463205Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:37:01 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kq6t9y8EY51qzkd5oo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://rawryourlife.tumblr.com/post/191277764/run-fridge-run">rawryourlife</a>:</p> <blockquote>Run fridge run!</blockquote>http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/200462939http://blankdeck.tumblr.com/post/200462939Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:36:40 -0400