The Monster Engine is a project by Dave Devrie that aims to discover what a child’s drawing will look like if it was painted realistically. [via]

The art produced in this series is pretty remarkable, especially when you consider the fact that Dave Devrie creates these new works of art from mere line drawings. Although still warped and squiggly, the new creations from Devrie allow you to view childrens’ artwork in a totally different light.

The Monster Engine also comes in book form and can be purchased for $25 at The Monster Engine website.

Disney has released MORE hi-res images of Wall-E and EVE from the upcoming release of the Pixar film, Wall-E.

Upcoming Pixar has uploaded them to this nifty .mac gallery for you all to see and download.

To show just how awesome these hi-res images are, see the 100% crop below. YUM!

Thanks Priscilla!

I’m convinced that everything sounds cooler on the ukulele.

Tom Ballhatchet’s TV Packaging Stand is a compact TV stand that also serves as a box for your TV when you’re on the move. [via]

The TV Packaging Stand is made from 100% recyclable expanded polypropylene (EPP). The stand is capable of holding the weight of the TV due to the innovative dual-use wedges that form a TV stand down the center of the shelf. When not in “shelf-mode”, the wedges (seen in white) serve as protective corners for the TV while in transit. This ensures that the TV arrives where it needs to in perfect condition.

The two shelves can accommodate 40 DVDs each and a wide range of electrical appliances. There are even holes in the back for power cables and such.

Here’s how the TV gets unpacked.

WTF for?

In January, Congress approved $152 billion in economic stimulus checks for millions of American households, intended to boost the economy and avert a recession. These stimulus checks were sent out at the end of April and are still in the process of being delivered to everybody who qualifies to receive one.

How I Spent My Stimulus aims to document how some people are spending their newfound money. It’s interesting to note that although the checks are meant to be spent on buying goods and services in the US, some are taking the money and spending it abroad (for example, the image above).

If anything, the website is a great peek into how Americans are spending money in general. Some are choosing to buy necessary items, others are choosing to not spend the money at all (not the point of the stimulus package), and others are choosing to buy some very ridiculous things (both in single quantities and in very, very, very excessive quantities).

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I’ve been posting a lot of photos of cows lately, so naturally I wanted to find an interesting video of a cow to post. Somehow, I ended up over at Damn Interesting reading about some cows that have man-made fistulas in their stomach areas.

These holes or “windows” give veterinarians and curious folk a close look at the digestive systems of cows. Food and medicine can be taken from and placed into this hole without having to go through the cow’s mouth.

Here’s an interesting little tidbit: Cook College (part of Rutgers University in NJ) has an “Experimental Animal Barn” that houses at least one of these “windowed cows”.

The Wombats have this amusing little thing they do where they perform their hit single “Backfire At The Disco” in places that are not a disco.

Every once in a while, they get the performances recorded on video and they post it to their YouTube channel.

Backfire at the pizza parlour

Backfire at the paintball ranch

Backfire on the NYC Subway

And of course, the original music video below.