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Accidentally saw this animation and instantly fell in love with it.

Indeed I almost forgot to knit, but anyway I agree - it’s a fancy mania.

As a kid I tried few times to make candles by myself, with some help from my Dad. Well, they were never very good, mostly because I couldn’t make a good wick.

Last two years me and Michel didn’t throw out the remains of the candles we are using at home /and we use many candles ;-)/ and he always says that one day we can make new candles from them.

I decide to try last Saturday and, armed with Google, I found many different advices for making a good candle wick.
Of course, I didn’t have all that I need for it, so I just improvised, but the good news are that it was very successful try.
The candles are just fine and not only they look nice, but they burn well. Our big joy and pride is the fact that the wicks are ok and candles burn better than some of the originals we ever bought.

If you decide to make your own candles at home, there are many places in the net you can find useful advices. Anyway, that’s how I made our wicks:

1. Thick cotton thread for doily;

5. Dip it in some molten wax and hold it under running cold water for a while, to harden.

I guess you’ll find the making of candles at home very pleasant, just like me.
And its surely useful, as you can use the remains of all candles, instead just throwing them.

A long time ago, almost year and a half or more, a friend of mine showed me this website, made by him.

My first thought then was: “Hey, I can make a better pumpkin than this”, and immediately told him so. He said: “Well, fine, draw me a better one” and that’s how this little guy here came to the world.
This friend liked my pumpkin, but anyway didn’t use it for his site. So then I sent it to my full ICQ contact list just to show to everybody what I did. /childish, huh? I know, i know ;-)/

Today in some parts of the world people are celebrating Halloween, so I considered it suitable to show you this doodle here.

Nevermind if this day means something for you or not, but I personally like the pumpkins, The Smashing Pumpkins and the warm orange color, which, I believe, is pretty obvious.

Don’t know, who’s the author… He (she?) draws great, but it’s not what you think…

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(Flash video)

Update (@19:45): At the end of the movie you actually see that Mauricio Ricardo is the painter:)))

Probably is manifesting the net for some time ago, but I found it today and wanted to share it with you…

I understand that the first video with Sad Kermit was another one, using a song of Nine Inch Nails.

The authors are different, but both songs & videos are very, very good.

Enjoy.

Somebody sent me this funny test with images. You can try by yourselves, if you want to check your “visual DNA”.

It says i am - an Easy Rider (wish I was).

Probably every time you do it, the result will be different, depending on your mood at the moment.

But anyway, it’s nice for some tiny distraction.