The Bank of All My Mates, found via the Money Shots pool. There’s loads in there. Some of the are spot on

Lots of people have asked for tips on how to get going with their own exciting monster creations. So here’s a 1-2-3 ‘How To’ poster to download that i made for the Workshop at Shunt. It’s A3 format so you can see the details. Most important tip is to remember to leave a hole in his arse to stuff him through! If you do make anything, i’d love to see photos - mail them over Monster Makers.

Our big day out was recorded in style by our very own Making Things Club JayPeg. More tonight! And we’ll leave the kit out for you on Friday and Saturday night if you wanna get stuck in Some Rex Felt Tip Tattoo action above too.

We’ve been making a little something for Topshop recently, based on the classic Helmut Newton Photo Machine concept of self photography, but bringing it to the streets of London, Dublin and Manchester to capture what you guys are wearing! Cute huh.

“… the twentieth century’s most influential, intriguing and controversial photographer, Helmut Newton and his ingenious ‘Newton Machine. Having inspired many photographers, designers and artists over the years, Newton’s iconic style and love of strong, powerful women is still heavily referenced today.

Read more about the special set up and the icon Helmut Newton, or bundle straight into the gallery here Some people really know how to strike a pose ( and some people should not be allowed out in public! ). You decide which …

Check out what’s under the elastic! Haha. These are custom engraved leather moleskin notebooks. You can get what ever you want put on there. Such a good surprise present! ( And extra especially a surprise when it’s a naked picture …… ) Although i wouldn’t recommend that for everyone ; ) Get yours from Joe, here!

Update 27/05: We just got Design of The Month over at EngraveTech. Wicked - Thanks Joe!

Check out SwashBot! Loads of great images here, and an explanation and video of his older brother SwashBot 2 who is a robot with wooden crab-like legs. So cool! Both made from remote  control helicopter parts, to create the unique walking motion. Link Via the supa Plockhead. And ps. if you like the look of his blog, you can download his liquorice css theme here ;) Nice - i like flat block colour. A few tips there too…

Amazing idea. Can’t remember how i found this now, but check out the timelapse video, it’s a fantastic. The type is formed ( as you can see ) through a complex array of perforations aligned with the passing of the sun. The poem takes about 8hrs to sweep through the full text. Based around the solar calendar, winter and summer display different poems. Extremely clever. Read the detailed description, see development sketches and don’t miss the ingenious video of initial experiments creating type from light and pin holes. Sculpture / Installation Design by Jiyeon Song.

pɐɟ ʌǝɹ ʇɐ dılɟ ɥʇıʍ pɐǝɥ s,ʇı uo lɯʇɥ ɹnoʎ uɹnʇ ¡ʇno ʇı ʞɔǝɥɔ - ʇou sƃuıɥʇ ǝɯos ʇnq ˙˙˙˙˙˙ punoɹɐ ʎɐʍ ɹǝɥʇo ǝɥʇ ɹǝʇʇǝq ʞɹoʍ sƃuıɥʇ ǝɯos

Wow. I can now watch BBC on my TV. Big deal you many think, but it’s the iPlayer through my Wii. So you can watch whatever you want whenever you like. Excellent! I love Nintendo. Also on the Nintendo front, you’ll soon be able to learn Japanese with a range of new games coming out on the DS. After Brain Trainer, I’ve been wondering why it took so long. The handwriting recognition seemed it would be the perfect thing for learning to draw those kanji characters.

Loving these Star Wars Amigurumi characters! Thanks for the link Chris. Where can i buy them! ? You can read an interview with the makers here. And check out the Princess Leia in the gold bikini version. Also has links to tutorials so you can make your own.

Update: You can buy them here!

Learning bass but all your mates play bass too? Show Me How To Play has had the great idea of setting you up a virtual band to practice with. With a pile of tracks to download, you can freely toggle your instrument on and off, to use it either as a tutorial, or to play along with the rest of the band. There’s a lessons section too, but i just loved this MultiPlayer idea. Be great if you could web-cam-jam with ‘real’ people though

Nik just gave me a good WordPress tip to make my posts more Google-able.. My post Urls used to end with incomprehensible random numbers, but if you stick this little thing, /%postname%/ into the custom structure box, under Options and Permalinks, you get lovely permanent post urls in English, like this ..

http://www.monster-munch.com/retro-mac-system-icon-timepiece … Nice  : )

I’ve just changed my perma links, so sorry if you’ve linked to me recently and you’re wondering where the pages went ; )

Choose from a selection of designs or create your own - Engrave will do just that to your choice of moleskin notebook. Great gift idea. You can even customize the spine for a super personal touch! I’ve started planning my range of Monster-Munch books already