Smurfs/Avatar

Smurf/Avatar mashup by Louise Ingrid Mundo.

Things that were made by man

The grooves on a vinyl record, greatly magnified:



Robert Hooke in Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver:

A razor looks worse. It is all kinds of shapes, except what it should be. That is why I never use the Microscope any more to look at things that were made by men -- the rudeness and bungling of Art is painful to view. And yet things that one would expect to look disgusting become beautiful when magnified.

A fly's eye:

Space Slug oven mitt

The Space Slug oven mitt is $20 at the Star Wars shop.

Black bottle

Auténtico Tequila Alacrán by Sociedad Anónima.

Good NFL boast

NFL cornerback Fred Smoot once said, "Two-thirds of the world is covered by water. The other third is covered by Fred Smoot."

Keyboard Cat's original shirt

Keyboard Cat's original shirt.

Skull badge for a girl scout troop in California

Green and gold skull badge by Nerd Merit Badges for a California girl scout troop.Speaking of badges, the Huffington Post is giving them out to reward devoted users: