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September 22 is Elephant Appreciation Day. In honor of the largest land animal, here is a collection of everything elephant from fine art to origami. Enjoy!

Finally, a gadget worth talking about that isn’t a cell phone. So many gadgets are being created with a cell phone as the core of the product; cell phones with cameras, cell phones with GPS, cell phones with MP3 players. This pocket-sized electronic features an HD video camera with a built-in projector. The 2.5 inch LCD is there for previewing, but if you want to showcase your footage on the back of a travel seat or on the wall of your home or office, there is a Pico projector built right into it. And of course, as with any new and exciting product to be leaked out to consumers, there is no timeline or price for this awesome gadget.

This image is cool for two reasons. For one, the aesthetics. Vivid oranges and yellows, the whimsical patterns and trance-like spiral on the left. Secondly, it is the path of our robotic friend, the Roomba. Taken over the course of 30 minutes, blogger Signaltheorist used long-exposure photography to capture light and motion to create an art form. Nice work.

Ok, I thought that I had found the ultimate camera a few posts back, but I stand corrected. The Hole-On Ex uses the pinhole camera technique, which takes longer, but adds more character to what you choose to capture. I have taken the time to construct cardboard models and can appreciate the effort in creating this scale model camera. The kit comes complete with instructions, but you have to supply your own 35 mm film. After such a great effort to make digital photography the standard, there is still a desire for doing things the old way, as you can see by this well-designed build-it-yourself camera.

There are few things as rewarding as building something yourself and then using it. Well, maybe cooking something great and then eating it. Anyway, this snap-together camera is a nice way for young children or curious adults to see how a camera goes together. Just like the G.I. Joe vehicles and model cars I would get as a youngster, users assemble the pieces of this camera, then it’s ready for point and shoot. What a great way to invigorate your comprehension of how simple mechanics work!  I would recommend sharing this do-it-yourself with any curious minded person.

When I first saw this photograph, it was a moment of deep thought.  For a few seconds this image rattled my focused mind and my imagination swelled with questions that my eyes wanted answered. The imagery is very strong.  It looks like the cover of Nevermind, it looks like the split second after a shark bite, or even the ink spray of a squid. Then my mind lapsed into deep thought, again, about explosions in space, vivid colors in darkness, and what it may sound like to see and hear bursts of light in the nothingness of space.  All in all, I hope that you may find some inspiration in viewing this photograph, and perhaps it stirs your imagination into some moment of abstract thought like I encountered.