tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74108928706458812572024-03-14T03:05:37.363-04:00Today in TentaclesThere's a sucker born every minute.Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-29575621464167738692009-10-16T13:48:00.002-04:002009-10-16T13:51:40.866-04:00MOVING TO A NEW POD<span style="font-family:courier new;">Hello, tentacle fans. As you may have noticed, I have (sadly) been unable to update this blog as frequently as I would like. Today in Tentacles? More like Annually in Tentacles. And that has no ring to it at all. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">I've decided to experiment with Tumblr, which makes it easier to upload images (blogger requires more clicks to deal with the spacing). We'll see how this goes. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Please adjust your RSS feeds to: <a href="http://todayintentacles.tumblr.com">TodayInTentacles.Tumblr.com</a>!</span>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-69007895106494778202009-05-13T23:27:00.005-04:002009-05-14T00:09:14.410-04:00Tentacle Pizza<span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">No, really. They have a pizza with calamari on it. And I don't even eat calamari.</span><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJUHAHBPXasjMFIcFoYI7gg05fmu9AFcbWd5AdZIvSTgLS1EzpqJM2RQKH3N6MRqg0WR2MwFm9NostogrlljxodM3L3hlXfWweDeqBakVItNn_DgmOQ7OT6UpwYyK7MI98Fs85Vd4jOKS/s1600-h/IgnazioWebLogo3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJUHAHBPXasjMFIcFoYI7gg05fmu9AFcbWd5AdZIvSTgLS1EzpqJM2RQKH3N6MRqg0WR2MwFm9NostogrlljxodM3L3hlXfWweDeqBakVItNn_DgmOQ7OT6UpwYyK7MI98Fs85Vd4jOKS/s320/IgnazioWebLogo3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335526715484808818" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">That's right, I do not dine upon tentacles. </span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://ignaziospizza.com/">Ignazio's Pizza</a><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;"> in DUMBO, discovered by </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.chassycleland.com/">Chassy</a><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;"> on a menu in our wacky </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.hugeinc.com/">office</a><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">.</span>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-7238413574431960652009-05-04T23:50:00.002-04:002009-05-04T23:56:58.944-04:00Tabular Tentacles<a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7glQHY9kQTLbPhDQK1874eKC3HNQvK5WQtj-pn_qzF1EvzHfZHHgNAszD6AwiribnIct5lgaV1xw6yVYlGkFuikyk8XRdm7XjPqtC654gJw_MMBlspeuyvd43Itu6AYLkjR9LV9uJDLN4/s1600-h/Table.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7glQHY9kQTLbPhDQK1874eKC3HNQvK5WQtj-pn_qzF1EvzHfZHHgNAszD6AwiribnIct5lgaV1xw6yVYlGkFuikyk8XRdm7XjPqtC654gJw_MMBlspeuyvd43Itu6AYLkjR9LV9uJDLN4/s320/Table.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332182389939560002" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/read.php?CATEGORY_PK=&TOPIC_PK=2255">Chul An Kwak</a><span style="font-family: courier new;">, a Korean designer, created these tables to inject more emotion into what he sees an otherwise static aspect of our lives. Which is kind of beautiful, actually.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">I think these are the bees' knees. Or rather, the octopus' kneew.<br /><br />At </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/01/tables-with-tentacle.html">Boing Boing</a><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;"> and </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/modernmaterialist/archive/2009/05/04/hentai-bles.aspx">Nerve.com</a><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;"> and a bunch of other places. Sent in by </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.twitter.com/publichistorian">@publichistorian</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> and </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://swayworn.livejournal.com/"></a><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://swayworn.livejournal.com/">Jonathan Harford</a><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">, because you all know me so very well. </span>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-7297337794445654652009-04-30T02:06:00.002-04:002009-04-30T02:09:01.032-04:00Dumpling Tentacle<span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">They call it a "dumpling squid." I kind of wish I were this squid. Although it's a bit smug.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDw9ng23atzZ8Ai7LsbzwI1Ls-J-z2PldP61KSadDP_PJYbGJvLOXY0LdrbPNa3JYx6O3aFwUloNWlx2CClf7qwo3Np6WGiAIgTcIIyu3XDCd6SroFlkkzTApFKcIu1EywSSwoESirJlQK/s1600-h/dumpling.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDw9ng23atzZ8Ai7LsbzwI1Ls-J-z2PldP61KSadDP_PJYbGJvLOXY0LdrbPNa3JYx6O3aFwUloNWlx2CClf7qwo3Np6WGiAIgTcIIyu3XDCd6SroFlkkzTApFKcIu1EywSSwoESirJlQK/s320/dumpling.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330362248160288658" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">From </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/jimswims/art/2124410-4-dumpling-squid#">Redbubble.com</a><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">, by James Peak. Found by my stupid friend Max, who was clearly making fun of me. </span>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-49380362099339572592009-04-27T19:06:00.005-04:002009-04-27T19:11:30.156-04:00Tentacle Terror!<span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >More fabulous tentacle fashions, this time by </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.threadless.com/profile/202333/hogboy?token=60031c79fba81f8fc4231d458ac7f2ad&uuid=3f21bf9e8c6a6777f0edc2b3e53691aa">Hogboy</a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >. Sometimes I feel as though I could wear tentacle threads head to toe, 365 days a year. Plus accessories and leap day!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >Not a bad idea. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvVLtkevwIZghLfy3fCt7Fad86wT_ddLt-Ea0sbsIaaiJz80VLCpNU0TBimiEMY-ndTVin3JQKFuVUmnWSL2gcj24SrFdK6Ykh_KARfa1aKaztfC5tfHaaHSGhFWwoWj7wXE9zzOXeXOT/s1600-h/zaw2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIvVLtkevwIZghLfy3fCt7Fad86wT_ddLt-Ea0sbsIaaiJz80VLCpNU0TBimiEMY-ndTVin3JQKFuVUmnWSL2gcj24SrFdK6Ykh_KARfa1aKaztfC5tfHaaHSGhFWwoWj7wXE9zzOXeXOT/s320/zaw2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329512693952533650" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >Via </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.threadless.com/product/1166/Pulp?token=dbf5623f9f062241a7afaed260b47791&uuid=e8115f8229e1e909af26afeb2d688eec">Threadless</a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" > and thanks to Dan, who thinks I'm weird.<br /><br /></span>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-67282074033764321602009-04-25T19:17:00.004-04:002009-04-25T19:27:55.851-04:00Alma Mater Tentacles<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: courier new;">Glass Sea Creatures Shatter Expectations of Harvard Museum Visitors<br /><br />by Michelle Hunter<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: courier new;">2/12/2009 </span><br /> <h3 style="font-family: courier new;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVK4WL2Au99Xp77f7MY_j_3I-POMvMyD-rjCqLM_qyut4ASGCCr8n-PKlULRidMHQI7M1ZIvykhAO-fffR1v06thvHrPuc5aVv4AmSOLiWOj7MBf3SHaBWAoU2T3Sm5bmxF4gKW4yKsr6Z/s1600-h/glass.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVK4WL2Au99Xp77f7MY_j_3I-POMvMyD-rjCqLM_qyut4ASGCCr8n-PKlULRidMHQI7M1ZIvykhAO-fffR1v06thvHrPuc5aVv4AmSOLiWOj7MBf3SHaBWAoU2T3Sm5bmxF4gKW4yKsr6Z/s320/glass.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328772761485480802" border="0" /></a></h3> <span style="font-family: courier new;">CAMBRIDGE - The spineless sea creatures on display at the Harvard Museum of Natural History look as though they were once alive. They don't look like they were hand made, and crafted more than a century ago. Yet for the first time, Harvard is displaying its incredible collection of "Sea Creatures in Glass." </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: courier new;"> The collection of glass sea creatures by father and son duo, Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, were acquired by Harvard University around 1878. Fifty-eight of Harvard's 429 glass sea creature models are on display at the museum's special exhibit, which is on until March 1. </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: courier new;"> "I never would have guessed that these models were over 100 years old," said Suet Wong, a Northeastern University student visiting the museum. </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: courier new;"> The intricacy of each jellyfish, amoeba and octopus model demonstrates the preciseness and complexity each one required to be made. But why glass? The glass models were preferred to real specimens, traditionally kept in formaldehyde, because they kept their color and would also never lose their shape - as specimens do when they sink to the bottom of the jars they're kept in, explained Blue Magruder, the museum's director of communications. </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: courier new;"> With tools that were big and awkward, nothing like modern technology that glass makers use today, the Blaschkas fused and glued glass together and created their own pigments by melting colored stone. They would also use copper wire for certain models for tentacles that were too fine to be made of glass.</span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: courier new;"> "It's exciting that the models are both beautiful, exquisite works of glass art, as well as anatomically precise and scientifically valuable teaching models of marine creatures which can be so difficult to preserve and display," said Elisabeth Werby, the executive director of the museum. </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: courier new;"> This special exhibit also displays the original work station and tools the Blaschkas used to create these delicate models.</span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: courier new;"> "These are the tools they used. These are tools you would pluck your eyebrows with. It was human skill," said Magruder. </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: courier new;"> The museum exhibit provides an extensive background on the Blaschka family, who had a long history of glassmaking. The family actually got its start in the business by making glass eyeballs. As the family business succeeded, Leopold Blaschka (1822-1895) the fourth generation and father to partner and son Rudolf (1857-1929), decided to create sculptures of living organisms that would document natural history, which was becoming a popular field at that time. The family commissioned invertebrate to museums and educational facilities throughout Europe. </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: courier new;"> "I can't believe that the museum had these special artifacts hidden away in the back," said Carly Yarbrow, a student at Quinnipiac University.</span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: courier new;"> As museums and private collectors began to buy the Blaschkas' work, which also included replicas of plants and flowers, the glass works caught the attention of a botany professor at Harvard, George Lincoln Goodale. He thought that these may be an excellent way to teach the students about flowers because the glass would not lose its shape or color and would remain three dimensional. </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: courier new;"> "The Blaschkas made over 4,000 plant models for Harvard University," said Magruder. "It took them over 10 years to get some of the colors to be exactly of the real specimen's."</span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: courier new;"> The plant exhibit has been permanently on at Harvard since 1893 and people have come from all over the world to see it.</span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: courier new;"> As for the sea creatures, they are not permanently on display and will go back in to storage with the rest of the collection in March. However, works for a smaller, permanent installation of the sea creatures are being discussed, said Werby. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">From the boring-sounding </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://media.www.jsons.org/media/storage/paper139/news/2009/01/31/Entertainment/Glass.Sea.Creatures.Shatter.Expectations.Of.Harvard.Museum.Visitors-3629677.shtml">Journalism Students' Online News Service</a>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-24827748156768820742009-04-25T19:15:00.001-04:002009-04-25T19:17:09.577-04:00Tentacle Faces<span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">Oh, Japan. </span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gXWLYsI-oOLoqY7c8s5eOENy-SX7tpuTZb6x1FSvQJHjyDuLxvWH-o0WZagfqnA9lHVj_xan6fqg_J-EL1wOtY259gzMgzDzUzStw9FgUZ7XXDLr-bSsSyAdQYfOUeZpRRWW-1jyXZJc/s1600-h/Yourface.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gXWLYsI-oOLoqY7c8s5eOENy-SX7tpuTZb6x1FSvQJHjyDuLxvWH-o0WZagfqnA9lHVj_xan6fqg_J-EL1wOtY259gzMgzDzUzStw9FgUZ7XXDLr-bSsSyAdQYfOUeZpRRWW-1jyXZJc/s320/Yourface.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328771881853536786" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">Via </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/04/fish-market-alien-sighting/">Pink Tentacle</a><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">.</span>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-85007305941424593462009-04-12T00:01:00.003-04:002009-04-12T00:06:52.863-04:00High Art Tentacles<span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">Yet another beautiful piece - this one by Sven Atema. I can't reproduce the images here, but click through to his website: http://www.svenatema.com/</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">Select sculpture, and feast your eyes on the first two images. They're two different views of a gorgeous bronze tentacle sculpture. </span>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-90331805801028202862009-04-11T23:45:00.003-04:002009-04-11T23:55:44.140-04:00Meaty Tentacles<span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">The headline for this one is "Redneck Sushi." The best part about it is that it's made by a </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://ewhite.com/">brilliant artist</a><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;"> for himself - not for a child. I will admit that I could never cut hot dogs so delicately.</span><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PsCopZJ5uwCgRIdu30AkpBnWg7tM1v6GCdb8JePFz6STO5h18loFsV0krDaTtuiV8y0tjn9qdvvxU40e5LhNKriPlaXQ5hvXulhL82zs7kT9XKpHM9wtlGXjJ3nU_FxyZlKcMV8eelh5/s1600-h/rednecksss.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PsCopZJ5uwCgRIdu30AkpBnWg7tM1v6GCdb8JePFz6STO5h18loFsV0krDaTtuiV8y0tjn9qdvvxU40e5LhNKriPlaXQ5hvXulhL82zs7kT9XKpHM9wtlGXjJ3nU_FxyZlKcMV8eelh5/s320/rednecksss.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323648179071180914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">From </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.supertouchart.com/2009/03/20/culinary-cornerwtf-fileseric-whites-redneck-sushi/">SuperTouchArt</a><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">, found by Tentacle fan Katherine</span>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-14678889978270729232009-04-11T23:26:00.003-04:002009-04-11T23:28:13.334-04:00Poke-Twitter-Tentacles<span style="font-family: courier new;">I never followed Pokemon, but apparently many of the creatures are now on Twitter, including this guy - </span><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://twitter.com/tentacruel">Tentacruel</a><span style="font-family: courier new;">.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxb6RHyfc3GivixOeUpX5VR5KpxEolK82k5r7wolzRfucdzFlOOlYMTmiisB4d0VRSjKCOQCkbZLnQyF7lSHtzkow_89X13km69Y2zvzU06frVnJfwI6XZIamPMIXSh8WDzYCesSAu2ZQW/s1600-h/Tentacruel_by_ChromosomeJenova.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxb6RHyfc3GivixOeUpX5VR5KpxEolK82k5r7wolzRfucdzFlOOlYMTmiisB4d0VRSjKCOQCkbZLnQyF7lSHtzkow_89X13km69Y2zvzU06frVnJfwI6XZIamPMIXSh8WDzYCesSAu2ZQW/s320/Tentacruel_by_ChromosomeJenova.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323641440952501858" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;"><br />Tweet your tentacles away!</span>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-86795763665548619962009-04-11T23:23:00.003-04:002009-04-11T23:25:47.765-04:00More Tentacles Than You Ever Imagined<span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >The oh-so-necessary<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><a style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/66152265@N00/pool/">Tentacle Flickr Pool</a></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" ><br /><br />- officially entitled "Welcome, Squid Overlords."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >Hours of squiddy fun!</span>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-45665588004383573622009-04-11T23:17:00.003-04:002009-04-11T23:23:03.782-04:00iTentacles<span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">Squid iphone case! Most tragically, it's already sold out.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoy1f6td0D3-7-os8kfc0D2IOuFBBS5e0pyVhoD_u3wFod3OVcuLc13HoaQyDR1rtiLJdKyP9mRONyAQsXwJS3ku0bo7TCxJrEC4ciQDcF6xDxr-pYD3ZG9NaYFerUXTGH5pUh7Q7h4v-D/s1600-h/3383739730_f92f19e645_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoy1f6td0D3-7-os8kfc0D2IOuFBBS5e0pyVhoD_u3wFod3OVcuLc13HoaQyDR1rtiLJdKyP9mRONyAQsXwJS3ku0bo7TCxJrEC4ciQDcF6xDxr-pYD3ZG9NaYFerUXTGH5pUh7Q7h4v-D/s320/3383739730_f92f19e645_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323639641387440962" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">Via </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://laughingsquid.com/squid-iphone-case-by-hine-mizushima/">Laughing Squid</a><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">, as sold by </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5124044">Hine Mizushima</a><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">.</span>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-88277843922746969112009-03-29T20:33:00.003-04:002009-03-29T22:49:48.656-04:00Japanese Tentacle Advertisements<span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >Things I like:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >1. Advertising</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >2. Japan</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >3. Tentacles</span><br /><br /><object style="font-family: courier new;" width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/atGBvJy6BDM&rel=0&border=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/atGBvJy6BDM&rel=0&border=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="349"></embed></object><br /><br /><p style="font-family: courier new;">The city of Hakodate, Japan has been producing official tourism videos unlike any you’ve ever seen before — action-packed affairs starring famous landmarks as giant robots that battle a runaway mechanical squid hijacked by vengeful aliens.</p> <p style="font-family: courier new;">The first video begins with an interesting factoid: According to a survey of 100 aliens, Hakodate is the number one city they would most like to invade.</p><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >Via </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/03/alien-squid-vs-giant-robots-in-tourism-videos/">Pink Tentacle</a>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-26908732047320864512009-03-25T00:54:00.002-04:002009-03-25T01:01:46.026-04:00Pretend Video Game Tentacles<span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >I can't say I really understand this one, but the wacky video game octopuses/octopi/octopodes are *amazing. Yes, you must watch all 12 minutes. There's some good octopus action around the 3 minute mark, and plenty more where that came from. </span><br /><br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=908674814285543652&hl=en&fs=true" style="width: 400px; height: 326px; font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >Via <a href="http://www.twitter.com/elliotronen">Elliot</a>.</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" > Because he's weird.</span>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-31399874727176582862009-03-24T20:11:00.003-04:002009-03-24T20:18:57.271-04:00Ancient Tentacle Games<span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">Behold the greatness that is Utagawa Kuniyoshi, who has an exhibit at the Royal Academy (in the UK). They call him "Manga master of the 19th century."</span><br /><br /><a style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilb6CHlQb9CY9nuhfkvcWAnN-sTUVHLhF0OGn8zHtwSU90DZLiVag2hs53A7qswfH1fEKv_n1-EwWSRcmXAUxmpJD4k4c48RpVk5DS5ZJxqqQPKhKLBH0AZ198t5BCS-yMbN9Hji19D82w/s1600-h/Kuniyoshi-Octopus-games-b-002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilb6CHlQb9CY9nuhfkvcWAnN-sTUVHLhF0OGn8zHtwSU90DZLiVag2hs53A7qswfH1fEKv_n1-EwWSRcmXAUxmpJD4k4c48RpVk5DS5ZJxqqQPKhKLBH0AZ198t5BCS-yMbN9Hji19D82w/s320/Kuniyoshi-Octopus-games-b-002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316911491748624306" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">This work is entitled Octopus games, dating from 1840-42. Definitely better than </span><a style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.emailsanta.com/gameshead.asp">Rudolph's</a> <a style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0184858/">reindeer games</a><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">. </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;" class="credit"><br />Photograph from the American Friends of the British Museum (The Arthur R Miller Collection)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">Via the </span><a style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2009/mar/23/art-exhibition?picture=344945130">UK Guardian</a><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">. Thanks to </span><a style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.dsyn.net">n8</a><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">!</span>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-28907872665397582992009-03-23T13:11:00.003-04:002009-03-23T13:13:43.425-04:00Baby Tentacles<span style="font-family: courier new;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Guest blogger</span> </span><em style="font-family: courier new;"></em><em style="font-family: courier new;"><a href="http://twitter.com/SFSlim">Aaron Muszalski</a> on Laughing Squid says it best when he writes:</em><br /><br /><a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoKvtO8JmsyGRS20fv3fsIX-5sDClDd4F3TPEOjXwUHqZ11rQTdqIfquB0OntloxOhA7Kj7hZW5E63-auAH2pyYmbcxa26leR6LZEkAZQTCXSYUb1Lo4aBZlZh2SdctWrTKkjnpU2Ze2CZ/s1600-h/Octomom.jpg">American sculptor </a><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Edwards">Daniel Edwards</a><span style="font-family: courier new;">, best known for his often </span><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/30/nyregion/30britney.html">controversial depictions</a><span style="font-family: courier new;"> of celebrities and other figures from popular culture, has produced a sculpture inspired by </span><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadya_Suleman">Nadya Suleman</a><span style="font-family: courier new;">, aka “OctoMom”, the California woman who recently </span><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/us/04octuplets.html">gave birth to octuplets</a><span style="font-family: courier new;">. The sculpture is entitled </span><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.guyhepner.com/products/view/string-of-babies-by-daniel-edwards">“String of Babies, holds a baby bottle upright”</a><span style="font-family: courier new;"> and depicts Ms. Suleman as a disembodied cephalopod, beatifically embracing her brood with her hot pink tentacles.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoKvtO8JmsyGRS20fv3fsIX-5sDClDd4F3TPEOjXwUHqZ11rQTdqIfquB0OntloxOhA7Kj7hZW5E63-auAH2pyYmbcxa26leR6LZEkAZQTCXSYUb1Lo4aBZlZh2SdctWrTKkjnpU2Ze2CZ/s1600-h/Octomom.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoKvtO8JmsyGRS20fv3fsIX-5sDClDd4F3TPEOjXwUHqZ11rQTdqIfquB0OntloxOhA7Kj7hZW5E63-auAH2pyYmbcxa26leR6LZEkAZQTCXSYUb1Lo4aBZlZh2SdctWrTKkjnpU2Ze2CZ/s320/Octomom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316432108902860050" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">From the always-essential </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://laughingsquid.com/string-of-babies-an-octomom-sculpture-by-daniel-edwards/">Laughing Squid</a>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-47317260548986072282009-03-17T02:13:00.004-04:002009-03-17T02:18:25.581-04:00Beware of Tentacles<a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOLfR9TNfeo0Fi66BW0Kwm9l04iLftMmNlj2dTcuCvN4Hs9yrL3K-yM7utle4hczeceJX32UvsZPxH0iQaVFR384NyIlyC4uwCKVCmDakQr0P-pqYqBaAMJN0Grklcrbzvcf0ATZxkLkD/s1600-h/Beware+Tentacles.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOLfR9TNfeo0Fi66BW0Kwm9l04iLftMmNlj2dTcuCvN4Hs9yrL3K-yM7utle4hczeceJX32UvsZPxH0iQaVFR384NyIlyC4uwCKVCmDakQr0P-pqYqBaAMJN0Grklcrbzvcf0ATZxkLkD/s320/Beware+Tentacles.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314036509100126786" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">Signs warning of poisonous jellyfish, ostensibly in Australia. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">Read the full article about box jellyfish at </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/story/2009/03/15/beware-box-jellyfish-found/">The Gladstone Observer.</a>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-87061550087462606002009-03-17T01:58:00.003-04:002009-03-17T02:04:51.581-04:00How to Draw Tentacles<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUHERKr-SYtg90j5zUW4drCFkuZPGBNACXMO8rhPbaaDyhyphenhyphenBGs7yms1Gs80JWJYtIy5gUDnupFwFio11f7ZByfmtzz2jClVm-Dl-YxLHCFH_LwCXGO7teGrJuriTssn17Z9XlGtFbwJXLm/s1600-h/FireShot+capture+%2330+-+%27Finding+Inspiration%27+-+www_webdesignerwall_com_general_finding-inspiration.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUHERKr-SYtg90j5zUW4drCFkuZPGBNACXMO8rhPbaaDyhyphenhyphenBGs7yms1Gs80JWJYtIy5gUDnupFwFio11f7ZByfmtzz2jClVm-Dl-YxLHCFH_LwCXGO7teGrJuriTssn17Z9XlGtFbwJXLm/s400/FireShot+capture+%2330+-+%27Finding+Inspiration%27+-+www_webdesignerwall_com_general_finding-inspiration.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314032304431886178" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">In case you ever wondered. Drawing lessons for the computer. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">From </span><a style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.webdesignerwall.com/general/finding-inspiration/">Web Designer Wall</a><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">.</span>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-6234563453061292762009-03-17T01:46:00.003-04:002009-03-17T01:56:20.908-04:00Don't Touch a Tentacle<span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:courier new;" >Kiss a Jellyfish and Live to Tell About It!</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">March 14</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Monica Bryant</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Oceanic adventures abound from kitesurfing and windsurfing to snorkeling and scuba diving. But nothing puts a damper on a great adventure like getting stung by a jellyfish, unless, of course, you know how to handle one. Then jellyfish can become </span><em style="font-family: courier new;">part</em><span style="font-family:courier new;"> of your adventure! For beachgoers, the possibility of a shark sighting may be on the minds of some, but chances are pretty slim that one will be spotted. Jellyfish sightings, on the other hand, are not so rare an occurrence.</span><br /><div face="courier new" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /><a style="font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHmR_TkM9vF61MC51DhGIxxYIsYap2-JRSSB8E3mSCm6frd7zqUDCMEC4J_18zrLhf0FjAsOzVT0pcZA31FIw8wm3A79kkFUb9d_Z0T8e5rGvbIcjPRECU8sN47YaW1tlaIzxRl9msMRYz/s1600-h/Dad_Holding_Jellyfish(4).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHmR_TkM9vF61MC51DhGIxxYIsYap2-JRSSB8E3mSCm6frd7zqUDCMEC4J_18zrLhf0FjAsOzVT0pcZA31FIw8wm3A79kkFUb9d_Z0T8e5rGvbIcjPRECU8sN47YaW1tlaIzxRl9msMRYz/s320/Dad_Holding_Jellyfish(4).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314029994292691362" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: courier new;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: courier new;">Most people equate jellyfish with warnings like “Beware!” “Don’t step on it!” and “Touch it and you’ll be in the hospital!”. Rightly so. Jellyfish may be 95% water, but they can pack a painful and dangerous sting. The average person, though, has never heard how to <em>safely</em> handle a jellyfish. Before working a short stint at a local aquarium, I had never heard either. In fact, a recent internet search I did on the subject turned up little. So, consider yourself in an elite group.<br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: courier new;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: courier new;">Now that you're overcome with curiosity, here's the "fun fact" that few beachgoers are privy to: Only the tentacles of a jellyfish sting. The dome-shaped part of the jellyfish (called the bell or hood) can actually be touched. The president of the Lebanese Union of Divers, Mohammed al-Sarji, even goes so far as to kiss them! Personally, I like to keep my face a safe distance away. Jellyfish tentacles can be extremely long and they have a way of floating all over the place. (Apparently, the largest jellyfish can reach 8ft. in diameter with tentacles as long as half the length of a football field!)<br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: courier new;">Now before you set out to make “jellyfish-handling” the next great reality t.v. show, remember to exercise caution and common sense. This tidbit of information should not to be taken lightly. Picking up a jellyfish washed up on the shore is one thing. By the time you see one in the ocean, it’s tentacles may have already reached you. If you or someone you know has the misfortune of being stung by one, experts recommend washing off any tentacles with salt water or removing the tentacles with tweezers and then treating the affected area with vinegar to neutralize the toxin.<br /><br /></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: courier new;"> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; font-family: courier new;">Now you've been informed and warned... so this summer when you want to impress your friends, you can courageously demonstrate how to handle a jellyfish and live to tell the tale!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">From </span><a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-4350-Oklahoma-City-Adventure-Travel-Examiner%7Ey2009m3d14-Kiss-a-jellyfish-and-live-to-tell-about-it"><span style="font-style: italic;">Examiner.com.</span><br /></a></div>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-24790291981347022142009-03-17T01:26:00.002-04:002009-03-17T01:32:21.180-04:00Excellent Tentacle Taste<span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">Via the messy web of the internet, I bring you another Octopus necklace.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNH7xnafDIlHIn2bccAjUfCAeuyTCvybxONANYlNEJt9sZ-VnuP9tKMxBqRfrG2XJPckF5VN-XGPbssRypu8_fK9W8k9B8mnt_QE2DFiGO3J_ENFhmAbFl99Y8zC69Jmc1BgMtBQcau9R/s1600-h/Necklacecard.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNH7xnafDIlHIn2bccAjUfCAeuyTCvybxONANYlNEJt9sZ-VnuP9tKMxBqRfrG2XJPckF5VN-XGPbssRypu8_fK9W8k9B8mnt_QE2DFiGO3J_ENFhmAbFl99Y8zC69Jmc1BgMtBQcau9R/s320/Necklacecard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314025252921483938" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">On </span><a style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/livlab/3359577155/">Flickr</a><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;"> via the owner's Twitter account, as reposted by another who asked how to avoid tangled necklaces when traveling.</span>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-33880448403807125232009-03-12T13:34:00.004-04:002009-03-12T14:06:11.254-04:00Tentacles: High Art and Low Art<span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >Tentacles can be found everywhere - not merely on octopodes (the plural of octopus) and squid. We've learned that they're all over <a href="http://todayintentacles.blogspot.com/2008/12/tentacle-wear.html">Etsy.com</a> can be found frequently in <a href="http://todayintentacles.blogspot.com/2009/02/interior-design-tentacles.html">art galleries</a>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >The latest tentacle sitings:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >ATM ad on Allen Street in the Lower East Side - the text reads "GET MONEY! GET MONEY!"</span><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieccxZU5tpNn4zBe_u-Stgv87VRPgBxsCfMencIXszIj-rF08u8nXoLGafkWasp4u4lgo1TblY2BesyGohE0nvuMEDABXtbSJtZFNtMPkYEXykuSNlBlqgkO6Lfykqj_gP7YYXQf7eWhg-/s1600-h/0311092006a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieccxZU5tpNn4zBe_u-Stgv87VRPgBxsCfMencIXszIj-rF08u8nXoLGafkWasp4u4lgo1TblY2BesyGohE0nvuMEDABXtbSJtZFNtMPkYEXykuSNlBlqgkO6Lfykqj_gP7YYXQf7eWhg-/s320/0311092006a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312362138480762034" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >And Frank Lloyd of the </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.franklloyd.com/">Frank Lloyd Gallery</a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" > in Santa Monica, CA </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://franklloydgallery.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/painting-the-fantastic/">blogs</a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" > about </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.franklloyd.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=13">Cindy Kolodziejski's</a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" > beautiful but unsettling sculptures:</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewGeD9YZB_zJX2ky3vdBvwRBWUJAnRPZhaz58kjygiViLG4_uZ2kufzrgrVWnXFSVyq9a0YfR-jAeqRT-XP-JhDShNZQrhhaefQBY7QEWMdOa106YKidQ3il_g4_48ZolY9RC6XhgAIKu/s1600-h/kolodziejski_blue-body-tentacles.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewGeD9YZB_zJX2ky3vdBvwRBWUJAnRPZhaz58kjygiViLG4_uZ2kufzrgrVWnXFSVyq9a0YfR-jAeqRT-XP-JhDShNZQrhhaefQBY7QEWMdOa106YKidQ3il_g4_48ZolY9RC6XhgAIKu/s320/kolodziejski_blue-body-tentacles.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312363497455638930" border="0" /></a>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-63602842891398634202009-03-07T19:27:00.005-05:002009-03-07T19:37:53.568-05:00A "Favourite" Tentacle<span style="font-family: courier new; font-weight: bold;">Octopuses Given Rubik's Cubes to Find Out if They Have a Favourite Tentacle</span><p style="font-family: courier new;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9aso2k7MzbmI63HPhmTZCQl0ghWtL-5Iq786V7DioihTWmgqprhba1KLJkj7pEHAoeDrunb1MhgY0A6X2ChcEyopNhbzTdx0U0M5UlL-bvKTPQ4cYRtwrbFm4EXjWQm0x0GnH5MLxZyH/s1600-h/cube.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9aso2k7MzbmI63HPhmTZCQl0ghWtL-5Iq786V7DioihTWmgqprhba1KLJkj7pEHAoeDrunb1MhgY0A6X2ChcEyopNhbzTdx0U0M5UlL-bvKTPQ4cYRtwrbFm4EXjWQm0x0GnH5MLxZyH/s320/cube.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310609551523218610" border="0" /></a></p><p style="font-family: courier new;">By <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=y&authornamef=A+Daily+Mail+Reporter" class="author">A Daily Mail Reporter</a><br />Last updated at 9:33 AM on 07th July 2008</p> <p style="font-family: courier new;">Marine experts have given 25 octopuses a Rubik's Cube each in a study aimed at easing their stress levels in captivity.<br /></p><p style="font-family: courier new;">Scientists believe the intelligent sea creatures have a preferred arm out of eight that they use to feed and investigate with.</p><p style="font-family: courier new;">They are now testing this theory with a month-long observation project in which the octopuses will be given food and toys to play with.</p><div style="font-family: courier new;" class="clear"> </div> <a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/07/07/article-1032700-01DD271900000578-286_468x334_popup.jpg" rel="Experts have launched a study at sea life centres across Europe to find out if octopuses have a favourite tentacle" class="lightboxPopupLink" onclick="return false"> <span class="clickToEnlargeTop"></span><span class="clickToEnlarge"></span><span class="clickToEnlargeButton"></span> </a> <p style="font-family: courier new;" class="imageCaption">Experts have launched a study at sea life centres across Europe to find out if octopuses have a favourite tentacle</p> <p style="font-family: courier new;"> They will then record whether the creatures use a specific limb to pick up the object or if they are octidextrous.<br /></p><p style="font-family: courier new;">It is hoped the results of the Sea Life Centre study will shed light on 'handiness' in the animal kingdom.<br /></p><p style="font-family: courier new;">Claire Little, marine expert at the Sea Life Centre in Weymouth, Dorset, said the study could eventually help to reduce stress among octopuses.<br /></p><p style="font-family: courier new;">She said: 'It will be very interesting to see the results.<br /></p><p style="font-family: courier new;">'Uniquely, octopuses have more than half their nerves in their arms and have even been shown to partially think with their arms.<br /></p> <p style="font-family: courier new;">'We hope the study will help the overall well-being of octopuses. They are very susceptible to stress so if they do have a favourite side to be fed on, it could reduce risk to them."<br /></p><p style="font-family: courier new;">The octopus research will take place in the 23 branches of the Sea Life Centre attractions Britain and Europe.</p><p style="font-family: courier new;">A diagram of an octopus will sit alongside the tanks with the arms on the right labelled R1, R2, R3 and R4 from front to back. The left arms will be numbered in the same way but with an L instead of an R.</p><p style="font-family: courier new;">Items such as a ball, a jam jar and lego bricks will be dropped into the water for the octopuses to play with.<br /></p><p style="font-family: courier new;">Visitors will then be asked to note down which arm was closest to the object and which arm picked it up.<br /></p><p style="font-family: courier new;">If the octopus uses several arms, they must write them all down but in the order they touched it.<br /></p><p style="font-family: courier new;">Staff at the centre will also do the same during feeding time.<br /></p><p style="font-family: courier new;">Miss Little said: 'Visitors will be handed a form asking them to participate in our study.<br /></p><p style="font-family: courier new;">'We will add the results to all of the data that has already been collected about octopuses. It will also help towards solving the mystery of handiness in the animal kingdom.'</p><p style="font-family: courier new;">The results will be analysed by Sea Life Centre biologists and the results will be announced in the autumn.</p><p style="font-family: courier new;"> </p> <div style="font-family: courier new;" class="clear"> </div> <!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --> <span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >Via the </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1032700/Octopuses-given-Rubiks-Cubes-favourite-tentacle.html">Daily Mail</a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >. Special thanks to </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.suggesteddonation.com">Suggested Donation</a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >, because sending us this sort of tentacle news DEFINES what we do here at <a href="http://www.blogger.com/todayintentacles.blogspot.com">TodayInTentacles</a>.<br /><br /></span>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-63122296408380496772009-03-03T18:22:00.004-05:002009-03-03T18:26:22.442-05:00Tentacle Cards<span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">Fomato Cards not only has many nifty cards with critters on them, they organize their selection by creature. Meaning that you can skip the chaff and go straight to the tentacles!</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizfWnWhHs1hn1wAhWrxfD_MC-LasZPP4IxTRp-6MgoJvPINxQH-55y20R2z8y4zkqWHnYRgzkneTJ1NAY3cjpXBipnoqm0fDAdZLCA2raLA8eTFYZP8eXZOFTvFWDMEkZ8xJ34fwVgsFAr/s1600-h/B50_front.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizfWnWhHs1hn1wAhWrxfD_MC-LasZPP4IxTRp-6MgoJvPINxQH-55y20R2z8y4zkqWHnYRgzkneTJ1NAY3cjpXBipnoqm0fDAdZLCA2raLA8eTFYZP8eXZOFTvFWDMEkZ8xJ34fwVgsFAr/s320/B50_front.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309106687242408514" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">Go straight to the octopus section at </span><a style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;" href="http://www.fomato.com/category.php?category_id=24">Fomato.com</a><span style="font-family: courier new; font-style: italic;">. Thanks Julie!</span>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-8030854331834285092009-03-01T19:00:00.003-05:002009-03-01T19:04:35.400-05:00Bioluminescent Tentacles<span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">Guess who? Heh. </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOsOVz1MHv33yzhyphenhyphenzoBN9l6DUlvAIlVpFd6cS-Oq-RS6OkSMwen6ZibhyR0OukNeS3Nn7oEX8fIKi3edO1AxthcIAX5o_ZfgF6ti1rMcR0n3cx7jkZAgek-W5lksYHuZGyW5clpRqipy15/s1600-h/Glowing+Green.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOsOVz1MHv33yzhyphenhyphenzoBN9l6DUlvAIlVpFd6cS-Oq-RS6OkSMwen6ZibhyR0OukNeS3Nn7oEX8fIKi3edO1AxthcIAX5o_ZfgF6ti1rMcR0n3cx7jkZAgek-W5lksYHuZGyW5clpRqipy15/s320/Glowing+Green.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308373817656235346" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYR8IpUvMlDv8Ha60eZ3SHisIFvT3CnY7ZJsaS9VQdfd6ZWDh5c0ACMy1OCV3s4sIXjtW50QfCSJqjBgBb9gPpQ2I66o3HntYHH0ORX85yGDlvxmYMGSkOF6lA-6zYdZN0KMPVzYMF61w/s1600-h/Back+Glow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYR8IpUvMlDv8Ha60eZ3SHisIFvT3CnY7ZJsaS9VQdfd6ZWDh5c0ACMy1OCV3s4sIXjtW50QfCSJqjBgBb9gPpQ2I66o3HntYHH0ORX85yGDlvxmYMGSkOF6lA-6zYdZN0KMPVzYMF61w/s320/Back+Glow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308373912932785010" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">Photos thanks to </span><a style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;" href="http://jigsawsoul.com">Jigsaw Soul</a><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">, who posted them on </span><a style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.facebook.com">Facebook</a><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">.</span>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410892870645881257.post-50856818603985991052009-03-01T18:35:00.002-05:002009-03-01T18:58:28.131-05:00Tentacle Link Dump<span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">Periodically, I come across tentacle blogs and tentacle named - websites that either have nothing to do with tentacles or that have so much tentacle content, I can't even decide which post should appear here. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">Presenting the latest and greatest - </span><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;" href="http://cephalopodiatrist.com/">The Cephalopodiatrist</a><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;"> - A career out of squid? We can only hope.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;" href="http://cephalopodteaparty.blogspot.com/">The Celphalopod Tea Party</a><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">- I think this blog may be doing similar things to what we do here at </span><a style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;" href="http://todayintentacles.blogspot.com">Today In Tentacles</a><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">. I salute them!</span><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.tentaclestudio.com">Tentacle Studio</a><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;"> - Amazing costume studio that made the Little Shop of Horrors Audrey II Broadway revival costume, some of the costumes for the Wicked Broadway musical, and many more.</span><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;" href="http://effpan.blogspot.com/"><br />Eff Likes to Play With Tentacles</a><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;"> - Personal blog belonging to Eff. Slightly explicit, but nothing ridiculous. Not really tentacle related. </span><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;" href="http://www.samsdotpublishing.com/tentacles.htm">The Book of Tentacles</a><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;"> - Forthcoming publication of sci fi/fantasy work.</span>Audrey.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02615649026471275014noreply@blogger.com0