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I tend to be amused by some pretty random things… and I think this video would fall into that category. I have a feeling it is meant to help promote tourism in Iceland after the big volcano scare. Pretty effective to me, I had a smile on my face the whole way through.

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Can you even imagine trying to find yourself a date before E-Harmony was invented? Well, before internet stalking came along there was this. Enjoy. Big thanks to my friend James Sullivan at BNQT.com for passing this gem along.

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I’m going to be honest with you… when I made this How To: Origami Hat post, I didn’t really think anyone would actually pull through and make the thing. But people did, and I’m stoked. Some even went to the extent of getting their mom buzzed to pose in their pictures (see above). Every time I received one of these shots in my e-mail, it seriously made my day. I’ll have to come up with some more how-to’s,  but for now check out the rest of the entries after the jump.

Kelsey Van Patten made hers colorful.

Jeff Holce liked it so much that he made some for his friends too.

Caroline Butterfield wanted me to give her photo credit to photobooth.

Sonexay Phianesana didn’t have much to say.

Wells Travis went above and beyond on this photo series with his mom as the model…. this is what he had to say:

“On the very rare occasion, I return to the Washington D.C area and visit my home. A place with little memories set out in the country where my mother and father live. When staying there, I really try to have personal activities so that we can reconnect. Seeing your post made me smile and I realized adding your activity with the usual joint ritual of gin & tonics and gardening with my mother was just to easy. Sally, my mom, owns her own medical staffing agency in D.C. It is a twenty-four hour job and is anything but funny. So what better than an origami hat and a cocktail to cheer someone up after a long day. Cheers!”

Happy I could contribute to some family bonding.

Thanks to everyone who sent in shots. Honestly made my day. Hopefully more of these to come.

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Don’t know what to make for dinner? This site will help. My friend Josh just passed this this link on to me and I had to share it. You can click on the name of the food and it will bring you to the recipe. Don’t eat meat? There are options for you too. Simple and amazing. Click on the image above to go to the site.

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Over the weekend I made a stop at Corey Smith’s house up in LA. His living room is a photographer’s dream come true, a built in seamless. So we spent the night messing around shooting photos. More shots after the jump.

Check out some of Corey’s photos from the night on his photo blog.

Justin Lomery

Corey Smith

A look at the setup

Bat by Noel Sinclair Boyt

Justin + Kaiza Losch

Kaiza

Alex Mertz trying to get the exposure right

Corey’s Photos

Corey through the viewfinder or Mertz’s camera

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My friend Tom sent this over to me the other week. I don’t know why, but I couldn’t stop watching it. I’m easily amused though. Some of the facial expressions are amazing. If it can hold your attention long enough wait till 3:46. Good stuff, thanks Tom.

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Last week when I was up in Portland I swung through a Japanese Garden. It happened to be “kids day” or something like that there, and one of the activities was to make an origami hat out of newspaper. I had to get in on it. A friend happened to document the entire process so now I am sharing it with you.

Whoever can successfully make one of these newspaper hats and send me a picture of you wearing it to, laura@laustindesign.com. I will make a post using your pictures, and send you a surprise in the mail.

Check out the steps after the jump.

Take one piece of newspaper… fold it into a triangle and fold in that extra flap to make a perfect triangle

Fold the corners up to make a square.

Fold the corners to the opposite tip to create two triangles.

Fold down the tips of your triangles to create “ears”

Fold the top flap of your lower triangle, midway up the triangle with the ears.

Fold up the excess to create a brim.

Fold the remaining lower flap inside the hat.

Voilà.. an origami hat. Get folding.

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Happy Cinco De Mayo everyone! Thanks to Tim for sharing this video.

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Click for a surprise.

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This is random… but I kinda like it. Directed by Jordan Clarke

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