Somewhat in tune with a.mar.illo's excellent weekly badge review yesterday, I want to showyou guys this badge that has apparently been around in Berlin since Obama appeared here last Thursday (although I haven't seen one). I agree, it lacks the true design quality, but I thought I'd share it with you nevertheless...

Enjoy :)

I recently came across 'The Musalman', the oldest Urdu daily newspaper in India and probably the only handwritten newspaper in the world. The paper was established in 1927 and is published in Chennai. Copies of this paper are shipped as far as Calcutta and Mumbay.
Four professional calligraphers spend three hours every day on each page.
I think it's a great feat concerning the precision and dedication needed for this task.
I also think calligraphy as such goes really well with our current competition :)

read more here...

Yesterday was April fools day, and I wonder how many of you were actually fooled :)
Here is a funny collection of yesterdays fools on the net. It's a fun browse- some of these are hilarious. My personal favourite is the BBC documentary on penguins that can fly. Or the new Google function that allows you to search for something one day in advance...

Have fun reading more here...

Something for the weekend and surely put things in perspective.
Animated infographic movie from Good Magazine, visually explaining who possesses nuclear bombs & how many, & what would happen when one would fall on New York City. (via infoaesthetics)

If you are interesting to find out more ..here are few more links:
Wikipedia: List of states with nuclear weapons
Or another bit of data visualisation, check this clip using oreo cookies to see how much exactly nuclear arsenal US has and the money that is spent to maintain these.

Allmightys Team would like to wish all our members and guests a Happy Chrismas and wonderful time with family and friends during this festive period.

Unfortunately, Santa was detained by Imperial Stormtroopers :( Read here.

Yours, Allmightys Team

If you are mad about badges or even just an ocasional fan then Badge Review is the place to go. Our latest designer a.mar.illo runs the blog and he knows his stuff!

In his words "...find some inspiration on 1 inch diameter."

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a.mar.illo's bronze winning design "Soul Machine" is currently in print and should be available in store in January.

Guerrilla Gardeners is a group of individuals with 171 people on their membership list who strike at night armed with shovels, shrubs and plants looking for areas of south london to brighten up.

Here is their latest effort:
I was invited to talk about guerilla gardening at the Port Eliot Lit Fest. A local tipped us off that the station had an orphaned platform, so Lyla 1046 and I dug out a fresh trench next to a smothered rose and in went two new mallow and some verbena. By mistake we also planted the MG in a boggy field.

Check them out here ..you can also make donations and take part yourself!

Continuing in the spirit of Big City Life, here are few photos of the incredible Tokyo Storm Water System.

About:
Brainchild of Japan Institute of Wastewater Engineering Technology (JIWET), this "sci-fi"-like installation consists of "five 32m diameter, 65m deep concrete containment silos, connected by 64 kilometers of tunnels 50 meters deep underground. The system is powered by 14000 horsepower turbines which can pump 200 tons of water a second into a nearby river."

See more pictures here and here

Also check out other Abandoned Tunnels & Vast Underground Spaces at darkroastedblend.com

Check out this short film on youtube by Sam Arthur.

The storyline is sad and comical at the same time. The film itself is very well scripted and executed. I especially like the cartoon elements in it.

I feel sorry for the guy though...

watch it here...

Something for Friday:

Here is a really cool and funny site which deals with all sorts of "worst case" scenarios and how to deal with them. There are hilarious situations like "How to control a runaway camel", situations that we really don't want to find ourselves in, like "How to Survive If Your Parachute Fails to Open" and stuff that will make you smile, like "How to Foil a UFO Abduction".

Some are really interesting, others will just make you laugh, but the site is well worth a visit on a relaxed afternoon.

My favourite is the one "How to Survive If You Are Caught Slacking". It comes with a nice drawing of the best sleeping position at your desk ;)

browse here...