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There's an origami convention convention underway in Japan this weekend, with some truly impressive pieces on display. There's an AP story, but words don't do it justice. See the personal site of one of the professional paper-folders, or photos taken at a previous convention, or just discover the essence of origami.
As a result from stress and aggrevation I've apparently made a couple of origami sheep while in school.
And I thought they were just cruppled up pieces of paper.
Some aim to please, I aim to tease.
So much folding that it even makes SETI jealous!
please.
ugh
I know what you're all thinking: "Professional paper-folders? How can that be?". Well actually, it's not too difficult for a talented paper-folder to make a decent living touring the competitive oragami circuits and getting endorsement deals with paper companies and such. They're really a lot like pro skateboarders or Nascar drivers, except they get more paper cuts.
You know you spend too much time online when you immediately think of "@home" whenever anyone mentions folding
I can't even take the credit (blame) for this terrible pun. But I can't recall who to attribute it to.
Prime numbers are exactly what Alan Greenspan says they are -S. Minsky
That woman works magic. It's that simple
Check out the "ball"
From the artist's caption:
"This ball is crumpled from a single uncut square. I suggested that they could crumple a ball themselves, but they wanted to defer to "the artist." Who am I to argue?"
How many of these people are Gentoo users that are tying to pick up a hobby as they're compiling.
I'm going to go to the mall right now and show up all those weenie Gap employees with their weenie folding boards.
Apparently so.
"...all the labours of the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness..." yada yada
I'd actually just started folding a crane while absent-mindedly hitting refresh on slashdot.
It has to be the first origami I've done in a month, and I was thinking of looking up some new things to attempt.
Of course, my favourite is still Yoda (Instructions, pdf).
None of them can compete with the origami boulder!
:)
--krahd
mod me up scottie!
I am rather good at making an oragami boulder. I get to practice almost daily given how much junk mail arrives in my mailbox 6 days a week.
So why isn't this an Olympic sport? It has all the requirements - drama (is it another freaking crane?), risk of serious injury (paper cuts), and obviously a worldwide following - but most importantly I might even be able to win a medal.
By asking barks to count the sheep, are you trying to put barks to sleep?
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We recently had heard in the office over one of the Yellow Machine that's made by Anthology Solutions.
Lord, it seems like slashdot'll post a story about John Romero and Linux Torvalds teaming up on a Linux toaster, and somebody will feel like chiming in "...is this really news for nerds? I mean, it's about toast!". But post an ORIGAMI CONVENTION on the FRONT PAGE and everybody's just like "Origami...? Cool!".
Not really complaining, but it's kinda' weird.
I'm sorry, but this is slashdot. If I don't link to it, someone else will ;-)
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Now I understand, after staring at it for ages. The trick is to pinch the nipple firmly, and keep hold of it!