Sexin' Up That Stogie With Custom Bejeweled Cigar Bands & Gold Ashtrays

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUG4mYcpBV8iHDtMI-tLRE_u2I6LyICFqGymB4pK-kh8T4AdLuQsmk_2uQPz92QudswXITsKT9b073B-HHBiRIpCfFEbVtNoQwsex7ZvsMgCD3w0sMWQnTN9Ms0RVgleg2OIPi9T3prTx/s1600-h/ysenbandshero.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319423387609887794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUG4mYcpBV8iHDtMI-tLRE_u2I6LyICFqGymB4pK-kh8T4AdLuQsmk_2uQPz92QudswXITsKT9b073B-HHBiRIpCfFEbVtNoQwsex7ZvsMgCD3w0sMWQnTN9Ms0RVgleg2OIPi9T3prTx/s400/ysenbandshero.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 356px;" /></a><br /><br />Okay, so smoking cigars and spending money on bejeweled accessories for them are both pretty gauche, but that's what made these products so fascinating to me. Ysenberg specializes in the design and production of high value accessories in the world of cigars. Their point, in their words, is to realize and arrange the individual wishes of the customer.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-ikXeACDwofupKgTBlsZN7-UYx30N7ELjeEO5IuMIKyjH127_Yah5sXsNWQKPsy6j_1qkjZQQWK0CQy97gOTXhsKuxqpLmKQBvNTw2FpJrAiFjYUyuMy4BTrEDUbMF_BfJncWEUYO70b/s1600-h/Picture+45.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312084911938662370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-ikXeACDwofupKgTBlsZN7-UYx30N7ELjeEO5IuMIKyjH127_Yah5sXsNWQKPsy6j_1qkjZQQWK0CQy97gOTXhsKuxqpLmKQBvNTw2FpJrAiFjYUyuMy4BTrEDUbMF_BfJncWEUYO70b/s400/Picture+45.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 379px;" /></a><br /><br />That said, they have two lines of products; Ysenbands (actual custom personalized gold or gold plated sterling silver and gemstone cigar bands with leather accents) and Ysentrays (cigar ash trays made with gold, gold leaf, gold accents and crystal or dichroic glass).<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">YSENBANDS</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2kzzMWS3b1OZcuCTlXtM2d48d1plEbZQahmMiulRCvemmO8GugZz5J_AjutMQybkdLmDGUMKQnWjNW1RlokpuqthvO3Qx1iGFTMp8cCsqaT4QNG8uKuHIkxVOhjkY7KtxiTZu9SkckBqY/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312069509909264050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2kzzMWS3b1OZcuCTlXtM2d48d1plEbZQahmMiulRCvemmO8GugZz5J_AjutMQybkdLmDGUMKQnWjNW1RlokpuqthvO3Qx1iGFTMp8cCsqaT4QNG8uKuHIkxVOhjkY7KtxiTZu9SkckBqY/s400/Picture+2.png" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 215px; height: 224px;" /></a><br /><br />Some Ysenband customers include the King of Benin and Chief of the Ritz in Paris:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVOrFM1Ew9-EsnXzKEvUyDV4rewcePVIc_y9sKY4ikYe_kVbRl-7Bb0wj_GcwP653fHRegbd-mfzC1Io166SyrDjNjkUs-AvIdgiY2y3cV2AiuvPdreEc_GuFbTJMhsfI_yiNJaPCI9Ao/s1600-h/Picture+25.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312071740068053826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIVOrFM1Ew9-EsnXzKEvUyDV4rewcePVIc_y9sKY4ikYe_kVbRl-7Bb0wj_GcwP653fHRegbd-mfzC1Io166SyrDjNjkUs-AvIdgiY2y3cV2AiuvPdreEc_GuFbTJMhsfI_yiNJaPCI9Ao/s400/Picture+25.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 238px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9R1Xqq6DxTeR-W9eAqqcjdkC5wQpIuY9Vr6mxP-v9ec1D9XXnFRVFDEyrbML7-lqzctN3Ou3gLiUDDpTdSY-PcN0YVLI8PoO-wi5L-1errJqorG7ddl9wkMuRU0YNPHAnmgRA7nmVSLY/s1600-h/Picture+27.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312071994719112514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9R1Xqq6DxTeR-W9eAqqcjdkC5wQpIuY9Vr6mxP-v9ec1D9XXnFRVFDEyrbML7-lqzctN3Ou3gLiUDDpTdSY-PcN0YVLI8PoO-wi5L-1errJqorG7ddl9wkMuRU0YNPHAnmgRA7nmVSLY/s400/Picture+27.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 239px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">YSENTRAYS</span></span>- crystal and gold leaf ashtrays<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqbnLsGza836_s6WJoSJcE53xZjhBNbjBTQnx_aFnf87kssdvIr_BrPYucNxH4lQSCFgTojSxJDqDGmDbY1WL5vZJBnF51oG8hzPDS_TUMqOvZbR4wIsWz6_VgoO6ZECFG20FKk6CEYiX3/s1600-h/Picture+45.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312076955717321458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqbnLsGza836_s6WJoSJcE53xZjhBNbjBTQnx_aFnf87kssdvIr_BrPYucNxH4lQSCFgTojSxJDqDGmDbY1WL5vZJBnF51oG8hzPDS_TUMqOvZbR4wIsWz6_VgoO6ZECFG20FKk6CEYiX3/s400/Picture+45.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwYakwKzMzLZ3uCJEYTIGosHWRytOPbaaNXD6mFI25VdvzBN4HHWfBU86E4wSIE7S4tgS0Zk8n_2oJRuQJ_wwClEO-wQdbeoL2iSvdx0rZlLE6XUydcQzj86ihwGVRjLMMQEC1yDz8066/s1600-h/Picture+49.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312076140869946994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwYakwKzMzLZ3uCJEYTIGosHWRytOPbaaNXD6mFI25VdvzBN4HHWfBU86E4wSIE7S4tgS0Zk8n_2oJRuQJ_wwClEO-wQdbeoL2iSvdx0rZlLE6XUydcQzj86ihwGVRjLMMQEC1yDz8066/s400/Picture+49.png" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 400px; height: 314px;" /></a><br /><br />Ysenberg items come with a certificate with registered individual numbers on all their products.<br />Their products can be found at high end cigar and smoke shops all over Europe. Go <a href="http://www.ysenberg.com/index,890,776.html">here</a> to find distributors.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">YSENBERG e.U.</span><br />Johanna Fritsche<br />Tschapina 10<br />6707 Bürserberg<br />AUSTRIA<br />T: +43 (0)664 912 79 39<br />F: +43 (0)5552 62648 19<br /><a href="http://ww.ysenberg.com%20/">ysenberg.com </a>

Sexin' Up That Stogie With Custom Bejeweled Cigar Bands & Gold Ashtrays

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The AURA by Motorola: A Mobile Phone Inspired By A Luxury Watch

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFoHHSr4Ou-5vnPgI1hqMfyFenzlxStOMvPLoLbZlKhy2QsJyC8i1u7FsiC1a9EX9xNmktwCfD6qFOSs2jx5UxBaUIzOLNTGEvXYFLe7VSuON61HaVVJ832fnlbIAkpNC6n1Ozm-V6wr0F/s1600-h/Picture+22.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318651264116348226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFoHHSr4Ou-5vnPgI1hqMfyFenzlxStOMvPLoLbZlKhy2QsJyC8i1u7FsiC1a9EX9xNmktwCfD6qFOSs2jx5UxBaUIzOLNTGEvXYFLe7VSuON61HaVVJ832fnlbIAkpNC6n1Ozm-V6wr0F/s400/Picture+22.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 350px;" /></a><br /><br />The Motorola AURA phone distinguishes itself from other mobile phones with some very unique features in addition to being pretty darn pretty to look at.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73uXhcPZBsUxNkTXBx9-FLsEVPli6tfL5tsxFhVBP2ZPbEH9TMK6qiYle59OltaJEZqKSDCP-Xyrl7FAowZ09oKxFAwbvU2aD1z8BPit-vlnaEwBTy04zzktWWNTCGes6teIBTAif3ADV/s1600-h/Picture+32.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318659116367178482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73uXhcPZBsUxNkTXBx9-FLsEVPli6tfL5tsxFhVBP2ZPbEH9TMK6qiYle59OltaJEZqKSDCP-Xyrl7FAowZ09oKxFAwbvU2aD1z8BPit-vlnaEwBTy04zzktWWNTCGes6teIBTAif3ADV/s400/Picture+32.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 363px;" /></a><br /><br />The world's first to have a round, 16 million color sapphire crystal display screen, the stainless steel phone also has a fixed focus 2 megapixel camera, quad band internal antennae, EDGE technology, video capture and video playing capabilities, bluetooth, USB high speed, multimedia and standby talk time up to 400 hours. It even comes with the following game apps: RealDice Chess, RealDice Backgammon.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilje3_IJvxAZNSlyysCvVTEk3uGWttkG04Iwv2AKGSDv7Jkx6eIB3x8mkNLwkbMa1pKz7FhLYy9lsabPmmQFz99zgD5_9smOZZ3_Dwuogkqc8kdE3CEcBCZGC-qNitCQZJuGdaaiSJ-j7t/s1600-h/Picture+20.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318651355637788978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilje3_IJvxAZNSlyysCvVTEk3uGWttkG04Iwv2AKGSDv7Jkx6eIB3x8mkNLwkbMa1pKz7FhLYy9lsabPmmQFz99zgD5_9smOZZ3_Dwuogkqc8kdE3CEcBCZGC-qNitCQZJuGdaaiSJ-j7t/s400/Picture+20.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>AURA™ by Motorola is a timeless, classically designed device that delivers a sensory experience that is second-to-none for those with refined taste. Combining an exquisite interface with superb craftsmanship inspired by high-end watches, AURA breaks convention and re-establishes artistry in the design and manufacturing of mobile devices. From the moment an AURA owner picks up his or her device they embark on a journey of discovery.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxrcQZ_ekZEeUn-GYQpbN8cCu6m9QJNDrGmK8JR3nj5HbY8WzNw9MMN9_bivfpzfQT2YZtbjDjqisPlDasjMurKO1zekTFvvs0UPGkHXqM48DCBnk24IchZBGl9EXG1VzG8FOn_PYKfW6/s1600-h/Picture+33.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318661547825416706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxrcQZ_ekZEeUn-GYQpbN8cCu6m9QJNDrGmK8JR3nj5HbY8WzNw9MMN9_bivfpzfQT2YZtbjDjqisPlDasjMurKO1zekTFvvs0UPGkHXqM48DCBnk24IchZBGl9EXG1VzG8FOn_PYKfW6/s400/Picture+33.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 441px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBx3guZ3z3DHDGYu7kRsPalEei_88-SRG3dXVlPfjU7foPAeudsAIrH0iDMOkhEsxm0lknAFlRrcDnx4Ck_J79m079HtC0hfy_tDjRlNr0pc7paOFzsEFbhdzEaKZIlWMMaZ3UnbpFlFgM/s1600-h/Picture+23.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318651188769384530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBx3guZ3z3DHDGYu7kRsPalEei_88-SRG3dXVlPfjU7foPAeudsAIrH0iDMOkhEsxm0lknAFlRrcDnx4Ck_J79m079HtC0hfy_tDjRlNr0pc7paOFzsEFbhdzEaKZIlWMMaZ3UnbpFlFgM/s400/Picture+23.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 458px;" /></a><br />• not available in black.<br /><br />An Exquisitely Performing Device, Designed to the Highest Standards<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMuxK8pHDSzYAUUZB6mce16rO-5eupcQyOYic3dE5n3gUlUo0eE4_Huwu0T03iLmtZUhSmyAGbBahEGsV9NNuPiUMNi7I933RdDZRmWRRUKFKSFSJPgWtDrLVA9eUReOeDsracrcH5HjIF/s1600-h/Picture+27.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318654165778303250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMuxK8pHDSzYAUUZB6mce16rO-5eupcQyOYic3dE5n3gUlUo0eE4_Huwu0T03iLmtZUhSmyAGbBahEGsV9NNuPiUMNi7I933RdDZRmWRRUKFKSFSJPgWtDrLVA9eUReOeDsracrcH5HjIF/s400/Picture+27.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 346px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDA58vC7WEMfjiTZLHWClpr2zxvO4gyJ9TSUulj1NtkjVsIh_6NyXUlkHxAwf2fpnenPpwwrO57RXwjy06LSDxv58QaZpc3w7TUxofqwPQAh3OFbn8fP2Aa1Ew4SVx0ncrII_yh9dy1GFU/s1600-h/Picture+29.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318654072087792482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDA58vC7WEMfjiTZLHWClpr2zxvO4gyJ9TSUulj1NtkjVsIh_6NyXUlkHxAwf2fpnenPpwwrO57RXwjy06LSDxv58QaZpc3w7TUxofqwPQAh3OFbn8fP2Aa1Ew4SVx0ncrII_yh9dy1GFU/s400/Picture+29.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 384px;" /></a><br /><br />Drawing on inspiration, materials and techniques from luxury jewelers, AURA begins with the world's first 16 million color, circular display with more colors and sharper resolution than has ever been seen on a Motorola phone. The product's richness can literally be felt, from the weight of its stainless steel housing and the textures and patterns chemically-etched into its surface, to its Grade 1, 62-carat sapphire crystal lens, one of the most scratch-resistant materials on earth.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tnXAHqrbw_tnabfl6gvBI0kZ-fa_8A6NsrQTjDB9Dz6rJ_Z95Qs4DEWM_dU3TRe3YAdDsGnqXsUi8JRhCYSydarh1GorssKJmE8VhEQVXTSYBtcsLSbX1zb-uRkaD2__0NEA7f3t05O1/s1600-h/Picture+25.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318650999244045394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tnXAHqrbw_tnabfl6gvBI0kZ-fa_8A6NsrQTjDB9Dz6rJ_Z95Qs4DEWM_dU3TRe3YAdDsGnqXsUi8JRhCYSydarh1GorssKJmE8VhEQVXTSYBtcsLSbX1zb-uRkaD2__0NEA7f3t05O1/s400/Picture+25.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 396px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijidxbpVS0Poie7TwhzQjXAf2Q3Ox1DIaKPQ2MyWQXSdZSUTcy0BFfe72MybttFkpcfCUxpULU4aMJt8HSZFwwHBjveGRjeovdEi6h5OwB38zIM2m-Eujkb3K0H0_si99E_iVxAZYXT5dO/s1600-h/Picture+17.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318651455142233810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijidxbpVS0Poie7TwhzQjXAf2Q3Ox1DIaKPQ2MyWQXSdZSUTcy0BFfe72MybttFkpcfCUxpULU4aMJt8HSZFwwHBjveGRjeovdEi6h5OwB38zIM2m-Eujkb3K0H0_si99E_iVxAZYXT5dO/s400/Picture+17.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 232px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6XPIjhjZi9V3H4IimEjfMYsYR4bMoPwt0oxwFXyc1WORvi1kdezGs8adhWSMSIukvDZTs-lKWnR_XCA7N_PgwdatJj9AZDFnVVZI10Xi1UUzivYNOvG1ABpFLcZwCBmPP1oELxJZ-PqM/s1600-h/Picture+30.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318653934314497122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6XPIjhjZi9V3H4IimEjfMYsYR4bMoPwt0oxwFXyc1WORvi1kdezGs8adhWSMSIukvDZTs-lKWnR_XCA7N_PgwdatJj9AZDFnVVZI10Xi1UUzivYNOvG1ABpFLcZwCBmPP1oELxJZ-PqM/s400/Picture+30.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 233px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Key Features:</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />* World's first circular display on a mobile phone, 16 million color<br />* Chemically-etched textures and patterns<br />* Three tungsten carbon carbide coated main gears<br />* The main bearing is Swiss-made<br />* Protective PVD coating and mirror polish finish, same as used on luxury watches<br />* 130 precision ball bearings<br />* CrystalTalk™ technology<br />* Made from over 700 individual components<br />* Assisted-opening blade mechanism<br />* Stainless steel housing<br />* Scratch-resistant, 62-carat, Grade 1 sapphire crystal lens<br />* 300 ppi resolution display<br />* Stereo Bluetooth® technology</span><br /><br />The Return of Artistry<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6iQtvobNUmL-A7eWaMeZxHFwBOHFtQ5Te8arLFT6CRAXdhXQSNkN62etEWCfWOtnfhj-cFdETw30BZ25012Gi40R20NNNziwsmnr4A9-yCkumv6c9HPkyrRLHmi1KjFGi6NopZlBN0j0/s1600-h/Picture+24.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318651099244895730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6iQtvobNUmL-A7eWaMeZxHFwBOHFtQ5Te8arLFT6CRAXdhXQSNkN62etEWCfWOtnfhj-cFdETw30BZ25012Gi40R20NNNziwsmnr4A9-yCkumv6c9HPkyrRLHmi1KjFGi6NopZlBN0j0/s400/Picture+24.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><h1 class="product_detail" style="font-size: 11px;">AURA™ by Motorola</h1> <!-- <br /> --> <!-- 2008-R5 Addition of H1 tags - Ends --> 93799XQBSA <!-- #1242-5 - since rel 1.9 - ASetia - Move price to top of the bullet list. START --><span class="blacktext"><br />Price: <b>$1,999.99</b></span><br /><a href="http://www.store.motorola.com/mot/en/US/adirect/motorola?cmd=catProductDetail&showAddButton=true&productID=93799XQBSA&WT.mc_id=NEVIS_AURA_PRE&WT.mc_ev=click&utm_source=NEVIS_AURA&utm_medium=landingpage&utm_content=LandingPage_nevis_aura&utm_campaign=NEVIS_AURA_landing">buy it here.</a><br /><br />If the phone is sold out directly from the above dealer, in the US you can purchase it at select Bloomingdales stores in NY, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago.

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A Symbol of Failure Inspires: A Round Up Of Twitter Fail Whale Sightings

<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGUV-dHhnP3FVLXV5Omot4Kcythi3YTOWuvjOFlpLf_nBsrbUe9-3Pgy04tr4MU5E_wu7s6gpIjdODjX7PLT-3XVMWpkMzMruZ01kfW49-nImWekSPPCr-KwJrU5x0NBYytrmK-nO6_ur/s1600-h/heroimage.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318425650748582754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGUV-dHhnP3FVLXV5Omot4Kcythi3YTOWuvjOFlpLf_nBsrbUe9-3Pgy04tr4MU5E_wu7s6gpIjdODjX7PLT-3XVMWpkMzMruZ01kfW49-nImWekSPPCr-KwJrU5x0NBYytrmK-nO6_ur/s400/heroimage.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 418px;" /></a><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="http://www.yiyinglu.com/">Yiying Lu</a> is the artist behind the fast-becoming world wide known Twitter Fail Whale, the friendly aqua blue, white and orange image that appears on the social networking or microblog site, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/">twitter.com</a> when their servers are down.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJCi8OBeFJHUWsi4CbQbjPo2Vdeitvu1Qu4nvDqTrH6Pns6kO_KwxhUhUQkKDvK537I_NiM36C252eJIFGf7asHKgK6IeWew_dL-6g_qpzE3Z3cktqrzk2t9Gqae4yNesHX9gv9WvowqZQ/s1600-h/3392052210_dc0903da54.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318372375311031714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJCi8OBeFJHUWsi4CbQbjPo2Vdeitvu1Qu4nvDqTrH6Pns6kO_KwxhUhUQkKDvK537I_NiM36C252eJIFGf7asHKgK6IeWew_dL-6g_qpzE3Z3cktqrzk2t9Gqae4yNesHX9gv9WvowqZQ/s400/3392052210_dc0903da54.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 712px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">above: original fail Whale artist, the adorable Yiying Lu</span><br /><br />As you can imagine, any icon that symbolizes 'failure' quickly gets mocked or altered as a result of creative frustration- and too many artists with cyber downtime on their hands. There have been contests like the Fail Whale Pail Ale label contest, there are flickr groups and you can buy "official" <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/failwhale">Fail Whale tee shirts and products on Zazzle.</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.zazzle.com/failwhale"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318407768649818610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoYOQJYMMbJ_oo9y1LXoh59rcGwbS7PbQx75D0nau-VdTewmCKWQ5q-CSwH3mTj_3q5r7sKjfVqfaWELzR7FRgFxFfXMOqN8tR4Pv3vn71JKD_rCExlsPTTfH5m_Hu2brw7gguuU76KgZZ/s400/Picture+13.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 116px;" /></a><br /><br />What I wanted to share with you are some of the creative works inspired by the Fail Whale from fine art and cupcakes to lego versions and real tattoos. As well as some of the beer bottle label entries for The Fail Whale Pale Ale label contest. While there are hundreds, probably thousands, of funny 'modified' Fail Whales out there, here are just a few of the clever, talented and amusing homages and take-offs I enjoyed.<br /><br />Please click on the below images to enlarge.<br /><br />Painted Fail Whale by <a href="http://www.dache.ch/">Dache </a>:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.dache.ch/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318371171617552242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy36NR5yQ4i3vZZX6B5J_ilT1AWDO9W1somDRX-9-OWLJCczNKEG03y-wE50e-S2V6izF7bCwu10MwHoZY3_KfdPfN0lFzop5pBvOjM4tuglZYBeV85-2OuuBKfypamlBHa9hN-ljs7uh9/s400/tweet1(dache).png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 312px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dache/2830448112/">on flickr</a><br /><br />Mixed Media Fail Whale by Gio loves you:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKL_CcSWryIKexqQ6-bShLhAkEz6yM7lUULYmWYsClMWmapWPoLxG6Xttotw9R8GHxeKqDN3ztio_AWjJJ2Ft3_qR9B_Q1aM6fkQMF6hwPHNSdacaZWqJnfvdIeLZG-bvYXkEBNYUrdjk/s1600-h/mixedmediafw.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318373758824310178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKL_CcSWryIKexqQ6-bShLhAkEz6yM7lUULYmWYsClMWmapWPoLxG6Xttotw9R8GHxeKqDN3ztio_AWjJJ2Ft3_qR9B_Q1aM6fkQMF6hwPHNSdacaZWqJnfvdIeLZG-bvYXkEBNYUrdjk/s400/mixedmediafw.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 434px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/giolovesyou/2574119749/">on flickr</a><br /><br />A nicely rendered 3D rendered image by <a href="http://mugginz.deviantart.com/art/Fail-Whale-3D-Green-White-Rope-111000926">Mugginz</a>:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKfSa0kbPLzZ2H_drwqEla9QEjWjHvwRJrEL4Ncu-aZ6gf0bd53zLSMUbP-z0q_EpHYZmLSOMQs8XB98XHFAHulnF3XQ0gmotSYcngHjc7Q46_VO8yI4qAFZ3qlkohdyCFK-dSaqCzjOJ/s1600-h/Fail_Whale_3D_Green_White_Rope_by_mugginz.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318378844734623442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKfSa0kbPLzZ2H_drwqEla9QEjWjHvwRJrEL4Ncu-aZ6gf0bd53zLSMUbP-z0q_EpHYZmLSOMQs8XB98XHFAHulnF3XQ0gmotSYcngHjc7Q46_VO8yI4qAFZ3qlkohdyCFK-dSaqCzjOJ/s400/Fail_Whale_3D_Green_White_Rope_by_mugginz.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 398px;" /></a><br /><br />And by <a href="http://stephenallred.deviantart.com/art/Fail-Whale-99066764">Stephen Allred</a>:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdLWnHPVaHz6nJrBuvpNR__OlBJzO5WwMpPR2lyGr6aYxqcU4uL5xCVN47uajfpjdwto_a6GxTAhpokV_rvTfh0ifWg_A1m-uIvJwmGWzl4hFaAr5u1awCNAF_isKDQ0TGOSYFVvfaG_-D/s1600-h/Fail_Whale_by_stephenallred.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318379204198615730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdLWnHPVaHz6nJrBuvpNR__OlBJzO5WwMpPR2lyGr6aYxqcU4uL5xCVN47uajfpjdwto_a6GxTAhpokV_rvTfh0ifWg_A1m-uIvJwmGWzl4hFaAr5u1awCNAF_isKDQ0TGOSYFVvfaG_-D/s400/Fail_Whale_by_stephenallred.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><br />and a lovely painted and airbrushed one by <a href="http://diamondie.deviantart.com/art/The-whale-that-faileth-104097086">Diamondie</a>:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguP1FjX-EucD_sXHFDfb6Ie0Tlft5j-FW1vUvelJuSIXiTJtYmQRUoNB9-0dmlDdmDqbRvqD6ioZhB6X8v4nHdKM-kbsIYBXvvsME5FYLmcTMX8dGB5vKtAWwmlhpFLPTDUyTvLgGl5Zw9/s1600-h/The_whale_that_faileth_by_diamondie.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318379620066082194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguP1FjX-EucD_sXHFDfb6Ie0Tlft5j-FW1vUvelJuSIXiTJtYmQRUoNB9-0dmlDdmDqbRvqD6ioZhB6X8v4nHdKM-kbsIYBXvvsME5FYLmcTMX8dGB5vKtAWwmlhpFLPTDUyTvLgGl5Zw9/s400/The_whale_that_faileth_by_diamondie.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 397px;" /></a><br /><br />Ringorang Fail Whale (vector Art) by <a href="http://robbiedakid.deviantart.com/art/Ringorang-Fail-Whale-112441960">Robbie da Kid</a>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiO8G8LSVdRaxPIs-puK5x3kqJGAC-6DLT8nKo1AVxY5c0FIejYv56JocRNdmiQ6PpV9TUg4mXNF07DZiRvNA2nm3O35TeDJuv8_WGoJeOV3oD9w1ItdFF5rMZhF3hhZSaKU7tw7N46O95/s1600-h/Ringorang_Fail_Whale_by_RobbieDaKid.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318386486959233842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiO8G8LSVdRaxPIs-puK5x3kqJGAC-6DLT8nKo1AVxY5c0FIejYv56JocRNdmiQ6PpV9TUg4mXNF07DZiRvNA2nm3O35TeDJuv8_WGoJeOV3oD9w1ItdFF5rMZhF3hhZSaKU7tw7N46O95/s400/Ringorang_Fail_Whale_by_RobbieDaKid.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 726px;" /></a><br /><br />The above four images are from <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/">Deviant Art.</a><br /><br />A 3D model rendering:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMiZEotz9bdFXmEse93w3E2M_mIpFQhaDXXm76LURQlUgfh6r_gL0BY2TOTbx-pfvzKvHX1wTC7R09I9aWkuluAm6udMSpkIGYZFz2MxNKEdsGd22FDwrrGXRGytHM81RndkbNAPVZ-_m7/s1600-h/3Dmodelrendering.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318377381110556674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMiZEotz9bdFXmEse93w3E2M_mIpFQhaDXXm76LURQlUgfh6r_gL0BY2TOTbx-pfvzKvHX1wTC7R09I9aWkuluAm6udMSpkIGYZFz2MxNKEdsGd22FDwrrGXRGytHM81RndkbNAPVZ-_m7/s400/3Dmodelrendering.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 477px;" /></a><br />found on the <a href="http://southerngfxblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/fail-whale-model.html">Southern GFX blog here</a><br /><br />A great little 3D kinetic sculpture by Hilary Talbot:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp4kFvWLK2gjYsN64GNzoCbMhgVtSXsG_SPuLWvhBHJmz0L9FvC5r_a8-PxlN0-DUy_jau8NfimzyPkhor56yLugLkxdAP2ltFgzWeI9ItrH8G11aD793-92TJn6dUZjEId8Hko7Z56HOV/s1600-h/2619213845_7a5f2fdccf_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318377798733675266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp4kFvWLK2gjYsN64GNzoCbMhgVtSXsG_SPuLWvhBHJmz0L9FvC5r_a8-PxlN0-DUy_jau8NfimzyPkhor56yLugLkxdAP2ltFgzWeI9ItrH8G11aD793-92TJn6dUZjEId8Hko7Z56HOV/s400/2619213845_7a5f2fdccf_b.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 667px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/06/twitter_fail_whale_a_3d_s.html">found on MAKE</a><br /><br />Lego Fail Whale by <a href="http://tveskov.com/">Bjarne P Tveskov</a> of Denmark:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrl5mmR8kZAuZ3r7BwfrhB1u_g60vCkHmIIW_vCdLydtzcRQs9kPP8vLLl89s-gwZCOADdSpbCva1RtSZDIo1ovDBrU85_UogeMev46OiHvuTMrJSse87cAp9SfmIx3qoM3ZSYG-662B3S/s1600-h/Fail_whale_col_tveskov.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318381152325278370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrl5mmR8kZAuZ3r7BwfrhB1u_g60vCkHmIIW_vCdLydtzcRQs9kPP8vLLl89s-gwZCOADdSpbCva1RtSZDIo1ovDBrU85_UogeMev46OiHvuTMrJSse87cAp9SfmIx3qoM3ZSYG-662B3S/s400/Fail_whale_col_tveskov.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 461px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tveskov/3387394098">on flickr</a><br /><br />A Twitter image mosaic of 100 photos by software architect <a href="http://www.cjcraft.com/blog/">Chris Craft</a>:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHNMB-GpQaGH2UZD7NiqJY2lRK5dZA8LWs1qYuPkUAN8fHLQ-qeo0ZWcUzrOJ2OC6KFHKOWw84BEX8f1l_Udug_gVNYhl8zHcA47xcGvnaJSNNBNScU3ctMqTasz5QE7r7W7d4NWYrXLlf/s1600-h/fwmosaic.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318373103934028898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHNMB-GpQaGH2UZD7NiqJY2lRK5dZA8LWs1qYuPkUAN8fHLQ-qeo0ZWcUzrOJ2OC6KFHKOWw84BEX8f1l_Udug_gVNYhl8zHcA47xcGvnaJSNNBNScU3ctMqTasz5QE7r7W7d4NWYrXLlf/s400/fwmosaic.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 394px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjcraft">on flickr</a><br /><br />Nick Bilton's murdered Fail Whale:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ01JaxQ0s1QWyhBAN0SXZKE5Ma2K8eB69HYVNMgLI6av3_gco35QLWQi7Gtukf-ytwMMnttWYEqYyLh3EebDFbEMyXdDpEEpDgUIEzNN1AR-vRbHUHYG9kXsF0J7EqyaJJEKEFMbv4IAo/s1600-h/nick_biltonmurder.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318382662587269202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ01JaxQ0s1QWyhBAN0SXZKE5Ma2K8eB69HYVNMgLI6av3_gco35QLWQi7Gtukf-ytwMMnttWYEqYyLh3EebDFbEMyXdDpEEpDgUIEzNN1AR-vRbHUHYG9kXsF0J7EqyaJJEKEFMbv4IAo/s400/nick_biltonmurder.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickbilton/">on flickr</a><br /><br />Drunk Fail Whale:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZ45DWwXOulhuIetQzcSTETb_5mFAJgQY_4uU7ivt1gSdn-LWG-kTMPR_c1N3h7nCIu9IqmBNAX4ZM-3gQluh1MzeZVo6v54UoDJ8DGkJyG1yA3ussRCClAo8_FIMgKmPUreeLeKxdY7c/s1600-h/drunkwhale.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318382314938579698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZ45DWwXOulhuIetQzcSTETb_5mFAJgQY_4uU7ivt1gSdn-LWG-kTMPR_c1N3h7nCIu9IqmBNAX4ZM-3gQluh1MzeZVo6v54UoDJ8DGkJyG1yA3ussRCClAo8_FIMgKmPUreeLeKxdY7c/s400/drunkwhale.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 481px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsand/">on flickr</a><br /><br />Helicopter Fail whale:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSIvGIEkbQn4rvi1ebVt8SsS7N3KbrH4GeYPrdSDf_o1jwQpFKVnX4IvUQxtusVVKxTe0NyM5L4dxtpqjqdmwxdQo97H3MhSw7xILiR5BgaMtQWghMvpEljHZKP-93jrT4Ip6oYP7AqMb/s1600-h/copterfailwhale.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318382936690191730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSIvGIEkbQn4rvi1ebVt8SsS7N3KbrH4GeYPrdSDf_o1jwQpFKVnX4IvUQxtusVVKxTe0NyM5L4dxtpqjqdmwxdQo97H3MhSw7xILiR5BgaMtQWghMvpEljHZKP-93jrT4Ip6oYP7AqMb/s400/copterfailwhale.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 633px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/n74jrw/">on flickr</a><br /><br />Paul RJ Muller "CaffiNation"'s beached Fail Whale:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjproafYMmyZxjd6fvyNwvVY6BtiAyAeGDcNyiu9P10fNs80g2tTFF06q-yROQIFGL6co9DzIoOjkgxbyhxqjUl70a60debb04fXJeKwUzLDGwrlspUzIQdnbW-Gg4uSLU3MD3RMqhlNOAU/s1600-h/caffiNationFW.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318404914679300034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjproafYMmyZxjd6fvyNwvVY6BtiAyAeGDcNyiu9P10fNs80g2tTFF06q-yROQIFGL6co9DzIoOjkgxbyhxqjUl70a60debb04fXJeKwUzLDGwrlspUzIQdnbW-Gg4uSLU3MD3RMqhlNOAU/s400/caffiNationFW.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 396px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pzul/2653746632/">on flickr</a><br /><br />Martin Gee's (Hellvetica) illustrated Fail Whale reverses the roles:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUBkevDK4SCR3wPidPGrz8YrJSpnKrdAtgQTQ01-g6Gg3hbpTksBu6z_bSo1jd_YCc3PJrxNhHadN4ncwQJC6Bqh1GhmcPzCOjIkJNckKcXIU2t2uGZuFn0DdT2E8f7ir9Y9s1DF7a7sm/s1600-h/FailBird2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318367231452680002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUBkevDK4SCR3wPidPGrz8YrJSpnKrdAtgQTQ01-g6Gg3hbpTksBu6z_bSo1jd_YCc3PJrxNhHadN4ncwQJC6Bqh1GhmcPzCOjIkJNckKcXIU2t2uGZuFn0DdT2E8f7ir9Y9s1DF7a7sm/s400/FailBird2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 872px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellvetica/3339981706/">on flickr</a><br /><br />Tim Caynes' Graphics hardware Fail Whale:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7IKprL3ITBw5jxYplwsBGj7Fo1aqotjzjZ9QcS-xqm704dJHZx7P7k3g_70Wv4uIphZN42GcNThcCPc4EiNs1UyA5AaUVCgLFgOlEK6wu8RUVvf7143com4kTV6SzFz3xIva3zgDQprH/s1600-h/graphicshardwarefail.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318376286267573858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7IKprL3ITBw5jxYplwsBGj7Fo1aqotjzjZ9QcS-xqm704dJHZx7P7k3g_70Wv4uIphZN42GcNThcCPc4EiNs1UyA5AaUVCgLFgOlEK6wu8RUVvf7143com4kTV6SzFz3xIva3zgDQprH/s400/graphicshardwarefail.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 469px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/timcaynes/">on flickr</a><br /><br />Burning Whale found on <a href="http://hackaday.com/">Hack A Day</a>:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6h3RVIZp5yzwhy7izjAvDN2aBowJ4vQ5I_spRk4vMaYDZakGfeCXf8lZlfkIOazpNcqmOsgJXjFdF3LtjkZtcQ6qW6HgOvZFJNqE0G7QeujVZyyCN37JufW_BqxvBkDtX8HRPFV5t70-_/s1600-h/burningwhale.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318374155267088402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6h3RVIZp5yzwhy7izjAvDN2aBowJ4vQ5I_spRk4vMaYDZakGfeCXf8lZlfkIOazpNcqmOsgJXjFdF3LtjkZtcQ6qW6HgOvZFJNqE0G7QeujVZyyCN37JufW_BqxvBkDtX8HRPFV5t70-_/s400/burningwhale.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 398px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30160281@N05/">on flickr</a><br /><br />and a more morose <a href="http://hackaday.com/">Hack A Day </a>Fail Whale:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguflX9opOU-2fPR_qn1pasYoxXCugn8gY1saUOfxYyjE3u1h69mrF15XcdTzeC03wLupLaNQdCgc0RcYizmAL3qqF0dPaJWoMXiI5M2MW4ycfPNHKZhhhgEjvqMY_THxNrUv2IsshJiWlT/s1600-h/2826566190_2cf88ffd26_o.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318383948000330754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguflX9opOU-2fPR_qn1pasYoxXCugn8gY1saUOfxYyjE3u1h69mrF15XcdTzeC03wLupLaNQdCgc0RcYizmAL3qqF0dPaJWoMXiI5M2MW4ycfPNHKZhhhgEjvqMY_THxNrUv2IsshJiWlT/s400/2826566190_2cf88ffd26_o.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 399px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30164422@N07/">on flickr</a><br /><br />A great little cartoon doodle by Nozzman of the Netherlands:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzZQbnnidCskC0It75RoUJfOR7qHl4xlEzwbcHZFqYkk_TOfze4Cg5VIQzneRtcYoTnQxN9I6-JVp-tEaoazMawttw9oG8KAg2um-B610T7Wbe1_2gwsK8B_7X88FJesZISlsqRBL6kiU/s1600-h/doodle.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318402594660075922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCzZQbnnidCskC0It75RoUJfOR7qHl4xlEzwbcHZFqYkk_TOfze4Cg5VIQzneRtcYoTnQxN9I6-JVp-tEaoazMawttw9oG8KAg2um-B610T7Wbe1_2gwsK8B_7X88FJesZISlsqRBL6kiU/s400/doodle.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 408px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nozzman/2983917386/">on flickr</a><br /><br />Desktop art Fail Whale illustration by Gerardo Obieta:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2po0bKjgBmU0_kV6FGijSyT_tmFIIaQK0STlOMLg96UqCHdhyY8tqQ0XurUtSRfF-RFIZIHTL1Qdm_BfHc4ZgE9cMYBPwXtYTv73GXjheYMJwozXXsYMr-bwxNAPpWB5v3ZcFkhJ_HLu1/s1600-h/rosaura_OchoaFWbkgd.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318383410891758354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2po0bKjgBmU0_kV6FGijSyT_tmFIIaQK0STlOMLg96UqCHdhyY8tqQ0XurUtSRfF-RFIZIHTL1Qdm_BfHc4ZgE9cMYBPwXtYTv73GXjheYMJwozXXsYMr-bwxNAPpWB5v3ZcFkhJ_HLu1/s400/rosaura_OchoaFWbkgd.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 276px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosauraochoa/3298241166">on flickr</a><br /><br />Lunch time embroidery doodlings of the Fail Whale by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot">emdot</a>:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5kR7Uejdz6GdUQj0EfqM0C6NE7Cku8QaqdrPyYxXdVaX46X8RPBnMFtcrw8TCr71CX05MxWM0KrLoQ_EkKxS4ddTGnmaB-60FRpk2fd8WY-9-hTNpz5DoTytpnOpXAQN-1kiILzTIFDsf/s1600-h/2625245189_eb0d7c98c6_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318371823846698674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5kR7Uejdz6GdUQj0EfqM0C6NE7Cku8QaqdrPyYxXdVaX46X8RPBnMFtcrw8TCr71CX05MxWM0KrLoQ_EkKxS4ddTGnmaB-60FRpk2fd8WY-9-hTNpz5DoTytpnOpXAQN-1kiILzTIFDsf/s400/2625245189_eb0d7c98c6_b.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 399px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOWwaCVv0axOgmsV7J40yIs8UniyAdZmhZAMY-kqdDrjBXhZolFlG1sslhs7cyFBPtOWxaHoFRYn7kkp9Ltl8_GBmb9geHje_BMHuyyjtWljvTvWxqT2ebYwXDSGj3PhAN7Pie-oIRg536/s1600-h/2628476582_884556ec37_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318371713372405682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOWwaCVv0axOgmsV7J40yIs8UniyAdZmhZAMY-kqdDrjBXhZolFlG1sslhs7cyFBPtOWxaHoFRYn7kkp9Ltl8_GBmb9geHje_BMHuyyjtWljvTvWxqT2ebYwXDSGj3PhAN7Pie-oIRg536/s400/2628476582_884556ec37_b.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 399px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/2625245189">on flickr </a><br /><br />Fail Whale cupcakes by Sweet Libertine Cakes:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijIkx2NcSOLBL2bAkbx4Ji9OtIBkp_sf9uX1xcG5satzkGVD63viasqFCmqf0cCLKQLbHdF6UastnNZQONO89QYRMO32mmuO9tfgfXDd0J9QYHqnYXwUuKoTvKbP3j-_dlHbIEd8cVrnJ/s1600-h/fwcupcakes.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318375457491131458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiijIkx2NcSOLBL2bAkbx4Ji9OtIBkp_sf9uX1xcG5satzkGVD63viasqFCmqf0cCLKQLbHdF6UastnNZQONO89QYRMO32mmuO9tfgfXDd0J9QYHqnYXwUuKoTvKbP3j-_dlHbIEd8cVrnJ/s400/fwcupcakes.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 396px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sweetlibertinecakes/">on flickr</a><br /><br />and a birthday cake for Chris Darbro (RocknRollGeek):<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5C_sh7z2a-QQt7Geq2UKuIooKtAXI4Wod4EFeS_lN355HNWpaR4gd2aKrk9A_UPNq_RxVUaqfkjUfrptfhYzOo5usgeikvn6NJEGDXwDJxpnS4TSkYd49d0D0UZVE2Aho8gq8WputSe6/s1600-h/rocknrollgeek+fwcake.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318389780633607986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5C_sh7z2a-QQt7Geq2UKuIooKtAXI4Wod4EFeS_lN355HNWpaR4gd2aKrk9A_UPNq_RxVUaqfkjUfrptfhYzOo5usgeikvn6NJEGDXwDJxpnS4TSkYd49d0D0UZVE2Aho8gq8WputSe6/s400/rocknrollgeek+fwcake.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 396px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdarbro/2701154980/">on flickr</a><br /><br />Adam's Fail Whale pumpkin carving:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsGtME3YGeERznha0RENUd9sS5uuft4e6OM0am2coQgtz9hnBZH_0vFzsngvGYTPxGg_xBxMpJOz4rWkM4L8kOclNTfBiTKsclz1F-aEYGU9yJPfGw37ggw4gN4GBj8g8XgAT5Pg4KT6eV/s1600-h/carved+pumpkin.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318376855206853842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsGtME3YGeERznha0RENUd9sS5uuft4e6OM0am2coQgtz9hnBZH_0vFzsngvGYTPxGg_xBxMpJOz4rWkM4L8kOclNTfBiTKsclz1F-aEYGU9yJPfGw37ggw4gN4GBj8g8XgAT5Pg4KT6eV/s400/carved+pumpkin.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 396px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5V1PZfHAou4h3dcwG5gOXxUjn8o-8M_mjsu0KeuVLR82_vejDtMD_7EBI39iJ2dhYxAWoq-JPjUbmX92TLUovnxGXH2OnlY1ln9z3ZrC-hZuP_bNWXcdm0B9nHhXc5t_2uvnKqXvlHUAN/s1600-h/Picture+5.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318390044989319026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5V1PZfHAou4h3dcwG5gOXxUjn8o-8M_mjsu0KeuVLR82_vejDtMD_7EBI39iJ2dhYxAWoq-JPjUbmX92TLUovnxGXH2OnlY1ln9z3ZrC-hZuP_bNWXcdm0B9nHhXc5t_2uvnKqXvlHUAN/s400/Picture+5.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 437px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/starcast/3258988800/in/photostream">on flickr</a><br /><br />Sean O'Steen of <a href="http://failwhale.com/">The Fail Whale Fan Club</a> 's Twitter Fail Whale on his Peggy (which is like lite-brite):<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGQgg1ftsSHJKb8tANVAYF6gxtiYSttAa8AHql55F_j5LHl0xxME9hD-V5cFshGNwdvbhFrYjduINb7AeQ4obXhmyfSNMe2WdDs0Ne25Ucl2xktvwLLxZz0Z3EOdPGs3VUVZRLW02etyd/s1600-h/2717326642_ff78e244fe.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318377222332959058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGQgg1ftsSHJKb8tANVAYF6gxtiYSttAa8AHql55F_j5LHl0xxME9hD-V5cFshGNwdvbhFrYjduINb7AeQ4obXhmyfSNMe2WdDs0Ne25Ucl2xktvwLLxZz0Z3EOdPGs3VUVZRLW02etyd/s400/2717326642_ff78e244fe.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 705px;" /></a><br />and he made a cute little felt and string Fail Whale mobile:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSdbpz_vN9dsZZbgHBJjKAEKaUa7In0j9mSjp4juRw-G3MgN0B0AkUTD-Ke7KF-xAgW-lLOKEtZRH-1AuW6btJWt97qD0fJ7HadIhF4YunpramN-waaYK4sMJsHVfL6_c8L-G__uJOZL-q/s1600-h/2681814760_db78bb528f_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318378427910683890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSdbpz_vN9dsZZbgHBJjKAEKaUa7In0j9mSjp4juRw-G3MgN0B0AkUTD-Ke7KF-xAgW-lLOKEtZRH-1AuW6btJWt97qD0fJ7HadIhF4YunpramN-waaYK4sMJsHVfL6_c8L-G__uJOZL-q/s400/2681814760_db78bb528f_b.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 399px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seanosteen/2681814760">on flickr</a><br /><br />Sand fail whale by Justine:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMmPX895qSRch45pNpiR5t4iHSiiNDL2cyaeSe22bob3GJp2nfmf39G8lp779yosL5Ay5p6cEqvu-xwooxDaFhLwZRbV8XGiRsdSqq13QEDuPA83_5AuEBvetkyIWtZFylru1fIf9qWUX/s1600-h/failwhale_ijustine_2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318384599363598642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMmPX895qSRch45pNpiR5t4iHSiiNDL2cyaeSe22bob3GJp2nfmf39G8lp779yosL5Ay5p6cEqvu-xwooxDaFhLwZRbV8XGiRsdSqq13QEDuPA83_5AuEBvetkyIWtZFylru1fIf9qWUX/s400/failwhale_ijustine_2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://tastyblogsnack.com/2008/07/09/fail-whale-approved/">on Tasty Blog Snack</a><br /><br />The 'Real Life Fail Whale' composite by Ed Hunsinger:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoee4N26nKwwbgb0bIAxQ_b2WrR-uYOJcXdttoe4IoTlaK3fZgiVIVCiL_96mLkfpn9viWBEtVz_xmJ_G6bEhEdbv0H-qiGxV2yvouZ02r_PmKKdb3lgzCuY8UkuDnhg1bscj6Ftwhh5k6/s1600-h/reallifefailwhale.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318384852241888018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoee4N26nKwwbgb0bIAxQ_b2WrR-uYOJcXdttoe4IoTlaK3fZgiVIVCiL_96mLkfpn9viWBEtVz_xmJ_G6bEhEdbv0H-qiGxV2yvouZ02r_PmKKdb3lgzCuY8UkuDnhg1bscj6Ftwhh5k6/s400/reallifefailwhale.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 352px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.geeked.info/real-life-fail-whale/">Geeked.info<br /></a><br />Jason of <a href="http://www.gorillasushi.com/">Gorilla Sushi</a> created this Fail Whale Pale ale label entirely in photoshop for entry in the<br />contest held last year by <a href="http://tweethunt.org/">TweetHunt:</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3pCLuZpm2XS3hyphenhyphenqxmTsCpAmPMzp5miD8uekywH4gse-HW1YBen1ZxEo2fopEe4VCUfyBYiPjsIYkFr5Ufj569lAyIqb37DZv8s_g7_MOiiHZ2wwyNF7wqNzLchIrXuDwOnHYlb92_2zh3/s1600-h/FWPA.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318411774788931730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3pCLuZpm2XS3hyphenhyphenqxmTsCpAmPMzp5miD8uekywH4gse-HW1YBen1ZxEo2fopEe4VCUfyBYiPjsIYkFr5Ufj569lAyIqb37DZv8s_g7_MOiiHZ2wwyNF7wqNzLchIrXuDwOnHYlb92_2zh3/s400/FWPA.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 536px;" /></a><br /><br />Another label entry by <a href="http://www.dirtdirt.com/">Dirtdirt </a>of Austin:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBl2tB_GLHUmA79rdyrs8J0xyJMXYzcou4yCxUeYhA-HzFcmw8Lmcqq-VnrHxd4hPVYkY9P5P08iRQo-HRsz6Sg-LFavzCmIceM7JOrVSu2cvJBnMc4SPXJBt5MkTobaSxFa0VvXDGFamr/s1600-h/dirtdirt.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318414669360097650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBl2tB_GLHUmA79rdyrs8J0xyJMXYzcou4yCxUeYhA-HzFcmw8Lmcqq-VnrHxd4hPVYkY9P5P08iRQo-HRsz6Sg-LFavzCmIceM7JOrVSu2cvJBnMc4SPXJBt5MkTobaSxFa0VvXDGFamr/s400/dirtdirt.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 538px; height: 287px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirtdirt/2686649383/">on flickr</a><br /><br />And another label entry by <a href="http://www.randomkitty.net/">Georgene Nunn</a>:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAuISLR_2HjaMRw-HZBatgSnJEmJleiVNa_vsEM9sR949evBg9bgqEBN5HipACKBUWMs0oqTqLtkvcN3Jvp8ZiNbcWt08MO_9MMJPOo7TCiB02Uk9DZWzWrciQqdlzEqiVj_O8oP0G-bDQ/s1600-h/failwhalepaleale.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318415354973147138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAuISLR_2HjaMRw-HZBatgSnJEmJleiVNa_vsEM9sR949evBg9bgqEBN5HipACKBUWMs0oqTqLtkvcN3Jvp8ZiNbcWt08MO_9MMJPOo7TCiB02Uk9DZWzWrciQqdlzEqiVj_O8oP0G-bDQ/s400/failwhalepaleale.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 537px; height: 402px;" /></a><br /><br />Unfortunately I have no idea who won and the original site no longer seems to function.<br /><br />Some people love the Fail Whale so much, they're willing to go to their grave with it. Tom Rowe and Ryan Goff get tattooed by Hunter Spanks with Fail Whales in Baltimore:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivtppMUaqaLHEr51mp3P5QUUPKqhKaO38Gr7qsr5L9Bz9J82_PlX2V6LeTifbDiVAhQ1Lkbl7Q6qfF5Gyzy9yBvUF6-PvUHLlvFSY6miUt_muM31-_xuPXd6tbtnUWWHpChkkPRGquMfOe/s1600-h/45284403.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318385280268929138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivtppMUaqaLHEr51mp3P5QUUPKqhKaO38Gr7qsr5L9Bz9J82_PlX2V6LeTifbDiVAhQ1Lkbl7Q6qfF5Gyzy9yBvUF6-PvUHLlvFSY6miUt_muM31-_xuPXd6tbtnUWWHpChkkPRGquMfOe/s400/45284403.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 685px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis9_d0_2MVEG70fboiSW9Xz5rvGawJdkJq6VV6d6qyvd61Gc6gi37XPw5JIHFf9Ayqe12KyUSTtXOl6hOr5dnNFZvBb_fUGtg19SsNkM1FoDAONp8VYqG853Zk0xjSkTNut5e6Dmwynjl-/s1600-h/Picture+11.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318400911640766338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis9_d0_2MVEG70fboiSW9Xz5rvGawJdkJq6VV6d6qyvd61Gc6gi37XPw5JIHFf9Ayqe12KyUSTtXOl6hOr5dnNFZvBb_fUGtg19SsNkM1FoDAONp8VYqG853Zk0xjSkTNut5e6Dmwynjl-/s400/Picture+11.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 296px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaww6lTQ324UwASDOmDolkuUPJnbFkkQ8D3lVTRnXszXuzMIWjzXdqRSGjArsGUv8ABtSli8OAfpHv9RycYDe3INKlRduxAG5NO1XRIg1OxVW7St4VyL3fB9rNzLkcjwArliUS7MnBN7pq/s1600-h/Picture+12.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318400824019874610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaww6lTQ324UwASDOmDolkuUPJnbFkkQ8D3lVTRnXszXuzMIWjzXdqRSGjArsGUv8ABtSli8OAfpHv9RycYDe3INKlRduxAG5NO1XRIg1OxVW7St4VyL3fB9rNzLkcjwArliUS7MnBN7pq/s400/Picture+12.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 297px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/technology/bal-twitter0226,0,5041675.story">See the video here.</a><br /><br />Critter, also known as <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/korneliuz/">Korneliuz on Flickr</a>, got himself a permanent fail whale:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-AA63qr1FRwC7Bec71ctKDkd0cNeqvdep4GCSEgIbGuQ3-WBxP5s-flVq1-5WPTFkMrPCHLyXakVaja3YYU4wiRaK8uphAHaCIfBRO9Nwi2SLyovLZ6g5s5gbBMtf9YeA6VSoxbz7fFj/s1600-h/2798668810_b0a19652b0_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318391691768305442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-AA63qr1FRwC7Bec71ctKDkd0cNeqvdep4GCSEgIbGuQ3-WBxP5s-flVq1-5WPTFkMrPCHLyXakVaja3YYU4wiRaK8uphAHaCIfBRO9Nwi2SLyovLZ6g5s5gbBMtf9YeA6VSoxbz7fFj/s400/2798668810_b0a19652b0_b.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 797px;" /></a><br /><br />Here's video of David Hoang drawing his "I Luv Fail Whale":<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_O4lcWH63Tw&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_O4lcWH63Tw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Believe it or not, Yiying was not paid directly for the image of the sweet looking whale being lifted from the ocean, tethered by birds - she originally posted the image to iStockPhoto.com where the Twitter people fond it, purchased it and turned into a cultural icon.<br /><br />The illustration blog, Drawn, interviewed the artist, which <a href="http://drawn.ca/2008/07/21/fail-whale/">you can read here</a>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-Xa_UN5oE28ZjPEmXxwK2qoJ92mMW9S-NBJg7-9dScJvBp2W-BPMMu05CeFEMgsa2rdpG5L3G1Qn8BC5IN4QASVPjDlx7zdhOyBaRvohbDIQnUUMUT60ijzulC0RjoHOhK6McpSR4FQi/s1600-h/Picture+4.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318368783795683266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-Xa_UN5oE28ZjPEmXxwK2qoJ92mMW9S-NBJg7-9dScJvBp2W-BPMMu05CeFEMgsa2rdpG5L3G1Qn8BC5IN4QASVPjDlx7zdhOyBaRvohbDIQnUUMUT60ijzulC0RjoHOhK6McpSR4FQi/s400/Picture+4.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 425px;" /></a><br /><br />Yiying Lu is a full-time artist who runs her own illustration and graphic design studio. She is also a design lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia.<br /><a href="http://www.yiyinglu.com/">her personal site</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/crispy_chips/">her flickr photostream </a><br /><br />Relevant links:<br /><a href="http://www.whatisfailwhale.info/">What Is The Fail Whale?</a><br /><a href="http://www.yiyinglu.com/">Original Fail Whale artist's site</a><br /><a href="http://failwhale.com/">The Fail Whale fan club.</a><br /><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/failwhale">Official Fail Whale Online Store</a><br><br>

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