Giant George certainly lives up to his name, he holds the current Guiness World Record for the Tallest Dog (43 inches from paw to shoulder, or 7ft 3in when ‘standing’ on his back legs.) I wouldn’t want to have to feed this greatest of great danes (George eats 110 pounds of food per week!), but I’d love to run into him at the park someday.

Found via the Mail Online

A new telescope called VISTA (for the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy)  has just been turned on at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, and has made its first release of pictures. From the ESO site:

VISTA is a survey telescope working at infrared wavelengths and is the world’s largest telescope dedicated to mapping the sky. Its large mirror, wide field of view and very sensitive detectors will reveal a completely new view of the southern sky. Spectacular new images of the Flame Nebula, the centre of our Milky Way galaxy and the Fornax Galaxy Cluster show that it is working extremely well.

Based on this lovely image, I’d say so!

On our last trip to Europe I was particularly impressed with some of the train stations we saw, Berlin’s central train station was amazing. This Design Boom post of striking subway architecture has some real beauties too.

Thanks, Mom!

Ok, I’m fairly obsessed with jellyfish and have always been a big Prince fan, but honestly, I’m not quite feeling this Prince/Jellyfish poser from a recent exhibition by Prince’s designer Anthony Malzone in San Francisco.

Found via World Famous Design Junkies

I had no idea there was a world of modded “My Little Ponies”. These custom ponies are delightful, if not a tad creepy.

Found via Spoon Graphics

Not sure how this partnership came about, but I love this new Adidas Star Wars Collection. You can buy everything from Darth Vader sneakers to shiny jackets and funky tees, all with a decidedly Star Wars bent. Sign me up for the orange high tops and the Millennium Falcon sneaks. The Yoda athletic moccasin loafers are intriguing, too.