I’m not entirely sure why phone books are still in existence, with the dominance of this small thing called the internet taking over the planet.  However, without them, Alex Queral wouldn’t have been able to create these amazing three-dimensional portraits.  Using a small, sharp knife, Queral peels away the pages like the skin of an onion to reveal the resulting portraits shown here.  via Design Fetish Read the full story

Chances are, no matter how cool you are, you will never get a chance to sit down with Mr. Obama and shoot the shit.  So, Barack & Me made it possible to put yourself in the picture, caption it, and post it on your social networks.

JailBreak Toys is the mind behind the Obama Action Figures, and now they have released Action Figures in the form of everyone’s favorite first lady since Jackie O.; Michelle Obama. Sporting highly identifiable dresses, you have the option of three, and of course, they are all sleeveless to show off Mrs. Obama’s toned arms! You can choose between the purple “fist bump” dress, the black and white dress she wore on The View and her memorable black and red Election Day attire.

The President recently gave a speech directly to American students welcoming them back to school. While a ton of controversy surrounded the timing and direction of the speech, one of my favorite quotables came from it.

“Every single one of you has something that you’re good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That’s the opportunity an education can provide.”

PotHoles has a minute by minute counter of how many deaths have occurred [since the election] because people still have no access to health care.

[Via PotHoles]

I don’t know how to feel about this, it’s borderline insane to pay for fake pics with you and a celeb/the President of the United States. But hey, if that’s what floats your boat, head on over to MyPicWith and order yours today.

[Via MyPicWith]

You’re still here, and HE’S GONE!

[Via Print Liberation]

She has some resentment [it seems] regarding President Obama inviting Beyonce to sing ‘At Last’ during the Inauguration Ball.

Make your own Obama cube for your office or bookshelf. Silly, I know, but cute nonetheless.

[Via DivineCaroline]

This made me cry like a baby….so, so precious.

I’m a sucker for coffee art, and an even bigger sucker for strange Obama paraphernalia. Check out this Obama inspired latte I found on ChristieCrowder.

With all the hoopla going on around the next guy to run the United States of America, the good folks over at Giga Om put together a list of how you could participate outside of traveling to D.C.

On The Web:

* Hulu: On Tuesday, Jan. 20th, Hulu will begin streaming live coverage of the presidential inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama at 12 pm/9 am ET/PT from Washington, D.C., which will run for approximately two hours, ending around 2 pm/11 am ET/PT. It will be available on demand.
* C-SPAN is using Mogulus to webcast a multichannel grid of inauguration activities from Saturday through Tuesday.
* Livestation will offer international perspectives on the inauguration, with content from the BBC World News, euronews, and France 24.
* CBS News will broadcast from 10 am/7 am to 5 pm/2 pm ET/PT, and will have a one-hour inauguration special at 9 pm/ 6 pm There is a CNET webcast.
* ABCNEWS.com will have Sam Donaldson and Rick Klein anchoring coverage from 9 am/6 am to 11 pm/8 pm ET/PT and will also cover Obama taking the oath of office on its home page from 11:30 am/8:30 am to 1:30 pm/10:30 am ET/PT.
* MSNBC will live stream inauguration coverage, as will FOXNews.com. FOX will be hosting discussions on their Facebook page.
* CNN will be broadcasting live, and will be using Facebook status updates from users logged onto Facebook Connect at CNN.com.
* USAToday.com and the rest of the Gannett newspapers are live streaming on their sites.
* The New York Times will stream Obama’s speech and swearing-in on its home page.
* Terra will show both Spanish and English webcasts of the proceedings.
* Joost will be live-streaming CBS’s feed.
* Comcast.net will have week-long coverage with streaming video, online polls and message boards

On Your Cell Phone:

* Subscribers of Verizon V Cast, AT&T Mobile TV or MobiTV can all get live streams.
* You can watch a live stream on your iPhone using Ustream’s application. More details on the Ustream blog.

Of course, you could just ignore all the ruckus and watch it all using your cable’s on-demand service — Comcast is offering all the speeches by President-elect Obama on demand.

[Via GigaOm.com]