Christmas Tree

A nice Holiday paper toy for anyone who wants to spruce up their home.

Its the perfect tree: needs no watering, already decorated, small enough for one person to move around. It is still flammable, so keep it away from fires!....if it does catch on fire, print off another one.

Once you've assembled your tree, send me a pic...ben@benlane.com. And...if you're good, Santa may even make an appearance.

Merry Christmas!

Here's the PDF. Christmas Tree
Works best when printed on cardstock paper.

city pixel

My city pixel cubicle.

citypixel.com/bennyscube

some people call me the space cowboy....

My final submission to the custom52.com card contest.

The joker is so lonely, nobody ever plays with him.

bad joke

baaad. very, very bad.

Dream Easel

I just added a coloring page to the Stardust site. I opted to go with a more painterly method of coloring as oppose to the 'click n' color' style of most online coloring pages. Check it out.

www.stardustlullaby.com

sound clips, wallpapers, flash games...oh my.

Only a few more days till the release of my wife's lullaby collection, Stardust. As I've mentioned before in a previous posting, I did the artwork for the album (as well as a little photography). On top of that, I've also put together a website complete with sound samples, wallpapers, and a flash game designed by my buddy, Chris Clements at nickelarcade.com.

If you have kids, this is a fantastic collection of songs perfect for bedtime. Even if you don't have children, the music is so nice and, as my 6 year old son would say, "relaxful" it can be listened to anytime by anyone.

http://www.stardustlullaby.com/

Post Halloween post

Halloween is great fun, I'm always bummed when it's over. This year I built a robot costume. The classic cardboard box with an inverted bucket for a head. I did add some LED's to give it some flair. I didn't, however, consider mobility while putting this together. I discovered that I could barely walk once I put it on. One trip around the block and I had to come home and switch to a coat before I went back out again.




I had to take off the arms in order to fit inside. At least I got a picture of it before the operation.
The helmet seemed more menacing from a distance.
I included a slot with the intention that I would hand out fortunes to people. Due to my inability to move, I had to skip the fortune-telling. Below is a listing of all the fortunes I had printed off.

GREETINGS:
YOUR PUNY PLANET WILL BE ASSIMILATED.
RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.
YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS ARE:
7 12 35 58 93

GREETINGS:
HUMANITY IS DOOMED!
YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS ARE:
4 35 41 55 76

GREETINGS:
ROBO-BEN WILL DESTROY YOU!
YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS ARE:
12 22 37 68 91

GREETINGS:
YOUR WEAK, FRAGILE BODIES WILL CRUSH EASILY BY
ROBO-BEN.
YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS ARE:
1 14 25 67 83

GREETINGS:
I SHALL ENJOY WATCHING THE OBLITERATION OF YOUR PUNY PLANET.
YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS ARE:
10 12 41 88 94

GREETINGS:
KLAATU BARADA NIKTO.
YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS ARE:
7 29 31 77 91

GREETINGS:
ROBO-BEN WILL LIQUIFY YOUR BRAIN.
YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS ARE:
13 29 31 46 95

GREETINGS:
HUMAN BRAIN IS INFERIOR TO SUPERIOR ROBO-BEN BRANE.
YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS ARE:
8 19 37 57 85

GREETINGS:
BATTERY POWER...LOW
MUST RE-CHARGE.
NEED BEER.
YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS ARE:
5 19 23 54 71

GREETINGS:
FOOLISH HUMAN.
YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS ARE:
3 29 45 76 98

GREETINGS:
CALL AN OLD FRIEND...FOR SOON, THE HUMAN RACE WILL BE ANNIHILATED... PAINFULLY.
YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS ARE:
7 17 31 56 86

GREETINGS:
YOUR SURROUNDINGS WILL SOON CHANGE... PREPARE FOR
EXCESSIVE ERADICATION.
YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS ARE:
1 22 31 57 67

GREETINGS:
TIME FOR A CHANGE...PREPARE TO BE PUMMELED TO
FLESHY PULP.
YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS ARE:
11 39 41 76 95

GREETINGS:
SEIZE THE DAY. BECAUSE TOMORROW BRINGS THE DEMISE OF HUMANITY
YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS ARE:
6 19 44 78 81

GREETINGS:
AN UNLIKELY PERSON WILL BECOME AN IMPORTANT ALLY... THEN THE BOTH OF YOU WILL PERISH.
YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS ARE:
7 21 33 62 97

GREETINGS:
YOU WILL INHERIT A LARGE FORTUNE...AND IT, TOO, WILL BE INCINERATED.
YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS ARE:
10 49 61 87 92

GREETINGS:
A NEW TALENT WILL BE DISCOVERED...BUT IT CANNOT STOP YOUR EXTINCTION.
YOUR LUCKY NUMBERS ARE:
10 59 67 81 82