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Posted: 19 Aug 2012 05:52 PM PDT

No, dear reader, the image above has not been photoshopped. This is Venus, an adorable kitten with more than a passing resemblance to a certain two-faced Batman villain. Venus' furry face, as you can see, is distinctively split into two halves: the left is covered in black fur and features a yellow eye, while the right is covered in ginger fur and features a blue eye. Widely thought to be a chimera (google it), she looks like two completely different cats spliced into one.

"She's as sweet as can be…. gentle, loving, and has this little tiny kitten like "meow" even though she is 3 now," says her currently nameless owner. "She acts like a big baby in the way that she loves to be babied. She doesn't bother any furniture with her claws and uses a scratching post. She does not have one single bad habit. She's perfect!"

Venus was adopted from a North Carolina dairy farm in 2009. Images of her curious appearance, taken by "mommy," have just recently gone viral. She has her own official Facebook page, which has now garnered over 5,000 likes, and has been named the "coolest cat ever" over on Reddit, understandably so.

Check out more pics of Venus below, as well as a video of her uploaded onto YouTube.

The Donkey Kong-Inspired Shelving Unit

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 07:00 AM PDT

In the coin-operated, joystick-tugging, button-bashing gaming craze of the 1980s, one particular Nintendo release quickly became a bare necessity in any self-respecting amusement arcade. One of the earliest products of the platform genre, the influential and instantly popular Donkey Kong flaunted a simple concept: Jumpman, later known as Mario, must rescue a damsel in distress from the clutches of a giant ape, all while avoiding the paths of tumbling barrels and flaming fireballs.

Its setting was memorable: rows of rickety steel platforms made accessible through ladders, with villainous primate Donkey Kong always pounding away at the top of the screen. See:

This setting is the inspiration for an uber-nerdy yet super-cool shelving unit created and built by LA-based designer Igor Chak. Suitably entitled 'Donkey Kong Wall,' this ingeniously retro design is made of carbon fibre, anodized aluminum pixels, stainless steel rods and toughened glass tops. It is capable of supporting up to 60lbs, meaning the streams can be crossed and the more advanced games of today – or yesteryear, if you like – can be played on its sturdy surface.

A piece of interior decor like this, it's guaranteed to induce sweet, merciful nostalgia in any hardcore frequenter of '80s arcades.