On the blog this week we watched Taeyoon Choi hack Europe’s largest IKEA store, were enthralled by a Japanese artist’s digitally painted portraits of loneliness, put our art-spotting skills to the test, had a tech Q&A with Memo Akten, and looked at the origins of the universe.And on the web, this took place…· The trailer for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus—the prequel to Alien—is out. Let’s hope its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility.· Angry Birds get their own Christmas light game. The world rejoices.· “Unfolding like an animated modern Botticelli painting” is this projection mapping on a bridge. No surface is safe.· Here’s the year in 3D printing.· And remember, have yourselves a merry robot Christmas.