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odditiesoflife: Victorian Headless Portraits The Victorian era...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:39:00 -0400

Victorian Headless Portraits

The Victorian era has many photographs, most of which show the subject sitting or standing with a stern expression. Since photography was still in its infancy, photographers were experimenting with novel ways to create photos that differed from the norm. Animals acting human was one popular concept, and then came the headless portrait. Funny and entertaining, a new genre of photography was born.

For my photography loving friends.

ratsoff: Peeps Diorama Contest 2013 | Washington Post See all...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:41:26 -0400

ratsoff:

Peeps Diorama Contest 2013 | Washington Post

See all entries here.

[Ed. note: Aaaaaaaahhh!!!! :D]

(h/t: kelly.)

archiemcphee: Roadsworth is a street artist based in Montreal...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:16:10 -0400

archiemcphee:

Roadsworth is a street artist based in Montreal who literally turns the street into his canvas with pieces that are awesome in scale, cleverness, and playful creativity.

“Though born Peter Gibson, he chose the name Roadsworth because, as he states, ‘Where Wordsworth is a poet of words, Roadsworth is a poet of roads.’

Though he started painting on the streets as a form of activism (for more bike paths), his motivation later evolved into a more personal one. It became his alternative form of expression, a creative outlet if you will. Currently his works all have an aspect of protest in them, a way for Roadsworth to comment on today’s social issues or, as he says, “simply protest against the mundaneness of the urban landscape.”

Visit Roadsworth’s website to view more of his artwork.

[via My Modern Metropolis]

Amazing...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:24:29 -0400

Amazing… http://wp.me/sJdYq-amazing

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmVK0ESAyG4&w=500&h=312]
This incredible video is 4 hours of Aurora Borealis compressed into 3 minutes. A Swedish photographer used 2464 raw images to create this time lapse video. See the whole story over on io9.…

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urhajos: Monument Keyboard

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:46:01 -0400

urhajos:

Monument Keyboard

mazikins: A propaganda poster for Bill Nye, the man who taught...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:38:50 -0400

mazikins:

A propaganda poster for Bill Nye, the man who taught me most of what I learned about science in elementary school. And middle school. And high school.

thefrogman: [original]

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:32:20 -0400

thefrogman:

[original]

A new short story is up at the Guardian website

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:31:40 -0400

A new short story is up at the Guardian website:

neil-gaiman:

They asked for a story about water…

wired: photojojo: No, that’s not some fancy CGI, it’s what...

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:14:30 -0400

wired:

photojojo:

No, that’s not some fancy CGI, it’s what happens to water in response to a special audio frequency. By allowing the water to pass through the sound wave, it forms shapes that seem completely unreal.

Watch This: Water Takes the Shape of Sound Waves

via Notcot

This is pretty damn cool.

shortformblog: climateadaptation: NYTimes has a dazzling,...

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:29:26 -0400

shortformblog:

climateadaptation:

NYTimes has a dazzling, in-depth piece on owls. There is a video, a podcast, recordings of various calls, and interviews. Excellent.

I thought of half a dozen puns to write with this piece. I’m not going to use any of them in honor of how great this piece is.

Although it does not look like our cat Fred, they apparently...

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:46:19 -0400

Although it does not look like our cat Fred, they apparently belong to the same gang…

gdfalksen: Don’t Blink That episode was the scariest!

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:59:58 -0500

gdfalksen:

Don’t Blink

That episode was the scariest!

odditiesoflife: Highgate Cemetery - London’s Most...

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:57:06 -0500

odditiesoflife:

Highgate Cemetery - London’s Most Haunted

Highgate Cemetery is steeped in supernatural lore. Constructed out of need with six others in the early 1800s, with London’s population nearing a million and the death toll rising, there was no more room to bury the dead. This cemetery is one of the most famous in the world, with many notable historic figures, such as Karl Marx, buried there.

The architecture of the cemetery is truly unique. In the heart of the grounds is an eccentric structure called the Egyptian Avenue which consists of sixteen vaults, entered via a great arch. Each vault fits twelve coffins, purchased and used by individual families. This avenue leads to the Circle of Lebanon which was built in the same style consisting of thirty six vaults. A separate gothic-styled catacomb, named the Terrace Catacombs, has an additional fifty five vaults.

But what lures most people to the cemetery are the legends and myths that include ghosts, a vampire and other unexplained phenomena. Spirits coming out of the mausoleums, a glowing woman who roams the paths in between the graves, a man in a top hat, and misty floating beings that hang around the tombs are just some of the the spirits that inhabit the cemetery. Its the account of the “Highgate Vampire” that makes the site legendary.

The first report was in 1970, when a young man reported that he had seen a dark figure resembling a vampire in the cemetery. Since then, hundreds of claims of suspected vampires continued to be reported. Helping the belief along was the fact that dead foxes, with their throats torn open, kept turning up on the grounds. Aside from ghosts and a resident vampire, Highgate Cemetery is a hauntingly beautiful place to spend eternity.

wired: Ben Woodworth was filming ice-climbing athletes in the...

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:43:19 -0500

wired:

Ben Woodworth was filming ice-climbing athletes in the Utah backcountry when he noticed enormous, beautiful snowflakes falling on his backpack. The contrast of the white flakes against the bag’s black material immediately caught his eye.

At the time he was using a multi-thousand-dollar camera but it didn’t have the right lens. So instead he pulled out his iPhone 5 and a $5 macro attachment he ordered online.

[More @ Raw File]

synecdoche: there is really nothing in the world i identify...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:58:26 -0500

synecdoche:

there is really nothing in the world i identify with as much as party cat

Photo

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:46:00 -0500

colchrishadfield: Pittsburgh, PA - even from orbit it’s easy to...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:56:13 -0500

colchrishadfield:

Pittsburgh, PA - even from orbit it’s easy to see the three rivers.

For my favourite Pittsburgh fan.

http://www.moneyandshit.com/creepy-tree/

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 21:48:03 -0500

http://www.moneyandshit.com/creepy-tree/

bestmadeco: “Kitchen knives can be found in an abundant number...

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 21:20:27 -0500

bestmadeco:

“Kitchen knives can be found in an abundant number of styles that differ both by region and by task. Some are very versatile, such as the petty knife, others are more specialized, such as the nakiri. Every well appointed kitchen will find use for all of the blade types shown here, and any combination of these knives would make for an ideal start to a kitchen’s knife arsenal.” Nick Zdon, our resident blade master, provides some invaluable tips, the first chapter of our upcoming Knife Handbook.

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Sat, 23 Feb 2013 21:13:00 -0500