The Helicopters are Coming
January 20th, 2010
The Helicopters are Coming.
Archive for the 'awesome' Category
whoosh bottle original
January 15th, 2010
WHOOSH.
Awful Library Books
July 1st, 2009
Hilarious.
Exploring Consciousness through the Study of Bees
January 19th, 2009
Ensouling bees.
Octodons
December 6th, 2008
Want.
Minot’s Ledge Lighthouse
September 16th, 2008
Lighthouse with its foundations underwater at high-tide. I read on shorpy that this house is still in operation today, and has been solar-powered for the past 25 years.
World’s Columbian Exposition
September 10th, 2008
Set of 97 photos of the Columbian Exposition by the Brooklyn Museum's first fine arts curator, William Henry Goodyear. Mostly of the White City, though there are a few from the midway as well.
Head Rolls Off
May 5th, 2008
"Give me the cloth and I'll wipe my face / When it's all gone, something carries on /
It's not morbid at all, just when nature's had enough of you / When my blood stops - someone else's will not"
The Modern Leper
May 5th, 2008
"Is that you in front of me / Coming back for even more of exactly the same? / You must be a masochist / To love a modern leper on his last leg"
Rare Books on Calligraphy and Penmanship
February 25th, 2008
Jaw dropping.
Clarence Larkin Charts
January 10th, 2008
How come none of these appear in Tufte's books?
Blue Brain Project
December 23rd, 2007
The hits just keep on coming.
Biking to a Different Beat
November 30th, 2007
"Many riders finance their hobby by installing car stereos and doing other such handiwork." Nice.
Antony gormley
November 1st, 2007
Love this guy.
The Superest
October 23rd, 2007
Successive rounds of drawings of superheroes/-villians whose special powers beat the special powers of the superheroes/-villians from the round before.
Hello New Friend
September 20th, 2007
Lucky Dragons' last album, Widows, was altogether fantastic, weird enough to stay fascinating after multiple listens, accessible enough to allow for multiple listens in the first place, and this might well be the best track on it.
Voyager Golden Record
September 11th, 2007
Excellent, though sort of needlesslay flash-heavy interface for hearing/seeing the golden record sent out with the Voyager. Amazing: "Johnny B. Goode" is on there. via kio.
SABLE-3 Balloon Launch
August 24th, 2007
Awesome amateur aerial photography project - some really stunning results.
White Punks on Dope
July 18th, 2007
via nevver. Too bad this wasn't in Drumline.