December 2009
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World's Largest Spherical Panorama →
Taken by Jeffrey Martin from the top of the Prague TV Tower.
Dec 31st
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Poland: Conquest of Space →
Stamps
Dec 31st
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Music Video for Miike Snow's "Silvia" →
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Dec 31st
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Extinct Toys →
Wooden toys of recently extinct animals handcrafted by Josh Finkle
Dec 31st
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Obsolete Skills →
A list.
Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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Apophis' pass over Earth →
An animation put together by @NASAJPL of the 18,300 mile close pass of the Asteroid Apophis as it goes by earth.
Dec 31st
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Music Video for Holy Fuck's "Royal Gregory" →
Dec 31st
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Hello, I'm a Robot! →
Illustrations by E. Benyaminson for the book by Stanislav Zigunenko
Dec 31st
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“When reviewing products that no one knows anything about, individuals should...”
– The Macalope
Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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Dec 28th
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Trailer for "Cop Out" →
by Kevin Smith
Dec 28th
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KaBoom! →
Merry Christmas from PES
Dec 24th
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Happy Holidays →
And yes, my holiday card has a drawing of Darkseid on it. I wonder how many other holiday images he’s been in? /by Michael Cho
Dec 24th
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Cringestalgia →
Last week my parents sent me a DVD with 198 files they excavated from my first computer. ‘Thought you’d get a kick out of these!’ they wrote on the Post-It Note. Most of them are high school writing assignments from 1996-2000. Short stories, book reports, debate texts and even for the love of God poetry. I’m making myself go through them, and this blog is where...
Dec 24th
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Going to California →
A short film by Luke Humphrey documenting his roadtrip from Seattle through California. Camping in Redwood, Sequoia, Yosemite, Death Valley, Mono Lake. It’s like my childhood, all my favorite places in glorious HD with Boards of Canada as the Soundtrack. It doesn’t get better than that.
Dec 23rd
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Lehrer's Rules
Friday, December 4th was the final broadcast of NewsHour (with Jim Lehrer.) During it he laid out his personal rules for journalism. I only wish everyone in the field could follow them. • Do nothing I cannot defend. • Cover, write and present every story with the care I would want if the story were about me. • Assume there is at least one other side or version to every story. • Assume...
Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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Mag+ →
Magazines have articles you can curl up with and lose yourself in, and luscious photography that draws the eye. And they’re so easy and enjoyable to read. Can we marry what’s best about magazines with the always connected, portable tablet e-readers sure to arrive in 2010? I like this.
Dec 23rd
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CRAAAAAW! →
Dec 23rd
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Hyperspace →
A supercut.
Dec 23rd
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Paris 1962 →
Photographs by Tom Palumbo of “Paris cafés and nightlife in 1962, the same week Yves St. Laurent’s runway show vaulted Dior to new heights.”
Dec 23rd
Dec 23rd
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Sandhogs →
Photography by Gina LeVay of the excavation of City Water Tunnel #3 in NYC. For each mile tunneled, approximately one Sandhog has lost his life in a mining related accident.
Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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"Pan Am’s Helvetica dreamtime." →
A look at “a forgotten chapter in corporate design history” i.e. Awesome ’70s era posters.
Dec 22nd
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Vintage Guitar & Amp Ads →
Some excellent stuff here. Like this Telecaster ad. /via @draplin
Dec 22nd
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drops →
check a box.
Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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Wintersleep - “Miasmal smoke and the... →
Starts out sounding like an Explosions In The Sky track, but changes into something vocal and angry and wonderful. Hmmm. This definitely demands further perusal. /via everything in the sky
Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Vintage Suicide Knobs →
/via DDC
Dec 18th
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Sand Castle Explosions →
Backwards. In Slow Motion.
Dec 18th
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Dreamland →
Photography by Katarina Stefanović
Dec 18th
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The Eccentric Brilliance of Stan Mott →
Illustration. Here is the personal aircraft carrier for the impossibly wealthy Oil Sheik. The Sheik is sea-sick, so the carrier rolls on the dry ground, while the seaplanes land on its deck filled with water. Some sharks were provided to keep the waters free of Russian scuba diving spies. [
Dec 18th
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Trailer for "Hot Tub Time Machine" →
Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
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LEGO Build Together Ad →
Dec 16th
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“If anything, I’m just embarrassed I didn’t see this coming. I’m embarrassed I...”
– matt langer
Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Trailer for "Robin Hood" →
First trailer for Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood
Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Shooting Brake →
Shooting-brake is a 2-door car body style with a squared-off rear [
Dec 15th
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Ansel Adams' Lost Los Angeles Found →
While looking for something else at the Los Angeles Public Library, Gerard Van der Leun stumbled across some 1940s photos of LA taken by Ansel Adams. They had not been seen for a long while. /via kottke
Dec 15th
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Brian Cox Teaches Hamlet Masterclass To a Two-Year... →
Yep. That’s right.
Dec 12th
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Swiss businessman builds minaret in protest →
Fucking A Right man. Good on ya. A Swiss businessman appalled by his fellow countrymen’s decision to ban minarets has extended a chimney above his company building into a minaret in protest.
Dec 12th
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Ghosts of Shopping Past →
Photography by Brian Ulrich
Dec 12th