Every so often, the conditions are right and half the world’s population of internet users decide to go ape over the same silly thing simultaneously. As Prof. Harold Hill would say, “Mass-steria!” The shared memetic obsession this time around? Cat … Continue reading
A few months ago, Steve posted about John McLoughlin’s visit to the Black Hole in Los Alamos. Last night, while wandering around Flickr, I came across Telstar Logistics’ Black Hole photoset. It’s well worth a look, and man – that … Continue reading
A great web collision! First, a flickrfind: * The juxtaposition of the peeing boy and the Coke bottle – memorable… It strikes me that I’ve always just accepted the spouting cherub/little boy theme; I wonder where it came from? Just … Continue reading
A couple of hilarious visions of the future (or the present, depending on how you look at it). First, via MeFi, the engineering triumph of the modern age. Ladies and Gentleman, I give you the Alameda-Weehauken Burrito Tunnel. * … Continue reading
For those of you who don’t read BoingBoing, but do like pictures of the high places of Asia – the photography of Mr. Gutierrez: – –
A few things I’ve run across that I wanted to post… One of my very favorite web cartoonists (graphic web-page-ist?) visits the Google campus. Personally, I would have risked failure and filled my pockets at the hundred dollar bar. Also, … Continue reading
First, let me recommend this 4GM note over at kfmonkey. For a while it’s been pretty clear that ‘appointment based’ teevee was and is getting battered by new technology – TiVo was the thing that really crystallized out a couple … Continue reading
The Athanasius Kircher Society gives us a head-up on a very nice slide show on Slate devoted to the photographs of Rosamond Purcell. I realized while looking at the photographs that I’d seen a couple of the images before, without … Continue reading
Self-referential perfection in information design. (via BoingBoing)
I saw this post yesterday on Engadget, announcing a beta hardware release of the Neuros OSD media box. The beta is mostly – as far as I can tell – because of the state of software development on the platform. … Continue reading
A crack team of South Korean forensic animation specialists work on the remains. – I hesitate to characterize this work as gaffs – I’m not sure it can be put in any category. It is fun, interesting and beautiful; take … Continue reading
Up for a massive dose of educational schadenfreude? Pay a visit to the Navy Safety Center for pictures of people doing things they really should think twice about or the aftermath of same. A whole lot of Darwin Award competitors … Continue reading