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Awww! Aren’t they cute?

Posted in Means of Transportation, Neat Stuff, tagged on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum

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Firebird Suite

Posted in Music, Neat Stuff, Uncategorized, tagged on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Music is The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky, animation from Disney’s Fantasia 2000.

YouTube – Fantasia-Firebird
And a video of the man himself conducting a performance of this piece at age 83.

via Slublog

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The Earth Dies Screaming

Posted in Music, Neat Stuff, Science Fiction & Fantasy, tagged on December 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

YouTube – Asteroid Impact HD
The song is “The Great Gig in the Sky” by Pink Floyd.
via Ace of Spades

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One Photo Per Day

Posted in Neat Stuff, Photography, tagged on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

But they’re really big photos. Made with the largest box camera I’ve ever seen.

YouTube – John Chiara

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Hey, you guys!

Posted in Neat Stuff, tagged on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Electric Company was a kids’ show back in the 70’s. Like Sesame Street, except funkier. But really, with Morgan Freeman on the cast, how could it not be funky? Some dedicated fans have compiled an index of all the songs used in the show. One thing I never noticed when [...]

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A Tri-X Message In A Bottle

Posted in Neat Stuff, Photography, tagged on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Wow, this is a really great little story. Someone going out of their way – from all the way on the other side of the world, in fact – just to do something nice for someone they’d never even met. Be sure and read the scanned letter, too.
The Online Photographer: The Amazing Gift of Woo [...]

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Let Us Now Praise Crazy Fans

Posted in Neat Stuff, Photography on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Very surreal, but well done:
Artistic Photo Gallery Of Star Trek And Star Wars Fans Dressed Up As Characters – Geekologie
via Ace

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The Merry Old Land Of Oz

Posted in Neat Stuff, tagged on August 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »

National Geographic presents this nifty zoomable map of Oz.

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Gallery of Sawn-In-Half Cameras

Posted in Neat Stuff, Photography, Web/Tech on July 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Ever wonder what the interior of a camera lens looks like? Here you go.
Gallery of Sawn-In-Half Cameras | Gadget Lab from Wired.com
Kids! Don’t try this at home! Especially not at my home.

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Lovely nature illustrations from Scientific American

Posted in Neat Stuff, Science, tagged , on May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Illustrations of Roberto Osti [Slide Show]: Scientific American
I love these sorts of illustrations.

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