Posted in Uncategorized on April 26, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s Saint Joseph’s Cat again!
Originally uploaded by bcostin
I’m sure Saint Joseph is an awesome guy, being a saint and all. But he really needs to tell his cat to stop calling us.
Posted in Photography, Uncategorized on April 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Kodachrome 25 was one of the most influential and popular films ever made. Alas, it is no more. It was discontinued by Kodak in 2002, with Kodachrome 200 following in 2006. Only K64 remains.
Here’s an interesting thread on photo.net reminiscing about K25 and Kodachrome in general:
Kodachrome 25 — Did you use it? - photo.net
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged robots quiz humor on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Created by OnePlusYou
Name That Robot
Posted in Uncategorized on March 29, 2008 | No Comments »
From the background action and all the easels passing by it looks as though there are at least a couple other painting elephants at the same location. Elephants are probably pretty smart, as non-primates go, but I don’t think this proves much. If dogs had a limb as flexible as a trunk then they could [...]
Posted in History, Photography, Science, Uncategorized, tagged history NYC photography on March 26, 2008 | No Comments »
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Originally uploaded by CitySkip
From CitySkip. Click the photo to view the whole set of images from New York City Blackout of 1977.
The landline phone system continues working even when the household power is out, of course. Most phones at the time were completely powered by big batteries or generators at the central office. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Video: Pontiac Ad Gives Nod to Classic Spy Hunter - Boing Boing Gadgets
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged weird news video on March 13, 2008 | No Comments »
I get the impression that this woman had problems:
A 35-year-old woman who apparently spent two years in her boyfriend’s bathroom in Ness City had become stuck to the toilet seat, authorities said Wednesday.”She was not glued. She was not tied. She was just physically stuck by her body. It is hard to imagine. … I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged inventions space cartoons on March 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Short on space? Well, now you can hang your bed from the ceiling! What could possibly go wrong?
Beds: Bedup Saves Space by Storing Your Bed in the Ceiling
This reminds me of that Daffy Duck cartoon where he upgrades Elmer Fudd’s house with all sorts of mechanical gadgets, including a revolutionary way to avoid stairs by [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Well, a fallen angel, at least.
Posted in Uncategorized on February 27, 2008 | No Comments »
William F. Buckley, conservative icon for two generations, has passed away at age 82. I’m very sorry to hear that. I came to conservatism in my teens while reading National Review magazine and I’ve been a regular reader of the National Review website for years now. National Review Online has many friends and colleagues saying [...]
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