Category Archives: Art
Eames film: How a polaroid camera works and changes your view of the world
In 10 minutes, the Eames team (husband and wife) remind us how miraculous a polaroid picture really is. Watching this film makes you feel better.
Eames film: How a polaroid camera works and changes your view of the world
In 10 minutes, the Eames team (husband and wife) remind us how miraculous a polaroid picture really is. Watching this film makes you feel better.
Steel drum Rocking chair: now with adjustable rock
Design by François Royer (via recycleart)
How flies dance across the ceiling upside down
Those pincer claws can grab for extra footing. Those small hairs adhere via surface tension. The smallest act as taste sensors. That’s why the fly has to constantly wipe its feet, everything gets stuck to them and then they don’t
How flies dance across the ceiling upside down
Those pincer claws can grab for extra footing. Those small hairs adhere via surface tension. The smallest act as taste sensors. That’s why the fly has to constantly wipe its feet, everything gets stuck to them and then they don’t
A Beautiful Day: U2 saves the world and goes to Mars instead
Distance to Mars: The closest theoretical point Earth and Mars can be is when Earth is at its aphelion (most distant point in its elliptical orbit around the sun- average 149,597,888 km), and Mars is at its closest (average 227,939,100
A Beautiful Day: U2 saves the world and goes to Mars instead
Distance to Mars: The closest theoretical point Earth and Mars can be is when Earth is at its aphelion (most distant point in its elliptical orbit around the sun- average 149,597,888 km), and Mars is at its closest (average 227,939,100
The largest testicles in the Kingdom
Though Michael Wandelmaier’s woolly whales are long gone, the Right Whale is still holding on… just barely. It was dubbed “right” because it was the right type to kill, i.e. it floated when jabbed. Moby Dick was a Right whale.
The largest testicles in the Kingdom
Though Michael Wandelmaier’s woolly whales are long gone, the Right Whale is still holding on… just barely. It was dubbed “right” because it was the right type to kill, i.e. it floated when jabbed. Moby Dick was a Right whale.
Oscar Mayer: butcher, inventor, health-nut, King of Packed Meat dies
When i heard the news that Oscar Mayer was dead, I shouted “Baloney,” but now it’s sinking in that the King of Packed Meat (KOPM) is gone forever. Wife Geraldine Fitzpatrick, says it was old age?! Is that still killing
Oscar Mayer: butcher, inventor, health-nut, King of Packed Meat dies
When i heard the news that Oscar Mayer was dead, I shouted “Baloney,” but now it’s sinking in that the King of Packed Meat (KOPM) is gone forever. Wife Geraldine Fitzpatrick, says it was old age?! Is that still killing
One of a kind: 1949 Moto Major 350
Design Engineer: Salvatore Majorca, Torino 1948 (via)
Understanding our neighbors
E.O. Wilson, the eminent biologist has spent m0st of his life studying ant colonies. He concludes that while each ant appears to be little more than a vacant chemical program with legs, collectively they add up to a complex macro-organism,
Understanding our neighbors
E.O. Wilson, the eminent biologist has spent m0st of his life studying ant colonies. He concludes that while each ant appears to be little more than a vacant chemical program with legs, collectively they add up to a complex macro-organism,
