Yearly Archives: 2012

January 17, 2012 at 5:08 pm

Picture of the Day: Serenity Now

Picture of the Day: Serenity Now

SERENITY NOW Photograph by ZAK NOYLE for SURFER MAGAZINE Sun, water, wave, surf. Oh and a rainbow. This gorgeous photograph by Zak Noyle was the winner of Surfer Magazine’s ‘photo of the year’ and it’s easy to see why. The image was taken with a fisheye lens at Teahupoo in Tahiti. The…

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January 17, 2012 at 8:41 am

Movie Posters from an Alternate Universe

Movie Posters from an Alternate Universe

Artwork and Design by PETER STULTS Movie Posters from an Alternate Universe Back in 2009, artist Sean Hartter created a series of movie posters from an alternate universe (131 posters to be exact!). The concept was simple: use film titles people are familiar with but recreate them in a different era or…

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January 16, 2012 at 4:47 pm

Picture of the Day: Gorgeous Skeleton Pens by Montblanc

Picture of the Day: Gorgeous Skeleton Pens by Montblanc

GORGEOUS SKELETON PENS BY MONTBLANC Photograph by MONTBLANK PEN LOVER -ma0ca- Check out these drop-dead gorgeous ‘skeleton pens’ by Montblanc. Don’t know too much about these beyond the fact that they are special limited editions pens and undoubtedly very expensive. Montblanc’s website offers the following: The highly sophisticated art of skeletonising, a…

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January 16, 2012 at 8:55 am

Hiding Air Bases, Factories and Plants in WWII

Hiding Air Bases, Factories and Plants in WWII

It’s February, 1942. US Navy Monitors have just tracked a Japanese submarine skulking just outside of San Francisco. A few nights later, a Japanese submarine surfaces off the coast of Santa Barbara and fires a few shells at an oil storage facility. With the memories of Pearl Harbor from last December still fresh,…

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January 15, 2012 at 4:47 pm

Volkswagen’s 800-Vehicle Car Towers in Germany

Volkswagen's 800-Vehicle Car Towers in Germany

Photograph via Autostadt.de The Autostadt is a visitor attraction adjacent to the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, with a prime focus on automobiles. It features a museum, pavilions for the Volkswagen Group’s major brands (VW owns Audi, Lamborghini, Bentley and Bugatti) and two incredible Car Towers. Each tower is a 60 meter/200 ft…

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January 14, 2012 at 6:23 pm

Amazing Envelope Art with a Ballpoint Pen

Amazing Envelope Art with a Ballpoint Pen

Artwork by MARK POWELL | PRINT AVAILABLE London-based artist Mark Powell draws incredible portraits on the backs of envelopes using only a ballpoint pen (referred to ‘biro pens’ in England). You can find many more examples of Mark’s original work on his website and Flickr page. Artwork by MARK POWELL |…

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January 14, 2012 at 9:04 am

Hypnosis [Comic Strip]

Hypnosis [Comic Strip]

COMIC BY RYAN HUDSON @ CHANNELATE.COM See all Comic Strips of the Week

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January 13, 2012 at 5:25 pm

Picture of the Day: The Mighty Flatirons of Boulder, Colorado

Picture of the Day: The Mighty Flatirons of Boulder, Colorado

THE MIGHTY FLATIRONS OF BOULDER, COLORADO Photograph via Reddit The Flatirons are rock formations near Boulder, Colorado. There are five large, numbered Flatirons ranging from north to south (First through Fifth, respectively) along the east slope of Green Mountain, and the term “The Flatirons” sometimes refers to these five alone. Numerous additional…

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January 13, 2012 at 9:14 am

The Shirk Report – Volume 144

The Shirk Report - Volume 144

Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find the 20 funniest images, 10 most interesting articles, and 5 most viral videos from the previous week of sifting. Enjoy! *For those that prefer the links open in a new tab/window, try holding the CTRL key whilst clicking a link with your mouse Stay sifty…

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January 12, 2012 at 5:17 pm

Picture of the Day: Water Bubble Reflection in Zero Gravity

Picture of the Day: Water Bubble Reflection in Zero Gravity

WATER BUBBLE REFLECTION IN ZERO GRAVITY Photograph by NASA Astronaut Clayton Anderson watches as a water bubble floats in the middeck of space shuttle Discovery during the STS-131 mission. Note that his image in the bubble is upside down because the bubble refracted the light. (Taken April 12, 2010). [Source] via…

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