THE FIRST OF THE GREENSBORO SIT-INS OF 1960 – FEBRUARY 1, 1960 The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests which led to the Woolworth’s department store chain reversing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States. While not the first sit-ins of the African-American Civil Rights…
THE OLD CITY OF SANA’A AT NIGHT Photograph via Reddit Sana’a, also spelled “Sanaa”, is the capital of Yemen and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. At an altitude of 2,300 metres (7,500 ft), it is also one of the highest capital cities in the world. Sana’a has…
My friend @Tonewise sent me the video below last night. It’s a clever PR stunt to promote the upcoming film ‘Chronicle’ (trailer also below). It’s about three high school students that start to develop superhuman powers. And we all know with great power comes great responsibility…. Things unsurprisingly start to go awry. Back to…
Photograph by Nicholas Gray Super Bowl 46 is this Sunday (Giants vs Patriots). What better way to celebrate this most glorious occasion then to feast your eyes on the most ridiculous Super Bowl Snack Stadiums ever created? Below is a collection of thirty snack stadiums that are sure to challenge your New Year’s…
TRAVIS PASTRANA DOES A DOUBLE BACKFLIP Photograph via NITRO CIRCUS ON FACEBOOK This is an incredible action sequence of the mighty Travis Pastrana doing a double-backflip. It was posted on Nitro Circus’s Facebook Page on January 16th, 2012. Since then it has amassed a cool 16,222 Likes, 1,042 comments and 1,608 shares.…
Neil deGrasse Tyson (born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, a science communicator, the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space, and a Research Associate in the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. Since 2006 he has hosted the…
A PRAYER FOR THE DEAD Photograph by HU YUANJIA/Reuters/ Asian News Photo Photographer’s Description [Hu Yuanjia]: “I remember clearly that it was about 5 p.m. on November 25. I was just finishing an assignment photographing retired military soldiers bidding farewell to their comrades at the train station. On my way out, I…
Art Installation by LEANDRO ERLICH Currently on display at Le 104 in Paris, artist Leandro Erlich’s ‘Bâtiment’ (building) is an incredible an highly interactive art installation that is part of the In_Perceptions exhibition that is open until March 4, 2012. The illusion is achieved by recreating an entire building facade on the ground…
OUTDOOR JACUZZI ON THE MATTERHORN Photograph via Iglu-Dorf.com This outdoor jacuzzi is part of the Igloo Village, ‘Iglu-Dorf‘, in Zermatt. Guests sleep at an altitude of 2,727 meters (8.946 ft) at the Gornergrat, right next to Switzerland’s most famous mountain, the mighty Matterhorn. The Igloo village typically opens up in December with…
Artwork by RASHAD ALAKBAROV Azberbaijan-based artist Rashad Alakbarov creates wonderful shadow art using everyday objects and reflecting their shadows to create wonderful cityscapes and portraits. My favourite of the lot is the piece above that beautifully incorporates colour into thee piece for a really striking landscape. If you’re in London, you can catch…
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