JUST HANGING OUT Photograph via splitwheel on Reddit Pictured above is the late Dan Osman (February 11, 1963 – November 23, 1998) an American extreme sport practitioner, known for excelling at the dangerous sports of “free-soloing” (rock climbing without ropes or other safety gear); and “rope jumping” (falling several hundred feet from…
As the end of 2011 nears, the Sifter looks back at a year of Art & Design posts that wowed and inspired. From sculptures to street art and everything in between, there was no shortage of incredible work. The Sifter cannot wait to see what wonderful works emerge in 2012. Until then, let’s look…
SELJALANDSFOSS WATERFALL, ICELAND Photograph by Noelia Magnusson Seljalandsfoss Falls in Iceland is located between Selfoss and Skogafoss on the Southern Ring Road down to Vik. It is a picturesque waterfall that plummets two hundred feet (60 meters) to a deep pool below. It is a unique and popular tourist attraction because visitors…
Photograph by APPURU PAI Photographer Appuru Pai took this incredible series aboard the Yurikamome Transit Line in Tokyo, Japan. Yurikamome is Tokyo’s first fully automated transit system, controlled entirely with computers with no drivers on board. There has been some interesting debate online as to whether these can be considered ‘long exposure’ shots…
CENTRAL PARK FROM ABOVE Photograph via Reddit Central Park is a public park in the center of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The park initially opened in 1857, on 843 acres (3.41 km2) of city-owned land. In 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition to improve…
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…
YO HOMES TO BEL-AIR! Photograph via Will Smith on Facebook Spotted: Will Smith (who’s first name is actually Willard, who knew!), Alfonso Ribeiro (Carlton Banks), Tatyana Ali (Ashley Banks), James Avery (Big Phil!) and Karyn Parsons (Hillary Banks). Apparently the guy on the right is Blake Ross, co-creator of Firefox (and now…
McDonald’s Tamago Double Mac – Japan Serving approximately 64 million customers daily in 119 countries around the world, Mcdonald’s is easily the world’s largest fast food restaurant chain. Employing over 1.5 million people in more than 31,000 chains, McDonald’s offers a variety of exotic dishes to cater to the unique local tastes of…
SERIOUS FIREPOWER Photograph by U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rasheen Douglas U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft from both the 8th and 419th Fighter Wings demonstrate an “elephant walk” formation as they taxi down a runway during an exercise Dec. 2, 2011, at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea.…
ARTHUR WYNNE’S ‘WORD-CROSS’, THE FIRST CROSSWORD PUZZLE, IS PUBLISHED – DECEMBER 21, 1913 On December 21, 1913, Arthur Wynne, a journalist from Liverpool, England, published a “word-cross” puzzle in the New York World that embodied most of the features of the genre as we know it. This puzzle is frequently…
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