Dark Roasted Blend: Russian Nuclear Icebreakers: to the North Pole! (2)
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"QUANTUM SHOT" #395linkOdyssey in the Arctic with Russian Icebreaker FleetThe nuclear-powered icebreakers served as a symbol of Soviet technological power for many decades. Today this fleet is used to aid ship navigation in the seas north of Siberia - and for elite tourism, which helps to pay the bills. The most powerful of all icebreakers "50 years of Victory" (one of six "Arktika" class) has two nuclear reactors and is capable of reaching North Pole ...
Weird Inventions by Guys (4)
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"QUANTUM SHOT" #484linkRead all parts of the series here!This article is written by our contributing writer Scott Seegert (his site) for Dark Roasted Blend. He is the author of "It's a Guy Thing - Awesome Innovations from the Underdeveloped Male Mind" (Random House). The inventions featured in this article are NOT included in the book and represent a new material for DRB.Awesome Innovations from the Underdeveloped Male MindThere are over 7 million patents registered in ...
Dark Roasted Blend: Beauty in Decay: Photography of Urban Exploration (5)
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"QUANTUM SHOT" #482The Abandoned and the Rusted-out Carcasses of Things Long Gone seem to be a fitting theme for this week - much of doom and gloom has occurred in economy, and most people are concerned about the future. So we're just going to play on these apocalyptic sentiments, and serve you a bunch of depressing pictures... Sorry.Desolate places with a soulWe were quite impressed by explorations of Julie Shiel, and her eye for colorful ...
Chemical Tentacles (2)
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LinkScroll down for today's pictures & links.Chemical TentaclesThis is perhaps the most bizarre chemical reaction that exists - it involves a piece of mercury thiocyanide, which while decomposing produces bizarre, seemingly never-ending tentacles. Warning! do not attempt - the reaction byproducts are highly toxic urlToday's pictures & links:Close-up of a wet leaf(image credit: Sophie)Just one of many fascinating macro-photography images in this Wired' collection.------------More whimsical book art (or art out of books)Following up our last ...
Lebanon: The Switzerland of the Middle East [PICS] (46)
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"QUANTUM SHOT" #481Article by Rachel and Avi Abrams, linkOutside of wars and politics: Lebanon's natural beauty is second to none"Switzerland" comparison does not exactly come to mind when you consider how war-torn and miserable this nation has been in the recent years. But cast a longer look around you while visiting this incredible spot in the Middle East - and the ancient, spectacular beauty of the place will start to haunt you, bless you, and ...
Dark Roasted Blend: Most Ridiculous Things to Do with Superheroes (13)
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"QUANTUM SHOT" #480Article is co-written by James Golbey, from Dump Trumpet & Avi Abrams. - linkSuperheroes vs. The Evil Marketing MastermindSuperheroes were always cool. Even back in the seventies when Batman was synonymous with "camp", and comics were "for illiterates" - there was a general feeling that being a superhero was THE job. (post stamps issued by DC Comics)Since then, pop culture rules have changed a bit, and now superheroes are again considered "ultra cool". ...
Air Traffic Worldwide (1)
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LinkScroll down for today's pictures & links.Air Traffic WorldwideThis is a simulation over 24 hours. As you can see most traffic happens between US and Europe. urlSee it in better resolution: 1, 2For another interesting simulation see this air traffic overn Europe.Today's pictures & links:Moscow. The Iron Man(image via)Photo by Rodchenko, 1932. The firefighters parade at the Red Square.------------New Pyramid Skyscraper for ParisFor thirty years, no new towers have been constructed in Paris (partly because ...
The Bittersweet Art of Cutting Up Books [PICS] (36)
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"QUANTUM SHOT" #479linkUnusual Book & Page Sculptures, Part 2We wrote before about new trend of making art statements and sculptures out of used books (see our Part 1). Some readers complained that they abhor the idea of cutting up books, no matter what value the book might still have or what's printed inside. Others suggested quite the opposite: why not donate some used bookstore's inventory to the artists (and even freely ship it to them). ...
50 Pics of Horrible Architectural Mishaps [Facepalm] (5)
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"QUANTUM SHOT" #478linkWhen "Oops!" is immortalized in stoneIt's not easy to fix an error once it's literally "cast in stone" and turned into an atrocious building, which somehow gets approved by the (obviously drunk) quality inspectors. Maybe builders just hope that future occupants would not mind seeing these blunders too much (as long as they are non-life-threatening) - but surely, a more sensitive soul just might get really disturbed and go nuts... inside all this ...
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LinkScroll down for today's pictures & links.Octapodi Escape!"Octapodi": Brilliant animation short, featuring a love-struck octopus couple and a "Vespa Ape" mini-truck: urlToday's pictures & links:Good Advice?(image via Great Depression)------------Sky Fire!This stunning pic is from National Geographic's recent set of wallpapers, participants of International Photography Contest - photograph by Bob Douglas:(image credit: Bob Douglas, National Geographic)"This was shot at the ocean entry of the Pu`u`O`o vent on the Kilauea Volcano, which is close to Kalapana on ...
Link Latte 79 (1)
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#79 - Week of September 22, 2008Most alien-looking caterpillar, info, more - [fascinating]Creepy Grasshopper Clock for $2 million, info - [wow tech]A Gentlemen's Duel: great animation comedy - [steampunk]Incredible War Miniatures - [geek art]Collection of great HDR photos of abandoned places - [gallery]Street Art by Peter Gibson - [urban art]How to camouflage a cell phone tower - [design]Funny Tip Jar Signs - [funny]Some scary ghost towns... - [abandoned]Guy photographs himself every day for 17 years ...
Over The Top Limousines (7)
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"QUANTUM SHOT" #477linkGratuitous shots of limo interiors, and moreIn our day and age of automotive downsizing (Smart car is all you really need) these atrocious exercises in overblown style and scale remain popular, mostly because you don't have to own one of these yourself. The modest, normal-looking stretches of the 60s and 70s look positively primitive today and completely lost their jaw-dropping factor, so the limo companies go for the utmost SUV jugular and start ...
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When I see that sort of thing, I can't help thinking, WTF is that good for?!
Edwin Mijnsbergen shared as favorite Darien Gap: The Most Dangerous (Absence of a) Road (4)
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"QUANTUM SHOT" #476Article by Rachel & Avi Abrams - linkJungles, swamps, guerillas and corrupt military - all in the most intense 90km on EarthYou might have wondered if it's possible to drive between North and South America - for surely there must be a road between these two continents! Well, as it turns out, there is absolutely NO ROAD connecting them, and all travel advisories clearly say "Don't Go", even if you feel somewhat suicidal. ...
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LinkScroll down for today's pictures & links.Super Star: A "Mobile China Town" SkyscraperTired of the "same-old" look to China Towns everywhere? Well, this radical cyberpunk concept by MAD Architects brings to extreme the shape of a crystal star 1000 meters high, with simply mind-boggling effect: urlThey don't say how exactly this skyscraper can be mobile, but you can almost imagine it floating from location to location, gracing lucky cities with its extreme China Town version:This ...
Monstrous Aviation: World's Biggest Airplanes [PICS] (46)
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"QUANTUM SHOT" #475Link -- Article by M. Christian of "Meine Kleine Fabrik" and Avi AbramsFulfilling numerous requests from our readers, here is a page documenting the history of huge airplanes, in a visually striking and wondrous manner:Flying on Gigantic WingsFor a few thousand years the biggest things in the skies were only in our imaginations, flying figments of myth and fable: the Roc from Sinbad’s tales, the Garuda bird from the Mahabharata, the Thunderbird from ...
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#78 - Week of September 15, 2008Hubble Telescope Finds a Mystery Object - [fascinating]Lilypad: Fantastic Floating City - [Dubai would love it]Ultimate Camouflage: Chinese Urban Hiding - [gallery]Huge Slug Looks at You - [kinda gross video]Awesome Urban Furniture - [designs]Computers used on modern spaceships - [interesting]If you build it, they will come: Japanese zeal - [fantastic idea]Art Deco Space Travel Posters - [retro-future]Top 10 Brilliant Watch Designs - [design]Pretty cool immersive DJ experience - [flash]Oddest ...
Dark Roasted Blend: Sharks: Cruise Missles of the Deep (11)
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"QUANTUM SHOT" #474Link - Article by Avi Abrams and Lauren AxelrodJaws... Cue the Music.They are perfect, relentless and always hungry. They never sleep and prowl the seas like nuclear-powered torpedoes. That would be a pretty bad rap for anybody, even though few sharks would attack a human without being provoked. Scientists claim that sharks kill without ill will or premeditation and thus cannot be labeled 'malicious'. Yeah, right.Great White (and Smirking) Killing MachineThese guys hang ...
Unique Pigeon Towers of Iran (2)
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"QUANTUM SHOT" #473Article by Rachel & Avi Abrams, linkPigeons Get the Best Architecture... Who Knew?Before somebody decides that these look like disguised missile installations, let us assure you that people of Iran built them for one purposes only: to keep a bunch of pigeons happy.Even stranger than Strange Towers of the Third Reich, these terracotta-colored (favorite pigeon color) structures dot Iranian landscape, some more than 20 meters high.(images credit: Jadid Online)Luxury Accommodations for Harmonious Pigeon ...
The Nightmares and Joys of Parenting, Part 3 (3)
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"QUANTUM SHOT" #472linkDon't show this to your kids, as they might get ideas you'll regret later.Kids are a joy to raise and a pleasure to behold, as any loving parent would attest. However, together with the moments of hilarity, there are times of sheer exasperation and terror, especially when your kid decides to use your new iPhone for his latest chemistry project launch pad. So here goes the third installment in our series, documenting unexpected ...
Stunningly Intricate Curta Mechanical Calculator (47)
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"QUANTUM SHOT" #471linkWhat if Babbage's Difference Engine spawned a "laptop"?It's hard to find more desirable and satisfying (in a tactile sort of way) mechanical fetish item from the age of early computing... For years Curta calculators enjoyed a cult status among collectors, and as recently as in 2003 they were featured in William Gibson's "Pattern Recognition" book. However, I daresay, not featured enough. This marvel of mechanical engineering should be given more exposure, especially given ...
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Azeem said:
awesome device.. want!!
