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The Cutest Animals: Awww Update
"QUANTUM SHOT" #833 Link - by Avi Abrams In our rough and tough world we need a shot of cuteness from time to time. Well, then, consider yourself "shot". We featured some of the cutest animals in our previous posts (see our extensive "Animals" category ). What can we say? It's...
2013-05-19T13:18:49.961-07:00 -
Glory of Early Aviation (1900s-1960s)
"QUANTUM SHOT" #832 Link - article by Avi Abrams "Adventure in Contentment" - Vintage Air Travel Posters and Airline Nostalgia Some will say that we live in the Golden Age of Air Travel today. There are certainly plenty of conveniences and almost limitless choices when it...
2013-05-13T22:26:34.694-07:00 -
Archive: April 2013
Sleek Vintage Salon Hair Dryers Chrome Coolness, Gentle Breeze and Space Age Fashion Awesome Armoured Trains and Rail Cruisers Great symbols of power and "stable stagnation" Strange Deep-Sea Diving Suits Under Pressure... and Enjoying It The Golden Age of Cigar Box Art Elaborate Old...
2013-05-08T19:05:43.935-07:00 -
Link Latte 201
#201 - Week of May 7, 2013 Animation Made From... Atoms - [amazing video] One Year Without the Internet - [the results are in] Quantum Internet: in use by Government Lab - [geek info] German Postal History: Huge Collection - [great site, vintage] Super Impressive Visuals of the ...
2013-05-07T20:37:41.688-07:00 -
Hypnotic: Mechanical Principles
Link Scroll down for today's pictures & links. Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock... Lots Of Mechanical Fun! This mesmerizing and yet hugely educational video simply has to experienced in our day and age. Ralph Steiner is considered by many to be not just a groundbreaking photographer but one of the...
2013-05-06T18:28:28.653-07:00 -
Sleek Vintage Salon Hair Dryers
"QUANTUM SHOT" #831 Link - article by Avi Abrams Chrome Coolness, Gentle Breeze and Space Age Fashion We love Space-Age vintage salon hair dryers, with their sleek style and unapologetic abundance of chrome. They look even better when coupled with Coke in this 1960 ad, don't...
2013-05-05T16:48:32.700-07:00 -
Awesome Armoured Trains and Rail Cruisers
"QUANTUM SHOT" #830 Link - article by Simon Rose and Avi Abrams Armoured train as a symbol of military power, as well as "a symbol of stable stagnation" Armoured trains usually had a number of railroad cars, equipped with machine guns and heavy artillery, and were heavily...
2013-05-05T17:23:19.693-07:00 -
Strange Deep-Sea Diving Suits
"QUANTUM SHOT" #829 Link - article by Simon Rose and Avi Abrams Under Pressure - and Enjoying It This time, we thought we’d take an in-depth look at diving suits, those strange looking costumes that many of us have seen before, on TV, in movies or maybe even in real life. The...
2013-04-25T17:08:33.199-07:00 -
The Golden Age of Cigar Box Art
"QUANTUM SHOT" #828 Link - article by Simon Rose Elaborate Vintage Cigar Box Labels: A Plethora of Themes and Visual Curiosities The collecting of cigar boxes is, like the collecting of stamps and coins, a specialized field of interest. Peculiar Postage, which previously...
2013-04-24T10:04:21.421-07:00 -
Link Latte 200
#200 - Week of April 21, 2013 Wild Men of Europe: Animal Costume Traditions - [weirdest gallery] Simply Awesome: Hidden Synagogue, info - [wow object] Computational Architecture by Michael Hansmeyer - [fractal columns] In Detail: Interview with the Sword Maker - [fascinating] ...
2013-04-21T01:03:25.139-07:00 -
Thrill Ride: Bumper Cars
"QUANTUM SHOT" #827 Link - article by Simon Rose and Avi Abrams "Directing a film... can be like trying to write War and Peace in a bumper car in an amusement park" --Stanley Kubrick Most of us have experienced bumper cars at least once at an amusement park. These things have been...
2013-04-19T18:38:53.499-07:00 -
DRB Feel-Good Issue #8
"FEEL-GOOD SHOT" #8 Link - by Avi Abrams Some joyful stuff to brighten up your day Mixed images flow: cars, girls, sci-fi, cats, etc. Welcome to the new issue of Dark Roasted Blend's "Feel-Good" series: mostly bright and sweet collection of images designed to propel you along your day...
2013-04-15T17:43:35.580-07:00 -
Link Latte 199
#199 - Week of April 10, 2013 Quantum Computers Are Here: Chip - [fascinating] Great Discussion on Quantum Computing How it Works - [video, audio] Arrive on Mars in just 30 days? New NASA Fusion Engine - [wow science] Ferry From The Future: Art Deco "Kalakala" - [retrotech] ...
2013-04-11T19:43:24.126-07:00 -
Archive: March 2013
Drinking of Absinthe: Dancing with the Green Fairy The Bohemian Realm of Absinthiana World's Strangest Vehicles, Part 1 The Very Opposite of "Soccer-Mom Minivans" The Last Victorian Leviathan Steam Ship The "Great Eastern", one of the most spectacular ships ever built! Some of the...
2013-04-11T20:25:51.401-07:00 -
Feather Balance Masterpiece
Link Scroll down for today's pictures & links. Feather Balance Masterpiece Watch this one to the end... incredible creation of a balanced pole sculpture (14 enormous sticks), starting from a top (feather) and working "downwards" - a masterpiece by Rigolo Swiss Nouveau Cirque artist Maedir...
2013-04-11T20:18:27.211-07:00 -
Futuristic Aircraft Update
"QUANTUM SHOT" #826 Link - article by Simon Rose and Avi Abrams "Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." --Leonardo da Vinci With all the recent news stories...
2013-04-05T21:21:28.286-07:00 -
Strange Eye Exam Charts
"QUANTUM SHOT" #825 Link - article by Simon Rose Offbeat Optometry and Strange Seeing Eye Charts Testing, testing... Can’t see what you want? Well, you’ve certainly come to the right place here at Dark Roasted Blend. This time, we’re casting our investigative gaze over some...
2013-04-02T19:16:13.017-07:00 -
Drinking of Absinthe: Dancing with the Green Fairy
"QUANTUM SHOT" #824 Link - article by Simon Rose and Avi Abrams The Bohemian Realm of Absinthiana Absinthiana are the trappings and accessories associated with the drinking of absinthe. This anise-flavoured spirit is made from the flowers and leaves of wormwood, green anise, sweet...
2013-03-29T23:17:18.056-07:00 -
World's Strangest Vehicles, Part 1
"QUANTUM SHOT" #164(rev) Link - article by Avi Abrams The Very Opposite of "Soccer-Mom Minivans"! "Automotive wrongness, some of it so wrong it emerges on the far side of the veil as a new kind of right..." --Jay Lake Sometimes simply getting from point A to point B... is not really...
2013-03-27T20:58:40.854-07:00 -
Some of the Biggest Spills & Accidents
"QUANTUM SHOT" #823 Link - article by M. Christian and Avi Abrams Some of the Biggest Spills, Accidents, and - Often Terrifying - Boo-Boos In History "Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes." -Oscar Wilde What makes this quick look at ten big-time spills,...
2013-03-22T19:47:46.594-07:00
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