Flares into Darkness

Click any image to enlarge The 4th of July is nearly upon us and of course that means fireworks. These images are from CR Brock and Comp...

Get ready for a weekend of groveling with Vazquez Sounds.

Two Poor Men Sleeping by Isidre-Nonell   Monna Innominata [I dream of you, to wake] - Christina Rossetti I dream of you, to wake: woul...

This is a nicely done video showing the underbelly of Lagos, Nigeria. It has snippets from a variety of people showing a small slice of th...

Click any image to enlarge From Atlas Obscura's post Meenakshi Amman Temple : [T]he temple was built by Tamil Hindus native to s...

Get ready for a weekend of waterworks with 10 Poema.

A space cowboy eats ice cream on the Moon (picture via Shorpy ) Make Believe by John Foster When I wake up in the morning Not al...

Regular readers will know that I frequently act like a monkey when a shiny object is dangled in front of my eyes. That is, I tend to get f...

A detailed look at the making of aluminum cans for drinks. The logic of the design choices are explained well, and the manufacturing proce...

Get ready for a Bahamian weekend with Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and friends.

This is a time lapse of a cargo ship traveling from the Red Sea to Hong Kong. Many years ago I sailed much the same waters, but I was on a...

Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching an opportun...

Click any image to enlarge These covers, and those after the jump, are from the Internet Archive's collection: Scientific American (...

Get ready for a funky weekend with Shun Ng and Magic Dick.

I first posted this video in 2013. It is a ferocious storming of a beach by RC amphibious landing craft carrying RC tanks. It seems approp...

This is a video of a walk through L a Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is an amazing place full of elaborate above ground...

Click any image to enlarge When cameras don't exist in the courtroom, either because they've yet to be invented or they are not ...

For whatever reason machinery always fascinates me. The above video is a detailed animation of the mechanics of loading, firing and ejecti...

Get ready for a Cossack weekend with Otava Yo.

Radiation induced  mutation These days we prefer to terrorize ourselves with Ebola, Marburg virus, zombie outbreaks and other pandemic...