- Happy Friday the 13th!
- No triskaidekaphobia here. Chicago’s Anti-Superstition Society tempted fate on Friday the 13th, 1940. Awesome LIFE pictorial.
- Microscopic shorts. That doesn’t mean what you think it means. Nikon has made litte stars out of Chaetogaster, Daphnia, Ceratopogonid and all their friends in these brief videos of Pond Life. {via Maki}
- Self-portrait diagrams by Minjeong An. All we can say is WOW!
- Universcale. From the nanoworld to the universe — The worlds we measure using our infinite yardstick. {via Brian G}
- From the WANT Department: TARDIS skins! {via Maria}
- Double-amputee Nadya Vessey and her prosthetic mermaid tail. {via Smashley} Also, Lisa and Dia had demonstrated functional mermaid tails at Dragon*Con 2009. Not on the same scale, but still pretty cool. View them here, here, and here. {via Steve D}
- Shrink-wrapped couples. We are equal parts claustrophobic, squicked out, fascinated and impressed.
Cyclops, lotsa fonts news…plus a snowboarding jackdaw!
- Six word story every day has now been opened up for reader participation. Entries will be curated. Give it a whirl!
- Crocheted Cyclops costume
- Battling for the future of type supremacy, The Font-Bot Project!
- Mosaic free font is made of leaves. Here’s the click.
- Erler Dingbats. Another free download, but we encourage tipping your artists.
- A letter shaping game.
- Is it art? Is it science? Does it matter when it’s a jackdaw using a lid as a snowboard?! {via Geo H}
Stevie Wonder
Superstition
Featured photo: William C. Shrout./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
Jan 01, 1940
LOVE the Anti-Superstition Society Friday the 13th party photos. Every skeptic society meeting should be called to order by breaking a mirror, and everyone should be required to leave by walking under a ladder.
I think you’ve got a good idea there! What’s interesting about the party is that it was held ostensibly to battle superstition because it “costs this country an inexcusable sum of time and money.”