It’s the Saturday Quickies! Heck with the chores … surf’s up!
- Albert Einstein on Long Island circa 1939, a scowling Joseph Goebbels, sexy Nicola Tesla, exquisite Liz Taylor and more realistically colorized historical photos. {via Mary B}
- Here’s something awesome: Cartoons with skeletons by the wickedly funny and talented Jason Freeny. {via Elyse and Smashley}
- First of all: Spoonflower! Secondly: Fabrics by Rosalarian, which, if you’re paying attention, you’ll notice a Cthulhu damask wallpaper. {ht Good Bad Librarian}
- You must see these spectacular images of neon BLUE LAVA from Indonesia’s Kawah Ijen Volcano at night. And here is another link because this thing is so extraordinary, it needs two stories. {via Geo and Daniela}
- Here’s a bit of history — The Sa’wkele, The Ku-Ku, The Boqta, The Henin: How the Mongol Occupation of Europe Changed European Women’s Fashion Forever. {via Anne S.}
- At Sketch Attack! — Bunny! … Bunny rides a bike … Bunny and Demon go on a picnic. I blame @treelobsters.
- “The universe is not being pushed from behind; it’s being pulled from the future” … Photographs of magnetism by Ling Meng.
- Nude Bodies Transform From Flattering To Unflattering With Slight Shift In Pose. nsfw, natch. {via Beth}
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Birding at the Museum: Frank Chapman and the Dioramas
{via Surly Amy}
Find more videos at AMNH.tv.
from the page
Naturalist and long-time exhibition artist Stephen C. Quinn tells the story of his “all-time Museum hero,” Frank M. Chapman, who worked in the Ornithology Department from 1888 to 1942. Chapman’s career is a litany of firsts: first curator of birds at the Museum, writer of the first field guides to birds, creator of Christmas bird counts, and first to recognize the power of the habitat displays to build public concern about existential threats to bird species.
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Beauty
Directed by Rino Stefano Tagliafierro
“A path of sighs through the emotions of life.
A tribute to the art and her disarming beauty.”
{via Geo}
http://youtu.be/Mc2rzGN2khg
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Here are 30 seconds of “Holy what the what?!?”
Slow motion of a golf ball hitting a steel plate at 150mph shot at 70,000fps.
Golf Ball 70,000fps 150mph
{via @ARealGirl}
http://youtu.be/AkB81u5IM3I
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Featured images are both Sid by Jason Freeny.
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