Artwork by Valerio Carrubba
Degas is Aged
I prefer Pi
Nina Ricci ran in
He is a hyper realist painter and his images are anatomically accurate.
Marlon Brando and Laurence Olivier + cats
Tags:Animals, Awesome Things, LOLcats
Proud cats with their pets.
Artwork by Kazuki Takamatsu
“Kazuki Takamatsu mixes traditional and modern techniques. From one hand he uses gouache, hand painted monochromed based objects whilst from the other hand he uses ‘Depth Map a technique where every pixel on the object is a shade of gray that is proportional to its distance from the object looking at it.”
Small site updates
I have an idea on how to fix the comment rating/replying/subscriptions issue, but it requires that :
1) I have 100% attention on it
2) Comment be disabled for about 30 minutes
both of these require that I be:
1) sober
you see my problem?
also, two changes to mcs, from here on out, only mcs+ peeps can rate images. yep. also, the slider advert on the images for non mcs+ peeps is gone. that shit made MCS a grand total of $20 over the last 4 months that we’ve been testing it, and frankly that’s just not enough for the amount of distraction is was causing.
also: did you know that MCS had over 2 million pageviews last month? Sounds like a lot, but this time last year (during the 2008 elections) we actually hit over 3million in a single month. Madness, amirite?
Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle, in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, is the largest inhabited castle in the world and, dating back to the time of William the Conqueror, is the oldest in continuous occupation.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biggest_house
It’s don’t fly, again… Sorry, girls!!! 🙂
Atk
North American A-5 Vigilante
The North American A-5 Vigilante was a powerful, highly advanced carrier-based supersonic bomber designed for the United States Navy. Its service in the nuclear strike role to replace the A-3 Skywarrior was very short; however, as the RA-5C, it saw extensive service during the Vietnam War in the tactical strike reconnaissance role. Prior to the unification of the Navy designation sequence with the Air Force sequence in 1962, it was designated the A3J Vigilante.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-5_Vigilante
Big hole!
Meteor Crater is a meteorite impact crater located approximately 43 miles (69 km) east of Flagstaff, near Winslow in the northern Arizona desert of the United States.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_Crater
A visit from Grandma and Grandpa
Grandma and Grandpa were visiting their kids overnight. When Grandpa found a bottle of Viagra in his son’s medicine-cabinet, he asked about using one of the pills. The son said : ‘I don’t think you should take one, Dad. They’re very strong and very expensive.’ ‘How much?’ asked Grandpa. ‘$10.00 a pill.’ answered the son.‘I don’t care,’ said Grandpa,‘I’d still like to try one, and before we leave in the morning, I’ll put the money under the pillow.’ Later the next morning, the son found $110.00 under the pillow.He called Grandpa and said : ‘Dad, I told you each pill costs $10.00, not $110.00. ‘ ‘I know,’ said Grandpa. ‘The hundred is from Grandma!’
via A visit from Grandma and Grandpa – Bits & Pieces.
The eight Three Stooges
I thought they were only six!
Wiki is culture!!! 🙂
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Stooges
New Project Orion Takeoff
www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/10/project-orion-powered-by-atomic-bomb.html
See the animation, with one more Mars Mission for free:
Atk 🙂 🙂 🙂
New Project Orion Takeoff
www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/10/project-orion-powered-by-atomic-bomb.html
See the animation, with one more Mars Mission free:
Atk 🙂 🙂 🙂
Sky Captain and the World of yesterday
Tags:Fantasy - Science Fiction, Military, Technology
www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/08/flying-submarines.html
Wow! Another plane!!!
The Mikoyan MiG-31 (Russian: МиГ-31) (NATO reporting name: Foxhound) is a supersonic interceptor aircraft developed to replace the MiG-25 ‘Foxbat’. The MiG-31 was designed by the Mikoyan design bureau based on the MiG-25. The MiG-31 was the most recent interceptor fielded by the Soviet Union before its dissolution.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mig_31
Santos=Dumont
“In addition to his pioneering work in airships, Santos Dumont made the first European* public flight of an airplane on October 23, 1906.”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santos_Dumont
*FUCK OFF!!! The first EVER public flight!!!
WWWOOOWWW! More old planes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
Russell’s Teapot
“If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our most powerful telescopes. But if I were to go on to say that, since my assertion cannot be disproved, it is an intolerable presumption on the part of human reason to doubt it, I should rightly be thought to be talking nonsense. If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time.” – Bertrand Russell, 1952
Cow Race
It’s called Cow Race (“Pacu Jawi”, in native language of Padang People). It’s held in a rice field in West Sumatra, Indonesia.
1x.com/photos/latest-additions/28169
A castle
Beautiful Scottish house* … What this Charles** Have, that I do not have??? Camilla*** no, thanks!!!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balmoral_Castle
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles,_Prince_of_Wales
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camilla,_Duchess_of_Cornwall
Charles, The Forgotten
Bolex Rex-5
One of the greatest 16mm cameras that has ever been made IMHO. Some are over 40 years old and are still being used and going for over $1,000 on ebay.
www.mediamaestro.net/bolexcinecams.htm
pre-Curta, the Arithmometer
Arithmometer Odhner-Hill
The mechanical calculator made in Odhner and Hill factory in St.-Petersburg (Russia) The first such device was made in 1931 and provided the Soviet bureaucracy and terror machine with much needed ways to account for things, including facilitating GULAG operations. Thus, they earned the right to be called “The Iron Felix” – haunted and heavy mechanisms:
LSD – Dream Simulator
I just picked up a ROM of this gem and let me tell you all it’s the strangest game I’ve ever played. You take the role of an unknown protagonist exploring various dream worlds and interacting with different people or creatures. Dreams are generated depending on its content following a weird grid that have 4 ends of a spectrum: UPPER, DOWNER, STATIC, and DYNAMIC. You play the game as you would walk around in a dream. Examples include walking through a house with an endless corridor in the basement, a man in a suit and hat that stalks you, a flying pterodactyl, a giant face jutting from the wall, being swallowed by the sun, and so much more. Just explaining this game makes my head hurt. Check it out some time if you’re looking to trip balls.
The War of the Worlds, 1953
Best Actor: YB-49 😉
“Stock footage of a YB-49 in flight appeared in The War of the Worlds (1953). In the movie, the Flying Wing was tasked with dropping an atomic bomb on the invading Martians.”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YB-49#Popular_culture
“They* then leave to observe a United States Air Force YB-49 drop an atomic bomb on the Martians advancing on Los Angeles.”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1953_film)#Plot
*Dr. Clayton Forrester (Gene Barry) and Sylvia van Buren (Ann Robinson).
Great movie!
Atk
Before Moon
Tags:Awesome Things, Neil Armstrong
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Armstrong#Test_pilot
Dead Space
Tags:Fantasy - Science Fiction, Gaming
Iron Man 2 Poster
Tags:Awesome Things, Comic Books, Movies
Featuring War Machine. A trailer can not be far off.
Doom marine with guitar
(Very) quick photoshop I made a loooooooooong time ago, was reminded of it by the repost of the Muhammed Ali guitar photoshop.
