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.
More Hua Shan Mountain pics
The cable car ride seems interesting enough, but the ‘trail’…
bricks were passed for sure.
It’s all over the interwebz, google it up.
Kick-Ass
A new comic book spinoff movie coming in 2010 – this is a character called Hit Girl or something like that. I’m trying to get my girlfriend to buy the outfit. More pics and trailer for the film here: www.facebook.com/KickAssMovie
Hippo vs. Elephant
Tags:Hippopotamus, Humor, Nature
This isn’t going to end well.
Hobbits Are A New Human Species
www.terradaily.com/reports/Hobbits_Are_A_New_Human_Species_999.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_floresiensis
2001: A Who Odissey
blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/11/24/hallons-y/
yuotube:
Wiki:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Who
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:A_Space_Odyssey(film)
Halloween costume
Tags:Comic Books, Cosplay
yea i know its late …but ive been outta the loop 4 a while . im the scare crow btw
Cassini Flyby Shows Enceladus Venting
Explanation: What’s happening on the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus? Enormous ice jets are erupting. Giant plumes of ice have been photographed in dramatic fashion by the robotic Cassini spacecraft during this past weekend’s flyby of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Pictured above, numerous plumes are seen rising from long tiger-stripe canyons across Enceladus’ craggy surface. Several ice jets are even visible in the shadowed region of crescent Enceladus as they reach high enough to scatter sunlight. Other plumes, near the top of the above image, appear visible just over the moon’s sunlit edge. That Enceladus vents fountains of ice was first discovered on Cassini images in 2005, and has been under close study ever since. Continued study of the ice plumes may yield further clues as to whether underground oceans, candidates for containing life, exist on this distant ice world.
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091124.html
APOD Wallapers
Cassini Flyby Shows Enceladus Venting
Crescent Earth from the Departing Rosetta Spacecraft
Working Replica of Noah’s Ark
Working Replica of Noah’s Ark Opened In SCHAGEN, Netherlands .
Man Builds Noah’s Ark to the exact scale given in the Bible.The biblical Ark was built by Dutch Creationist Johan Huibers.The ark is 150 cubits long, 30 cubits high and 20 cubits wide.Life-sized models of giraffes, elephants, lions, crocodiles, zebras,bison and other animals greet visitors as they arrive in the main hold.
A contractor by trade, Huibers built the ark of cedar and pine.
Biblical Scholars debate exactly what the wood used by Noah would have been.
Huibers did the work mostly with his own hands, using modern tools and with occasional help from his son Roy. Construction began in May 2005. On the uncovered top deck – not quite ready in time for the opening – will come a petting zoo, with baby lambs and chickens, and goats, and one camel.
comicon moremore
Tags:Battlestar Galactica, Comic Books, Cosplay, Sexy
a sweet old school Joker. it was a nice change from all the modern jokers at comicon, especially all the nurse jokers that showed up. he’s with an “okay” (I really mean “shitty”. I did not like her interpretation at all lol. I’m just being a picky nerd), version of Harley Quinn, myself, and Silent Bob
Battlestar Gallactica’s Boomer
Female Predator
Claire from Heroes and Kaylee from Firefly (both sewed their own costumes)
Dr. Octopus and a mini Deadpool
Nightcrawler and myself
Princess Peach and Bowser!
Moogle Warrior
more ComicCon costumes
Tags:Comic Books, Cosplay, Sexy
(this isn’t in order because I can’t remember which order I clicked them lol)
The Great Saiyaman
Harley Quinn (this was the BEST harley quinn there)
Bayonetta (she hand-carved the guns out of wood, and made all the decorations on her suit. most amazing cosplay I’ve everrr seen. she put an amazing amount of effort)
KRATOS HOTHOTHOTHOTHOT
The Scarecrow (he won the big contest)
Sally Jupiter and Silk Spectre II
and then I think she was catwoman (gorgeous girl in the purple suit)? I wasn’t there the day she was there
Rochester Garbage Plate
A Garbage Plate is a true Rochester delicacy. It is a disorganized combination of either cheeseburger, hamburger, Italian sausages, steak, chicken, white or red hots, a grilled cheese sandwich, fried fish, or eggs, served on top of one or two of the following: home fries, fries, beans, and mac salad. A plate is always made to order. Then, the plate is adorned with optional mustard, onions and hot sauce. Some restaurants will charge for extra hot sauce, and the hot sauce varies widely in flavor and spiciness. A plate is usually served with a side of white bread and butter, though some restaurants charge extra for bread. It is said that the purpose of the bread is to soak up the grease left after you’ve eaten the garbage plate.
Also, some restaurants offer multiple meat plates. For example, you can choose two, three, or four meats to top your plate.
The original (Trademarked 1) Garbage Plate is from Nick Tahou’s but you can get a plate from tons of places. Even Horizons at the Lodge at Woodcliff, an upscale suburban hotel, has added a knockoff to their menu. It is called the Plat De Refuse, available to diners at a price of $15.75 per plate. The burger is made from elk and topped by Vermont Cheddar, the hot dog bison, the macaroni flecked with grape tomatoes, the beans homemade, and the hot sauce is actually a wild game chili.