Self explanatory. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

If you like steam-punk as much as I do you will enjoy this gallery. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

A study of several 17th-century smoking pipes, including a number found in the garden of Shakespeare's home in England, has revealed traces of cannabis, according to South African scientists. picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

Famous historic scenes, romantic pictures, movie scenes, glorious moments in human history captured on pictures and now, recreated using legos. picked by cactushair 3 months ago

Ilyas Ahmed, the artist who creates art from discarded nuts, bolts, springs, vehicle spare parts and domestic waste is giving the final touches to the arrangement before his first ever solo show in Bangalore Chitrakala Parishat. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Annie Leibovitz, perhaps the highest-paid celebrity photographer in the world, is profoundly broke. She hocked every photograph she's ever produced and now the high-end pawnshop that gave her $24 million has filed suit to force her to sell it all. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

This blog's for you. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

A street scene from the paintbrush of a child usually involves triangle-topped boxes for houses. And often an unnaturally large dog.

But Kieron Williamson's attempts are so beautifully rendered that artists ten times his age will be filled with envy. picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

JUNIOR JACQUET of France has an answer that works for him. He recycles and reuses these cardboard rolls into a legion of odd characters with contorted faces. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago

An excellent use of the long winter evenings -
huge showcase of knitted science fiction and
comic characters plus a preposterous amount of
cuddly zombies. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

The event was designed to "develop youngsters writing skills" and fire their imagination - but some children were left traumatised by the show. picked by chez 4 months ago

If you were born in the late 70s or early 80s, you too have most likely visited the psychiatrist to try and erase the painfully disturbing memories of movies from the 80s. Just about every film made from 1980 to 1990 had the same underlying theme: sci-fi fantasy crap mixed with children in danger, bad singing, and unexplained and unnecessary horrible situations and characters. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

It is a little known fact that Belgium's finance minister wears blue and white striped boxer shorts and the Brussels underpants museum has a pair to prove it. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Final report of the commercial starship Nostromo, third officer reporting. The other members of the crew, Kane, Lambert, Parker, Brett, Ash and Captain Dallas, are dead. Cargo and ship destroyed. I should reach the frontier in about six weeks. With a little luck, the network will pick me up. This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off. picked by kakana 4 months ago

Flowers were electrified with 80,000 volts of power to produce dazzling images of the natural world.

See picture gallery picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

In 1737-8, Johann Sebastian Bach composed and performed a cantata. Among the instruments called for are “two Litui.” No one has played or heard the instrument in modern times; there aren’t even illustrations of one.Musicians at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (SCB), had heard of a computer program to help in the design of modern brass instruments. The SCB provided scientists wi... read full post picked by Bingo 4 months ago

The company that makes Pez candy is suing a California museum, seeking to have a giant Pez dispenser created by the owners destroyed. picked by DerAlt 4 months ago

This is the Kelburn Castle in Scotland, close to a wonderfully-named Fairie village (Fairlie, actually) - see here - painted over by Brazillian street artists from Sao Paolo Nina and Nunca Os Gemeos (completed in June 2007) picked by bornbad 4 months ago

i'm a big fan of ceilings and it never fails to amaze me how drastically they can change the appearance and atmosphere of a space yet at the same time be completely ignored by most of the room's occupants. picked by bornbad 4 months ago

With the power of the wind, a knitting machine knits from the outside towards the inside of the building. The knitted material is harvested from time to time and rounded-off in individually packaged scarves. Each scarf has its own label which tells you in how much time it has been knitted and on which date. picked by suebe 4 months ago

Where tools of the trade that have died or have just about died a slow slow death are cheerfully exhibited.

*I have a lot of this stuff* picked by bornbad 4 months ago

Fully furnished, includes running water and solar lighting, great neighborhood, charming. picked by meggysue 4 months ago

From, imo, the absolute best photography site around. picked by cb__ 4 months ago

Anyone who has lost a piece of work they have slaved over – a file erased forever, say – will know the word traumatic sometimes doesn’t put too fine a point on the experience. Yet what if the labour of love you had invested so much of yourself into was smaller than the head of a pin – yet more intricate than many artworks thousands of times its size? picked by bornbad 4 months ago

A Welsh woman is getting to the bottom of cultural attitudes about the female backside.

I know a few people who wish they'd thought of this first. picked by meggysue 4 months ago