Spring! (almost)
German prison cells are mostly nicer than my apartment.
Words get in David Byrne’s way.
Technically this is about old type interfaces, but let’s be honest here it’s just typewriter design porn.
The sun is out today, and this house’s above ground pool is all sorts of appealing.
What this country needs: Jonathan “the impaler” Sharkey, America’s first vampire president.
Could there be a second, EVIL sun? (There totally could!)
A little political guerrilla satire to start off your Tuesday: the first corporate candidate.
I don’t understand the sudden influx in vintage match boxes online, but I am in favor of it.
The world’s first building with built-in wind turbines has been completed. Another life goal dashed.
Christoph Niemann finds his way.
Evidence for life on Mars has maybe been staring us in the face (like a jerk).
Farewell ABE. (bonus sublink: the 50 best robots ever.)
Fine BBC reportage: zebra stares into the mouth of death.
I would like very much to live inside Ken Russell’s 1950s London photography.
“This dude has got some sick giraffe shots.”
Mental Floss on some very special library collections.
Snakes’ heat vision works on the same principle that we taste wasabi. I knew it!
I am pretty sure at least one of these things will make you happy.
Start your weekend off in an appropriately dark place with images of public execution in the old west.
A little whimsical art: fully rad feather sculptures, Klara Reis’ petri dish paintings, and the art of chess.
The golden age of space design.
Nothing yet? How about some fluffy avocado pound cake then?
Environmental Graffiti takes a look at Germany’s hanging railway.
We usually try to stay away from commercial stuff like this, but we think it’s pretty rad that Tropicana literally built a sun to make their point.
A very important tutorial: how to use a semicolon.
Nobel laureate Lolcats : the internet is up for the Peace Prize.
This is an article about Martian lubricant.
Pretty much the weirdest headline I’ve read today.
“I could really use a bad-ass architecture based link.” How about this water-purifying skyscraper?
“I dunno, do you have anything involving quarries?” Oh, here you go.
Pictures of plant gall, one of the weirdest/raddest looking things in the world.
It is hard to argue with 8-bit NYC.
By the way, if you live in New York, you should probably go see Olafur Eliasson’s new installation (for free!).
A look at NASA’s very first wind tunnel (old science is the best kind of science).
It’s Tuesday so I’m going to end this with a video of monkeys digging through jello and there is nothing you can do about that.
Behold the (wildly impractical) coffee-powered car.
Still more vintage matchbook covers (these ones have animals on them!)
The Maldives have commissioned the building of several floating star-shaped islands. In related news: the Maldives evidently are totally awesome.
Take a look inside a chinese toy factory.
In the name of starting your Monday off right, I’d just like to tell you that while we were wrong about how old the dinosaurs were, we were correct in how they bit the dust.
Wednesdays can be hard, so its either this or reading the GG Allin Wikipedia page in its entirety.
Literally the best thing NPR has ever been responsible for (and that includes every episode of Car Talk): dinosaurs vs snakes!
Neatorama ponders one of the less talked about casualties of e-book business.
Sometimes I really like living in a world where people use phrases like “ultra-pop architecture.”
A little mid-century french magazine cover graphic design porn for you. (via A Journey Round My Skull.)
You know what else makes me happy? Gorilla comics. (via GerryCanavan.)
I’ve just got this hunch that things might be ok.
Hey, so, what happened to that tsunami?
Related: The Chilean earthquake did however probably (possibly?) make the day shorter.
Why the internet will never catch on.
Gang signs of the deep.
A very important issue: taking a stand against alphabetism.
So precious it hurts: microscopic origami.
A concise listing of man’s landings on celestial bodies (via Boingboing.)
Oh hey recycled boat, what’s up with you?
GerryCanavan Points us to the answer of a very important question: how does a student at BYU grow a beard?
The Japanese are better at solar power than the rest of us.
Tokujin Yoshioka’s rainbow church.
Inhabitat brings you the book cell (thank you for this).
Why yes, I would like to look at your collection of matchbooks.
The tragedy of umbrella genocide.
If you should find yourself in Ahrensburg, Germany, perhaps you’d like to check out the Flour Art Museum.
Also, in the above situation, you’d probably be able to read the text that goes with these rad photos of bureaucracy around the world.
Flavorwire takes a look inside the never built California City.
“I can’t guarantee these crocodiles were killing our ancestors, but they were certainly biting them.”
Sherman Alexie has written you a poem about My Sharona. (via GerryCanavan.)
WFMU’s best show takes you through the darker side of power pop (mp3).
The always reliable New Scientist has a handy list of tricks for alien trackers.
Check out this little dude, made entirely through friction.
Recently some news has been been published about dinosaur feathers. I Heart Chaos is taking a stand.
Time photo-essay on zebra-relocation. They have to be relocated somehow you know?
Liechetenstein! (I don’t know why I linked to this either)
We here at M.C. headquarters are big fans of the sculptural work of Carmelo Leone.
Trying to understand how deep the ocean is.
This has been making the rounds, but did you know that the British Government just declassified their UFO archives?
Scientifically speaking, we are all really boring.
I don’t really understand how this works at all, but the code organ is a mighty fine way to kill some time.
Diary Type is here to supply you with your weekly dose of font porn.
Slate brings you the story of 1930s government sponsored alcohol poisoning. Rad!
There are people who’s job it is to come up with new designs for the penny. They have done a good job.
Start your weekend off with some fine Victorian era photographs of Japan.
The Guardian UK takes a look at unreliable narrators.
Jeez, stop talking about the upcoming 2010 Shanghai World Expo, move on man, 2012’s will be way radder.
Long story short, everything in your house is trying to kill you.
Who wouldn’t want to read about German architecture drama?
Robert Voit’s new trees.
Crazy rad optical illusion sculpture schizophrenia test!
If I understand this correctly, prosecutors are charging half eaten hamburgers with murder (note: this is a gross misread of this story).
Why yes, I am still into abandoned buildings and things.
“When the internet is having a slow day, retro-futuristic rocket pictures are there to comfort you.“
A little architecture porn to start your day, coming to you from Turkey, Japan, and Wayne Coyne’s heroin soaked brain.
Evidently there is some sort of sporting event going on right now. Here are some commemorative stamps.
Dead fly art (via MeFi.)
The prehistoric, possibly dinosaur eating, armored devil toad.
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