Dan Weiss is a professional bookseller, amateur dilettante. He writes and plays in the band The Yellow Dress. He firmly believes that everything is going to be okay.
National Geographic on robotic animals. Also: 10 Tons make model planets, giant squids, dinosaurs, and more! Also Also: check out these pictures of a sperm whale eating a giant squid.…
Still have to work out a few minor tech problems, but we’re back. On eco-peril and how the Nazca caused their own collapse. Inflatable street art. Kurt Vonnegut’s book covers…
Why do three buses come at once and what can we do to avoid it? Slate looks at tombstone portraiture. Jellyfish! Bank robbery notes. (via Gerrycanavan.) Mathlete takes on the…
Look, I know we missed the boat by a couple days, but check out this sweet article on where ghosts come from. Spanish architecture porn of the week. On a…
The number of universes out there may depend on the human brain! Sometimes trees fall into your house, and that is ok. I’m certainly not the biggest fan of car…
What does the internet cost around the world? Typewriter people. Walt Whitman’s levi’s commercial. Architects Journal looks at the top 5 comic book cities. Also: Paris as star map.
Kevin Van Aelst uses house-hold objects to illustrate scientific principles. Silly beautiful things. Also: pantone staircase. Are you a woman trying to make it in the criminal underground? You should…
Mondays are good days for best ofs and photography (this is a fact, look it up). Here are some birds eye view pictures and some taken through microscopes. 19th Century…
Spanish street art is a pretty good way to start a day. Whale shark! a new London exhibit considers what museums should throw away. Bad ass authors more bad ass…
Aakash Nihalani’s tape art. Afraid that you’re unknowingly a sexist? Regender.com is here to help. The sound of trees. Aardman Animation and the Tate are teaming up to make a…
In Sweden, official’s have decided to start rounding up bunny rabbits and burning them for bio-fuel. Looks like SOMEONE’S got a case of the Mondays! “The placebo effect is not…