This is an awesome gallery of the inside of rooms that were turned into cameras obscuras. A camera obscura is a dark room with a small hole in one wall, and the scene outside is projected onto the opposite wall, upside down and in full color. I love the Times Square one.
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Judging from these screenshots of the Fight Club game, it looks like just another fighting game where the characters just happen to look like people from the movie. Lame. I was expecting, I dunno, something more I guess. Looks like they actually get bloody and bruised though, that\’s neat.
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A good article about the History of the Chinese Restaurant in America. I\’m always surprised whenever I travel that no matter how small the town, there\’s always at least 1 Chinese restaurant. The quality of the food might not be anything special, but still.
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Airport Screeners Missed Weapons. Forget about the story, here\’s the best part:
The government watchdog for the Department of Homeland Security, Clark Kent Ervin, delivered the results of the tests in a classified report to members of Congress.
Don\’t worry Superman, your secret identity is safe with me.
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Awesome! There\’s an Off Broadway musical of The Last Starfighter opening October 15. This is gonna be so cool.
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The Evolution of Lego Sorting. I only made it to step 3. I guess I\’m not hardcore enough.
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BadJianZhu is a weblog about some really awful architecture in Beijing.
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What scientists in the \’50s thought computers would look like in 2004. Very accurate, except for the boat steering wheel. The one on my computer is smaller and has 4 spokes.
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Incredible Doom 3 case mod. This dude made his case look like a Mars City. Check out the detailed modeling and paint job.
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This FBI document has a huge gallery of concealed weapons, such as knifes hidden in keys and belt buckles. Crazy stuff.
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