• Here\’s a Sin City teaser that was shown at a Comic-con. Looks even better than I thought it would.

  • Interesting, this website about Romania actually degrades over time. Each visit removes 1 pixel from the photos. If you think about it, everybody who visits the site is seeing something different from everybody else.
    [ From The Morning News ]

  • Les Arenes de Picasso and the Palacio d\’Abraxas are examples of very experimental architecture for social housing in Paris. They were also in Terry Gilliam\’s Brazil.
    [ From one.point.zero ]

  • \’Batman\’ Protester Scales Royal Residence

    A protester dressed in a Batman costume scaled the front wall of Buckingham Palace Monday, reaching a ledge near the balcony where the royal family appears on ceremonial occasions.

    Batman\’s really let himself go.

  • Science Geek was a cool science zine produced between 1993 and 1999. It was written by a high school science teacher who then became a Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya and Papau New Guinea. This unique combination made for some great writing. They\’re auctioning issues 1-4 on eBay right now. Here\’s your chance to get back issues of a great zine.

  • The new Opel Astra has a neat panoramic windshield that extends far back into the roof. Crash test results show that it\’s just as safe as a traditional steel roof car. Pretty cool, but of course now you\’ll be able to see all the bird shit on your roof.
    [ From Signal Vs. Noise ]

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    Whoa, Confederate Motorcycles makes some really gorgeous bikes. They\’re not flashy but they look like they mean business.
    [ From Gizmodo ]

  • Even more stuff about the Indiana Jones Grail diary. This site has a tutorial to make your own diary. Now, this stuff is hardcore. They show you how to actually hand-make and bind a diary, then cover it in leather. Then there\’s pages and pages of grail text you\’re supposed to hand-copy into your diary. Then they have drawings you copy onto the pages using carbon paper. These guys are really dedicated.
    [ From moleskinerie ]

  • On the Implausibility of the Death Star\’s Trash Compactor. Yeah, seriously, why the hell does the Empire care about compacting trash? They kill billions of people and suddenly they care about how much space their trash takes up?