I recently discovered the fantastic artwork of Herb Ryman, a Disney artist who made amazing paintings of Disney parks (both conceptual and realized). His concept art for the unbuilt Liberty Street looks so quaint and inviting, as does New Orleans Square, while Epcot Center just looks awesome. And I adore this transit center piece, the future looked so bright and optimistic. More artwork on his Flickr page.
I picked up a copy of The Usborne Book of the Future. It’s a classic from 1979, recently reissued in hardcover. This book is actually a collection of 3 books: Robots, Future Cities, and Star Travel. I had the Star Travel book as a kid and I loved it, I spent hours looking at the illustrations of space ships and futuristic vehicles. And I borrowed Future Cities from the library a bunch of times and also spent a lot of time looking at the pictures and imagining what the future would be like. Never saw the Robots book though, but now all three books are available again, and, as the cover blurb proudly says, “unabridged, unedited, and un-updated!” I miss these kinds of books that had an optimistic view of the future.
Holy shit I haven’t blogged in almost 14 years. Better get back on it.
Spanish hospital claims 1st full-face transplant
During the 24-hour surgery, doctors lifted an entire face, including jaw, nose, cheekbones, muscles, teeth and eyelids, and placed it masklike onto the man, Dr. Joan Pere Barret told The Associated Press on Friday.
Alright, time to team up with this guy and rob some banks!
White robber nabbed wearing African-American ‘Hollywood’ mask.
“The suspect seen in the surveillance photographs and that we were looking for, we believed to be an African-American male. The suspect was actually a male, white, who was wearing an elaborate disguise,” Springdale, Ohio, Police Lt. Michael Mathis told WFTS.
They should let him go just cause it was a good idea. It would’ve been way cooler if he robbed banks dressed like Nosferatu though.
[ From Boing Boing ]
Samurai Wars – custom-made samurai style Star Wars figures. Han Solo looks awesome.
