This sweet animated short about an abandoned dog, a young astronaut and a cyclist imagines the life of tiny toys in a garden.
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Popsicle Stick House Time Lapse
Hobbyist Landon Sees likes to build model houses out of popsicle sticks. This video shows how he does it.
There is a second video at The Awesomer that takes you on a tour of the built house.
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
The Move
A Saskatchewan grain elevator is moved across the snow-covered prairie to a new home after nearly a half-century of use.
Wearable Technology
Deaf girl tries caption glasses that lets her "see" conversations in real time. pic.twitter.com/DRHLtH1aji
— Daily Mail (@DailyMail) January 30, 2025
Via Memo Of The Air
Gourmet Cheez-Its
Can a gourmet chef recreate the iconic cheesy, salty, and tangy experience of a Cheez-It? Pastry chef Claire Saffitz gives it a try.
Brezhnev and Nixon Go For A Drive
Nixon knew Brezhnev loved fast, luxury cars and presented him with the Continental at a summit at Camp David in June 1973. Brezhnev took off without security and with a terrified Nixon as a passenger.
Via FB pal Hal
Monday, August 17, 2026
When You See Me, Weep
European Geoscience Union
The Hunger Stones have words engraved on them. They were etched in years of hardship—such as 1616, 1746, and 1892— when droughts brought soaring food prices and starvation. They are resurfacing again as Europe is experiencing record droughts. The stone above was found in Děčín in the Elbe river in Germany. It reads “When you see me, weep” written upside down so it can be read from above |
(Previously posted here in 2018)
Fjordenhus
Fjordenhus (Fjord House) is the first building designed entirely by artist Olafur Eliasson and architect Sebastian Behmann with Studio Olafur Eliasson. The brick structure was built for the company Kirk Kapital in a fjord and reacts to the tides and the surface of the water.
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