September 2007

Link Latte 28

#28 - Week of September 29, 2007

Lunar Surrogate in Arizona - [fascinating]
Full Scans of the Mysterious Voynich Manuscript, info - [mystery]
The Strangest Sights in Google Earth - [gallery]
The Lost Moon Project - [gallery]
World's Stupidest Conspiracies - [weird]
The Cat's Eye Nebula mind-boggling pic - [space]
View the entire collection of Hubble pictures - [wow space]
Living in 3 Centuries: The Face of Age - [photography]
7 Unusual Propeller Driven Vehicles - [vintage tech]
One of the best aviation photography websites - [airplanes]
The Most Useless Periodic Table - [strange]
US Highest Buildings: Conglomerate Skyline - [architecture]
Invisible Octopus - [wow video]
Strange Japanese Chewing Gum - [cool article]
The original (real) Borat page - [weird site]
New Bizarre Quality of Water - [science]
Big Fish for a Big Appetite - [nature]
Aerial Fashion Photography - [design]
Good Food Fight - [flash site]
The Living Dead of the OS world - [computers]
World's Most Beautiful Genius - [photos]
Worst Oops on Live TV Ever - [gross video]
Great Way to Close a Bag of Chips - [useful video]
A butler from hell - [fun video]
A Definition of Cuteness - [cute video]
George Lucas in Love: Internet Classic - [hilarious video]
Darth Vader Plays Blues - [fun video]
150 Monty Python Videos all in one place - [videos]

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Biggest Car Stunt Ever Attempted

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Biggest Car Stunt Ever Attempted:
You would think that the guy would have investigated the laws of physics first. Still, it's great for the daring and the anticipation.

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Combination of the blue skies & shapely chrome:
(we love everything about this picture)

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Look what grew in my sink!
(nature has a way of reminding about itself... when you come back after 6 months of travelling.)

(image credit: Fraland)

Great way to make some tea:

(image credit: TravellersPoint)

Interesting steampunk headwear at the "Burning Man" event:

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Mixed fresh links for today:

New Street Installations by Mark Jenkins: - [art]
Faces, visible in places and objects - [flickr pool]
Chicken, according to Christopher Walken - [recipe]
World's Largest Chocolate Fountain - [pics & videos] - via
Sad story of clean electric transportation demise in 1906 - [auto]
Sex Life of the Robots (slightly nsfw) - [cool video] - via
Best Escalator Adverts - [cool ads]
Great Car Commercial: Crash Ballet - [wow video]
Still Good... after all these years - [hilarious videos]

Lightning in Seattle:

(image credit: Vaisala)

The "Tube Cape" in Far East Russia:
an interesting rock formation (Botinok)
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Biggest Car Stunt Ever Attempted

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Click to enlarge images.

Combination of the blue skies & shapely chrome:
(we love everything about this picture)

(original unknown)

Look what grew in my sink!
(nature has a way of reminding about itself... when you come back after 6 months of travelling.)

(image credit: Fraland)

Great way to make some tea:

(image credit: TravellersPoint)

Interesting steampunk headwear at the "Burning Man" event:

(image credit: Vaisala)

The "Tube Cape" in Far East Russia:
an interesting rock formation (Botinok)
See more images here

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Dark Roasted Blend's Photography Gear Picks:

Exquisite Eggshell Carvings

"QUANTUM SHOT" #284
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Fragile & Intricate Masterpieces

Remember the highly praised Faberge eggs from the courts of Russian tzar? Modern masters of eggshell filigree carving make similarly detailed works, using only the nature-given material: eggshell itself, cut in creative patterns by hand with high-speed drills.

Some of the fascinating galleries available on the web include the work of Ron Cheruka (you can also buy his work there, just make sure of the proper HANDLING and shipping) and Gary LeMaster, the Eggshell Sculptor.

On this page you will see the work of Lew Jensen, Don Lisk and Brian Baity, as well as various Russian and Chinese egg sculptors, with some glimpses into the creation of these carvings.

(image credit: Don Lisk)

(images credit: Lew Jensen)

(images credit: Brian Baity)

"The Grecian Urn" by Gary LeMaster

"Garters" by Gary LeMaster

"Cranes" by Gary LeMaster

"Unicorn" by Ron Cheruka

"Captured Teardrop" by Gary LeMaster

"Trapped" by Gary LeMaster

The master at work:

This video shows the artist in process of creation the "egg masterpiece":

Another company - EggStasy Creations - will make carvings out of the ostrich eggs and even manufacture lamps out of them. As long as you supply the egg... no, just joking, they'll have an egg for you.