Worship the Machine

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Worship the Machine!

"Bendito Machine" - wonderfully wacky animation, created by Jossie Malis:

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There is also Part 2.

Today's pictures & links:
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Speaking of the Machine:

US Library of Congress just released more than 3,000 pictures of the vintage America in 30s & 40s on flickr.
(we did an article with many cool photos some time ago - here)

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Airships by Harry Grant Dart

Futuristic work by a prolific magazine illustrator during WWI. See more of his works here

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Controversial works by Maurizio Cattelan

This artist is not afraid to handle some truly weird and controversial themes. This horse is probably the most tame out of all his works:

For more outrageous stuff, see his
Pope crushed by a meteorite - click
"Him" (humble? Hitler) - click
KKK elephant - click
Squirrel Suicide - click

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Mixed fresh links for today:

Manned Cloud - [futurism]
Artistic Maps, zoom, Paula Scher - [cool art]
Dalniks: not really motorcycles but... - [vintage]
The Lunar Landers That Never Were - [space]
Discover your passion, and work happy - [useful]
Dancing Building in Prague - [architecture]
Office Snowboarding! - [fun video]
Futurama new movie preview - [fun video]
The Melbourne Symphony orchestra likes beer - [cool video]

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New "DRB Biscotti" feature:
(in cooperation with "National Geographic" magazine) -
Cool Shot of the Day

Highlighting most interesting travel photographs from National Geographic's "Daily Dozen" -

Camel lick

Photo by David Dennis, January 16, 2008 -
"After horseback riding in the Berber village of Ouigane, Morocco, my wife, kids and I stopped to play with a camel at the stable. My wife had her hand painted with henna in Marrakech a few days earlier. The camel seemed to think it looked like food."
(click to enlarge)

(image credit: National Geographic)

Long, cold winter
Photo by Boyana Petrova.

(image credit: National Geographic)

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Card-stacking (madman) genius

Bryan Berg makes sculptures that require a lot of patience:
(see more here)