Swimming Bald Eagle

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Swimming Bald Eagle

Alternatively called "Quitting is not an option", this video shows the "swimming" bald eagle fighting to get a huge fish out of the water. This video has a happy ending (let's hope the same can be said about US economy one day)

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Dark Roasted Blend in the 2008 Weblog Awards! Please vote for us :)

We are excited to see that Dark Roasted Blend has been named a finalist in the "Major Blog" category of the 2008 Weblog Awards. If you have a moment, please cast your vote at
http://2008.weblogawards.org/polls/best-major-blog/

You can vote several times, too - once every 24 hours, if you feel like it. Polls close Tuesday January 13, 2009 at 10:00 p.m. GMT.

Thank you for being wonderful readers and great supporters of DRB in 2008! Lots of irresistible awesomeness is coming to DRB pretty soon, stay tuned.

(cartoon by Dave Walker)

Oh, and among other things -
"This site is being hosted entirely with recycled electrons."

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Have a Great 1909!

Selected postcards from 100 years ago:

(images via)

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Inner Space Panoramas

"Nano"-landscapes by Michael Oliveri: using Scanning Electron Microscope imaging, he deliberately blurred some areas for scale and perspective, ending up with familiar landscapes of (microscopic) valleys and fields:

(image credit: Michael Oliveri)

See all of them here.

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Reflected Glamor

Luc Viatour has updated his gallery... Colorful and very inspiring.

(image credit: Luc Viatour)

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Cold and miserable place? Maybe, but also rather haunting and mysterious...

This is the Arctic Technology branch of the University Center on Svalbard - GoogleMaps coordinates.

Photo by Evendym

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Mixed fresh links for today:

Terrifying Clouds in Greenland - [nature]
List of Unusual Deaths - [interesting]
Incredible Treasure Hunting - [vintage]
Cool Circuitry Art with Spare Parts - [art]
Architectural Wonders of the Natural World - [nature]
Gross: Strangest Foods - [careful...]
Top 10 Useless Car Gadgets - [auto]
Exciting glimpses into the future of green housing - [design]
You're nothing but a fish-dog - [fun video]
New extreme way of parking... barrels - [wow video]

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Truck cabin by Colani

As an interesting addition to our collection of Luigi Colani's streamlined designs (click here), here is a truck cabin - a futuristic jelly bean:

(image credit: L. Benkard)

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"Meat Art" by Victoria Reynolds

See more appetising? examples in this gallery

(image credit: Victoria Reynolds)

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Cute... but strange

Does it have more than 4 legs? What is it anyway? UPDATE: This seems to be a a two-toed sloth. There are two of them in the basket.

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Crossword mural on a building in Lvov

Here is a pretty neat urban project: find the crossword's questions in various locations around the city, and then come back during the night to check the answers - they are visible when illuminated.

Somebody suggested even better idea:

(image via)

Also read our "Cool Murals and Painted Buildings" article

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Never leave home without a puzzle

Just use washable markers:

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Ushering in 2009

...or 4707 according to Chinese calendar (on January 26), or 5770 according to Hebrew calendar (it does not come until September 19) Also lets not forget the Greek (and Russian) Orthodox Christmas tonight, January 7 - lots of occasions to celebrate and lots of numbers to remember.

We'll start with a sublime image created by Tim Girvin: