Small Town #1
In a good example of the type of real writing/reporting that I read Gizmodo for, the popular tech magazine recently wrote about Zetix, a fabric that can stop multiple car bombs without sustaining damage. Zetix uses a relatively new material science technique called “auxetics,” whereby materials get thicker instead of thinner when they are stretched. As a special bonus, the material uses a lower concentration of special polymer threads per unit of material, which reduces its cost.
Question of the day: how was this photo taken? The guy is suspended so far above the water, so high up. Someone guessed a trampoline… I’m thinking that’s the simplest explanation, but perhaps they found a way to catapult him off the back of a boat while it was moving, then as they drove away they took the picture.
The Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh is, hands down, the greatest educational building I have ever seen.
One of the foremost Gothic architects of the time, Philadelphian Charles Klauder, was hired to design the tower. The design took two years to finish, with the final plan attempting to fuse the idea of a modern skyscraper with the tradition and ideals of Gothic architecture.
In the featured Wikipedia picture, the dang thing looks quite surreal, but in a very very cool way. Apparently, parts of it are haunted. (And really, if you were a ghost, wouldn’t you hang out there?)
No new picture here
Eliciting the response
Horrors! No picture?
Dentistry, cleaning
Recently took over me
And all of my time
Kindly understand
More pics will be posted soon
For now, please sit tight
This picture of an LA transit station is unfreakinbelievable. The future called and said “hey, I’m no longer stereotyped as ugly!”
I will print this out and put it up somewhere, I promise you that. It is a unicorn eating a bowl of glitter — love the style of Koford’s artwork.
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