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13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLXXXVI)

1. Martin Luther King, Jr., arrested for “loitering,” Montgomery, Alabama, 1958 Public domain photograph (photographer unknown). Found on Reddit. 2. Lee Krasner Is Finally Appreciated for Being More Than “Mrs. Pollock” Her reputation as a painter was, for most of her life, dwarfed by that of her husband, Jackson Pollock. Within the past few years, however,…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLXXXV)

1. An Artist’s Utopian Vision from the Early 1900s Wenzel Hablik (1881) was a painter, graphic artist, architect, designer, and craftsman from Bohemia of the early twentieth century, associated with German Expressionism. At the age of six, he found a specimen of crystal, and saw in it “magical castles and mountains” that would later appear in…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLXXXIV)

1. The Underrated Costume Designs of Flash Gordon Costumes for the 1980 space opera film were designed by Italian Danilo Donati, who in addition to being a production designer, won the Academy Award for Best Costume twice (first for Romeo and Juliet in 1968 and Felini’s Cassanova in 1976). Found on Quora. 2. This champagne bottle fancy dress…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLXXXIII)

1. Strong contender for Cosiest Home on the Internet Jade is the “forever nesting” mother of four behind the instagram account @_cosyhome. Doesn’t it feel like you could be on the set of Love Actually?! “Everything I buy is second hand”, she says. “I love vintage & always searching charity shops & eBay for treasures…

Forget Roadside America, Let’s Location Scout in “Weird France”

I’ve been yearning to get back across the pond for a good ol’ dose of “weird America”, but I tend to forget that my own country has some pretty odd, quirky and wonderfully nostalgic sights to see when you venture off the main road. Wes Anderson would have a field day with Atlas des Régions…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLXXXII)

1. J.R.R. Tolkien wrote and illustrated letters from Father Christmas to his kids every year from 1920 to 1943 Xmas 1925 My dear boys, I am dreadfully busy this year — it makes my hand more shaky than ever when I think of it — and not very rich. In fact, awful things have been…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLXXXI)

1. Aquascaping (it’s a thing) Not your average fish tank, hey? Turns out, there’s a whole subculture of enthusiasts and hobbyists online, as well as some very serious competitive artists. This is an example of probably one of the most (If not, the most) shared aquascape called “Whisper of the Pines” created by Serkan ÇETİNKOL…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLXXX)

1. The Cinéorama At the 1900 Paris Exposition, the Lumière brothers, who had made the first public projections of a motion picture in 1895, presented their films on a colossal screen, as well as a primitive talking motion picture. An even more ambitious experiment in motion pictures however, was the Cinéorama of Raoul Grimoin Sanson, which simulated a voyage…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. DLXXIX)

1. Reading in Paris A themed compilation of 1950s photographs found on Live Journal. 2. Fabulous Vintage Bulgarian lottery tickets More found on Present & Correct. 3. A Peculiar Measuring instrument This circular slide rule describes the effects of a nuclear explosion on people. After World War II, scientists at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory…
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