Map of Antarctica
Map of Antarctica — without the ice
Map of Antarctica — without the ice
Via Paul J.: Collect-me-nots: "The owner of Napoleon’s penis died last Thursday in Englewood, N.J." [NYT registration required]
For Nick: The animated Bayeux Tapestry
Jim writes: "This is a bad path to go down." He's right: some U.K. schools are dropping the Holocaust to avoid offending Muslims.
Demolished buildings of Portland, a map by tinzero
For Kris: The Slav Epic, the magnum opus of Alphonse Mucha
Ooh. Way cool: The Dinosaur Factory [view first | view second] via mefi
Letter from Presley to Nixon [via rich]
The Library of Congress has an on-line Ragtime exhibit. This is perfect material for Vintage Pop, once it launches.
Somewhere over Essex — Zeppelins at war. I cannot possibly describe how much I love this summary of Zeppelins used for warfare.
The Super Highway — John points to an article about 99e, which was once a Big Deal
The war-time diaries of Edward Alexander Packe. "In World War I he served as a private and as a commissioned officer in the trenches. In World War II he became an Air Intelligence Liaison Officer, interpreting photos taken of enemy territory."
For Kris: Jitterbug — a deleted scene from The Wizard of Oz
Photo of Mozart's widow found [via Dave]
The internet guide to Jazz-Age slang is the bee's knees [via stumptown]
Historical sounds in mp3 format [via rich, again]
My feelings about market economies are all kerfuffled. The Great Money Trick does nothing to help. Am I a capitalist or am I socialist? Maybe I'm both. And neither.
Video: 70s Toy Commercials
Very funny video clip of President Gore on Saturday Night Live (hosted locally)
The Way We Eat: Olde School (may require NYT registration) [via megnut]
AskMe: Why was there no effort made to rescue those trapped on the upper floors of the World Trade Center with helicopters? There's an excellent reply that basically amounts to: the doors were locked for political reasons, so nobody could reach the roof.
Soviet underground submarine base — I love cool abandoned structures like this [via Dave]
I find this Flight 93 hijack transcript incredibly disturbing despite (because of?) the mundanity.
Damn interesting: the swirling vortex of doom. "Lake Peigneur is a shallow, now salt-water, lake near New Iberia, Louisiana that was the location of an unusual man-made catastrophe on 21 November 1980." [via mefi]
What an amazing story: Stone-age tribe kills fishermen. Apparently, the "lost island of the savages" has been known for decades and is intentionally kept isolated from the modern world. [via bb]
An amazing MeFi post on the history of the space shuttle. This is a must-read.
Sayings and phrases, meanings and origins — for example, the whole nine yards or, my favorite, minced oaths
Scientists believe that early humans were hunted by birds. Scary!
Here is a wonderful gallery of early 1960s advertising artwork for Motorola depicting near-futuristic life at home. Good stuff.
From NPR: The Laws of War ("Treat them with humanity.")
The wooden library at Alnarp is a xylothek. Fascinating.
Why is marijuana illegal? A brief history of the criminalization of cannabis.
The latest issue of Preservation magazine, the publication of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, has a fantastic article on Oregon's land-use planning (specifically Measure 37). If you'd like to borrow my copy, let me know.
The food timeline is a fun way to explore the history of edibles. Great for my foodie friends!
The zeppelin library archive. I love zeppelins. There's something nostalgic and fascinating about them.
