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About 12 years ago, Dan Phillips started Phoenix Commotion, a construction business in his hometown, Huntsville, Tex., where he builds low-income housing out of salvaged items.
'River under water' by Anatoly Beloshchin. Cenote Angelita, Mexico, Yucatan. Depth of shooting - 28m. "The River" - a layer of hydrogen sulfide, which lies on the boundary between fresh and salt water.
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This is such a creative and wonderful way to document a day. Be inspired to create your own visual journal of a day using various doodles, elements and fonts.
China by Mathieu Lehanneur's: Age of the World is a series of clay sculptures, each of which represents the population of a country. #Sculpture #Age_of_the_World #Mathieu_Lehanneur
Find the Equivalent Wattage of CFL, LED, and Halogen Bulbs with This Cheat Sheet
This is a rare meteorological phenomenon called a skypunch. When people see these, they think it's the end of the world. Ice crystals form above the high-altitude cirro-cumulo-stratus clouds, then fall downward, punching a hole in the cloud cover. #Meteorology #Weather #Clouds
Claudia Mitchell - first woman to have a bionic arm - a prosthetic limb that she controls with her mind.
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The Backbone of the Flavor Network by Yong-Yeol Ahn Sebastian E. Ahnert James P. Bagrow Albert-László Barabási: Each node denotes an ingredient, the node color indicates food category, and node size reflects the ingredient prevalence in recipes. Two ingredients are connected if they share a significant number of flavor compounds, link thickness representing the number of shared compounds between the two ingredients. Adjacent links are bundled to reduce the clutter. #Food_Science #Flavors #Yong_Yeol_Ahn #Sebastian_E_Ahnert #James_P_Bagrow #Albert_Laszlo_Barabasi
A collection of free downloadable public domain images for crafters and web designers that have been rescued from old books, magazines, and other print materials.
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Belkin Conserve Power [Outlet] Switch. Cuts down on zombie power consumption (e.g. cable box), without having to unplug the offending appliance. $7
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"Sea otters hold hands when they sleep, so they don't drift away from each other."
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This 8 by 5 foot wall hanging is comprised of approximately 40,000 pieces of junk mail, folded and string-bundled into 2 inch cubes to create colored pixels. “The arrangement of square paper bundles depicts an idealized scene of human’s relationship to nature (based on a painting by Thomas Kinkade). The minute collection of junk mail used to create “pixels” of the image suggests that the earth’s resources are not being used as bucolically as we might like to think. The process was completed over a period of about five months.”
Aluminum foil as fixture protector - the foil molds to the shape of whatever it's covering and stays firmly in place until the job is complete. > this is a great tip!
There are about 700 known species of sea urchins. Coelopleurus exquisitus is a species discovered in 2005 in New Caledonia. It was named “exquisitus” for its beautiful markings. This picture shows two sea urchin skeletons stacked; the upper urchin is Coelopleurus exquisitus. Image by Flickr user jurvetson.
by jurvetson
and then add the cost of medical bills later in life
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Why haven't I thought of this for the cats? They've always slept in our suitcases if left open!
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Tribute to the Dalai Lama by yatu-ex: A picture is worth a thousand words ? #Typography #Typography_Portrait #Dalai_Lama #yatu-ex
The Voynich Manuscript: The Book Nobody Can Read = vintage zentangles :)
This remarkable timepiece, possibly the most complicated of its kind in the world, was designed and made by Rasmus Sørnes (1893 - 1967) in Moss, Norway.
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THE 36 VIEWS OF MT.FUJI/the Waves off the Coast of Kanagawa by Sagaki Keita: Pen and ink illustrations which are composed of thousands of tinier drawings. via whatthecool.com #Illustrations #Mt_Fuji #Sagaki_Keita
Photo Rescue Japan, All Hands Volunteers Project Tohuku: Becci Manson and her worldwide network of friends and colleague have joined together to restore personal photographs damaged by the 11th March 9.0 magnitude earthquake. For the elderly people of Tohoku, with images pre-dating digital technology, this service is simply amazing, almost impossible. These were the photos that told the stories of their lives. Scratched and water damaged, with the skill of our retouchers we are able to present them back to their owners in their original state. via rebeccamanso.com. Also: on NPR, tinyurl.com/... #Japan_Tsunami #Photo_Restoration #Becci_Manson #All_Hands_Volunteer_Tohoki
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