Apparently not everyone can do this. // Flatten 3D films with 2D glasses. // A guide to grade inflation, or goodbye bell curve. // Giant hands are guiding you. // Formidable rigs. (h/t, Fourth Checkraise) // A photographic history of Russia. (h/t, Mick) // Hydro-power projects. (h/t, Coudal) // Charles Moore on Scargill versus Thatcher. // New Wave time warp. // East Coast earthquake: shocking pictures. // A brief history of copyright law. // Shooting big climbs at Yosemite. // “When I throw something in the garbage, the Earth is warming.” (h/t Peter Horne) // And via the same… A dog, an open car window and an accelerator pedal.

Now you can have aeroplane aisle trolleys in your own home. // Couch surfing. // Desktop jellyfish. // Developing bulletproof skin. // Behind the scenes at various museums. (h/t, Coudal) // At last, a device to mute aggravating celebrities. // 10 desolate countries. // Made of wax. // 8 Hours in Brooklyn. // Bottle cap nautilus. // A very large gallery of ballerinas. // A beginner’s guide to hamburger text markup language. // How pencils are made. // New York City, day to night. // Slopeflying, Norway. // And via MeFi… Fearlessly reviewing Finland’s finest salty liquorice sweets. “My entire tongue went numb and I had difficulty breathing.”

A collection of miniature origami. 

Horse, by Anja Markiewicz, 75mm.

It’s a sign of the End Times. // Cat scans. // The remarkable head stability of the Brown Owl. // Beard-measuring T-shirt. // Roof garden apartment, London. // Fog in San Francisco. // World’s highest tennis court. // Drainpipe hotel. // Garbage trucks of yore. For the garbage truck enthusiast. // The internet movie cars database. (h/t, Coudal) // How to deal with vehicle thieves. // Abandoned remains of Russian space shuttle project. // Tetris in the round. (h/t, Anna) // Hiroshima panoramas, six months after the bomb. // Picture of note. // Rating the Bond films. Die, Moonraker, die. // And finally… Stopping looters, the American way.