Saturday, August 26, 2006

Palm Island



This is Palm Island, an engineering masterpiece, captured from space by the IKONOS satellite. This is one of three large artificial islands being built off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. This one is almost completed. The purpose? To make this the biggest tourism attraction in the world. Hmm ... tourism .. in the Middle East.

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Space Imaging



This high resolution image of Venice was taken by the IKONOS satellite -- the world's first high-resolution, commercial earth imaging satellite. Check out the Space Imaging site for more, absolutely cool photos, from space.

Monday, August 21, 2006

Naboo

High Resolution Image of Naboo, Star WarsCheck out this high resolution image of Naboo, from Star Wars. This and other really cool art can be found at DUSSO.

Sunday, August 20, 2006

The Ads of the World





This is a cool site!

Non Sequitur



Just when is the right time to cut your losses and call it quits?

First Successful Permanent Photograph



It may not look like much, but it took a full day exposure to accomplish this back in 1826. It was taken by Nicéphore Niépce. Read more at Wikipedia.

Dilbert on the IIT

Friday, August 11, 2006

Ann Coulter via Non Sequitur



Do you think Ann Coulter would be smart if she figured out that the reason her dumb-ass-mouth can spout such shit without getting a hard slap across the lips is because of progress made by liberal thinking people? Or would she still be a dumb-ass?

And is Ann Coulter an anorexic?

Updated: August 12, 2006
Wisco has reported that the International Herald Tribune has pulled the above cartoon. Why? They think it could potentially offend people. Read more at Wisco's.

Thursday, August 10, 2006

Free High Resolution Wallpapers

Check out InterfaceLIFT ... a site that hosts some amazing, high quality wallpapers. Decorate your desktop, why doncha?!

Monday, August 07, 2006

Friday, August 04, 2006

Volcano and Aurora in Iceland

This image looks so unreal, but it's quite real. This was take in Iceland by Sigurdur H. Stefnisson, of the volcano Hekla erupting -- the aurora just happened to be there.

Nature Fights Back

Want to know what happened to this bike? See the series here.

Lightning Storm in Toronto

Wednesday night's lightning storm in Toronto, as captured by Sam Javanrouh from his kitchen. Cool! Check out the high resolution version from his site.

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Lenticular Cloud

Check out this cool cloud formation near Mauna Kea, Hawaii, taken by Peter Michaud of the Gemini Observatory.

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Binary Sudoku

Sent to me by a slacker correspondent.