April 9, 2012
theatlantic:

What Mark Zuckerberg Could’ve Bought With $1 Billion
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The entire New York Times, says Reuters’ Jack Shafer
The ability to buy out New York Times CEO Janet Robinson 42 times
800 of AOL’s Microsoft’s patents
Roughly 1,250 GSA West Coast Conferences
Shell’s Debt on Iranian Oil
The cure for Lou Gehrig’s disease
Solo Cups (the company) 
The amount BP has pledged toward Gulf Restoration
A better 911 program in New York City
Soccer team Real Madrid’s Island in the UAE
The winnings of every Powerball jackpot in 2007
45% of a B-2 Bomber
68 Lebron Jameses , 40 Kobe Bryants, and 83 Albert Pujolses
All of J.Lo’s love (it’s gratis!)

theatlantic:

What Mark Zuckerberg Could’ve Bought With $1 Billion

April 9, 2012

nparts:

For the past seven years, Ben Wilson has created mini works of art on discarded gum. Here, the British artist gets his hands dirty on London’s Millennium Bridge.

(via nationalpost)

April 5, 2012

laughingsquid:

Google Street View Tour of the Interior of the White House

April 4, 2012

(Source: ifellowedsleep, via martiiinha)

March 29, 2012

monocled—misanthrope:

March 29, 2012

nationalpost:

Drunken man sings all of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ in back of RCMP cruiser
An unnamed man with a scraggly beard is experiencing a few minutes of fame — 6:10 to be exact — after a video of him drunkenly singing the song “Bohemian Rhapsody” in its entirety while sitting in the back of an RCMP squad car surfaced online.

March 24, 2012

laughingsquid:

Retro TV Ads by Mad Magazine Cartoonist Jack Davis

March 13, 2012
laughingsquid:

Reflections, Photo Series of Seniors Seeing Their Youthful Reflections

laughingsquid:

Reflections, Photo Series of Seniors Seeing Their Youthful Reflections

March 3, 2012
firsttimeuser:

Children of the Czechoslovak Republic, ca. 1935-1938
photo by Frank Pekar (?)

firsttimeuser:

Children of the Czechoslovak Republic, ca. 1935-1938

photo by Frank Pekar (?)

(via hollyhocksandtulips)

February 13, 2012

laughingsquid:

Match Sprint, Bizarre Slow Motion Bicycle Racing

February 10, 2012

laughingsquid:

Interactive Animation of Van Gogh’s Starry Night

February 10, 2012
boston:

THE BIG PICTURE
2012 World Press Photo Contest Winners
- By the numbers: 5,247 Photographers, 124 Nationalities, 101,254 pictures. 350 images by 57 photographers of 24 nationalities were awarded prizes in 9 categories.  (16 photos total)

boston:

THE BIG PICTURE

2012 World Press Photo Contest Winners

- By the numbers: 5,247 Photographers, 124 Nationalities, 101,254 pictures. 350 images by 57 photographers of 24 nationalities were awarded prizes in 9 categories. (16 photos total)

January 31, 2012
flavorpill:

The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the world . This beauty is Selexyz Bookstore, Maastricht, Holland

flavorpill:

The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the world . This beauty is Selexyz Bookstore, Maastricht, Holland

January 31, 2012
laughingsquid:

Miniature Everyday Items Made from LEGOs

laughingsquid:

Miniature Everyday Items Made from LEGOs

January 26, 2012

curiositycounts:

London Twitter data visualized as 3D mountains, a curious experiment in abstraction.  (via)

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