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Radiographs: a flickr set

Radiographs : a small and terrific flickr set. After you check out an exploded hand, maybe you will want to admire a Fasciolaria filamentosa.
posted to MetaFilter by of strange foe at 12:50 PM on November 20, 2007 (28 comments)

His darling Bumblebee

Making a Transformer out of KFC buckets and custard pie boxes.
posted to MetaFilter by of strange foe at 11:56 AM on September 7, 2007 (32 comments)

Voice of Vitas

Voice of a castrato or voice of a dolphin? You decide. (previously: 1, 2)
posted to MetaFilter by of strange foe at 1:54 PM on August 26, 2007 (25 comments)

gaudy as nature

Birds As Art: Photographer Arthur Morris shares his dazzling images of (mostly) feathered creatures in his (up to 196 so far) email bulletins. It's quite worth wading through the archive.
posted to MetaFilter by of strange foe at 4:07 PM on July 6, 2006 (9 comments)

the fighting daikon

Would somebody please think of the radish? Well, the Japanese certainly do. (More news stories in Japanese.)
posted to MetaFilter by of strange foe at 1:28 PM on February 3, 2006 (16 comments)

fight cute

"A quoi ça sert l’amour?" 28m quicktime, because it's a worthy successor to the cake-bearing bunny. (via)
posted to MetaFilter by of strange foe at 11:11 AM on October 21, 2005 (24 comments)

the joyful survival of sea life

Undersea images from veteran NG photographer David Doubilet. This is my favorite shot. (Related: photos of breaching rays by Michael Albert; underwater photography on blueoceanart.com -- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).
posted to MetaFilter by of strange foe at 3:31 PM on September 20, 2005 (24 comments)

Proteus: a nineteenth century vision

Ernst Haeckel: Die Radiolarien (1862) : a microscopic, single-celled organism, the radiolarian extrudes the silica it draws from seawater to forms a dazzling web of crystalline, concentric shells; even more amazing, each of the 5000 known species of radiolarian forms its own unique pattern. "Proteus" is a new documentary of a 19th century biologist/evolutionary theorist/artist's fascination with these creatures. (Oh, Haeckel is also the guy who coined "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny". And he lied.)
posted to MetaFilter by of strange foe at 11:19 AM on August 5, 2005 (14 comments)

Heath Robinson + Watts

(Query: Is dear Robin perhaps future Heath Robinson or Arthur Watts?) -- The provincial lady's motherly effusion led a curious reader to the lovely works of two master British illustrators. --more--
posted to MetaFilter by of strange foe at 12:05 PM on June 16, 2005 (8 comments)

the incredible shrinking *

Shrunken heads! (Heads on coins that is).
posted to MetaFilter by of strange foe at 2:12 PM on May 5, 2005 (9 comments)

Toady overlords

Toads that go bang; toads bang; toads ka-BANG!
posted to MetaFilter by of strange foe at 9:51 AM on April 29, 2005 (22 comments)

Extensive gaze

A generous helping of photography by Frank Horvat: hightlights include the photoblog you wish you had, 12 great cities 40 years ago, and the artist's home through a digital lense.
posted to MetaFilter by of strange foe at 1:08 PM on October 12, 2004 (5 comments)

i see bubbles

The next big one has long been in the works. A most bubble-licious swimming center (flash, non) and an equally dramatic main Olympic stadium design were chosen among the shortlist. Does this get an armchair architect's heart racing or what?
posted to MetaFilter by of strange foe at 12:17 PM on August 23, 2004 (15 comments)

Life imitates Art

Pageant of the Masters : if the tableaux vivants presentation in the Olympics opening ceremony leaves you wanting for more, it's not too late to find your way to southern California this month. This is the 71st season of this famous and unique event in Laguna Beach. (More behind-the-scene stories here and here.)
posted to MetaFilter by of strange foe at 4:07 PM on August 19, 2004 (8 comments)

forum morbid

Henri Cartier-Bresson is gone. As I was dithering about whether to introduce a double post , google served up this neat little link; and they even have stiff competition. Creepy or handy?
posted to MetaFilter by of strange foe at 1:00 PM on August 4, 2004 (17 comments)

golf & goofs

Thanks to Andre Tolme, now you will know that the capital of Mongolia is Ulaanbaatar, and that a par of 11,880 is possible. (Bonus golf link: Tundra Golf!)
posted to MetaFilter by of strange foe at 8:54 AM on July 30, 2004 (8 comments)