I had this done by Silje of Scapegoat Tattoo in Portland, OR last summer. It’s of a Franz Marc painting, which I thought was appropriate as it combines my love of art with my love of horses and I’d just moved from Oregon to Minnesota for an internship on a horse breeding farm. This is my first tattoo and I definitely plan on returning to Scapegoat for more!
Four nights a year, the streets of Manhattan’s grid become the site for a spectacular sunset phenomenon known as “Manhattanhenge.” As Director of the Hayden Planetarium Neil deGrasse Tyson, who discovered the phenomenon and coined the term “Manhattanhenge,” explains in his Hayden Planetarium blog, Manhattanhenge takes place “when the setting Sun aligns precisely with the Manhattan street grid, creating a radiant glow of light across Manhattan’s brick and steel canyons, simultaneously illuminating both the north and south sides of every cross street of the borough’s grid. A rare and beautiful sight.”
View Manhattanhenge tonight at 8:17 pm and tomorrow at 8:16 pm. Tweet your photos of the phenomenon @AMNH with the hashtag #Manhattanhenge or email them to comments@amnh.org for a chance to win two tickets to our Manhattanhenge program on July 11.
Photo courtesy of Katie Killary
WOW.
Favorite gemstone: opals, preferably raw.
Oh man oh man oh man I love opalllllll….. *A*
Via Reckless Arts
Pouring Tea by Blowing into Teapot
Ah, sir, please allow me the honor of pouring you some tea. Whfffblblblbblblblbblsplll
i wanna stay here
The Solar Floating Resort (SFR) is a unique hospitality concept, part habitation, part yacht and part submarine, totally self-sufficient energy generator, non-polluting and in unison with its natural surroundings.
SFR has been designed like a luxury yacht and a luxury hotel suite, with a fully submerged observation bulb. SFR reaches twenty meters in length, is designed for six people at sea and is ideal for living in marinas connected to front beach hotels.
Via The Dark Side of the Force
i want to 3D print something!
Meet the machine of the moment: the DreamVendor, a set of four MakerBot Thing-O-Matics that sit behind glass and 3-D print your tchotchke of choice.
The DreamVendor is the brainchild of Dr. Chris Williams, Director of Virginia Tech’s DREAMS Lab, and student Amy Elliot, who led the design. “We wanted an experience where someone could walk up and use a 3-D printer without having to worry about anything besides loading a file and selecting ‘Print,’” says Williams.
(via The Future of Stuff: Vending Machine That Prints in 3-D | Wired Design | Wired.com)
Five Generations of Batmobile Driving on the Road
They’re all honking at the oldest Batmobile in the front.
Another great photo from the eclipse last week.
About me
Just a random collection of things which I find interesting in an attempt to entertain myself.
