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Sketchy Bunnies

A whole gallery of ‘em. …shiver… ..

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2011 12 06 Squidocto photos Comments (3)

The Book Surgeon

Awesome book sculptures by Brian Dettmer.

2011 12 02 spacebarcowboy Comments (2)

SciFiSlavia

A fantastic gallery of sci-fi (ish) illustrations by Nikolai Lutohin in the former Yugoslavia.

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2011 12 01 Squidocto travel Comments (2)

Oregon is Pretty

These time-lapse videos are all the rage, but c’mon, they’re so pretty. As is Oregon, which is this one’s theme. (Personally I turn the sound off when I watch these. Put some music on you’d actually listen to.) (…and of course watch full-screen…) Finding Oregon from Uncage the Soul Productions on Vimeo. ..

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2011 12 01 Squidocto nature
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Hedgehog and More

This fella can be found along with many of his Indian Zoological pals in the extensive New York Public Library Digital Library. ..

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Beer Revenue Stamps

A gallery of severe but beautiful engraved stamps, used to mark that a beer keg had been properly taxed–like cigarette stamps or playing card stamps.  “Beer revenue stamps are stamps used to collect taxes and fees. Breweries purchased them from the government and attached them to taxed items. The stamps were printed on sheets, without [...]

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2011 11 06 Crushinator History Comments (1)

LP Covers, Asia, 60s

How many Asian LP covers from the 1960s did you want to peruse? Hundreds, you say?  (via WFMU)

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2011 11 04 Squidocto Comments (0)

Halloween Activity: Lake Monsters!

Flying cross country recently, I found myself enjoying the combination of water and pareidolia. It’s so easy to see all those shapes as animals and faces and such. So I thought: what better activity for Halloween than satellite lake monsters! My contributions to this new genre are after the jump. WARNING: I am not an [...]

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2011 10 27 Squidocto Comments (1)

The Fry Truth

Stephen Fry is filming some BBC thing that takes place in the 19th century. Apparently the set designers have been having a blast with little jokes that will never be seen on camera. Stephen has been tweeting them. Here’s one:

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2011 10 14 Squidocto Film & TV Comments (1)