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20 Haunting Pictures Of Abandoned Asylums. 241543903. 42.zip. 8 Artists Who Poured Their Heart and Soul Into Their Work (Also: Their Blood and Urine) All artists put a little bit of their soul into every piece. But these artists put their soul – and a whole lot more – into their art. 1. Hair and Nails. A 1970's teenager's bedroom - Not concerned with Medicare or other adult things my bedroom was filled with stereo equipment. Updated 05 Sep 2012 Introduction: This page shows some of the evolution of my stereo system and involvement with electronics as a teenager in the mid 1970s.

A 1970's teenager's bedroom - Not concerned with Medicare or other adult things my bedroom was filled with stereo equipment

The earliest pictures I have are from 1976, however I started with stereo systems in the early 70s. The photos below are in chronological order. Why this page? A Brief History of Snow Globes. The way Erwin Perzy's family tells it, if Thomas Edison had designed a better light bulb, Perzy would never have invented the snow globe.

A Brief History of Snow Globes

Back in 1900, Erwin Perzy I was working in Vienna as a fine instruments mechanic when a surgeon came to him with a problem. Although the surgeon had electric light bulbs installed in his operating theater, the newly invented product didn't cast great light. He wanted to know if Perzy could improve on the dim bulbs and make them brighter. So he got to work. Apocalyptic Detailed Models. By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 15:23 GMT, 3 April 2012 | Updated: 18:18 GMT, 3 April 2012 These amazing models give an eerie glimpse into the end of the world.

Apocalyptic Detailed Models

Atlantis World's Fair. Ausweis. Ausweis A Reality-Hacking Experiment.

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The world's changing. We're getting so concerned with the descriptions and symbols that represent ideas, we're losing all contact with the substance. Can you really stand dead silence? City of the Silent - The Taphophile's Handbook. Cool Abandoned Places In The World 8 - Glorious Mind. Posted by admin on 10 Dec 2012 / 2 Comments Cool Abandoned Places In The World -Part 8 :Varosha In the early 1970’s, the Varosha quarter in Famagusta, Cyprus was one of the Mediterranean’s most popular and glamorous tourist destinations.

Cool Abandoned Places In The World 8 - Glorious Mind

The bright blue waters and beautiful sandy beaches were draws for such stars as Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, and Brigitte Bardot. Population of the area grew to about 39,000 people, but by the end of 1974 the town would be conquered by Turkish troops, fenced off completely, and have a population of zero. Today the former millionaire’s playground resort still stands vacant and fenced off, guarded by Turkish soldiers and doubtful to open anytime soon. Ever Dream This Man? Ghost Quiz. In 1885, Cecilia Garrett Smith and a friend were experimenting with automatic writing using a primitive Ouija board on which a planchette was guided by a visiting “spirit.”

Ghost Quiz

“We got all sorts of nonsense out of it, sometimes long doggerel rhymes with several verses,” but the prophecies they asked for were rarely answered. When they asked who the guiding spirit was, the planchette wrote that his name was Jim and that he had been Senior Wrangler at Cambridge. How to Get a Copy of Your FBI File (idea) by narzos. The Freedom of Information Act is a powerful thing.

How to Get a Copy of Your FBI File (idea) by narzos

If you've ever wanted to know just what those guvmint bastards have on you, anyway, here's your chance. Just fill in the italics in this form letter with the appropriate information, get your signature notarized, send it off, and you're in business! This should be free, though if your search returns reams of information, you may be charged 5 cents per page in duplication fees. Image evolution. What is this?

Image evolution

A simulated annealing like optimization algorithm, a reimplementation of Roger Alsing's excellent idea. The goal is to get an image represented as a collection of overlapping polygons of various colors and transparencies. Maps. Home page Down to: 6th to 15th Centuries | 16th and 19th Centuries | 1901 to World War Two | 1946 to 21st Century The Ancient World ... index of places Aegean Region, to 300 BCE.

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Medical Mnemonics. Most Interesting Libraries of the World. The Royal library Black Diamond at the waterfront of Copenhagen owes its name to the black granite from Zimbabwe used for the facade of the building. The name was used by the public first and has been adapted officially later. Design by the Danish architects Schmidt, Hammer & Lassen.

Most Weird Book Ever Made : Le Livre Sans Titre. Le Livre Sans Titre (The Book without a Title) is dated 1830 and it illustrates how dangerous masturbation can be.

Most Weird Book Ever Made : Le Livre Sans Titre

Weird. He was young, handsome; his mother’s fond hope He corrupted himself! … soon he bore the grief of his error, old before his time… his back hunches.. A devouring fire sears his gut; he suffers horrible stomach pains… Mozilla Firefox (Build 20121024073032) Mozilla Firefox (Build 20121128204232) Objectsinmyhouse. Orientation video for Bell Labs programmers, 1973. Pareidoloop. Postcards from google earth by clement valla. Mar 19, 2013 postcards from google earth by clement valla ‘postcards from google earth’ by clement valla, 2011-2013 image © clement valla. Public Art Concepts - Dan Sternof Beyer 2011. Download the PDF of these ideas : Public Art Concepts - Dan Sternof Beyer 2011 (2mb) [ New American Public Art ] Response to MPA Threat Letter. Surfing The Apocalypse. FEBRUARY 2000 The following item was placed for sale to the highest bidder at the online auction site Ebay. A SURFING THE APOCALYPSE exclusive interview with the new owner of the painting can be found following the copy of the ad.

Here is the unedited text of the original ad. The color of art is #A79F94 (2009) The most beautiful suicide. The SCP Foundation. The Smoked Corpses of Aseki, Papua New Guinea. Time Warp Wives: Meet the women who really do live in the past. ZombieWarning.com - Free Zombie Attack Warning Service. ~~ MrWong's Soup'Partments ~~ The Original! Since 2002! ~~ Get Your Apartment Today! -=TERMINATED=- ~~ “Did you know that stones bleed?” Journey in the mysterious world of Pino Sciola.