Bishop Rock holds the Guinness Book of World Records title of smallest island in the world. An amazing lighthouse, built in 1858, is the only thing stands on this tiny island off the coast of Britain. The first lighthouse erected on the island was washed away before it could be completed. The current lighthouse has managed to survive currents and winds for well over a century. In historical times, convicted criminals were left with bread and water on the island to die.
7 Amazing and Mysterious World Islands | WebUrbanist
awesome stop-motion video for Ready, Able by Grizzly Bear. Directed by Allison Schulnik.
Inhabitable floating island…
The original Spiral Island was (as its successor will be) built upon a floating collection used plastic bottles, all netted together to support a bamboo and plywood structure above. Located in Mexico, the original was 66 by 54 feet and was able to support full-sized mangroves to provide shade and privacy, yet also able to be moved from place to place by its creator as needed with a simple motorized system (via Man (Re)Builds Mexican Island Paradise on 250,000 Recycled Floating Bottles | Ecoble)
Zimoun : Sound Sculptures & Installations | Compilation Video V1.2 on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
This is great!!
Pam: Hey, babe.
Jim: Hey, babe.
Jim: Gotta let me know when you’re doing that.
This photo documents what is possibly Bruce and Bono’s first meeting - from NME (?)
(via Greasy Lake forum user riverdude2, who saved up a load of newspaper cuttings from the early 1980s)
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The New Scientist calculated how long it would take, from everywhere on the planet, to get to a city of 50,000 people or more. They estimate that less than 10% of the world is more than two days from the nearest city. The most remote place, they calculate, is the Tibetan plateau.
Viktor Bulla’s Pioneers in Defense Drill, Leningrad (1937)
Bulla’s photograph of hundreds of children wearing gas masks was not meant to be ghoulish, a commentary on war or lost innocence, but rather exemplified a reason for pride—the country was blessed with well-trained, well-equipped and obviously courageous young fighters. (via Heidi Heidi Heidi)
“ Rand’s particular intellectual contribution, the thing that makes her so popular and so American, is the way she managed to mass market elitism — to convince so many people, especially young people, that they could be geniuses without being in any concrete way distinguished. Or, rather, that they could distinguish themselves by the ardor of their commitment to Rand’s teaching. The very form of her novels makes the same point: they are as cartoonish and sexed-up as any best seller, yet they are constantly suggesting that the reader who appreciates them is one of the elect.
Book Review - ‘Ayn Rand and the World She Made,’ by Anne C.Heller - Review - NYTimes.com (via ronmarks)
Thank goodness someone has finally said it.
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I’ve always hated her. Her and Palahniuk.
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