scary

Seeing a video like the one above certainly reminds us of the power of nature. It’s a bit unsettling, to say the least, to see a tornado this close, this huge and this powerful. The heavy breathing of the person filming adds a touch of reality to a seemingly unreal… Read the rest

Dean Potter is famous for the extreme. He’s recognized for BASE jumping insanity and slacklining (highlining, technically, when the person is thousands of feet above solid ground) way above “normal,” socially-accepted heights. He’s also known for his climbing endeavors–having made a series of challenging first ascents, free solo ascents and… Read the rest

This collection of photos featuring temporary ski jumps has been making its way around the internet for the past few months. As far as I can tell the photos were originally compiled on the Deputy Dog blog, so if you like this kind of thing you should navigate over there… Read the rest

In honor of Halloween we decided to pull together some cool photos of cemeteries from around the world. If you’d like to see more work by any of these photogs then click on the corresponding photo and it will take you to their Flickr! page.
Enjoy.
We’ve got seventeen more… Read the rest

And you thought bike lane obstruction was bad… Ok ok, it’s just a sidewalk painting along Regent’s Canal in London, but I’m pretty sure it caused quite a few double takes.
The painting is actually part of a safety campaign to encourage cyclists to slow down while on the path…… Read the rest

(Actual scanned image of Susan Hallowell who runs the TSA research lab and who can be seen with clothes on at the end of this post)
Airports are about to start taking their security precautions personal. Real personal. In Digital Penetration, a disturbing article posted on Slate.com yesterday, William Saletan… Read the rest