Senin, 09 Maret 2015

Doing Your Best Work On The Toilet

Restoring Vintage Baseball Magazine Covers, How The Coke Bottle Got Into Shape, Truck Nutz, And Other News, What It's Like To Be A Human Cannonball, The Ambassador Who Worked From A Nairobi Bathroom To Avoid State Department IT, A Rare Look Into The Imprecise World Of Art Identification
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Monday, March 9, 2015
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Restoring Vintage Baseball Magazine Covers
uni-watch.com
I've always been a fan of the covers of Baseball Magazine, which ran from 1908-1957. Their earliest covers featured the illustration artwork of Gerrit Beneker and J.F. Kernan, two recognized legends in the field. I noticed that undamaged covers were nearly impossible to find, so I decided to try and restore some of my favorite examples from 100+ years ago.
SODA STREAM-LINED
How The Coke Bottle Got Into Shape
thedailybeast.com
Sleek, ridged and much imitated in the drink's beginning, the Coke bottle became a patented classic in 1915. What makes it so distinctive, and loved?
WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND
Truck Nutz, And Other News
digg.com
A Senator that has never used email, a history of brunch, and the man behind Truck Nutz.
SO THEY DON'T SHOUT 'CANNONBALL' THEN
What It's Like To Be A Human Cannonball
digg.com
Watch from the perspective of Gemma Kirby, the youngest female human cannonball in the world, as she gets shot into the sky during a Ringling Bros. Circus XTREME performance.
THE OLD POOP AND SEND
The Ambassador Who Worked From A Nairobi Bathroom To Avoid State Department IT
arstechnica.com
If you think Clinton's e-mail scandal is bad, you haven't heard about Scott Gration.
IT'S ALL IN HOW IT'S FRAMED
A Rare Look Into The Imprecise World Of Art Identification
nytimes.com
At a time when the attribution of paintings can be so litigious, a startling reassessment provides a rare window into the often imprecise, and debate-riddled, field of identifying the authorship of artworks.
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SKI'S A CROWD
Image: In this aerial view taken from a helicopter thousands of sportsmen and women await the start, in Maloja, of the annual Engadin skiing marathon on Sunday, March 8, 2015, from Maloja to S-Chanf in south Eastern Switzerland.
In this aerial view taken from a helicopter thousands of sportsmen and women await the start, in Maloja, of the annual Engadin skiing marathon on Sunday, March 8, 2015, from Maloja to S-Chanf in south Eastern Switzerland. Credit: AP Photo/Keystone,Gian Ehrenzeller
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