Transportation
Jesse Dixon had a rotary wing take on the flying car. In 1940.
Google may have its roving all-seeing eye to give you a good look at each intersection but Microsoft has a better idea for producing directions. Ask a cabbie.
Backwards Porsche, mutant Prius, horned helmets, and ‘busa engine in a National Guard branded three wheeler.… Autotopia picks its weirdest of SEMA.
Science and Technology
You’ve seen those pictures of the windmill farms located out at sea? Here’s the ship that builds them. Pics, video, and link to one of the crew’s flickr stream. Who said infrastructure is boring?
Art, Images, and Design
Geometry, geography, and celestial maps. Eye candy from the 17th century.
Kick Start Calico Bean Salad. A recipe and a fab moto illustration.
Neighborhoods as swing sets, roller coasters, and jungle gyms. Amy Casey’s fabulous houses.
Moving Images
Are player pianos the new clowns? Mark Tucker has freaked me out.
And just to share little more of the creepy that’s inhabiting my brain this week, here’s Dirty Night Clowns… and that funny, floaty way that marionettes move. Making Of bonus material.
…off you go, there’s a weekend just ahead…