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- So, you need a typeface…
- Flowchart for choosing a typeface. Funny and useful…
- Omani sailors voyage back in time aboard 9th century ship – CNN.com
- "Jewel of Muscat" is a copy of an Omani trading vessel discovered wrecked off the coast of Indonesia in 1998. Using ancient techniques, "Jewel" was hand-stitched using coconut fibres, instead of using nails. Layers of goat fat mixed with lime will protect the ship's wood from leaks. "Jewel's" timber planks come from Ghana; the sails were constructed from palm leaves in Zanzibar; and the teak masts were made from Poona trees found in Southern India. Ninth-century ships would have carried everything from frankincense and myrrh to porcelain and food stuffs like dried fish and dates across the Indian Ocean — and so will "Jewel." Jabri hopes to reach Singapore by June 2010…
- Proof That Rats Laugh When You Tickle Them [Io9 University]
- …and it's pretty damn cute.
- Behold The Architecture Of The Future! [Design]
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Shanghai opened its 2010 World Expo to the public for a test run today, and everyone got a better look at the amazing futuristic architecture, much of it made with sustainable materials. Take a virtual tour …
- The Alternate Reality States Of America [History]
- In his book Lost States, Michael Trinklein maps out the never-was states of Transylvania, Nickajack, and Jefferson. Check out his bizarro imaginary cartography.
- Alien Plasma Trapped In Canada's Magnetic Fields [Geophysical Porn]
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Photographer Richard Kelly managed to snap this incredible picture of an aurora over Manitoba, Canada. That ghostly glow is charged particles from the sun, captured by magnetism from the Earth's poles and lit up by oxygen.
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