Archive for December 3rd, 2005




Number Spiral.

Posted by Alex in Science & Tech on December 3, 2005 at 6:05 am

Who’d knew that amazing properties of numbers show up when they’re arranged in a number spiral.
 
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What do Things Look Like at the Speed of Light?

Posted by Alex in Science & Tech on December 3, 2005 at 6:04 am

What do things look like when they move near the speed of light? Relativity visualized here: Link
 
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Lewis Hine's Portraits of Child Labor.

Posted by Alex in Arts & Crafts on December 3, 2005 at 6:03 am

Portraits of child labor in the United States between 1908 and 1912, as documented by Lewis Hine. This one above is from Newberry, South Carolina. Link

From the website:

The overseer said apologetically, "She just happened in." She was working steadily. The mills seem full of youngsters who "just happened in" or "are helping sister."
 
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Utah's Newspaper Rock.

Posted by Alex in Travel & Places on December 3, 2005 at 6:02 am

This is the Newspaper Rock or Tse’ Hane (Rock that Tells a Story) records 2000 years of human activity near Monticello, Utah. Basically, passer-by people of the Fremont, Anasazi, Navajo, and other tribes add their own graffitti to the rock.

More amazing pictures at The Gigapixl Project’s Portrait of America.
 
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Mel Kadel's Art.

Posted by Alex in Arts & Crafts on December 3, 2005 at 6:01 am

Mel Kadel’s illustrations are pretty cool & funny. Check it out: Link
 
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