My cat Max is a pretty decent photographer - here's some of his work:

http://panabasis.blogspot.com/search/label/catcam

Max uses the splendid Mr. Lee Catcam:

http://www.mr-lee-catcam.de/cc_index_en.htm

Human-powered airships go back to the 19th century - Charles Ritchel's crank-powered airship of 1876 looks like a lot of fun:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_F._Ritchel

Ooh, thanks for the invitation!

There's a nice recipe for rats with onion sauce in "Lobscouse and Spotted Dog", the cookbook (and culinary history) of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels. Here 's a shot of its preparation and the finished, delicious looking dish:

http://janusmuseum.org/panabasis/nov05.htm#292nov

Mmm... rat...

I also watched the Air-Crane lift the statue of Freedom to the top of the Capitol dome - it was in 1993. Here's a video I made of the lift:

[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6kC0cNb31M[/link]

This was a recognized, if minor humor concept in the 19th century - I have two stereoviews showing a farmer squirting milk; to a cat in one image, and to a pig in t'other. The title is the same on both - "And Nicodemus was fed by the Wayside." Nice to see a modern version!