Great Britain is the birthplace of the school uniform and over the years schoolboys have worn a wide variety of official school dress. These pages illustrate a selection of these uniforms and provide some details of their history.
Shown is the traditional bluecoat uniform of Christ's Hospital School in Sussex. http://www.archivist.f2s.com/bsu/Bsu.html -via the Presurfer
When Barbara Hillary heard that there had never been a black woman at the North Pole, she took that as a challenge. So on April 23rd, she set off on skis with two guides and became the first -despite the fact that she is a 75-year-old cancer survivor who’s never learned to ski til preparing for this trip! http://www.ajc.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/North_Pole_Woman.html -via Fark
The Great Orbax started Fiendish Curiosities to combine his three passions: sideshow, science, and monsters.
Using a combination of current special effects techniques, latex casting and molding, sculpture and modern taxidermy, we create one of a kind works of custom art for the discerning collector. We strive to maintain a scientific approach to our pieces. We attempt to incorporate the sciences of zoology, anatomy, and teratology while devising our curiosities so that in many case, while not cute and cuddly, they do appear as they would had they been the result of natural mutation and adaptation.
Warning: Some images may be disturbing. http://www.fiendishcuriosities.com/ -via the Presurfer
Guess what movie this picture is “drawn†from. Go to The Burgg and guess hundreds of drawings! The quality and difficulty vary greatly, but its a lot of fun for movie buffs. You can guess, find the answer, or just skip to the next one. Or you can sign up and contribute drawings. http://www.theburgg.com/ -via Grow-A-Brain
Life isn’t easy when you’re a graffiti character on a college camps, even when it's the California Institute of the Arts. Push play or go to YouTube. -via Ursi’s Blog
Francesca Myman, who you know from the wonderful Poulpe Pulps (pulp fiction and comic covers involving octopi) and The Bejeweled Octopus, has started a blog called Octopia that reports on art involving the octopus. The example pictured is Creeps from the Deep by Elizabeth McGrath. Link
This cat has been deaf from birth, but he is not alone in sitting still for a vacuum. Here are three other videos of the same technique. Your results may vary. Push play or go to YouTube. -via Videosift
See 33 pictures of a baby parrot, from freshly hatched to his (or her) achieving a full set of feathers. http://static.iftk.com.br/mt/2007/05/birth_of_one_parrot_33_pics.html -via Reddit
Why do our computers ask us if something is OK? And how did it get to be that way? The answers to these and other fascinating questions you would never think to ask are at History of the Button. Link -via the Presurfer
David Newton made this clever animation of portions of the Bayeux Tapestry {wiki}. The video ranges from the appearence of Halley's Comet to the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Push play or go to YouTube. -via Cynical-C
Drinking games are nothing new. Ancient Rome, Greece, and the Middle Ages all had their ways of making fun of drunk people by making them drunker. Link
Ollie Larkin created Lapses in Light, a pretty time-lapse video that begins with the rotation of the stars. Warning: 37MB file, impossible for dialup. Link -via b3ta Update from Ollie Larkin: there is also a 6mb and a 17mb version on my site and a youtube version thanks for looking and enjoy
Octi the octopus can open a screw-top bottle. She also plays with her keeper at the National Aquarium in Napier, New Zealand by rising to the top of the tank and squirting him in the eye. Link to story. -via Arbroath
