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mental_floss Blog - Sep 16, 2008
What happens when you take a photograph and apply every Photoshop filter to it? Well, cartoonist/infographicographer Dorothy Gambrell did just that. And she applied them in order, as they appear in the Filters menu …
mental_floss Blog - Aug 26, 2008
Photographer Edward Burtynsky is behind the 10,000 Year Photograph, an effort to make a photographic print that can last for the eponymous ten thousand years. But obviously that’s not his first project; he’s well-known …
Also tagged: blogs, around the world
mental_floss Blog - Jul 30, 2008
Yesterday I covered the 10,000 Year Clock: a clock designed to tick just once per year, and intended to run for a long, long time. The clock will be housed in a chamber inside a mountain in Nevada (yes, The Long Now …
Also tagged: art, technology, blogs
mental_floss Blog - Jul 28, 2008
The American Museum of Natural History has posted an online exhibit called Picturing the Museum. Included are a series of archival photos showing old exhibits at their museum, the most interesting (to me, anyway) being …
Also tagged: education, blogs, history, science, nature, antiquity, armchair field trip, super secret deal
mental_floss Blog - Jul 25, 2008
Ed. Note: This article by Steve Wiegand appeared on mentalfloss.com over the holidays, and we’re reposting today to show it a little bit of extra love. Enjoy. 1) Jagannatha location: Puri, India most frequented by …
Also tagged: blogs, architecture, religion, around the world, super secret deal
mental_floss Blog - Jun 18, 2008
Many readers will remember my post He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died from mid-May. It introduced the story of a man’s photography project that continued for eighteen years, ending in 1997. The post …
Also tagged: blogs, current events, pop culture, notable names
mental_floss Blog - May 25, 2008
Here’s a tangentially related followup to the article on Polaroid photographer Jamie Livingston earlier this week. Some commenters asked about the quality of the photos — many images seem to be better than what we …
Also tagged: technology, blogs, gadgets, advertising, inventions
mental_floss Blog - May 22, 2008
Yesterday I came across a slightly mysterious website — a collection of Polaroids, one per day, from March 31, 1979 through October 25, 1997. There’s no author listed, no contact info, and no other indication as to …
mental_floss Blog - May 13, 2008
I’m a sucker for a huge ball of twine, giant pierogi, or enormous dinosaur replica. But it was news to me that an online museum is devoted to such things — specifically, such Canadian things. Big Things: The Monuments …
Also tagged: blogs, advertising, weird, pop culture, around the world
mental_floss Blog - Apr 9, 2008
I’m not exactly a Flickr power user — I’ve never left a photo note, though I’ve read lots of them. On Flickr, when a photo note is made, the user specifies a zone of the photo and types in a comment. The zone is then …