13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol.XIX)

1. Bohemian Oil Can Guitars Inspired by the resourceful residents of the townships in South Africa who re-purpose used materials into playable instruments, choose from their boho range, beautiful faux brand oil cans, or their vintage range, genuine antique oil cans and lunchboxes, with parts sourced from used instruments. Bohemian Guitars is another Kickstarter success…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. XLIII)

1. An Upcycled Wine Barrel Coopered cabin near Luleå, Sweden. It’s made from a barrel once used to carry wine on a ship many years ago. Found on Cabin P0rn 2. Rarely seen photographs of Marilyn Monroe Photographed in May 1957 in Amagansett, Long Island by Sam Shaw. Found here. 3. Handmade Vintage Globes…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXCX)

1. Inside an old Cello Framed prints by Adrian Borda, taken inside a very old French cello from Napoleon III times. 2. Caca Dauphin, a fashion craze based on the poop color of Marie Antoinette’s son It was fashionable to spend thousands of dollars to dress in the particular shade of brown the young prince…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXCVIII)

1. The Days When Thousands of Cables Crowded the Skies 2. Taxi Graveyard, somewhere in China Found here. 3. Try Picking this Lock Frank L. Koralewsky served as a traditional ironworker’s apprentice in his native north-German town of Stralsund. After obtaining journeyman status, he worked in various German shops before immigrating to Boston…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXCVII)

1. NYC Cab Driver Spends 30 Years Photographing His Passengers In 1980, aspiring photographer Ryan Weideman landed in New York City from California, looking to make a name for himself. But he soon found himself focused on more practical matters, like paying the rent…. Full story found on My Modern Met. 2. Microcar du…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXCVI)

1. What they found when they dredged canals in Amsterdam The incredible archaeological finds have all been washed, categorised and photographed, and are on display online on the Below The Surface website. They were discovered while work on the city’s North/South metro line between 2003 and 2012… Along the banks of the Amstel, at its…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXCV)

1. This Provençale Chateau for rent Chateau Grimaldi, found via Instagram/Sassy Fanny. 2. A Dream Cabinet of Curiosities, Lost in Time The Leverian collection was a natural history and ethnographic collection assembled by Ashton Lever. It was noted in particular for the content it acquired from the voyages of Captain James Cook. For three decades it was on…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXCIV)

1. Antique 18th Century Vanity Cases Found on Live Internet. 2. A 1920s vision of Versailles Fairytales from Versailles. Umberto Brunelleschi illustrations, for ‘La Lecon d’Amour Dans un Parc’ by Rene Bolesve. Published in Paris c.1920 Found here via This isn’t Happiness. 3. A 19th Century Pizza Seller Found in this article on the History of Pizza.…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXCIII)

1. The Scandalous Secret Diary found in the Floorboards of Chateau When the new owners of the chateau of Picomtal decided to renovate the parquet in some of their upstairs rooms, they made a remarkable discovery. On the underside of the floorboards – invisible until the boards were taken up to be replaced – were…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CCXCII)

1. In search of the permanent wave… Wireless permanent-waving machine introduced in 1934 by Icall Limited to satisfy a demand for a machine in which there was no direct connection to electricity when the heaters were applied. The heaters were disconnected before applying to the head, known as the “falling-heat” method. Because such heaters started cooling…