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

1. A Payphone Graveyard in New York Payphones are disappearing little by little, but where are they going? Photographer Dave Bledsoe found a veritable payphone graveyard underneath the elevated West Side Highway at 135th and 12th Avenue: “At least one hundred old, battered pay phones were locked behind a fence near the Park’s Department building.” [Upper…

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

1. Weird Weather Not a sideways twister but a roll cloud. These rare long clouds may form near advancing cold fronts. In particular, a downdraft from an advancing storm front can cause moist warm air to rise, cool below its dew point, and so form a cloud. When this happens uniformly along an extended front, a roll cloud may form. Roll…

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

1. An Abandoned Melting Ice Hotel Mental Floss photographer Arne Bergh visited the 23rd incarnation of the Ice Hotel both before and after it hosted around 60,000 guests for its annual season. Every year, Lapland builds a hotel entirely made of ice in Sweden on the banks of the Torne River. But when the warm weather arrives, another hotel must…

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

1. A photo of Robert Downey Jr. (a.k.a. Iron Man) that you can never unsee. Found on 9gag 2. A Chocolate Nike Air Max Dutch designer Joost Goudriann made these chocolate treats that came with a contract obliging the buyer to eat them. Found on Design Boom 3. Hot Wheels: 1950s Coffee Pot Trucks Found…

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

1. A woman and her grandmother, both at age 20 Found on Reddit 2. Just Room Enough Island Touted as one of the smallest (if not THE smallest) islands in the world (the lone tree gives it island status). It was built by the Sizeland family in the 1950s as a weekend getaway. Just Room Enough is…

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…