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

1. A Melting Wax House Artist Alex Chinneck, who created the sliding house, upside-down house, and the floating piazza in Covent Garden, has unveiled his latest creation – a two-storey house made almost entirely from wax. Using 8,000 wax brick, Chinneck built the house on Southwark Street in London, where it will gradually melt over…

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

1. Sophia Loren making Pizza cira 1950s, photographer unknown found on Felina Von Crop 2. Last House Standing Photographs by Ben Marcin of Baltimore, Philadelphia and New Jersey, full photostory here. 3. Vino Loco Creative agency LOLA Madrid is the behind the creative straitjacket packaging of Vino Loco, a “crazy” white wine produced by Bodegas…

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

1. Smokin’ Garciela It’s possible you may have seen this face before, perhaps in a photo album of someone that travelled to Cuba. This is the famous cigar lady from Havana, Garciela, in her late 80’s. She lets tourists take photographs of her for a few pesos. Found on the Flickr group, Smokin Garciela …

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

1. An Abandoned Victorian Treehouse A two-story, child-size replica of a Victorian-style home photographed by Florida-based photographer Drew Perlmutter. The article, found on Huffington Post Home, does not reveal the exact location or a story as to why the treehouse was abandoned. The photographer will only reveal that the treehouse is in South East Florida, to…

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

1. A Biblical Theme Park in Florida Photographer Daniel Cronin to the ancient and sacred land of Orlando, Florida to visit The Holy Land Experience, a Biblical theme park owned and operated by the Trinity Broadcasting Network, so you don’t have to. See the full photostory here found on Dangerous Minds 2. Celebrities and…

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

1. A family bicycle equipped with a sewing machine for mom Found on Distractify 2. London’s Hidden River If you listen carefully just above this unassuming grate you can hear the ripple and splash of flowing water. This is the sound of the River Fleet, London’s largest subterranean river. Urbex images by Sub-Urban.com…

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

1. Yarn Bombs Collector’s Weekly found the 35 grooviest yarn creations on eBay. 2. A Real-life ‘Jetsons’ Housekeeper Robot, invented in 1966 Tinker the remote-controlled robot was the work of inventor David Weston from Yorkshire. His metal friend could wash the car, take the baby for a stroll down the road, go…

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

1. Comic Strip Artists Drawing Blindfolded, 1947 In 1947 Life Magazine asked some famous comic strip artists to to draw their famous characters while wearing a blindfold. Found on A Hole in the Head 2. A Miniature Leonardo Da Vinci Pop Up Book See more from this talented artist, Sara Alvarez. 3.…

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

1. The Relocation of the Abu Simbel temples, 1964 to 1966 Funded by donations from 52 countries, The relocation of the temples was necessary to avoid their being submerged during the creation of Lake Nasser, the massive artificial water reservoir formed after the building of the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River. The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside during…

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

1. The Woman with Ten Brains “A German woman named Thea Alba was known as “The Woman With Ten Brains” because she could write all ten fingers simultaneously.” “Alba, who became famous in the 1920′s, also performed a trick in which we wrote with both hands, both feet, and her mouth at the same time.…