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June 25, 2007
June 23, 2007
Skywriting
Did you know that the old-fashioned art of skywriting has been replaced by the quicker, longer-lasting and generally more modern technique of skytyping? Neither did we. Here's a film explaining how they did it in the Thirties.
Unfortunately what people write with it hasn't really progressed:
June 18, 2007
Beautiful Ducks
June 16, 2007
Phantom Lady
Eye of the Goof has this crazy seduction-by-drum solo from the film Phantom Lady. Elisha Cook has a lusty expression not seen since the eye-popping, table-banging wolf in Red Hot Riding Hood, and the lady in the gauze hat appears to have gone completely feral.
June 14, 2007
A Martian Meteorite
June 11, 2007
Blacken Egg on Day You Have an Accident
Universiteitsmuseum Amsterdam has a very educational selection of vintage public health posters - the dangers of clothes:
of lack of self-control:
something about electrical monsters:
and a 'smeer of poets', sounds both dangerous and disgusting:
The worst ones are the British anti-syphilis ones, not reproduced here - I can't look at a picture of a nun holding a sad baby so don't ask me.
June 10, 2007
Butterfly Colours
Colourlovers features colour palettes stolen from butterflies. Via.
Whereas Cute Overload has these glasswing butterflies with no colour at all:
June 9, 2007
Your Search is Over
Here at Fed by Birds we hate to disappoint, so for the person who got here by searching for 'man with a lemur in st james park london' - will this do?
or perhaps this:
For the seeker of 'hat with vulture', here you go:
And as for 'turbans are bad for the bird' - is this why?
But whoever was searching for 'vulture eating a budgie bird pictures', I'm afraid you'll have to look elsewhere.
June 5, 2007
Reflection Nebula in Ophiuchius
A top Astronomy Picture of the Day. Click to enlarge.
June 4, 2007
Weak Men, Read
Take Campo's Infallible Specific. How could you go wrong? And what wouldn't I give for half a pint of Elegant Bandoline. Actually I think that's some kind of hair ointment but it sounds delicious. I'm afraid I've forgotten where I found these assorted pharmaceutical ads: if it was your site, please let me know.
