Great urban exploration site: Russian photos and text of abandoned soviet infrastructure Long-Lost Da Vinci Masterpiece Found Behind Palazzo Walls “A high-tech art sleuth finds a hollow space behind an Italian palazzo’s murals, and believes he may have discovered a Da Vinci masterpiece not seen since 1563. In a case of life imitating art, Maurizio …
Category Archives: External & links
Oil, energy and enviro info
Most of these are older links, but I just haven’t had the time to post them. In case you missed it: A White House official who once led the oil industry’s fight against limits on greenhouse gases has repeatedly edited government climate reports in ways that play down links between such emissions and global warming. …
Misc techy, DRM
I’ve been recording some shows from This American Life. Why? Well, I seem to always forget to tune in on a Sunday, and streaming is just a pain in the ass. When I’m not using the audio on my computer, I play a show stream (RealAudio, but I use MPC with the Real Alternative 1.41 …
Do it yourself
Prefab and you don’t want to do much work? Target might have something for you. Actually, it looks like the work (done by Christopher C Deam) might just be a “modern trailer park“. Somehow I think a wall of glass is going to sell less well in an actual trailer park, vs. someone who bought …
Links, get your hot links here!
Exploration: The photos are older (2002), but the subject is quite fascinating – Jason Levine explores the high line. I had never heard of the high line, but I don’t live in NYC. The high line is an elevated set of tracks that span 22 blocks, from 34th Street to Gansevoort Street. Having long been …