Friday Ephemera

Tomorrow’s World revisited, 1965-2003. // Sci-fi corridors of note. (h/t, Anthony) // Chlorophyll drops and night vision. // Crack bitch arachnid. // Magic lanterns and phenakistiscopes. // Man walks across China, beard growth ensues. // Beethoven’s Fifth, visualised. // Various periodic tables. // Vintage porn logos. // Little people. // A search engine for Muslims. // The Sheffield Museum of Anaesthesia. (h/t, Coudal) // An electric unicycle. // The Dyson tricycle. // The cardboard tube fighting league is not to be trifled with. // Stereogram Tetris will slowly drive you mad. // And, via The Thin Man, it’s Mephistopheles.

Comments

[James S]

I like the Little People site. This one made me smile:

http://little-people.blogspot.com/2009/02/wonderland.html

And this one:

http://little-people.blogspot.com/2009/06/lair.html

[dw]

Re spiders on drugs- still laughing at the tiny restraining order. :)

[David]

James,

Yes, they’re fun. The second one reminds me of Chris Ware’s comics. This one too:

http://little-people.blogspot.com/2009/06/overpowered.html

dw,

It’s the crack spider’s pimpmobile that sends it over the edge.

[John D]

Re the sci-fi corridors... No BSG?

[David]

John,

Yes, a major oversight, especially when at least 20% of BSG took place in corridors of one kind or another. Galactica’s hallways even cropped up in song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsvpvqvApKo

And Tarkovsky’s version of Solaris also gave good corridor…

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/6038/picture149.png

[AntiCitizenOne]

Alien V Predator is another corridor movie with an Aztec twist.

[John D]

So is 'corridor movie' a new sub-genre?

[witwoud]

The little people are cute. I came across the book in a bookshop and spent several happy minutes leafing through it. Unfortunately it's been saddled with an introduction by Will Self, who in his ponderous way nearly manages to strip the project of all its charm.

[AntiCitizenOne]

http://anti-citizen-one.blogspot.com/2009/09/theme-tune-for-gordons-triumphant.html

[phantom menace]

Stereogram tetris actually gave me a headache.

[Vintage Porn]

They have some awesome vintage porn photos still