November 2010
October 2010
Crocodile on plane kills 19 passengers →
Um.
A STOWAWAY crocodile on a flight escaped from its carrier bag and sparked an onboard stampede that caused the flight to crash, killing 19 passengers and crew.
The croc had been hidden in a passenger’s sports bag - allegedly with plans to sell it - but it tore loose and ran amok, sparking panic.
The plane was then sent off-balance “despite the desperate efforts of the...
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A Brief Visual History of Penn Station
Today, Gothamist posted a story on the groundbreaking of the new Moynihan Station. As they point out, the original Penn Station would have been 100 years old this year. Here are some photos that I also found on The Bowery Boys blog. Oh, nostalgia. *Sigh*
The original Pennsylvania Station (via)
Inside the original Penn Station (via)(via) (via) Demolishing Penn Station (via) Eagles from the...
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The Tripwire: Rethinking Green Day’s Musical... →
After it happened I spent a whole hour of Bio drawing out the Green Day logo, painstakingly true to the cover of Dookie, on the re-purposed brown paper bag that covered my 18-pound textbook. By lunch I was self-conscious and added a heart-shaped Smashing Pumpkins logo, along with Pearl Jam, Nirvana (Unplugged had just been put in circulation as a cassette bootleg, allegedly from Europe, by Mike...
Martin Aircraft’s commercial jetpack looks to take... →
jayson:
YOU CAN BUY A JETPACK SOON.
Sweet mother of God, yes.
Holy Jetpack, Batman! I still want my hoverboard, dammit.
Hipster Dinosaurs!
I may be late to the game, but these are amazing.
Look at his little pants!
Can Steven Spielberg plz make The Land Before Time 19 with Hipster Dinos?
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