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	April 18, 2014 - Pic-of-the-Day Enchanting Waterfall Island Like the Nagrand region in World of Warcraft
	April 12, 2014 - DRB Series Amazing Optical Illusions (DRB Series) One of the most extensive collections of awesome optical illusions on the web!
	April 8, 2014 - Quantum Shot #869 Mind-Blowing Optical Illusions, Part 6 "The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them"
	April 2, 2014 - Quantum Shot #868 Incredible Optical Illusions, Part 5 "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
	March 26, 2014 - Quantum Shot #228(rev) Optical Illusions Update Your eyes see one thing, your mind believes another!

#217 - Week of March 25, 2014

Tour of the Universe, Macro-Scale - [watch this video!]
Our Universe as an image (actually only 0.000001% of it) - [yellow dots are galaxies]
The mystery of Mont Blanc's hidden treasure - [fascinating]
World Military Strength Comparison, more - [cold facts, charts]
Hashima Island: The Forgotten World - [abandoned]
The Uncomfortable Objects! - [weird art]
SpaceX: Massive Rocket to Mars - [wow space]
Look close at this surreal island - [fantasy art]
A New Kind of Playground - [good article]
Beautiful Vintage Lunch Boxes - [retro, design]
Awesome Re-Entry Suit Concept, info - [wow tech, art]
Maps Before Maps- [vintage, art]
Micro-Photography: New Fantastic Site - [wow galleries]
Most Beautiful Libraries in the World - [architecture]
Oklahoma City Sonic Boom Tests in the 1960s - [interesting]
Ruin Lust: Awesome Visuals - [abandoned]
How to Moonwalk Properly - [useful?]
The Anti-Social Network? - [geek info]
Insects as the Future of Food - [weird, science]
Diagram Award: Oddest Book Titles of the Year - [funny]
Afraid of Heights? Don't Watch This - [wow video]
GoPro Camera on a Pelican - [wow video]
Another Miserable Forklift Fail - [fun video]
Incredible Video of Ship vs. Heavy Seas - [wow video]
Proof of ships bending during storms - [wow video]
Incredibly Realistic Gaming: GTA - [wow video]
Awesome Motivational Video by Nike - [cool video]
Jean Michelle Jarre: Live in Paris - [full music video, concert]
Strangest Phobias and Fears of People - [interesting]

March 21, 2014 - DRB Feel-Good
DRB Feel-Good Issue #16

Loads of cool and rare imagery

Library of Congress to preserve and restore pulp-fiction - [great news!]
A "Bouquet" of Four of America's Tallest Towers! - [architecture]
Waves Detected on Titan - [wow space]
Grandiose Old Newspapers Archive by Google! - [awesome find]
From Coolest Business Cards to... Coolest Jets- [wow designs]
If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel: there is a lot of empty space out there! - [space]
Most Memorable Plane Hijacks - [facts, compilation]
An Airship the size of a football field - [future of air travel?]
High Speed Pancake Stacking by Robots - [wow video]
BMX Bikes Plus Bottles of Beer - [wow video]
Rasing up a Robot in Japan - [wow video]
Great CGI video about New Formula One - [wow video]
Mastery of your kitchen drum set - [wow video]
Strange Facts about United Kingdom - [interesting]
See McCartney and his doll. What will yours look like? - [great gift idea]

	March 18, 2014 - Quantum Shot #334(rev) Optical Illusions in Art, Part 3 We love it when pictures play with our minds
	March 11, 2014 - Quantum Shot #867 Auto Oops! Bizarre Car Accidents, Part 7 New batch of maddeningly mysterious wrecks
	March 6, 2014 - Quantum Shot #868 Exceptional British 1950s Scifi Artwork Quintessential Space Pulp Art by Ron Turner and others

#216 - Week of March 1, 2014

Star in a Bottle: Most Epic Project - [wow science]
Car Test Track on the Roof - [wow vintage]
Olympus BioScapes 2013 Winners Gallery - [spectacular!]
The World's Longest Aircraft / Airship - [wow video]
Crazy Underside of the Red-eyed Tree Frog - [awesome pic]
New Revolutionary Way to Read? - [decide for yourself]
Great Lost Manuscripts of SciFi & Fantasy - [fascinating]
The Monster-Sized Galaxy! vs. our Milky Way - [wow space]
Google's Project Tango, Awesome Maps - [geek news]
Fantastic Huge "Desert Breath" Art - [wow art]
Cockney Rhyming Slang ATM - [funny]
Very Attractive Houses in a Forest- [architecture]
Hundreds of Earth-like Planets... - [space dream]
Amazing Geometric (Abstract) Sand Castles - [wow art]
Large, Colorful Bottle Cap Collection - [Flickr set]
11 Jobs That No Longer Exist - [found on Reddit]
Architecturally Impressive Banks Glass Offices - [design]
Brilliant Project: "Where I Write" - [fascinating]
Man With 3-D Printer Prints 3-D Printer... - [funny]
Celebrity Meat... What?! - [unbelievable]
Super-Tumblr: Deus Ex Architektura - [cool site]
Crossing 200ft Deep Reservoir Drain - [wow video]
1 Horse Power Chainsaw - [fun video]
Van Damme does it again... - [fun video]
Crazy Card Throwing Tricks - [wow video]
Awesome CG-generated Audrey Hepburn! - [wow video ad]
Hilarious Video Ad: Havoc in a Library - [fun video]
Super Animation Short: Steam Races! - [wow video]
The Dumbest Criminals! - [funny roundup]
What can Quality Schnallty do for you? - [promotion]

February 21, 2014 - Biscotti Bits
Mixed Links & Images

Incl. "Unsung Hero of the Olympics"

Humans Now Account for Less Than 40% of Web Traffic - [wow fact]
Best idea for parking since sliced bread - [wow video]
String Rainbow! - [awesome art]
3D pictures done with two straight lines - [neat effect]
The Steampunk Monster - [wow sculpture]
Benedict Cumberbatch Name Generator - [funny site]
Army Food from around the World - [interesting, pics]
Incredible String Jungle Gym - [wow design]
"Futures Past Editions" have a bunch of great SF ebooks for free! - [rare classics]
Incredible Money Art & Coolest Wallets - [wow design]
Fastest Wire Bending in the World - [wow video]
Goats like to have fun!! - [fun video]
(Foolishly) Climbing the Shanghai Tower and a Crane on top - [wow video]
Working, Awesome Car Entirely Made from LEGO - [wow video]
Hilarious Meeting Between a Writer and an Editor - [fun video]
Unsung Hero of the Olympics - [wow video]
Prehistoric Creatures That Still Exist - [weird, info]
See McCartney and his doll. What will yours look like? - [great gift idea]

	February 25, 2014 - Quantum Shot #867 Extreme Parenting & Wild, Wild Kids! Part 2 The Joys and Perils of Having Interesting Kids
	February 17, 2014 - Quantum Shot #240(rev) Creation and Destruction of Sand Mandalas Profound Art Ritual Reflecting the Sanctity of Our Lives
	February 13, 2014 - Quantum Shot #866 Funny Sports Update Underwater Ice Hockey, Extreme Stunts, etc.(Pics)
	February 8, 2014 - Quantum Shot #373(rev) The New Motor, or the Steam-Powered Messiah The strange, true tale (plus some wicked cyberpunk art)

#215 - Week of February 3, 2014 - Click Here

January 29, 2014 - DRB Feel-Good
DRB Feel-Good Issue #15

Loads of cool and rare imagery

	January 27, 2014 - Quantum Shot #865 Machines Alive! The Whimsical Art of Boris Artzybasheff Is it a dream, or a nightmare?
	January 24, 2014 - Quantum Shot #234(rev) Automated Musical Instruments Music Robots: No Performer Necessary
	January 20, 2014 - Quantum Shot #864 Pulp Pleasures: Eando Binder "Where Eternity Ends" and other rare gems

#214 - Week of January 16, 2014 - Click Here

	January 15, 2014 - Quantum Shot #863 Epic Fantasy: the Start of the Journey Part 2 of our "Best Classic Fantasy" series
	January 12, 2014 - Quantum Shot #862 Strange Shadows: Best Classic Fantasy Fantasy "Glitches in the Matrix", Epic Lands, and more!
	January 7, 2014 - Quantum Shot #189(rev) American Supersonic Airliners: Race for a Dream Supersonic Marvels, Largely Forgotten Today
	January 4, 2014 - BEST OF DRB Best of DRB in 2013 The Greatest Hits of the Year

December 31, 2013 - DRB Feel-Good
Happy Holidays from DRB!

2014 Feel-Good Issue, Part 2

December 25, 2013 - DRB Feel-Good
Christmas Feel-Good Special

Happy Holidays and Great New 2014 Year from DRB!

December 23, 2013 - Quantum Shot #861
Epic Space Fiction by Alastair Reynolds

"Nostalgia for Infinity", indeed

#213 - Week of December 18, 2013 - Click Here

December 13, 2013 - Biscotti Bits
Mixed Links & Images

Incl. "The Coldest Place On Earth"

	December 11, 2013 - DRB Series Magnificent Fractals (DRB Series) Probably the Most Spectacular Collection of Fractals on the Web
	December 9, 2013 - Quantum Shot #133(rev) Fractals For Food If You Eat This, Will It Make You Better At Math?
	December 7, 2013 - Quantum Shot #535(rev) Three-Dimensional Mechanical Fractals Don't stare at them for too long, or your brain will capsize!
	December 3, 2013 - Quantum Shot #860 Cinerama: "The Next Big Thing That Was" Curved screens, gigantic projectors & "out-of-this-world" picture
	November 28, 2013 - Quantum Shot #91(rev) Pre-Fractal Art Stunning Examples of Fractal Art in History
	November 25, 2013 - Quantum Shot #859 A Codebreaker's Dream: The Bombe! "The Bombe" vs. "The Enigma" code battle
	November 23, 2013 - Quantum Shot #858 Extremely Weird Bus Stops & Shelters Wildly bizarre bus stop "creations"

#212 - Week of November 20, 2013 - Click Here

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November 17, 2013 - Feel-Good Issue
DRB Feel-Good Issue #13

Loads of cool and rare imagery

	November 14, 2013 - Quantum Shot #857 Incredible Balancing Acts & Tightrope Walking Up on the Roof: Not for the Faint of Heart
	October 31, 2013 - Quantum Shot #856 The Creepiest Mannequins Serious Halloween Scares and Frights
	October 27, 2013 - DRB Series World's Strangest Vehicles (DRB Series) Automotive design madness
	October 25, 2013 - Quantum Shot #855 Wildly Funny Frogs Frogs in their "moments of weakness"

#211 - Week of October 22, 2013 - Click Here

October 20, 2013 - Feel-Good Issue
DRB Feel-Good Issue #12

Loads of cool and rare imagery

	October 18, 2013 - Quantum Shot #854 World's Strangest Vehicles, Part 5 The Truly Bizarre Car Zoo!
	October 14, 2013 - Quantum Shot #394(rev) Deadliest Creatures (that are Easiest to Miss) Real terror lurks in quiet darkness
	October 10, 2013 - Quantum Shot #853 "Music For... What?" Weird Album Covers Music for Vacuuming, and much much more!

#210 - Week of October 8, 2013 - Click Here

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October 5, 2013 - Feel-Good Issue
DRB Feel-Good Issue #11

Loads of cool and rare imagery

	October 1, 2013 - Quantum Shot #404(rev) World's Strangest Vehicles, Part 4 Sheer Auto Adrenaline!
	September 28, 2013 - Quantum Shot #526(rev) World's Most Curious Ephemera, Part 2 The Art of Luggage Labels, etc.
	September 26, 2013 - Quantum Shot #366(rev) World's Most Curious Ephemera Pieces of Paper that Intrigue & Inspire
	September 24, 2013 - Quantum Shot #852 World's Strangest Motorcycles The Ultimate Unusual Bike Collection

#209 - Week of September 22, 2013 - Click Here

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September 20, 2013 - Biscotti Bits
Mixed Links & Images

Incl. "High-Powered Laser Wonder Cleaning"

	September 19, 2013 - Quantum Shot #297(rev) World's Strangest Vehicles, Part 3 Cars that are... different
	September 15, 2013 - Quantum Shot #226(rev) World's Strangest Vehicles, Part 2 Automotive wrongness, or the new kind of right?
	September 12, 2013 - Quantum Shot #205(rev) "Vertical Grass" Art & Architecture Transient Green Masterpieces
	September 7, 2013 - Quantum Shot #851 Huge Semi-Submersible Ships Real-life "Sea Monsters & Giants of the Waves"

#208 - Week of September 4, 2013 - Click Here

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September 1, 2013 - Feel-Good Issue
DRB Feel-Good Issue #10

Loads of cool and rare imagery

	August 31, 2013 - Quantum Shot #850 Steampunk Scooter & Other Machines by Arthur van Poppel Jules Verne's Styled Music Submarines
	August 27, 2013 - Quantum Shot #849 Japanese Contemporary 2D Artists Spectacular, complex, sophisticated
	August 21, 2013 - Quantum Shot #398(rev) Japanese Creative Barcodes "Barcode Revolution" is sweeping the world

#207 - Week of August 24, 2013 - Click Here

August 19, 2013 - Biscotti Bits
Mixed Links & Images

Incl. "Fine Arts Bombing"

	August 18, 2013 - Pic-of-the-Day Great Space & Pulp Art by Norman Saunders Damsels in distress, all over the time and space
	August 15, 2013 - Quantum Shot #848 Joystick Car Dashboards Joyful, Joyful Joystick Driving!
	August 12, 2013 - Quantum Shot #847 Flash Dance: Digital Dashboards of the 1980s Every car like a "Knight Rider"
	August 9, 2013 - Quantum Shot #124(rev) We Dare You to Play These Scores! It's a mad, mad, mad, mad music
	August 6, 2013 - Quantum Shot #174(rev) The Ekranoplans Showcase, 1 The Ekranoplans Showcase, 2 Truly fantastic machines, now in large format
	August 5, 2013 - DRB Series "Extreme Design by Luigi Colani" Series Part of our Futurism category, an essential overview

#206 - Week of August 4, 2013 - Click here

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August 1, 2013 - Biscotti Bits
Mixed Links & Images

Incl. "Craziest Flying Machine Ever Built"

	July 31, 2013 - Quantum Shot #563(rev) Extraordinary Clocks and Watches "Time does not exist. Clocks exist."
	July 28, 2013 - Quantum Shot #846 Russian 1916 Wooden Aircraft Carrier? Huge 100-meter-plus vessels were going down the Volga
	July 26, 2013 - Quantum Shot #845(2) Uniquely Creative Ads, Issue 15: Visual Drama Incl. the funniest screw-ups in advertisement
	July 24, 2013 - Quantum Shot #845 Uniquely Creative Ads, Issue 15 Visual Kick & Creativity (Targeting You and Your Money)
	July 22, 2013 - Quantum Shot #844 Airship Dreams, Part 2: Even Bigger! More glorious Zeppelins for a dieselpunk treat

#205 - Week of July 20, 2013 - Click Here

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July 18, 2013 - Feel-Good Issue
DRB Feel-Good Issue #9

Loads of cool and rare imagery

	July 15, 2013 - Quantum Shot #382(rev) Airship Dreams, Part 1 Glorious Retro Airships & New Extreme Dirigibles
	July 12, 2013 - Pic-of-the-Day Pic-of-the-Day: Mrs. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Vintage good humour
	July 10, 2013 - Quantum Shot #843 Why Not? LEGO Real Life Construction Ideas LEGO Bridges, LEGO Concrete, and Soaring Umbrellas
	July 9, 2013 - Quantum Shot #328(rev) Retro-Future: Glorious Urbanism When living in mega-cities was considered a privilege
	July 7, 2013 - Quantum Shot #842 Internet Needs More Cats! (Funny Pics) The Ultimate New Collection of Cats

#204 - Week of July 4, 2013 - Click Here

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July 1, 2013 - Biscotti Bits
Mixed Links & Images

Incl. "Mind-bending Kinetic Tower"

	June 27, 2013 - Quantum Shot #841 Extreme Futuristic Boats & Super Yachts Floating laps of luxury, and more!
	June 24, 2013 - Quantum Shot #840 Automotive Madness! (Funny Pics, Part 2) Idiotic drivers and their magnificent machines
	June 22, 2013 - Quantum Shot #839 Glorious Retrofuture from Japan, Part Two Dramatic Rescues, Aliens and the Apocalypse

#203 - Week of June 19, 2013 - Click Here

June 16, 2013 - Biscotti Bits
Mixed Links & Images

Incl. "Animals vs. Reporters"

	June 13, 2013 - Quantum Shot #838 Extreme Small Boats & Yachts: Retro Coolness I'll Float Away, Hallelujah!
	June 10, 2013 - Quantum Shot #837 The Lady Vanishes Stealing the Most Famous Painting in the World
	June 4, 2013 - Quantum Shot #836 Awesome & Weird Chocolate Incredible, bizarre and (mostly) yummy chocolate ideas
	June 1, 2013 - Quantum Shot #835 London Necropolis Railway Exploring little-known, morbid slice of London history

#202 - Week of May 31, 2013 - Click Here

May 25, 2013 - Biscotti Bits
Mixed Links & Images

Incl. "Not For the Scared of Heights"

	May 20, 2013 - Quantum Shot #834 Topological Marvel: The Klein Bottle in Art Impossible shape with no distinct "inside" or "outside"
	May 16, 2013 - Quantum Shot #833 The Cutest Animals: Awww Update In our tough world we need a shot of cuteness...
	May 12, 2013 - Quantum Shot #832 Glory of Early Aviation (1930s-1960s) Vintage Air Travel Posters and Airline Nostalgia

The Complete Collection of DRB Biscotti issues is now available in one place - Click here

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