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	July 21, 2014 - Quantum Shot #877 These Glorious Three-Wheeled Microcars Bubblecar Three-Wheelers! (Who Needs an Extra Wheel?)
	July 17, 2014 - Quantum Shot #876 Japan Robot Restaurant: Totally Over-the-Top! Probably the craziest restaurant in the entire world

#221 - Week of July 15, 2014

Lara Croft: Past and Present - [an eye-opener]
Rio’s Real-Life Slumdog Millionaires - [fascinating]
What are the worst songs??, more - [hilarious exploration]
China's Supercaves: Awesome 3D Tour - [wow travel, scroll down]
Leaked pictures of Bill Gates' Legendary House - [Facebook gallery]
The Total Cuteness of Tokyo - [wow Japan, pics]
Unexpected Find: Social Pool - [cool, useful]
Retail in Real-time: How Much We Spend - [wow graphic]
These guys are record-collectors: great gallery - [vintage, photo]
Awesome 3D Presentation: Lifecycle of the HIV Virus - [wow science]
New Tram Design Approved for Moscow- [design, futurism]
First President to be 3D Scanned and Printed - [weird]
Awesome depiction of America with no air-conditioning - [history, good article]
Most Absurd Lawsuits in Recent Years - [funny, weird]
Great site for various weird collections - [cool site]
Plane Landings on This Island Are Insane - [weird, pics]
"Roads Were Not Built For Cars" Wait... What? - [retro, weird]
Two clumsy bees trying to find their way home - [funny, video]
Disturbing Animal Ads - [pics, nsfw]
Weird, Impressive: X-ray Body in Yoga Motion - [wow video]
This guy does the girl voice: spot on - [fun video]
Sleeping And Super-Active Hummingbirds - [fun video]
The Craziest Courier Packaging Ever - [fun video]
How many guys are in this van?? - [wow video]
Small Truck vs. Furious Crane - [wow video]
Hailstorm on the Beach in Siberia - [wow video]
Jumping over Speeding Lamborghini - [wow video]
Dogs Confused by Glass Tables - [fun video]
Fascinating Aerial Footage of a School of Fish - [wow video]
Spectacular Footage of the USAF Thunderbirds - [wow video]
Which pulp fiction author had 15 pennames? - [find out here]

July 9, 2014 - DRB Feel-Good
DRB Feel-Good Issue #19

Loads of cool and rare imagery

Star Wars Equipment Arrives for the Shooting of a New Film - [leaked footage]
Weird Japanese Candy - [interesting, Japan]
"At Home With Hitler" feature from "Homes & Gardens" - [wow history]
Inside a Toothpaste Tube Factory - [photography, scroll right]
Greatest Maritime Explorers in History - [cool info]
Bizarre Cryptic Time Watch from Japan - [cool video]
Get to know these animals before they's GONE - [cool info]
Music Vault Unleashed the Huge Selection of Live Rock Videos - [great find]
We did not have kittens here for a while - [fun video]
Very endearing puppet in Manhattan - [wow video]
Strobe Motion: Pretty Neat Installation - [wow video ad]
Eastbound & Down: Watch the Bandit Run! - [cool music video]
Race up the mountain on extreme electrical vehicle - [wow video]
Which pulp fiction author had 15 pennames? - [find out here]

	July 4, 2014 - Quantum Shot #415, 374(rev) Nightmare Playgrounds, Part 2 Nightmare Playgrounds, Part 1 Seriously disturbing sculptures, meant for kids
	July 1, 2014 - Quantum Shot #550(rev) Nightmare Playgrounds, Part 3 When trapped in a nightmare, enjoy a kiddie-slide!
	June 28, 2014 - Quantum Shot #875 Cars with Propellers, Part 2 Futuristic "Pillbug", built in 1936 in Germany
	June 25, 2014 - DRB Pic-of-the-Day DRB Pic-of-the-Day: Shire on Earth Found! The secret hideout of hobbits
	June 21, 2014 - Quantum Shot #516(rev) Cars with Propellers, Part 1 Essential steampunk transportation
	June 18, 2014 - Quantum Shot #874 Super-Colorful Rivers Rivers full of heavenly colour

Mini Link Latte #1 - Week of June 16, 2014 - Click Here

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	June 11, 2014 - Quantum Shot #873 Let's "Go!": Ancient Chinese Game Boards A long, passionate duel... with less victory
	June 7, 2014 - Quantum Shot #559(rev) Surprised Astronauts (Funny Pics) "My God, it's full of stars!"

#220 - Week of June 3, 2014 - Click Here

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	May 31, 2014 - Quantum Shot #406(rev) Antique Digital Calculators & Other Steampunk Gear You know you want these retro masterpieces
	May 29, 2014 - Quantum Shot #178(rev) Spectacular & Mysterious Lightning, Part 1 Wild heavenly unrest and hair-raising electrical storms

May 25, 2014 - DRB Feel-Good
DRB Feel-Good Issue #18

Loads of cool and rare imagery

	May 23, 2014 - Quantum Shot #461(rev) Toy Robots to Have and to Hold Share your life with a bunch of cute Japanese toy robots!
	May 21, 2014 - Quantum Shot #872 Imperial Dreams: Art Deco Update Soviet Unique Glass Holders, and more
	May 19, 2014 - Quantum Shot #580(rev) Flying Colors! Creative Paint on Airliners "Art planes" to pretty up the skies

#219 - Week of May 16, 2014 - Click Here

	May 12, 2014 - Quantum Shot #619(rev) Gorgeous Espresso Machines Awesome steam: retro & modern examples
	May 8, 2014 - Quantum Shot #871 DRB History Issue: World War Two Soviet Female Fighter Pilots of the WW2
	May 4, 2014 - Quantum Shot #570(rev) Thrilling Vintage Movie Posters Spewed from Intergalactic Space!..

May 1, 2014 - DRB Feel-Good
DRB Feel-Good Issue #17

Loads of cool and rare imagery

	April 27, 2014 - Pic-of-the-Day Cosmonaut's Bling! Under the banner of Lenin - to the stars!
	April 23, 2014 - Quantum Shot #870 Crazy (and Dangerous) Railroads Landslide on an Old Harrowing Railroad
	April 18, 2014 - Pic-of-the-Day Enchanting Waterfall Island Like the Nagrand region in World of Warcraft

#218 - Week of April 20, 2014 - Click Here

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	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

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

Loads of cool and rare imagery

	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

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February 21, 2014 - Biscotti Bits
Mixed Links & Images

Incl. "Unsung Hero of the Olympics"

	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

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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

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	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

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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

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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