Having a Ball

Link Scroll down for today's pictures & links. Having a Ball! London zoo otter having fun with a small white rock. url Today's pictures & links: Click to enlarge images. Managing just fine (image credit: National Geographic) ------------ Strange Machinery Neat photo "pool" on Flickr - click here to browse. All kinds of weird mechanisms. Here is a carding machine: (image credit: massenpunkt) Test tubes for the aspiring mad scientist: (image credit: Walter Dukes) Am awesome Victorian clock at Musee d'Orsay in Paris, 1900: (image credit: Patrick S.) Augustinian Friar's Astrological Clock - one of the hands takes 20,000 years to revolve. At the Clock Museum in Vienna: (image credit: Curious Expeditions) Strange assembly in Portland, Oregon. What does it do? (probably some kind of an air duct) (image credit: Victor von Salsa) Coming back to our times: Boeing 747 cockpit view, center pedestal: (click to check out notes describing almost every button) (image credit: down in the blue) ------------ Cool Shot of the Day (in cooperation with National Geographic magazine) Love is in the air as Valentine's Day approaches. (image credit: Adam Rose, National Geographic) ------------ Mixed fresh links for today: When fonts decide go dating... - [fun game] Air Disaster Simulations - [interesting] Impressive limo for communists - [auto] Antique Japanese Armor Gallery - [wow history] Who knew diagrams could be so much fun? - [fascinating] Best Valentine Secrets from PostSecret.com - [cute video] Apocalyptic London by day, by night - [wow art] One Lean Mean Schoolbus - [car video] Aaaaahhhhhh!!! - [video ad] A digital pen and computer mouse – all in one tool - [tech] ------------ "Nature vs. Art" - New fun poll on Polls Boutique ------------ Interesting Map: The Hand of Moscow Form the heady days of Cold War comes this image: (image credit: R. M. Chapin, Jr.) ------------ Hy-Art Marc Olmstead makes Hy-Art - The "Hy" stands for "Hybrid." He takes two or more classic works of art, and combine them into a new, third work. For example, Monet and Dali: or Tissot and O'Keefe: (images credit: Marc Olmstead) ------------ Sparta!!! (original unknown) ------------ The Fantastic in Art & Fiction Rare Manuscript Collection. Here is an example: ------------ In the business news today: markets are rebounding slightly because of the recent reports of increased consumption and consumer spending in the US: +StumbleUpon Permanent Link... Dark Roasted Blend's Photography Gear Picks: