Link Latte 209

#209 - Week of September 24, 2013 Medieval "Rockets" Over Nuremberg: info 1, 2- [fascinating] Simple Russian Village Grandpa Comes to NYC - [profound video] First Gear Mechanism Discovered in Nature - [inside a bug!] All the Castles in the Loire Valley - [magnificent prints] Shooting Frozen Flowers with a Gun - [wow, art] Two Events in History, at the same time - [awesome thread on Reddit] Transparent Shell Snails Discovered - [wow nature] Great Video About Emergence of the Written Word - [wow history] Amazing Sculpture in Wroclaw, Poland - [art, pic] The Other Shuttle: Boeing X-37 - [space tech] Tired of Cluttered Designs? Here's the Minimalistic Radio Site - [try it] Incredible "Life Force" Illustrations - [wow art] WW2 Pistols with Pictures of the Loved Ones - [forum, scroll down] Catalogue of Frogs: Frog & Piano Make Music - [bizarre] Apple 1980s iPhone prototype - [geek tech] Incredible Storm Shelf Clouds- [extreme weather] Did you hear about Pataphysics? - [strange science] Lobster was throwaway prison food in the 1800s - [weird, food] Brilliant Way to Battle Graffiti - [fun pic] Coolest Star Wars Computer Case Mods - [geek tech] Krampus, the Anti-Santa-Claus Monstrosity - [interesting, info] Most Inventive Umbrellas in Japan - [gadgets] Brilliant Ad for the Mercedes and the... Chickens - [fun video] Box: Synthesis of Real & Digital Space - [wow video] Two Shrimp Fight, and Then... - [frog to the rescue] This is the best cat ping-pong video ever - [fun video] Driving in India: Perhaps the Craziest! - [wow video] Operation: Powerlines Seagull - [neat video] More of the Alizee Eye-Candy - [live, video] Must-See Surreal Short Film "Luminaries" - [wow video] What will your action figure look like? - [great gift idea] SEE ALL OTHER LINK LATTE ISSUES HERE