The Best of "Dark Roasted Blend" in 2014

"BEST OF DRB" in 2014 Link Dark Roasted Blend: Weird & Wonderful Things in 2014 Promoting "sense of wonder" and intense exploration of our world and beyond, "Dark Roasted Blend" is happy to serve our readers since 2006. Here is a roundup of the most popular and interesting posts on DRB in 2014 (arranged by months) - see if you missed anything! January - Most Popular: Machines Alive! The Whimsical Art of Boris Artzybasheff Is it a dream, or a nightmare? Strange Shadows: Best Classic Fantasy Fantasy "Glitches in the Matrix", Epic Lands, and more! February - Most Popular: Exceptional British 1950s Scifi Artwork Quintessential Space Pulp Art by Ron Turner and others March - Most Popular: Extreme Parenting & Wild, Wild Kids! Part 2 The Joys and Perils of Having Interesting Kids April - Most Popular: Incredible Optical Illusions, Part 5 "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Crazy (and Dangerous) Railroads Landslide on an Old Harrowing Railroad May - Most Popular: Imperial Dreams: Art Deco Update Soviet Unique Glass Holders, and more DRB History Issue: World War Two Soviet Female Fighter Pilots of the WW2 June - Most Popular: Cars with Propellers, Part 2 Futuristic "Pillbug", built in 1936 in Germany Super-Colorful Rivers Rivers full of heavenly colour July - Most Popular: Rare Microcars: The Small, The Tiny, And the Utterly Absurd A Smorgasbord of Weird Minicars These Glorious Three-Wheeled Microcars Bubblecar Three-Wheelers! (Who Needs an Extra Wheel?) August - Most Popular: Japan Robot Restaurant: Totally Over-the-Top! Probably the craziest restaurant in the entire world September - Most Popular: Knock Three Times: Esoteric Door Knockers & Door Handles Most intricate, bizarre, fascinating designs Let's "Go!": Ancient Chinese Game Boards A long, passionate duel... with less victory October - Most Popular: Fascinating Maps: Origins of Important Historical Figures in Europe Europe Seen Through a Temporal Telescope: 1400-1950 Japanese Umbrellas: Rainbow Variations Japanese sky melts down... in color November - Most Popular: Colorful South American Buses, Part 2 If you are braving some of the riskiest roads, you might as well have a colorful ride! Mind-Blowing Optical Illusions, Part 6 "The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them" December - Most Popular: DRB Time-Slice: Infinite Music & "Oud" Masterpieces Unique melody for every day of the year! What Kids (Really) Wish For The Ultimate Imaginary Gifts List We also would like to thank our friends: writers, partners and the sites which contributed to the growth of DRB in the last year: Atlas Obscura, BiblioOdyssey, bldgblog, Boing Boing, Brass Goggles, Ecstatic Days, Gizmodo, io9, Make:Blog, Mental Floss, National Geographic, Neatorama, Presurfer, WebUrbanist, X-Ray Delta One, Yanko Design Stay tuned for more extraordinary & thrilling material on DRB in 2015! (First Paris Air Show at the Grand Palais in 1909) CONTINUE TO THE BEST OF 2013 ->