June 06, 2009

Reshaping Earth.

Using images from NASA's Earth Observatory, Wired has created time-lapse views of regions of the world undergoing significant changes.

The disappearance of the Amazon rainforest:


The draining of the Aral Sea:


The urbanization of Dubai:

June 04, 2009

Hitler in color

Pretty amazing color images of Hitler from LIFE magazine - the craziest thing, to me, is how unreal it seems: I've seen the "Indiana Jones" movies so many times that it's tough to really comprehend that Hitler's uniform isn't a costume, the parades aren't staged, etc.

June 02, 2009

Banned cartoon.

As is described here, in this banned episode of Tiny Toon Adventures, "[...] Buster Bunny, Plucky Duck and Hamton Pig find a bottle of beer that never goes empty, then proceed to get drunk, steal a cop car, cause general chaos and collectively die by driving said car over a cliff."