Future cosmonauts explore Europa, moon of Jupiter, in 1950 Soviet space art by Nikolai Kolchitsky (Н. Кольчицкого).
From @HumanoidHistory, via Talk Cosmic to Me.
Monday, July 17, 2017
By the Moons of Jupiter
Future cosmonauts explore Europa, moon of Jupiter, in 1950 Soviet space art by Nikolai Kolchitsky (Н. Кольчицкого).
From @HumanoidHistory, via Talk Cosmic to Me.
Monday, November 14, 2016
Make Inishturk Great Again
I guess Inishturk can be expecting some new arrivals any day now.
Endearing (not to mention prescient) short from MEL Films.
Saturday, October 29, 2016
Racing is religion
Images from the Koers is Religie ('Racing is Religion') exhibit in the (deconsecrated) Paterskerk in Roeselare, Flanders.
El T can personally testify to this fervour; Eddy Merckx has a metro station named after him in Brussels, which is must be a bit weird for him, given as how he is still very much alive...
Images from Rouleur magazine.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Cycling and tattoos don't mix
I'm judging your crappy tattoo, Pippo Pozzato
Andreas Klöden's gammy Devil
wtf, Sylvain?
And our own Tom Boonen
Cyclists & tattoos: not even once.
As seen on VeloBeats.
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Don't Swear Like That!
Originally found somewhere on Pinterest; this image from devilduck.tumblr.com
Text of the original pamphlet available to read online, for those who are interested.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Jing-Jin-Ji
Never ones to do anything by half when it comes to urban planning, officials in China aim to link Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei into a megalopolis of 130 million people.
Via The New York Times
Via The New York Times
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
L'enfer du nord, as viewed from the broom wagon
Ayolt Kloosterboer's film of the 2013 Paris-Roubaix, from the perspective of the dreaded broom wagon.
Via cyclingtips.com.au
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Adieu - Guy Laramée
Guy Laramée carved is mountaineous landscape 'Adieu' from an Encyclopedia Britannica set.
Pictures from Colossal, via Saatchi Gallery Twitter.
Monday, November 18, 2013
Like a Boss
Piet van Kempen, Dutch track cyclist and general all-round bad-ass, taking a break during a six-day event in Wembley, 1936.
via @History_Pics
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Old Irish Book Covers II
Faoi Rún go hÉirinn, Seán Ó Ciardhuáin (Karl Uhlemann)
An Bhuama Deiridh, Deasún Breatnach (Máirtín DeFuireastail)
Fir Chlaímh, Seán Ó Mulláin (Karl Uhlemann)
Slán Leis an gComhluadar, Mícheál Ó hOdhráin (Karl Uhlemann)
Images from Vintage Irish Book Covers
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Monday, May 27, 2013
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Cannes 2013: Out of competition
Featuring Tara Reid, who was, in another life, directed by the Coen brothers, and Derek Jacobi, who should know better.
Pictures from The Guardian, via Broadsheet.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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