For well over a decade, Hampton Beach in New Hampshire has hosted a sand sculpture contest. This year’s contest included ten artists and 200 tons of sand trucked in for the event. While we watched, the artists finished their labors of love and hoped to win a prize of up to $3,000. They completed these […]
“Mother Nature is the greatest artist and water is one of her favorite brushes.” Rico Besserdich To me, this week’s “liquid” challenge called for a post highlighting Kiawah’s amazing 10-mile beach. Rather than focus on its beauty, I’ve chosen to feature the incredible birds that thrive on its waters and the life teeming within them. […]
via Liquid Magic – Kiawah’s Beach and its Birds — Travels and Trifles
I like walking the beach. It’s good for the mind, body, and soul – and refreshing on my feet. From the balcony, the sound of the waves is less rhythmic than when walking along the shoreline. Yet I still hear a stereo effect of moving from one ear to the next. The sound is […]
Over the last couple of days, serial entrepreneur Elon Musk has been tweeting about how to potentially help the 12 young soccer players and their coach who began exploring a cave in Thailand on June 23rd, quickly becoming trapped there by rising floodwaters. Now, suggests Musk, working with cave experts in Thailand, he and engineers…
On June 7, 2012 a local farmer in Ontario, Canada, started the ultimate fast food experiment to test the age old rumors that McDonald’s products don’t rot. Now, six years later, he’s selling his experiment on eBay for $29.99. Dave Alexander told TIME he didn’t believe the urban legend that cheeseburgers wouldn’t go bad —…
Handwritten messages from the 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped in a cave in northern Thailand for almost two weeks have made the long journey from their cavern confines to the world waiting anxiously for them outside. “The kids said ‘don’t worry,’ everyone is strong, they have a long list of food they want…
Toward the end of his life, it became somewhat common practice to post a picture of his door. It was an otherwise unremarkable thing, with a mail slot and a metal plate at the bottom. Up top, a large plate read simply, “S. Ditko.” Most wouldn’t venture beyond that, respectful of not disturbing the legendary…
via ‘Spider-Man,’ ‘Dr. Strange’ co-creator Steve Ditko has died — TechCrunch







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