Robot arm copies Bible

By akie

A robot arm has made a calligraphed copy of the Lutheran Bible

Histomap of world history

By akie

I think I would like to have this map of world history:

“Not a map really, but a 5-foot-high chart showing in one glance 4,000 years of human history on a global scale. Thirty years ago I saw this on the wall of someone’s dorm room and it flipped me out then, and every time I’ve seen it since. Its beauty is how Mr. Sparks divies up world power (somewhat crudely) into its main factions graphed in each increment of fifty years since 2000 B.C.E. Different civilizations are color-coded so one can easily trace the flow and ebb of culture over the centuries.”

Unfortunately, it is out of sale - but luckily there’s still a high quality mirror online.

Understanding art for geeks

By akie

Someone named Paul has put a nice photoset on Flickr: Understanding art for geeks

New York Times’ first mention of YouTube

By akie

It sure is strange to read the New York Times’ first mention of YouTube, “an amateur video-sharing site”, especially since it was written only two years ago.

Marc Anthony’s dream photo exhibition

By akie

I found this intriguing photo by Chris Anthony on Boing Boing. Click to view full.

Declaration of war on YouTube

By akie

An anonymous Internet group has declared war on Scientology by means of a creepy video and a somewhat uncomfortable slogan: “We are anonymous. We are legion. We never forgive. We never forget.”

To emphasize their point, they stole every single Scientology document they could lay their hands on, and leaked them to the Internet. Including a document that describes ‘the axioms of Scientology’, a handy ‘admin dictionary’ and a fine document describing all the different OT-levels. This is definitely the real stuff, and I think it’s written by a mad man …