Travis Vocino Experiments in Art, Science & Technology.

As important it is for a superhero to wear a costume that strikes fear into the hearts of criminals, it’s equally important for the discriminating super villain to put together an outfit that makes a lasting impression on those caped jerks who’re trying to stop you. Here’s a tribute to the “Top 10 Greatest Super [...]

The Blinding of Samson, 1636

This is Rembrandt’s most violent painting and, at the same time, one of his largest canvases. In addition to the blinding of Samson, Rembrandt shows the triumph of Delilah, who revealed the secret of her lover’s superhuman strength to the Philistines. Rembrandt’s original idea — to portray Samson at the moment [...]

I’m not a big goth fan, but I can appreciate some conceptually artistic photography as much as the next internet hipster. Here are some gothic photo gems from Divadeva.

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Hah, who wouldn’t want a travel site for the nostalgic and historic minded?

I can only take so much history in my travel, although it would be pretty interesting to visit some old west town and pretend to be a gunslinger old school American sand pirate. Am I right? If they gave you a [...]

Good Copy Bad Copy is “a documentary about the current state of copyright and culture,” featuring Danger Mouse, Lawrence Lessig, Dan Glickman of the MPAA and others. The film’s creators are releasing it free of charge, via Bittorrent.
From Slashdot:
“The producers of a new documentary film analyzing global music piracy have decided to ‘put their money [...]

Ingmar Bergman is cool. He’s also Face to Face.

Extensive material about Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007), who is known for films such as “Fanny and Alexander,” “The Seventh Seal,” and “Wild Strawberries.” Features biographical material, a timeline, details about Bergman’s films (with illustrations, some with video clips), photographs, quotations, and much more.?In English and [...]

Britain entered the war on 4 August 1914. The possessor of a small professional army and without a policy of conscription she had urgent need of more men - many, many more men - for training within the British Expeditionary Force (BEF).

Thus the government in London acted quickly in bringing out a stream of [...]