Eye test

At once legible and... not.

The changing face of Russia

How often do you see two side by side Lamborghinis in Beverly Hills, let alone Moscow?

80gb moleskin

Surreal yet real. Easy to slip hard drives into anything, I suppose.
Thanks to Boing Boing, a great site to visit. I do, daily.

Some NASA architecture

R.I.P Kurt Vonnegut

I'm surprised he was 84.

Proust's first galley proof

.. of "À la recherche du temps perdu: Du côté de chez Swann" with his handwritten corrections. This is such a charming document, laden with a spirit that computer revisions don't have. Interesting that one theme of the novel is a reflection on the changes wrought by the advent of new technology.