The first page of Thomas Edison’s 1988 to-do list of “things doing or to be done,” including:
- Cotton picker
- New standard phonograph
- Hand turning phonograph
- Deaf apparatus
- Electrical piano
- New expansion pyromagnetic dynamo
- Artificial silk
- Phonographic clock
- Marine telegraphy
- Chalk battery
- Ink for blind
It is my great hope that someday when I leave the earth, my undone “to-do” list is 10% as awesome as this. I’d settle for one “marine telegraphy”
Now I’d like to see how Tesla’s to-do list compares..
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Black Beezy by ~Ride Dirty or Die~ on Flickr.
Untouched
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Gum Boat
Every year dudes in Bequia build these small sailboats from gum tree wood and race them across the barbor. This was claimed as the fastest gum boat in Bequia.
The giant mirror of Viganella built to combat the 83 days of darkness in the year
In amongst the steep mountains of the Italian Alps lies the village of Viganella, a remote commune with a dwindling population of 200. Every year from November 11th to February 2nd, the village is cast under a dark shadow as the sun disappears behind the mountain. The mayor of the village Pierfranco Midali decided to combat this by building a giant mirror on the opposite mountain which would reflect sunlight back into the village. The mirror measures 8 meters by 5 meters and cost 100,000 euros to build and install. The project was such a success that people have began moving back to the village, and the mayor is now regarded as a hero.
Diamonds and Rust… a beautiful film of freight trains and monikers by Jiem L’Hostis. The rhythm of the projector really brings out that feeling of a quiet freight yard and the repetition of marking cars. So good to see familiar names and faces.
Emerson stamp residue. From Rachel Gerlach.
Farmer Wu Yulu drives his rickshaw pulled by a his self-made walking robot near his home in a village at the outskirts of Beijing, on January 8, 2009. This robot is the latest and largest development of hobby inventor Wu, who started to build robots in 1986, made of wire, metal, screws and nails found in rubbish sites. (Reuters/Reinhard Krause)
I crewed on Argo during this year’s Antigua Classics Week. It was incredible… we definitely put that boat through her paces and even held our own against the likes of S/Y Elena. Don’t get me wrong - those races were a blast.. but I can’t help but think that I might one day enjoy giant pumpkin regattas a bit more.
Megapumpkins > Megayachts
