WIRED has a photo-story with some classic images of Air Hostesses of the past. The outfits and hair are great, and I really wish I could go back in time to exprerience the service and fun of flying, like these stewards who apparently serve as entertainment during flights by doing things like trivia contests mid-flight.

Oh to have real porcelain cups, good scotch served on the rocks, and the great service from the camply dressed stewards. Nowadays it is all about cramming you in, treating everyone like a suspect, and eating with plastic knives, or being forced to sit on a toilet for the entire duration of the flight. I guess I should not be complaining, flights are a lot cheaper, on good planes you get in-seat entertainment, and you can fly from LA to Chicago in a few hours, and not the 20 hour trip with 13 stops of yesteryear.

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Oscar the featherless bird - ugly or cute?

Via AcidJasmine

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Some rather neat perspective photography

m0le blogs over at that sunny website Dump Trumpet

After driving 2095km I am back home in Brisbane, and recovering from an awesome Mardi Gras. We had a great perch to watch the parade from, and I managed to get some great pics.

See the full set of pics on my flickr page here or a slideshow here

A highlight of the night was seeing Olivia Newton John perform the 4am show at the party- Xanadu.

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This cartoon shows what happens when aliens invade earth and King Neptune gets involved.

More crazy stuff at Miniature Brainwave

The world’s oldest hipster teaches you how to rock the turntables.

Miniature Brainwave rocks over at Miniature Brainwave

You have heard of Civil War reenactment clubs, here is one for Marvel Secret Wars

Miniature Brainwave also blogs over at Miniature Brainwave