A recent article on Live Science proclaims "Arrgh! Adventures of 17th-Century Pirate Alliance Uncovered in Ireland." Read more here!
Friday, February 28, 2014
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Fictional Alien World Blunders
There is a recent article on io9.com titled "The Worst Blunders People Make in Inventing Fictional Alien Worlds." See more here!
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
One-of-a-Kind Aztec Dog Burials Found in Mexico
To follow up yesterday's news about Mexican dogs with another, though rather more dated, National Geographic recently ran a story titled "One-of-a-Kind Aztec Dog Burials Found in Mexico." Read more here!
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Feral Chihuahuas Threaten Phoenix
It's being reported by wsoctv.com that packs of feral chihuahuas are threatening some portions of the Phoenix metropolitan area. Read more here!
Monday, February 24, 2014
Haunting Photos of Abandoned Park
Gizmodo recently ran a pictorial titled "Inside the Ghostly Remains of Budapest's Condemned Amusement Park." See more here!
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Bunnies, Bunnies, Everywhere
When I saw the video circulating with dozens and dozens of bunnies chasing a women, I wondered if it would be as cute if they were carnivorous. Enjoy!
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Ragnarok, the Viking Apocalypse, Happens Today
I certainly hope no one made other plans for this weekend because according to many news sources, Ragnarok, the Viking Apocalypse, happens today, Saturday, February 22nd, 2014. If not, I will be sure to blog about something else tomorrow. Read more here, here, here, here, and here (time permitting)!
Friday, February 21, 2014
The 'Shrine' Box
A couple of Facebook Friends pointed out a Vimeo video that featured a well-constructed box with many compartments called "TheShrine." Check it out!
Sigurd Larsen // The Shrine from Darryl Natale on Vimeo.
Sigurd Larsen // The Shrine from Darryl Natale on Vimeo.
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Introducing Medieval Scandinavia
Over on the Medievalist.net website, they are featuring a four part video series (from YouTube) titled "Introducing Medieval Scandinavia" which is -
Enjoy it here!
"outlining the scope of the medieval Scandinavian world and some of its major cultural, political and literary characteristics. Presented by Alaric Hall, lecturer in the School of English, University of Leeds."
Enjoy it here!
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
How Wolves Change Rivers
Over on the Sustainable Man YouTube channel, there is an excellent short video on "How Wolves Change Rivers." Enjoy!
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Not Your Father's Zombies
Over on the Weird Tales website, there is an interesting look at "Zombie films that don't have Typical Zombies in them." Read more here!
Monday, February 17, 2014
Villa of Mysteries
Nearly a century after being rediscovered, the Villa of Mysteries in Pompeii is still giving up secrets. Read more here!
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Anglo Saxon Toast
Over on the Medievalist.net website, there is an interest article on what is being dubbed as "The very first Anglo Saxon toast?" See more here!
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Resurrecting the Pharaoh’s Solar Boat
A recent article on the Popular-Archaeology.com website is titled "Resurrecting the Pharaoh’s Solar Boat." See more here!
Friday, February 14, 2014
Kiss Me, I'm a Viking
A recent article on ThisIsColossal.com is titled "900-Year-Old Coded Viking Message Carved on Wood Fragment Finally Solved, It Says 'Kiss Me'" See how they cracked the code here!
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Dyson Domestic Robots
A new article on DVice.com is titled "Dyson investing $8 million towards making domestic robots a reality." Near future setting for RPGs should definitely have a high number of robotic elements implemented. Read more here!
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Roy Bates and Sealand
There is an interesting tale outlined recently on Gizmodo about how Roy Bates decided to start his own sovereign nation called Sealand. Read more here!
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Marriage in Early Ireland
Over on the Medevalists.net website, there is a new feature titled "Marriage in Early Ireland." Read more here!
Monday, February 10, 2014
Middle Earth from Space
There is a fun pictorial on io9.com titled "What would Middle Earth look like from space?" See more here!
Sunday, February 9, 2014
15 Ancient Ruins
Over on CNN.com, there is a fine pictorial titled "Digging deep: 15 ancient ruins you might not know." See more here!
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Great White Shark Encounter off Lorne, Victoria, Australia
There is some footage on YouTube of a "Great White Shark Encounter off Lorne, Victoria, Australia." Enjoy!
Friday, February 7, 2014
Wondermark Zoological Times Table
Over on the Wondermark website, they have a graphic "Zoological Times Table" showing how various combinations of animals might manifest. See more here then stat them up!
Thursday, February 6, 2014
The Assassin Bug
Nice photos were shared over on FearNet.com of the Assassin Bug, a "Predatory Bug Makes a Suit of Armor Out of Its Victims' Corpses." Read more here!
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Tony Mullins Free Map
Over on The Savage Sword of Scadgrad blog, Tony Mullins has shared a free dungeon map that he encourages others to fill and use. Read more here!
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Russian Man Spends 6 Months Living in the 10th Century
Over on TheMysteryWorld.com, there is a pictorial titled "Russian Man Spends 6 Months Living In the 10th Century." See more here!
Monday, February 3, 2014
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Lake Iznik Basilica
Over on WorldBulletin.net, there is an article titled "1500-year-old basilica discovered under Lake Iznik." See more here!
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