February 2011
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The Beauty of Books
The paperback book democratized reading in the 20th century, and printing directly onto the covers became a way of selling a book in the mass market. Part of the BBC’s great series of programmes here.
Feb 28th
The blacked out faces of the SAS
Men who can’t be photographed, photographed. Genius. More here
Feb 27th
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Mixed Bills
Don King Eric Cantona Michael Douglas Peter Sissons Sid James Made by Tony D and Russell Davies from Wieden+Kennedy London with photography by Lesley Davies-Evans.
Feb 25th
Space shuttle 'Discovery' final flight
  Discovery lifted off for its final flight 4:53 p.m. EST (Thursday) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with Commander Steve Lindsey leading the STS-133 crew to deliver the Permanent Multipurpose Module and Robonaut 2 to the ISS space station. Follow Discovery’s mission here. Amazing/Beautiful/Childhood dream coming to an end.
Feb 24th
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Paolo Nespoli's Twitter Photos
Tweeted (from space) by Paolo Nespoli who’s currently on board the ISS. See all his photos here. In his younger days Paolo Nespoli was also a bit of a one man action man, check out his education info on Wikipedia. Hero.
Feb 24th
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The Fold Wallet
One piece of the finest leather and a wad of cash. Perfect.
Feb 23rd
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Firework Studies
A 196 page book compiling photographs of fireworks in the night sky. By Pierre Le Hors, published by Hassla.
Feb 16th
Brain Farm
Mind blowing stuff. Watch Brain Farms reel here.
Feb 13th
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19th Century Tibetan Tiger Rugs
Buddhist. Rare. Indian. Expensive. All words which make for the best rugs. That and the fact they are stunning.
Feb 11th
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Bruno Mini Velo
Don’t know. Want it. http://brunobike.jp/
Feb 11th
The Adventures of Tintin - The Black Island
  Georges Rémi’s (or more famously know as ‘Hergé’) ‘The Adventures of Tintin’ is arguably one of the most popular comics of the 20th century and his ‘The Black Island’ is the 7th title in his ‘The Adventures of Tintin’ series. Amazing to think that it was first published in France in 1937 with the cartoon version being released 54 years...
Feb 10th
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Uncontacted Tribe in Brazilian Jungle
Truly amazing. Taken from the BBC’s Human Planet ‘Jungle’ episode. 
Feb 8th
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Insect collages
From both the butterflies and insects collections at the NYPL Digital Gallery
Feb 7th
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Feb 4th
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NASA Panoramic
  Panoramic shot on the moon. Totally mind blowing. Click this link. Source NASA
Feb 2nd
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The Black Panthers Trial: Courtroom Sketches by...
Sourced here.
Feb 1st