This picture of a tortoise skeleton is fascinating -- especially empty as it is.
What if turtles were extinct, and the only evidence we had of them was the fossil of a two-headed turtle skeleton? You might suppose it was either a very strange evolutionary adaptation or proof of mythical beasts.
Artistic Sign
I woke up thinking about a sign for a farmers' market. I was imagining a woman's outstretched arm in an Art Nouveau style. Anyway, this picture isn't to scale (and I don't think they're selling produce), but it gives a good impression of the concept. I used GIMP to add perspective angles, and some highlights.
art sign gif.gifThe impetus for the farmer's market sign was to take two 4x8 sheets of plywood, cut them in half, then combine 3 squares into a 4' high, 12' long sign ...
... which folds into a 4x4 package to fit into your VW Microbus or shabby hooptie car.
NASA Fakes Mars News
See how the camera moves to follow the helicopter, Ingenuity, in this animation? It's fake! Seems like the big brains at NASA could program it, but Not.
Glider.mp4This turned out to be a replica of a 1938 glider used by the Hitler Youth for training future NAZI pilots. I used Audio Director which comes with PowerDirector to remove the noise from the wind; now you can hear the guy give a "Yahoo!"
From a NASA video of pollution and air currents.
Baron Trump anigif.gifWhen I read that Trump had unprotected sex with adult film actress, Stormy Daniels...
"The Laxey Wheel (also known as Lady Isabella) is built into the hillside above the village of Laxey in the Isle of Man, UK. It is the largest working waterwheel in the world. It was built in 1854 to pump water from the Glen Mooar part of the Great Laxey Mines industrial complex." --Wikipedia
Popular Mechanics has a story about a working replica of the "T-35 Land Battleship," a giant Russian tank built in the 1930s. They look really impressive but they were slow, unreliable and poorly armored. I can't believe they built these beasts! I pulled together a few YouTube videos to illustrate ...
1949 Kurtis.mp4I took the Motor Trend video about the 1949 Kurtis and cut out the talking parts, and added music to just watch the car go zoom.
Corn Husk Mop.mp4I was trying out Corel VideoStudio and made this little film about my mother's childhood experience with Corn Husk Mops.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Virginia Senate has passed legislation aimed at allowing guns in church in the wake of a deadly church shooting in Texas. Associated Press , WVEC 1:50 PM. EST January 23, 2018