Posts tagged weekend link

Retronaut is an online archive for all things vintage, retro or just plain interesting. Most of it is photos, but they also post things like old ads, propaganda posters, scans from books and magazines, etc.

I’ve barely scratched the surface as to what’s available, but here are some of my favourite galleries so far:

• Art deco superhero posters
• Tips for Single Women, 1938, makes me laugh
• “I dreamed I was ‘X’ in my Maidenform bra”, 1944-1966 — a ton of trippy bra ads
• 1910 visions of 2000 and Postcards of the year 200, c. 1900
• And another that I can’t find that was predicted fashions of the future from the ’30s or ’40s. If you have the link, please send it to me!

Do you like…movies? Do you like…Lego’d things? (Lego is a verb, right? Is now.)

Voila: 15 Famous Movie Scenes Recreated in Lego!

For someone who isn’t a die-hard Disney fan (I like the movies, but I know a lot more serious fans), I do seem to like fan art that interprets Disney characters is different ways (see exhibits A and B). Today, here’s artist mandiemichel’s Disney characters, stained-glass style (not actual stained glass, just sketches). Check out set 1, and click the link for her full gallery:

I recently re-read American Gods by Neil Gaiman, and it was fortuitous that the blog Super Punch did a big post of art inspired by American Gods last month. I like the Mr Ibis and Mr Jacquel drawing by Rebekie Bennington the best:

Why did no one tell me about The Mary Sue???? I only found the site when someone tweeted a link to possibly my favorite internet video ever. I wish I knew about it sooner. The site’s tagline is “A Guide to Girl Geek Culture” and it’s full of geekery news and fun links and images and stuff (especially in the “Things We Saw Today” posts) for any nerd, regardless of gender.

Here’s something from last week — an infographic guide to the move Groundhog Day (click for larger image, but I couldn’t find any size that was easily to read :( )

The official title is this gallery is “The Geekiest Toys to Help Turn Your Cubicle into a Lair”, but since it’s already November 5 (what? HOW?) they’re also good for Christmas lists :)

The steampunk-style USBs are my faves:

Though I’ve also seen the Lego Star Wars clocks in real life at Toys R Us and they’re pretty awesome.

Here’s a list on Flavorwire to inspire every author who has faced a rejection (so…every author :) ): 10 Best-Selling Books That Were Originally Rejected. Including maybe the most famous multiple rejectee:

My last weekend link was about weird houses. The trend continues with this album of 11 Amazing Treehouses at MSN. This freaky one from BC is my favourite: