I have to admit that I have a serious fascination with Chernobyl.  As the world’s most famous nuclear disaster, it’s a great study on what might happen to our cities and homes after an exchange of atomic weapons.  As a Cold War baby, I have a pretty fierce fascination with all things nuclear war.  Photographer Pedro Moura Pinheiro managed to get behind the gates in Prypiat, Ukraine (the town where Chernobyl was located) for an amazing set of nuketography photographs.  There’s another great set of Chernobyl photos from Joao Rechena here.

I’m not sure why this has always been such a source of fascination for me, but it has been.  If you tell me something happens after the nuclear war, then for some reason I’m already won over.  Maybe it’s all the post-apocalyptic fiction I devowered as a child, or maybe it’s just because, for many years, I figured playing Fallout and watching flicks like Radioactive Dreams was preparation for the next age of mankind.

Or maybe I’m just weird.  That could be it, too.

Tags: unusual images, Chernobyl, Prypiat, Pedro Moura Pinheiro, Ukraine, photo essays, nuketography, wastelands

Fashion designer Marc Ecko’s designs draw from a variety of inspirations, but there’s nothing as cool as his Black Rhino clothing articles.  After all, the Black Rhino collection is the home of the incredibly awesome Black Rhino Jason Hoodie, inspired by Jason Voorhees and the classic 80’s slasher movies in the Friday the 13th series.  […]

Throughout history, there’s been one constant.  People are going to do whatever they can to make themselves more beautiful.  Whether it’s a tattoo of an Internet superstar like Tay Zonday, a tooth tattoo, an eyeball coloration, or even an amputation disguise, there’s no shortage of ideas on what people can do to the body to […]

As lights get smaller and more powerful, you’re going to start seeing them in more and more places.  For example, check out the Galaxy Dress from CuteCircuit.  This formal-style gown made of crinoline, chiffon, 4,000 Swarovski crystals, and 24,000 LEDs is a pretty impressive combination of form and function.  Assuming you want to function as […]

Canada’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Remembrance Day.
Tags: moment of silence, 11:11 on Novemeber 11, Remembrance Day, tributes, veterans

Twenty years ago today, on November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall came down.  The wall, separating East and West Berlin, was a symbol of the Cold War between the free world and the Soviet Union.  Google has a great selection of images from Life Magazine detailing the history of the wall, and there’s also a […]

From the outside, Emma Cahill looks like your average school girl.  She just turned 16 and attends St Mary’s Convent School in Worcester, England.  She is active in sports and has many friends, but there’s one thing different about Emma.  At 6′5, she is the tallest teenage girl in the UK.
Fortunately for Emma, her unusual […]

The New York Marathon ran this weekend.  Surprisingly, the winner was an American; in fact, Eritrea-born Meb Keflezighi is the first American citizen to win the marathon since 1982 (the year after I was born).  However, with an estimated 42,000 runners in the marathon this year, not all of them are hardcore professionals.  There are […]