WebUrbanist | Archived Articles for October, 2008

Geeky Halloween Pumpkins and Costumes

It takes a lot to scare, excite or even impress a geek, however... geeky Halloween pumpkins and costumes don't just have to be good, they've got to be BLOODY great!

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7 Infrared and HDR Photographers and Photos

Infrared and HDR photographs show us our world in a new and interesting way. With their distorted color or ultra-rich detail, these photos are all exquisite.

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15 Radical Ways to Recycle Airplanes and Parts

What becomes of airplanes once their airborne adventures have ended? Some transform from "I soar" to eyesore, but others take on new life through recycling. Here are 15 well-grounded examples.

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12 Deserted Houses, Homes and Ghost Towns

Houses, neighborhoods, and entire towns are abandoned for a number of reasons. However they become abandoned, these areas can be peaceful and haunting to visit.

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18 Creative Modern Beds and Bed Designs

These groundbreaking modern (and postmodern) beds and be designs seem to work to free themselves from convention, predictability and even gravity.

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82 Epic Natural Phenomena and Disasters

An elemental story arc filled with amazing natural wonders of the world and terrifyingly recent earth, water, wind and fire disasters from around the planet.

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15 Awesome Architectural Optical Illusions

As architects struggle to balance aesthetic appeal with practical considerations, many are finding the best way to create bold features is through optical illusions.

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16 Creative Modern Tables and Table Designs

Are modern tables having an identity crisis? Here are 16 creative modern table designs that look like they are eager to transform into something else entirely

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24 Ghost Towns and Abandoned Cities

What in the world could cause entire cities to become abandoned? Here are twenty-four haunting real-life ghost villages, towns and cities from around the world.

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20 Strange Interior Architectural Sculptures

Australian artist Robbie Rowlands masterfully blends architecture and art with his unique style. His art shakes our notions of stability and familiarity.

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20 Creative Modern Chairs and Chair Designs

Creative modern chairs and chair designs from strange seats and bizarre benches, from the fabulously modern to the flippantly unique and everything in between.

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Motion-Blur and Time-Lapse Photography

Most photographs only freeze a moment in time. Long exposures can create an image that encompasses several moments; time lapse photography can even span years.

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20 More Geeky and Artistic Cake Designs

Even geeks have got to eat and when pizza's just not enough, there's cake - so sharpen up the knives and prepare for sugar shock!

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Abandoned Airfields, Airports and Aircraft

Nothing lasts forever. Abandoned relics of air transport are proof of that. Unused hulking planes and enormous runways are sometimes just left and forgotten.

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10 Historic Secret Rooms and Hidden Passages

Secret rooms and hidden passages in homes are all the rage in architecture today. But the practice of sneaking around in concealed places has deep, dark roots.

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