June 18, 2009July 9, 2009. Hidden Room Latch 90% of this video is worthless–mostly, a slightly pudgy guy looking around suspiciously, as if someone were following him. There’s also the […]
June 18, 2009March 17, 2011. Pripyat, Abandoned City of Chernobyl I’ve seen a number of images of Pripyat, the city that was summarily abandoned after Chernobyl, but this one takes the cake. […]
June 18, 2009June 18, 2009. Covert Drug Smuggler Submarine In September 2008, the U.S. Coast Guard seized a 59-foot submarine 370 miles SW of Guatemala. The submarine contained four crew members […]
June 17, 2009February 20, 2013Commercial Buildings, Frank Soltesz Cutaway Hotel Video What do you do with a cutaway hotel? I haven’t the faintest idea. I tossed together some amateur motion-tracking shots and a […]
June 17, 2009February 25, 20132010s, Submarines Scorpene Submarine Cutaway We have a rather nice cutaway of the Scorpene submarine from Defense Industry Daily. We also have an extra-large cutaway of the […]
June 17, 2009February 25, 20131940s, Commercial Buildings, Frank Soltesz Hotel Cutaway Drawing, 1947 This great cutaway originally comes from a July 5, 1947 Saturday Evening Post ad for Armstrong’s Industrial Insulation. For an extra-sized view, […]
May 1, 2009March 2, 2017Secret Panels, Secret Spaces Hiding Space in HVAC Vent? Interesting But Still a Dumb Idea. Hidden compartments in houses take all shapes and forms: electrical outlets, hollow books, fake CDs, false cabinet fronts. But what about the […]
April 15, 2009July 14, 20171930s, Aircraft, Bizarre Transport Closeup of Flying Boat (Generic) Cutaway, 1935 Looking inside the Popular Mechanics 1935 “Flying Boat”: Kitchen Welsh rarebit coming right up. Note the ladder leading up to the wing. […]
April 15, 2009July 14, 20171930s, Aircraft, Bizarre Transport Flying Boat (Generic) Cutaway, 1935 I reproduce this Popular Mechanics cover of April 1935 in all of its ball-throbbing glory–because that is the only way to describe […]
April 15, 2009July 14, 2017Bizarre Transport Super-Ultra Miniature Hybrid Car What the hell isn’t wonderful about Tracey Ullman? Below, her miniature hybrid car from Tracey Ullman: State of the Union.