Hello and welcome to the final part of a look back to my favourite links of the last year that I've published here on Look At This. There are links at the bottom of this post to the previous posts in this series.
The Grief That Made 'Peanuts' Good. Bill Watterson, the creator of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, comments on the new biography of Charles Schultz.
Around the world in more than 80 days. One of my goals has been to visit the sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List. There were less than 300 sites on the list when this goal originated, but the number of sites included has mushroomed in recent years. More interest lies with the first sites inscribed by individual countries.
James Nachtwey. "I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated."
Military Deceptions. Pictures from a book called 'Masquerade, The Amazing Camouflage Deceptions of World War II' by Seymour Reit.
ROC Posts. These are underground rooms spread around the UK used by the Royal Observer Corps to monitor potential nuclear explosions and fallout during the height of the Cold War from the 1950's until the 1990's.
This Will Be Our Year. YouTuber mitm2002 edited this short film set to the tune of The Zombies' "This Will Be Our Year" featuring Super 8 footage shot by his parents from 1965-1979.
The McDonalds Analogy. Why guys don't want to be friends with a girl who breaks up with them.
John Speed’s collection of maps .Published in 1611 as The theatre of the empire of Great Britain: presenting an exact geography of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the isles adjoining.
Rough Guide to England. A very funny video depicting the drunk social lifes of human beings on the streets of Newcastle. Narration by David Attenborough. Sort of. NSFW language.
School Of Shock. Eight states in the US are sending autistic, mentally retarded, and emotionally troubled kids to a facility that punishes them with painful electric shocks. How many times do you have to zap a child before it's torture?
That Strange Falling Sensation. See also What is hypnagogic hallucination? Reading the comments in the second link makes me thankful I'm not alone with this thing. It happens to me quite a lot when I'm really tired and I'm lying on my back drifting off to sleep. I don't remember any noise though.
YouTube - 1960s Police Drug Training movie. Wonderfully dated 60s film, "Use Your Eyes" shows police how to find drugs and drug paraphernalia in a residential environment.
Falklands War 25th Anniversary. Watch the people who were there relive their experiences and follow the war as it unfolded.
2007 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography. In 20 pictures, a poignant portrayal of a single mother and her young son as he loses his battle with cancer. Potentially an emotionally distressing link.
Defiant gardens are gardens created during times of extreme crisis, built behind the trenches of World War I, on both sides of the Western Front; in Jewish ghettos and Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
Battle at Kruger. An amazing battle between a pride of lions, a herd of buffalo, and 2 crocodiles at a watering hole in South Africa’s Kruger National Park.
Tehri Garhwal Photo gallery | Uttaranchal Photos. Uttaranchal is famous for its outstanding natural beauty, the northern parts are basically lies in greater himalaya ranges which is covered by high himalayan peaks and glaciers.
Fill in the Blank: Homer Simpson. You use lines from Homer Simpson in every day conversation. But how well do you really know the words of America’s favourite animated dad?
Welcome to the first of 4 posts before the year is out looking back at some of my favourite links from the last year. This post covers the months of January, February and March. Enjoy.
January Gukanjima, Japan. In 1974, the mines had been emptied and people living in the island have deserted it, leaving everything behind, turning the island to a post-apocalyptic movie scene.
Arson Sam. Traincrispsjono took the cute, stop-motion animated children's show Fireman Sam and played it backwards so it looks like he is going around causing fires and added his own rude subtitles and it makes for a great series of videos to enjoy.
GirlAlive - The British Food Experience. An American girl eats her way through the UK, detailing her adventures tasting such traditional delicacies such as haggis and scotch eggs.
Frontier Multimedia - Deep Space is a multimedia trip in photographs and music from millions of light years in deep space to our own small planet Earth.
The old Russian embassy to Thailand sits vacant and derelict in Bangkok. This photo-tour is a room-by-room crawl through its rusting bones, including secret metal-lined dungeons and a padded room.
Doctors of Depravity. Even by Japan's standards of wartime cruelty, Unit 731 plumbed horrifying depths - turning their prisoners into human guinea pigs for unspeakable medical experiments.
Myspace is Completely Retarded. Science has shown that every minute you spend on myspace is equivalent to breathing in melting plastic for several hours.
That's your lot for today. Can I take this chance to wish you and yours a happy holidays and all the best for the coming new year. Coming up on this site between Christmas and New Year are a series of posts featuring my favourite links of the last year published here on Look At This.