The Foreboding Propaganda Posters Of The Spanish Civil War

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The Spanish Civil War was an extremely complex conflict that ravaged the country from 1936 to 1939. The war started when the Spanish Army staged a military coup to overthrow the Second Spanish Republic. The attempt would prove successful, with the eventual installation of a dictatorship led by General Francisco Franco in 1939.

Among the many aspects of the war that continue to exert a particular fascination today is the wealth of astonishing propaganda posters produced by the various factions involved in the fighting. There was a high rate of illiteracy in the country, particularly among women, peasants and the working classes, so poster designers employed rousing imagery and succinct slogans to deliver their message.

(thanks Andy)

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Piggy Gets Warm Bath

A warm bath means a happy piglet. A very happy piglet.



(via Neatorama)

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Urinal Protocol Vulnerability

When a guy goes into the bathroom, which urinal does he pick? The basic premise is that the first guy picks an end urinal, and every subsequent guy chooses the urinal which puts him furthest from anyone else. At least one buffer urinal is required between any two guys or awkwardness ensues.

Let's take a look at the efficiency of this protocol at slotting everyone into acceptable urinals. For some numbers of urinals, this protocol leads to efficient placement.

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V For Vendetta

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V for Vendetta is a comic-book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated mostly by David Lloyd, set in a dystopian future United Kingdom imagined from the 1980s about the 1990s. The series depicts a near-future Britain after a limited nuclear war, which has left much of the world destroyed.

In this future, a fascist party called 'Norsefire' has arisen as the ruling power. 'V,' an anarchist revolutionary dressed in a Guy Fawkes mask, begins an elaborate, violent, and theatrical campaign to bring down the government. Warner Bros. released a film adaptation in 2005.

Here are some nice Vendetta artwork and photos.

(thanks Martin)

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Google Doodles

Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning. Sometimes Google decorate their homepage to commemorate notable individuals and discoveries, holidays and events in history. Occasionally a doodle graces the Google homepage worldwide.

Other times, a doodle appears on a particular Google country domain. But you don't have to travel to see all the doodles there are.
Google has an archive page where you can also see the doodles that you usually don't see in your home country.

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World's Fastest Game Of Hide And Seek

Two kids play an extraordinarily short game of hide and seek.



(thanks Cora)

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Houses Gone Wild

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Wild houses have a strange allure despite (or likely because) they are abandoned abodes, deserted homes gone from domestic spaces slowly back to nature.

As photographer James D Griffioen muses, the Latin root refers both to while beasts but also to something that belongs to the dead, gone back to the Earth.

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