Sad Time. An American Cultural Icon Has Passed.

Today's post is dedicated to an appreciation of Leonard Nimoy and although everyone is remembering him as Mr. Spock, here are a few examples of his lesser known roles.

With William Shatner, in "The Man From U.N.C.L.E."



From "Bonanza."



From "Sea Hunt."



From "Mission Impossible."



And finally as Dr. William Bell, in "Fringe."



You've A lovely view of heaven, but we'd rather be with you. Leonard, we love you and will always miss you.

Fun Time! will return next Saturday.

Elegant Wooden Cabin in Idaho

At 550 square feet, this is a wonderful retreat. Have a look.

Now, isn't that a lot of house to pack into 559 square feet?

Toy Photographer's Shots of Superhero Action Figures in Unusual Situations

To see more of Hrjoe's "unusual" work, you can go to his Facebook page.

Travel Video of the Week - Wales

Fire The Shutter. Vol 1 // Wales

Stop Motion LEGO Oscar Assembly - Oscars 2015

So you thought those LEGO Oscars were cool, huh? Well here's how you make one!

Welcome to Caravan - America's First Tiny House Hotel

A Carolina Chocolate Drops Full Session via Liveset

Ah, Lloyd, the hits just keep on coming!

Fun Time! Five Year Old Max Is Just Killing It!

Urban Scenes by Cristóbal Pérez García

I saw this artist's work awhile back on my favorite art website, Colossal. Beautiful paintings of urban traffic. His website is HERE.

Here's a video about the artist at work.

15 Shipping Container Homes

I saw this on Lloyd Kahn's Shelter Blog and looking at his source, found these beautiful examples of homes made from shipping containers.

Here are what I consider the best three. You can click HERE for the rest.

Travel Photo of the Week

Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka

Round House Financed Through Crowd-Funding

This small round building was designed by students at the Illinois Institute of Technology with funding from the students, Kickstarter and local businesses. Spare and elegant, it looks like the perfect in-law suite or vacation home. More photos HERE and HERE.

Unconditional Rebel - 5 Seconds of Video Turns Into A 3.5 Minute Music Video

Yes, there are still insanely creative people out there.



Need proof?

Garage-Hacked Biosphere

Here's another intriguing video from Kirsten Dirksen of Faircompanies.com.

Fun Time! Jimmy Fallon, Colin Firth, Jack McBrayer, and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Play Catchphrase! (The Tonight Show Has Never Been Better!!)

We Can Now Convert Solar Energy Into Liquid Fuel

Melody

Heart warming, touching and beautiful documentary from Marialy Rivas.

Travel Photo of the Week

Santiago, Chile

Original Unverpackt Update

I've been watching this ever since the first time I posted about it. Original Unverpackt has now opened it's first location.

Located in Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany, Original Unverpackt is the West's first zero-waste grocery. Everything is offered in bins and you must bring your own containers to hold it. Less packing from the source means less waste and less cost and less stuff in landfills, since we seems to have problems picking up after ourselves and recycling.

Here's a link to their website that's been translated through Google. If that doesn't work just google Original Unverpackt and hit the translate option.

How about someone do this in America?

Upgraded To Redneck

FLORIDA MAN from Sean Dunne

Photographer Travis Jensen

Fun Time! Metal Alphabet!

Ozzie would be humbled.

Handground Precision Coffee Grinder

I love a good cup of coffee and although I have been enjoying a particular pre-ground brand lately (Bustelo), I have generally gone to grinding my own.

Coffee grinders can be expensive and the one I'm currently using doesn't grind to espresso level power fineness, so when I found the Handground on Kickstarter, I decided to invest the $49 to get one.  If you're interested, there's 28 days left.

When it arrives (in August, hopefully), I'll let you know how it works out.

Startlingly Real-Looking Fabric Sculptures

All real. All made from fabric. All made by Lisa Lichtenfels. All remarkable. Here's a link to see more.

Travel Photo of the Week

Tromsø, Norway

A Plane That Will Fly Anywhere in the World Within Four Hours

The plane, shown above in an artist rendering, is being developed by British aerospace firm Reaction Engines Limited. The design of it's engines will allow it to run at much higher power than is currently possible, making any earthly destination reachable within four hours.

Better than that, this new engine will allow it to reach space while making it much cheaper to get there,

There won't be any windows, but there will be cameras on the outside, making it possible for the inside of the craft to be one large view of the outside, like the photo below.

That would take some getting used to for those of us who already don't care much for flying.

Test flights of the plane are planned for 2019/

Want to find out more? Click HERE.

Tibetan Monks Create a Breathtakingly Intricate Sand Mandala

And then destroy it.

3D Printed Toyota 22RE Engine

More information is HERE.