13 Days of Halloween: Se7en Opening Titles

13 Days of Halloween: Se7en Opening Titles

I love Halloween, so to celebrate I'll post 13 days of creepy stuff that I like. It'll get us in the mood for All Hallows Eve. First up, the utterly amazing Se7ven Opening Credit Sequence designed by Kyle Cooper...

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Jr. Ranger Badges

Jr. Ranger Badges

Our family loves going to the National Parks. They are all amazing and we love them. One of our favorite parts is watching our kids earn their Jr. Ranger Badges. The entire program is a great way to explore...

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The Orginal (Abandoned) Oyster House

The Orginal (Abandoned) Oyster House

I am fascinated by abandoned places. Especially ones that were once full of life and vitality. Near Port Townsend, on Washington State's Olympic Peninsula you can find one such place, the "Original Oyster House." Our family has stayed several...

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Buhler Motor Company Ghost Sign

Buhler Motor Company Ghost Sign

Spotted this great ghost sign in Port Townsend Washington. A cool hand painted sign for the Buhler Motor Company. The building that this adorns is currently the very appropriate Bergstrom's Antique & Classic Autos. A really fun car focused...

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Helvetica in the Pit Toilet

Helvetica in the Pit Toilet

The great designer Paul Scher is famously not a fan of the font Helvetica. Perhaps she'd love the irony that it's the font that adorns the signs admonishing campers from throwing trash in the pit toilets at Federal...

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Nerd Writer: The Most Disturbing Painting

Saturn Devouring His Son, by Francisco Goya I have been a huge fan of the amazing work of the vlogger Nerd Writer (Evan Puschak) for quite a while. His episode on Francisco Goya's Saturn Saturn Devouring His Son has to...

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Battle of Hastings and the Bayeux Tapestry

Battle of Hastings and the Bayeux Tapestry

On this day, October 14, in 1066, the forces of William, Duke of Normandy faced off against King Harold II and his English army near the town of Hastings. William the (Spoiler Alert) conqueror, ultimately vanquishing his opponent after,...

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Cool Use of Augmented Reality

Cool Use of Augmented Reality

This is a cool use of augmented reality at Seattle's Pacific Science Center. They had tablets that turned their static map of Puget Sound watersheds into interactive AR experiences. They augment the base physical map with AR overlays that...

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