Lord, be still my beating heart: Vintage Step Vans.
This looks like a fantastic movie: Sign Painters explores the craft of hand-painting advertising signs and its recent resurgence.
This is an interesting little find. The Helsinki Bus Station Theory, boiled down to its essence: Stay on the bus.
Dusting around my collection of tube radios on Saturday, I got to thinking about why I haven’t added an iPod connector to my large floor set (considering it’s not pulling in stations anymore and chances it’ll ever get fixed are slim). Instructables has a great Vintage Tube Radio & MP3 Upgrade article which has lots of good information beyond just the upgrade– links to parts, schematics, and other good resources.
RIP, Roger Ebert. Jezebel sums up his Twenty Best Reviews, and it’s a fair measure of the man. Godspeed.
I think I know what my April beer budget will be going towards: The Dark Star Burner.
This has been making the rounds, but it’s definitely worth a link: a transcript of the Raiders of the Lost Ark story conference. Lucas, Spielberg, and Kasdan at their finest.
This group of images scratches so many historical itches, I can’t stand it: photos of Paris from the early 1900s overlaid with shots from this year.
It’s pretty rare you see sports news here at Idiot Central, but this one is too cool not to notice: Torrey Smith Has Been Interning For Elijah Cummings. Torrey is pretty cool, and Elijah is the real deal. Carry on, gentlemen.
Add this to the list of Stuff To Do: How To Assemble A Stupidly Basic Road Trip Tool Kit. I have the socket kit (with an upgraded wrench), jumper cables, a pile of paper maps, a multitool, knife, shovel, and blanket. JB Weld, zip ties, silicone, duct tape and wire all ride in the Scout, and they should be in the other two cars as well. As well as a tire patch kit.