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Everyday Lives Of Villagers In Indonesia Captured In Heartwarming Photos Self-taught landscape and portrait photographer Herman Damar, based in Jakarta, captures everyday life in villages throughout Indonesia. Many of his lively photographs focus on children‘s daily adventures and their close connection with nature. Damar‘s photos are filled with warmth, sincerity and wise optimism, tempting us to go visit Indonesia’s alluring 13,466 islands some day to see the beauty of its nature and its people with our own eyes....

Expect The Unexpected: 40 “Weird And Interesting Things You Must See” Many amazing things happen around us that we wouldn’t know about if not for the internet. One particular page is dedicated to collecting surprisingly delightful posts that are according to the admins, “never boring and always exciting”. Having grown a following of more than 87K since its launch a couple of months ago, the ‘ Weird & Interesting Things You Must See ’ account is a relatively new addition to the online world and promises to deliver its audiences interesting, entertaining, and informative content where one can “always expect the unexpected”....

Facepalm Alert: 40 Times People Posted Things So Dumb, You Won’t Believe They’re Real In the vast expanse of the internet, social media platforms have become a stage where individuals share their thoughts, experiences, and, occasionally, their most bewildering misunderstandings. While these platforms offer a space for connection and expression, they also highlight moments that leave us collectively facepalming. Here are 40 instances where posts were so perplexing, it’s hard to believe they’re real....

Finalists Of The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2016 Prepare for the cute, the fabulous and the fluffy, because we’re bringing you the finalists of the 2016 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards! Sure, photography is a serious matter, especially when it’s done at the level these guys are at, but from time to time it gets pretty hilarious. And if you manage to capture that moment, you too can hope to compete in these awards....

Finnish Origami Artist Juho Könkkölä Folds An Incredibly Detailed Samurai Using Just One Sheet Of Paper Plenty of us have tried our hand at origami at least once in our lives, with the crane usually being the pinnacle of our creativity. However, 23-year-old Finnish artist Juho Könkkölä is taking origami to the next level. Just recently, the artist surprised everyone by revealing his latest work – an intricately detailed origami Samurai created using only a single sheet of paper....

First Ever Glimpse Into Facebook’s Massive Arctic Server Farm Have you ever wondered where Facebook lives? There is no one line answer for that but we can start digging 70 miles from the Arctic circle, in Luleå, Sweden, where back in 2013 Facebook opened its massive data farm. Located deep in the woods of northern Sweden, the server farm is designed with sustainability in mind. It’s powered by the renewable energy provided by the hydro-electric power plants installed on the surrounding rivers, while its clever design also utilizes the cold arctic air to make the whole system 10% more efficient and use almost 40% less power than traditional data centers....

French Artist Duo Uses Colorful Paper To Bring Scenes From Famous Literary Works To Life Zim & Zou are a French artist duo, who avoid computer design and create beautiful installations using materials like paper, wood, and thread. However, even though the artists’, whose real names are Lucie Thomas and Thibault Zimmermann, use many different materials to create their art, the one they prefer the most is paper – and you better believe they can do some magical things with it....

French Photographer Imagines The Secret Life Of Wild Animals When No One‘s Watching (30 Pics) Thomas Subtil is a Paris-based photographer whose work was inspired by the famous Swahili saying ‘Hakuna Matata’ that translates to ‘no worries’. Subtil’s lighthearted photography series started back in 2013 when he traveled to Kenya and was amused by a completely different world. After his trip, Thomas started turning African landscapes into a mesmerising phantasmagoria....

Germany Opens The First Strip Of A 100-Kilometer “Bicycle Superhighway” Germans are known for their car manufacturing, so of course they are opening a highway for bicycles – no cars, no pollution, no danger! It’s the first 5 kilometer bit of a planned 100 kilometer network that will connect 10 western cities including Duisburg, Bochum and Hamm and four universities. It will run along disused railroad tracks in the Ruhr industrial region to make the best use of existing infrastructure....

Ghostlike Underwater Portraits Of Bodysurfers By Australian Photographer Trent Mitchell Trent Mitchell is an Australian photographer whose works focus a lot on the ocean. In his latest series, titled Inner Atlas , the artist took amazing black & white pictures of people practicing what he calls “the most pure form of wave riding” – bodysurfing. The photographer says the series celebrates the human spirit through movements of the sea in an unfamiliar and forgotten space....

Grandad Uses Instagram To Share His Life’s Story With The Grandson He Might Not See Growing Up 75-year-old Korean grandfather Chan Jae Lee was never too much into technology and especially the social media, but that changed when his grandson Astro was born. Fearing that he won’t have the time to transfer his life lessons onto his grandson, Chan started an Instagram account which he updates daily with illustrations and stories from his life and the life around him....

Half-Dissected Ralph From The Simpsons Turned Into An Impressive Cake Baker and graphic designer Kylie Mangles from Freshly Squeez’d created a masterful cake depicting one of the Simpsons’ most prominent characters, Ralph Wiggum, dissected like an anatomy display. The disturbing inspiration for this creepy sweet treat was a beautiful 3D variation of an illustration by Eric Flores . This impressively detailed cake of Ralphie was created in 5 days as a submission to a cake competition on threadcakes....

Health Blogger Exposes The Truth About The ‘Perfect’ Instagram Pics, And Here Are 20 Of Them Many people are trying to fit into a single mould these days. If you open Instagram, you’ll find that everyone looks almost similar– whether they use some filters, photoshop, or different shooting angles, it all looks very similar. This standardization leads to insecurities among young girls who may not be not familiar with all the sorcery that goes behind creating these photos....

Heartbreaking Story Of A Man Who Took A Polaroid Every Day For 18 Years Until The Day He Died Jamie Livingston is sadly no longer with us, but his incredibly intimate photography project will ensure that he’ll never be forgotten. The project began on March 31st, 1979, when the native New Yorker (and then a college student) took a single photograph. He then took a picture every day for the next 18 years, a tradition he maintained right until the day he died in 1997....

Hilarious Comics Showing How Life Changes After Having Kids By Themessycow Having kids can quickly change what we consider normal. Waking up in the middle of the night? Normal. Having little to no free time to yourself? Completely normal. But don’t worry – it only looks tough at first. Weng Chen is an illustrator and a mother of two who regularly creates comics about parenting – this time she illustrated how your life changes after having kids....

Holographic Hair Is The Hot New Trend Of 2017 We’re quite sure that fashion world will remember 2017 as the year of the holographic trend. It all started with holographic nails and soon the holo colors have spread to various items of clothing, accessories and now even hair! Talented hairstylists from Ross Michaels Hair Salon seem to have been the first to bring the term “holographic” into the world of hair coloring....

How To Charge Clients For Design Work In One Sheet Customers are a continual, yet unavoidable bane of a designers’ existence. Here’s one designer price list reflecting the pain they cause. At first glance, the prices might seem a little wonky, but that’s where the beauty of the list lies. The client is more often than not illiterate to the matters of design, so most if not anything they’ll say will be disruptive and make the process more lengthy....

How To Choose The Right Cut Protection Glove For Your Job When we talk about industries and labor jobs, the safety and protection automatically becomes our primary concern. Various industries rely on machines, harsh tools and equipments for the production and construction purposes. The industrial worker has to go through all these conditions on daily basis. Although precautions can be taken but there exist the situations wherein only a protective gear can prevent accidents and damage....

Incredible Yogi’s Body Poses Inspire People Suffering From Severe Mental Illnesses Heidi Williams’ road to finding peace after surviving rape wasn’t an easy one. Suffering from PTSD, anxiety, and major depression, she even attempted suicide when she almost lost her 6-month-old child. It was only when she found yoga, that Heidi managed to make sense of it all. “ It was in this place of mental illness hell that I found yoga and grace....

Incredibly Rare Frozen ‘Slurpee’ Waves Spotted On The Coast Of Nantucket When the temperature gets below 30°F, the last thing you want to do is go outside. However, some people aren’t bothered by cold at all, so much so they don’t mind taking a dip in a literally freezing ocean. On January 2nd Nick Hayden and Jamie Briard got into their wetsuits and went out surfboarding. Their friend, photographer Jonathan Nimerfroh, joined in with his camera in order to capture the crazy surfers enjoying this rare phenomenon of frozen, Slurpee-like waves....