For those of you who love looking at images of times gone by, Vintage Photography showcases an incredible wealth of such pictures.

The blog focuses especially on Golden Era movie stars and other era celebrities, but has many photos of everyday life as well. Stretching all the way back into the nineteenth century, this is an excellent resource for costumers who want to get a feel for what sort of clothing was being worn, or simply for anybody who enjoys looking at beautiful old photographs.

This gorgeous device was designed by Robin Smith, a Nottingham based woodcarver and box maker. The third in a series of mechanical looking USB sticks, it took over ten hours to create.

The casing of Purpleheart wood includes parts from six different pocket watches as well as twenty-six tiny rubies, making it a delightful accessory for even the most discerning of dandies. It also has 16 GB of space for keeping all your steampunk music, invention blueprints and story drafts with you when traveling.

Popular in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, these miniature portraits of the eye of a beloved person were set in brooches, pendants and rings.

Given as tokens of love or worn as mourning jewelry, these strange jewels are no longer produced and originals are worth quite a bit. Many are valuable due to the ivory, pearls and precious metals used. Some, like the one featured in the top left (which is a part of the collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum, even had diamond accents such as teardrops.

These trinkets supposedly came into fashion in the late eighteenth century when the Prince of Wales (later George IV) wished to express his love for the widow Maria Fitzherbert. The pair were married on 15 December 1785 but it was considered invalid by the Royal Marriages Act because it had not been approved by George III. George continued to wear Maria’s eye portrait under his lapel as a memento. However, many other royals commissioned similar pieces, including Queen Victoria.

H.P. Lovecraft fans will delight in this online card game named after the famous book of the arcane which appears in some of the great horror writer’s stories.

The Necronomicon has two modes: regular game play and challenge. In the regular mode you must face off against a variety of computer-controlled opponents, summoning elder creatures and casting spells. But all occult actions result in the loss of some of your sanity; the price for delving into the Mythos. If your sanity is driven to zero, you develop a mental handicap which can prove to be a disadvantage. Challenge mode has twenty-one different set challenges to complete, pushing you to the limits of your arcane abilities.

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