This may look like a Victorian music box, but inside this intricately hand-crafted wooden case lives a Hewlett-Packard ZT1000 laptop that runs both Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux. It features an elaborate display of clockworks under glass, engraved brass accents, claw feet, an antiqued copper keyboard and mouse, leather wrist pads, and customized wireless network card. picked by TheShirtPocket 2 years ago

What turned our ancestors on? This collection of poetry, prose and illustrations from the 15th to early 20th shows they could be surprisingly naughty. picked by VoodooPeacock 3 years ago

Police have been told to show more respect to their prisoners: dim the lights at night, don't slam cell doors and serve tea, coffee or milk at least three times a day. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

A subculture hand-tools today's gadgets with Victorian style.

Some very cool images if you click on the picture. picked by Proverb 2 years ago

Ultra-modern electronic components could be made more easily using a chemical process that was last in vogue in the late 1800s. Research shows that a chemical compound discovered in 1860 can make good quality graphene – sheets of carbon a single atom thick with novel electronic properties. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

A figure dressed in Victorian outfit has been spotted on pictures from Google Maps Street View in Bute Place, Cardiff - a location famous to most as being heavily featured in time travel drama Torchwood, the third series of which was recently filmed.

Oh well.

I've hooked out screen grabs for you and put them in the comments. picked by pocksucket 8 months ago

The flea circus sounds funny, but it was once a serious (if strange) performance type. The fleas are actually trained to 'behave' and 'perform' in certain ways - even harnessed with tiny wires. In this day and age, there are some who say that a flea circus constitutes animal cruelty. Either way, these images and this history are amazing picked by bingo 8 months ago

For 3 very pampered dogs that live in their custom Victorian "mansion". Check out the photo gallery and background picked by suebe 12 months ago

The abortion pill RU486 will be available to Victorian women within weeks. But the drug will be restricted to cases considered clinically necessary because a surgical abortion is not appropriate. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Victorian MP Jason Wood was supposed to be talking about genetically modified organisms when he ran into trouble.

And just in case anyone missed him talking about "genetically modified orgasms" the first time, he repeated it. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

This is pretty cool, IMO. Not any more info here, really, but still interesting. (photo not of actual piece.) picked by julea 3 years ago