Calyxa's Lensography

This lens is about digital landscapes, worlds which exist only in pixels, created with various software. My primary software of choice is MojoWorld, which creates entire planets to be explored. Before MojoWorld existed, I used Bryce, which works like...

The Way of Cartouche is an oracle deck by Murry Hope. The deck consists of 25 cards based on the deities and symbols of Ancient Egypt. It was this deck which was one of the forces behind my desire to create my own oracle deck. The main reason that Th...

The Elemental Hexagons deck is an oracle deck based on the Periodic Table of the elements. It is somewhat like a Tarot deck in that all of the Major Arcana cards are represented, but none of the Minor Arcana are. The deck consists of 60 cards, where...

Divination Tools Tarot, numerology, runes, palmistry, oracle cards, and more. Lenses on any and all methods of divination are welcome here.

Ask any yes or no question and the Magic 8-ball will answer! Sometimes it's a clear yes, sometimes a clear no, and a few of the replies are vague, suggesting that you may need to ask again later, or more clearly focus on your question. Whatever answer...

Second only to my fascination with the stoneworks of Ancient Egypt are the haunting stone statues of Easter Island, or, as the natives call it, Rapa Nui. The largest Moai statue ever finished and put into place measures nearly 33 feet tall. An even la...

Over a thousand years before glass was first created, people in the Nile River valley created a beautiful material called faience. Faience is a special type of ceramic with a tin-based glaze. Faience pieces are recognizable due to their turquoise col...

Discovered near the town of Rosetta in 1799 by a soldier in Napoleon's army, the Rosetta Stone turned out to be the key to unlocking the lost language of the ancient Egyptians. The inscription on the Rosetta Stone is in three different scripts. The u...

Issue #1 of Flaming Carrot Comics came out in May of 1984 and told the story of Road Hogs from Outer Space. I didn't get my hands that issue until many years later, when I paid $7.00 for it. I had started reading Flaming Carrot Comics around the holid...

Squidbillies tells tales of a family of squids who live in the mountains of northern Georgia. It has everything we love about the stereotypical redneck lifestyle - moonshine, inbreeding, crass humor, and general stupidity. The main character is Early...

Strindberg and Helium is a set of flash cartoons by the folks at Killing My Lobster and Milky Elephant. The main character is the playwright August Strindberg. The comics relate stories of Strindberg and his side-kick, a floating pink puff named Heli...

The adventure game which started on MYST island gets more fleshed out and continues in the sequel, Riven. Again, you play yourself. All explorations of the islands within the lands of Riven are undertaken as if you are really there. While running int...

The adventure game MYST was way ahead of its time. Released in late 1994, the original MYST was the first computer game to be released on CD-ROM. Created by brothers Rand and Robin Miller, the game of MYST was unique in its visual and auditory experie...

The names filbert and hazelnut are often used interchangeably. The name Hazelnut typically applies to the nut of the Corylus family grown in the north-west United States, while the name Filbert typically applies to the nut of the Corylus grown around...

Chopped up broccoli florets make up most of this tasty salad, but some of the other ingredients include bacon, raisins, sunflower seeds, and cashews. This lens contains a little history of my recipe, and I have variants, including a way to make it co...

Wil Wheaton has morphed over the years from child actor to blogger-writer-actor. He writes regular columns on computer tech, pop culture and poker for various sites in addition to authoring several books. He's also done live comedy, voice work for an...

The Very Large Array is a collection of 27 individual radio telescopes which are used together, creating a larger and more sensitive instrument. These radio telescopes collect data about our universe. The VLA was portrayed in the movie Contact based o...

I've been on Squidoo for over two years now and while I am not even yet half way to being eligible for Giant Squid status, I do have a diverse collection of lenses. I'm sure you'll find something weird to look at here!