Lord Sheffield's Shield

In 1891–92 the Earl of Sheffield was in Australia as the promoter of the English team led by W. G. Grace. The tour included three Tests played in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide.

At the conclusion of the tour, Lord Sheffield donated £150 to the New South Wales Cricket Association to fund a trophy for an annual tournament of intercolonial cricket in Australia. The three colonies of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia were already playing each other in ad hoc matches. The new tournament commenced in the summer of 1892/93, mandating home and away fixtures between each colony each season. The three teams competed for the Sheffield Shield, named after its benefactor. A Polish immigrant, Phillip Blashki won the competition to design the trophy, a 43 x 30inches silver shield.

The competition therefore commenced some 15 years after Australia's first Test match.

Sergey Karjakin vs Fabiano Caruana 2016 Candidates

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "0:57:33-0:50:33"]
[Date "2016.03.28"]
[EventDate "2016.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.f5 Qb6
13.fxe6 fxe6 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Bd3 h5 16.Kb1 b4 17.Ne2 Qc5
18.Rhf1 Bh6 19.Qe1 a5 20.b3 Rg8 21.g3 Ke7 22.Bc4 Be3 23.Rf3
Rg4 24.Qf1 Rf8 25.Nf4 Bxf4 26.Rxf4 a4 27.bxa4 Bxa4 28.Qd3 Bc6
29.Bb3 Rg5 30.e5 Rxe5 31.Rc4 Rd5 32.Qe2 Qb6 33.Rh4 Re5 34.Qd3
Bg2 35.Rd4 d5 36.Qd2 Re4 37.Rxd5 exd5 38.Qxd5 Qc7 39.Qf5 Rf7
40.Bxf7 Qe5 41.Rd7+ Kf8 42.Rd8+ 1-0

Patrick Caulfield

The Wilhelm Scream

Day of the Tentacle - Remastered

The Stuttgart Playing Cards

Jupiter Octopus

Moby Dick Big Read

http://www.mobydickbigread.com/

Nemo dat quod non habet

no one gives what he doesn't have

Veep

Edward Gorey

pi to 13.3 trillion digits

http://www.numberworld.org/y-cruncher/

Hikaru dorodango

http://www.dorodango.com/about.html

Hikaru dorodango are balls of mud, molded by hand into perfect spheres, dried, and polished to an unbelievable luster. The process is simple, but the result makes it seem like alchemy.

A traditional pastime among the children of Japan, the exact origin of hikaru dorodango is unknown. The tradition was dying out until taken up by Professor Fumio Kayo, of the Kyoto University of Education, as a means to study the psychology of children's play. In the course of his research, Kayo developed a simple technique for creating dorodango. With the help of Japanese media, Kayo has revived and extended the popular reach of this tradition to the point where it is now an international phenomenon.

Shot tower

Stellaris

Feng Zikai