Monthly Archives: May 2005

Escher Blowout 2: Worth1000 Escher parodies

Posted on May 28, 2005 by

Escher Blowout 2: contest of photoshopped Escher images on the famous Worth1000. One of the works that were used more often to create the images was Hand with Reflecting Sphere. Take a look there, there are some awesome creations. BTW, … Continue reading →

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Makiko Azakami

Posted on May 27, 2005 by

Makiko Azakami creates some incredible objects with paper. These objects are toys and paper sculptures full of details – you can see why her hobby became a work. She participated of more than 30 exhibitions, including many solo exhibitions and … Continue reading →

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Hollywood Pinup

Posted on May 27, 2005 by Bibi

Hollywood Pinup – classic cheesecake pics of silver screen starlets. Some very nice pictures of actresses and few actors (tough guys session) from 40s and 50s. (via TackyTimes) PS.: about Bardot visit her foundation for the welfare and protection of … Continue reading →

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“Stunt City” Commercial

Posted on May 27, 2005 by

Stunt City: an amused Rexona deodorant commercial. For some information about it read I was on fire in Stunt City. (via MeFi)

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Visible Earth

Posted on May 27, 2005 by Bibi

Visible Earth: a catalogue of NASA images and animations of our home planet. Amazing images with a very good resolution of countries, agriculture, atmosphere, biosphere, oceans, hydrosphere, land surface, cryosphere and more. BTW, here is the gallery of photos of … Continue reading →

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Real Chicago

Posted on May 27, 2005 by

Real Chicago: Chicago-Sun Times Photo Essay – from the files of Chicago Sun-Times. Pictures from 40s to today. Most of these photographs were taken on the spur of the moment, in an uncertain situation, with quick and instinctive framing, by … Continue reading →

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Photo archives of Marburg of art and architecture

Posted on May 27, 2005 by Bibi

Bildarchiv der Kunst und Architektur is the archive page of Marburg, a site of pictures about art and architecture. There are tons of pictures, 1.7 million illustrations that you can order. The problem: is all in German. (via The Cartoonist)

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Art of Science Competition

Posted on May 27, 2005 by

Art of Science Competition This spring we asked the Princeton University community to submit imagery produced in the course of research or incorporating tools and concepts from science. [...] The resulting assembly of images presents a fascinating and beautiful cross … Continue reading →

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Some articles

Posted on May 27, 2005 by

Some things to read: – Secrets of the A-List Bloggers: Lots of short entries (via del.icio.us/joi_ito) – New Scientist: 11 steps to a better brain – Wired: Time’s Up, Einstein

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10 Things to Do With Old PCs

Posted on May 27, 2005 by

10 Things to Do With Old PCs: it’s an useful article with tips and tricks about what you can do with an old computer or monitor. I think I read a Portuguese version of this article on the magazine Info … Continue reading →

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