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Map Fold-outs

The Map Projections site offers many printable versions of Polyhedral Maps and Map Fold-outs – Print, cut, fold and glue paper polyhedra to create your own pseudoglobe. Very cool! I’m planning to assemble a Truncated Icosahedron model, but I’m afraid … Continue reading

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A is for Atom

Before V for Vendetta there was A is for Atom. This curious animation by John Sutherland Productions in 1953 for General Electric Company. The animation presents an atom, how energy is released from certain kinds of atoms, the peacetime uses … Continue reading

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

How many adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson‘s classic The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde have you watched? I have seen at least five, and I’m not even counting the cartoons based on it, like Sylvester and Tweety: … Continue reading

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“Metropolis” in the Internet Archive

I knew it! Sooner or later someone was going to do that; someone was going to upload Metropolis to the Internet Archive. Yes, someone did it. Thank you! If it doesn’t work for you, or if you prefer other formats … Continue reading

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Christmas Music Linkdump

Merry Christmas with tons of songs! 10 + 100 Creative Commons Christmas Songs: 111 free and legal Christmas songs. (via Creative Commons) Bedazzled!: Johnny Cash Christmas Show Part 1 “12 Days Of Christmas”. Big Rock Candy Mountain posted some links … Continue reading

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Bela Lugosi is dead

But three of his films keep his memory very much alive on the Internet Archive. The latest addition was Scared to Death. The only color film to star Bela Lugosi, more info on IMDb. (via o zombie). More Lugosi on … Continue reading

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Silent Films, More Films and Soundtracks

It’s been a long time since I last posted about Internet Archive here and more new films were added since then. So, now is the time to talk about it again. Most of those interesting films are silent films, but … Continue reading

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Frankenstein links

A collection of links about Frankenstein, including the book, film versions and more trivia. Boris Karloff This is the only Internet location authorized and maintained by the descendants of Boris Karloff, the great Master of Horror. Cryptoys Frankenstein and Bride … Continue reading

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Classic Cat

Classic Cat – the free classical music directory. is a directory with links to over 3000 free to download classical performances on the internet, sorted by composer and work. From Albinoni till Widor. (via swens)

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Who’s There?

Who’s There? – Incomplete Guide to Blogs and the New Web, the new ebook of Seth Godin, is available for free . He says about it: Who’s There is not an ebook about how to write better or how to … Continue reading

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