The Tale of Despereaux: Storybook Adventure
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LIFE photo archive hosted by Google
Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google
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The New Atlantis » Virtual Friendship and the New Narcissism
It’s an interesting article about Facebook, and something that I am fascinated about - the effect of technology on the psyche… Especially as I find myself getting more and more hooked to this. This writer also has a piece on Tivo and Playstation, etc., turning kids into monstrous narcissists too. Bring on Gen N.
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No Two The Same - Banner Sizes
Here is a list of the recognised sizes and names of online banner adverts
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LearnDirect promotes family computing through a game | Technology | guardian.co.uk
LearnDirect promotes family computing through a game
Can the Legula Adventure convince you to share valuable screen time with your sticky-fingered kids?
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Solzhenitsyn, Literary Giant Who Defied Soviets, Dies at 89 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, whose stubborn, lonely and combative literary struggles gained the force of prophecy as he revealed the heavy afflictions of Soviet Communism in some of the most powerful works of the 20th century, died late on Sunday at the age of 89 in Moscow.
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High Five Power | Zoomdoggle: More fun than work!
But these rough schematics of a high five power generator, which we see could fuel an entire sandwich shop, look pretty solid to me.
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Inspiration series: Movie credits | Veerle’s blog
Luckily people start realizing that more was possible in the late 1950s and it became a form of art. There is one graphic designer that made several credits mini movies a work of art and his name is Saul Bass. He is solely responsible for a turning point in the movie credits world. What follows is a small selection of what I found inspiring.
Bamboo Bike Maker Grows His Frames, Bonsai Style | Gadget Lab from Wired.com
“It’s like bonsai basically,” said Calfee, who is based in Santa Cruz, California. “If you grow it in the shape you want it, it’s by far the strongest way to get it in the shape you want it.”
Visual anual D&AD award
# Easy access to your visitors address book in all major email providers around the world.
Codename Eurostar
The first in a series of films following a team of physicists involved in research at the new Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Switzerland.
Google restores Chrome’s shine | The Register
Google has acted with speed and retracted the objectional sentences in Chrome’s EULA, so that any content you post via Chrome is yours and yours alone.
Burned by Chrome | The Register
Astute Reg readers have pointed out a Chrome condition of service that effectively lets Google use any of your copyrighted material posted to the web via Chrome without paying you a cent.
Facebook Ads Target You Where It Hurts - washingtonpost.com
Maybe it’s my age, my sex or the fact that it knew I was engaged, but the site decided I was a gal who needed to drop a few pounds. And it wasn’t shy about its tactics.