Saturday, May 15, 2010

The Empire That Was Russia: The Prokudin-Gorskii Photographic Record Recreated (A Library of Congress Exhibition)

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/

A fabulous collection of photos and images taken in the early 20th century Russia housed at the Library of Congress in America. It shows much of the ethnic diversity and how things where before the Russian Revolution and the outbreak of the first World War.

Monday, May 10, 2010

iPod Store with Amazon.co.uk - New Apple iPod shuffle 4GB - Black

http://astore.amazon.co.uk/y2u_ipod-21/detail/B001P3NUWQ

"The world's smallest music player
To create the world's smallest music player, we moved the controls from iPod shuffle to the earphone cord. This makes iPod shuffle smaller than ever, and the controls are right where you can reach them. So when you want to play, pause, or skip to the next tune, you don't have to fumble for your iPod shuffle — just follow the cord and press a button."

jQuery Sliding Clock v1.1

http://home.comcast.net/~vonholdt/test/clock_slide/index.htm

One could watch this clever calender clock all day and watch time just slip away.

'Gollum-like' monster emerges from lake | Metro.co.uk

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/739578-gollum-like-monster-emerges-from-lake

But it seems there is a reasonable explanation for this.

Sunday, May 09, 2010

The Many Faces Of… Alan Rickman

http://themanyfacesof.com/alan-rickman/

Whats the point of writing text in dark grey against a background of black ? just unreadable.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo from Amazon.co.uk

http://astore.amazon.co.uk/y2ucouk-21/detail/1847245455

"Brilliantly written ... the characters are superbly drawn and the story grips from first to last."

High Heel Shoe Museum Online Designer Stiletto and Fetish Shoe Museum

http://www.highheelshoemuseum.com/

Imelda Marcos eat your heart out