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Archive for June 2006

June 7th, 2006

Costumes for the Russian Ballet 1909-1933

An AMAZINGLY beautiful site - the From Russia With Love exhibit features ballet costumes used in various Russian ballet productions from 1909 to 1933. Lovely detail, with backgrounds of costume, set design, story, and lots more. Oh! And jigsaw puzzles!

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June 7th, 2006

America Singing - Nineteenth Century Songsheets

From the America Singing main page:
“For most of the nineteenth century, before the advent of phonograph and radio technologies, Americans learned the latest songs from printed song sheets. Not to be confused with sheet music, song sheets are single printed sheets, usually six by eight inches, with lyrics but no music. These were new […]

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June 6th, 2006

The History of Disco

Okay, first, you must get in the disco mood:

Ready? Allrighty then. Let’s explore the history of disco:

The Disco History Page: Large site with more than you ever wanted to know about Disco. Includes the Disco Ball!

Disco Dance Floor: From MIT; “During IAP 2005 First East created a disco dance floor for the concluding Disco Ball […]

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June 6th, 2006

California Lighthouses

The Inventory of Historic Light Stations is a great site for the history of California lighthouses. Includes some really beautiful pictures. This would be a GREAT idea for a driving/camping tour, wouldn’t it?

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June 5th, 2006

Ghost Sites of the Web

Oooh, spooky. Well, not really - Ghost Sites of the Web is a great site where you can find screen captures of web sites that are just no longer with us or have changed significantly.

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June 5th, 2006

AirlineMeals.net - Pictures of Airplane Food

One of the most interesting sites I’ve come across lately has to be AirlineMeals.net, a site with thousands of pictures of airline meals, crew meals, behind the scenes of airline catering, food in airline lounges, first class and business class menus, and vintage airline advertising.

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June 2nd, 2006

Oh No! Stick Figures In Peril!

Whilst browsing on Flickr, I found the hilarious Stick Figures in Peril photo group. Members find places in real life where stick figures might be in horrible danger and upload these pictures to Flickr. “Photos of warning signs showing stick figures in dangerous, often life-threatening, situations.” It gets funnier as you get more tired […]

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June 1st, 2006

Mix Your Own Video with EyeSpot

Very fun; “Use the Eyespot Mixer to edit and combine your videos, music and photos online! Share your video and mixes with the world for Free.” You can use digital camera photos here as well; what a great way to put a whole bunch of family photo clips together (to music, even).

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June 1st, 2006

How to Use GMail As A Personal Organizer

This week and this weekend are dedicated to getting myself organized on my computer. Seriously, I’m in a bad state - I’ve got tangles of email from January that I haven’t sorted through. So I was looking for some GMail tips and came across How to Use GMail As A Personal Organizer from TipMonkies. Some […]

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