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An Online Graphic Novel by Daniel Lieske - Chapter 1 - The Last Day Of School

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Click on the picture/link to read the comic :)

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Introducing: Word Lens (smartphone app for on the fly translation)

WHAT IS THIS WIZARDRY?

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Unidentified SCOPE artifact, a.k.a. Hamlet on New Year’s Eve. — ANIMAL

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Words

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French photographer Sacha Goldberger found his 91-year-old Hungarian grandmother Frederika feeling lonely and depressed. To cheer her up, he suggested that they shoot a series of outrageous photographs in unusual costumes, poses, and locations.

A few years ago, French photographer Sacha Goldberger found his 91-year-old Hungarian grandmother Frederika feeling lonely and depressed. To cheer her up, he suggested that they shoot a series of outrageous photographs in unusual costumes, poses, and locations. Grandma reluctantly agreed, but once they got rolling, she couldn't stop smiling.

Frederika was born in Budapest 20 years before World War II. During the war, at the peril of her own life, she courageously saved the lives of ten people. When asked how, he tells us "she hid the Jewish people she knew, moving them around to different places everyday." As a survivor of Nazism and Communism, she then immigrated away from Hungary to France, forced by the Communist regime to leave her homeland illegally or face death.

Aside from great strength, Frederika has an incredible sense of humor, one that defies time and misfortune. She is funny and cynical, always mocking people that she loves.

With the unexpected success of this series, titled "Mamika," Goldberger created a MySpace page for his grandmother. She now has over 2,200 friends and receives messages like: "You're the grandmother that I have dreamed of, would you adopt me?" and " You made my day, I hope to be like you at your age."

Initially, she did not understand why all these people wrote to congratulate her. Then, little by little, she realized that her story conveyed a message of hope and joy. In all those pictures, she posed with the utmost enthusiasm. Now, after the set, Goldberger shares that his grandmother has never shown even a trace of depression. Perhaps it's because her story serves some sort of purpose. That through the warm words of newfound friends, she's reminded of just how lucky she is to be alive.

Update: We got in touch with Sacha Goldberger, the grandson and talented photographer to ask him more about his background and creative process. He told us this: "I've been photographing for four years now and before that I worked as a creative director. My grandmother is very professional. I'd show her some poses, and she'd propose some of her own. I like to tell stories and I also work with some very creative friends."

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Mike Song "Jig" Dubstep Routine v1.0

PEW PEW PEW!

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Awesome Vintage Tech Ads | UNEASYsilence

      

 


You can laugh now, but some years ago you were getting a very nice deal by buying a $3398 10MB hard drive.

 

 

 


A sexy modem? Come on!

 


 

 

 


 


Two are always better than one. At least according to this 1978 ad from Technico Inc. TMS9900.

 

 

 


Remember Elvira, Mistress of the Dark? Besides appearing on TV in features like Elvira’s Movie Macabre Halloween Special, Elvira also invited Computerworld readers to “cut through paper-based CASE [computer-aided software engineering] methods with LBMS” software.

 


This ad won’t make any sense if you’re not a follower of the TV series Lost. However, if you are, you’ll find it amusing…

 

 


It’s small and light at ‘only’ 11+ lbs.

 

 

 


“With WordStar, you have a true screen image of what your printout will look like before you print it! With WordStar, you’ll erase, insert, delete and move entire blocks of copy.” Gee, it’s like magic!

 

 


 

 


Would you say this ad was a little sexist?

 

 


 

 


Every Kid Should Have an Apple after School.

 

 


In the future, everyone will use floppy disks.

 

 

 

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Deadline (post-it stop motion)


One of my favourite videos.
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Japan from outer space

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Both pictures taken by Soichi Noguchi during his stay with the ISS (posted to his Twitter account http://twitter.com/Astro_Soichi) The first picture is Tokyo, the second one is Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe.

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The 600 Years

Very cool video, super impressive tech. Make sure you have 10 minutes and watch it full screen.

The people who worked on it are http://themacula.com/ http://duber.cz and http://www.michalkotek.com/, and the projection itself was done by http://www.avmedia.cz/

Another video:

EDIT : Thanks Janet! :)
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