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Thursday, 31. August 2006
Supernovae Explosion - Cassiopeia A
| A new image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at the tattered remains of a supernova explosion known as Cassiopeia A (Cas A). It is the youngest known remnant from a supernova explosion in the Milky Way. The new Hubble image shows the complex and intricate structure of the star's shattered fragments. Cassiopeia A - The colourful aftermath of a violent stellar death It shows the Cas A remnant as a broken ring of bright filamentary and clumpy stellar ejecta. These huge swirls of debris glow with the heat generated by the passage of a shockwave from the supernova blast. The various colours of the gaseous shards indicate differences in chemical composition. Bright green filaments are rich in oxygen, red and purple are sulphur, and blue are composed mostly of hydrogen and nitrogen. Beautifully new pictures and videos are here. |
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Googie Architecture
 | Googie architecture was born of the post-WWII car-culture and thrived in the 1950s and 1960s. Bold angles, colorful signs, plate glass, sweeping cantilevered roofs and pop-culture imagery captured the attention of drivers on adjacent streets. Bowling alleys looked like Tomorrowland. Coffee shops looked like something in a Jetsons cartoon. |
Indigenous Motivations
| Indigenous Motivations by the National Museum of the American Indian reveals how Native artists continue to be influenced by tradition, innovation, and art-combining these elements in their work according to their personal vision and aesthetics. |
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Superman Returns
 | Superman Returns: You are Jimmy Olsen, the Daily Planet's star photographer. Try to get some good pictures of Superman. |
WeBeHigh
Worldwide Marijuana Travel Guide, Marijuana Prices, Spots & Legalization Status: WeBeHigh. Curently covering 353 cities.| This web site contains information about marijuana. Some of the controversial subjects covered include drug laws, the legalization of marijuana, the recreational use of marijuana, the medical uses for marijuana, drug tests, and the impact of the drug war. This web site also contains photographs of cannabis plants, links to other marijuana and drug related web sites and other controversial material. |
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165 things you can do to your URL
 | The Scrutinizer is a tool that allows you to analyze, assess and validate any link using various tools and testers on the web. |
Wednesday, 30. August 2006
The Art of William Whitaker
First take a loof at the demonstrations that show the progress of some paintings from start to finish.| He believes the value of painting is to be found in its spiritual power. Having been told all his life that the kind of painting he enjoys is dead, he takes quiet comfort in lovingly attempting to capture something the camera cannot see. The Art of William Whitaker |
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Seat Guru
 Swiss Airlines Airbus A340-300 | Select the airline you are flying using the alphabetized menu on the left. |
Liquid Liquid & Oskar Fischinger
| One of Oskar Fischinger's earliest films 'Seelische Konstruktionen', (Spiritual Constructions), from 1927, opens with two silhouetted male figures drinking together at a table. Over the course of the next few minutes, they change rapidly into all manner of shapes, objects, and creatures. |
This early take on psychedelia is a wonderfully witty exploration of a vast interior landscape.
Tringo
 | Tringo is a combination of bingo and the puzzle-like PC game Tetris, where you quickly try to fit various shapes that appear on a screen into squares, leaving as few empty squares as you can. |
Confederate Motorcycles
... the motorcycle is at once primitive, bohemian, and yet highly technical. She is skeletal, i.e. she showcases human crafts work. The machine is minimal ; using the fewest pieces, moving parts and systems to accomplish her dynamic mission.| She is uncompromised, light weight, possesses enormous torque, is capable of extreme performance, yet has maximum real world streetable active safety. She is graceful in motion, yet potentially brutal. She exudes inner beauty through absolute follow through of truth of concept. She has great proportions, holistic brand gestalt, is original, impactful, alluring and elegant. Confederate Motorcycles |
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Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan
 | For most of us, mention Genghis Khan and you elicit images of a fearful marauder who swept through Eurasia in the 13th century, burning, pillaging and destroying all in his path. Ask his descendants, the people of modern Mongolia, about him, and you get a very different picture. |
Tuesday, 29. August 2006
The Fanastic Art of Rowena
| Her virtuoso oil-paintings, with all their intricate detail and radiant color, are magnificently reproduced in these hand signed, LightJet prints on archival paper. Whether painting the human figure or depicting fantastic, mythological subject matter, her style is highly realistic. Each image is complex and tells an intriguing story. The Fanastic Art of Rowena |
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