Travel ephemera: Art of the Luggage Label
"Welcome to my image stream and information resource devoted to the art of luggage labels and related travel ephemera. Luggage labels are fascinating bits of hotel history from the golden age of travel, roughly the 1900's to 1960's. During this time these labels were used by hotels as advertising and eagerly applied to steamer trunks, suitcases and all sorts of luggage by hotel staff, mainly bellhops."
Tom Schifanella's collection on Flickr - Art of the Luggage Label.
Via Grow-a-brain
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Martin Klasch loves travel ephemera
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Problem: We're sorry, this video is no longer available
The last week or so I have had major problems watching clips on YouTube. Probably more than 90% of the clips have either just stuck in loading mode or the error message "We're sorry, this video is no longer available" reared its ugly face.
After searching the Internet for solutions, uninstalling and reinstalling Adobe Flash Player a number of times, I finally found someone in a forum who described exactly the same problem that I had. Luckily, I could also find the explanation; the culprits name is Google Web Accelerator.
Hey, wasn't it supposed to accelerate things?! Isn't it so that Google owns YouTube? Should they really make programs that sabotage YouTube watching?!! Is that wise?
Anyway, after uninstalling that program everything worked fine and I actually think general web surfing works faster without it. I could be imagining this but I'm not so sure.
Please check the comments for other possible solutions!
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Another YouTube problem and possible solutions: YouTube Freezing after just a couple of seconds
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By the way, do you use any personalized start page? I have had iGoogle for a long time but never used it. I never liked it. Don't ask why. Today I tried NetVibes and so far it seems really good and it looks a bit better than iGoogle too. So I guess I'll give it a try.
PS. I'm not a Google hater. They make lots of good stuff too.
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Illustration: Caricatures
Two times Dylan.
Caricatures
by Noma Bar (left) and Pablo Lobato (right).
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Vintage food: Sweden House Smorgasbord
Pickled herring anyone? View more images from Sweden House Smorgasbord and more at Senses working overtime's Flickr photostream. Great stuff!
Does anyone know where that is/was?
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Music: "Smoke on the water" Japanese style
Ephemera: Are you a Tiki fan?
If you are - like the eminent MrBaliHai of Eye of the Goof - a Tiki* fan, you will surely love Arkiva Tropika which is loaded with great Tiki ephemera like beautiful menus, place mats, postcards and match covers from different Tiki restaurants, bars, hotels and clubs...
Aloha!
* "Tiki culture in the United States began in 1934 with the opening of Don the Beachcomber, a Polynesian-themed bar and restaurant in Hollywood. The proprietor was Ernest Raymond Beaumont-Gantt, a young man from Louisiana who had sailed throughout the South Pacific; later he legally changed his name to Donn Beach..." (continue reading the Wikipedia article)
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Album Covers: Vinyl acquisitions
Take a look at The In Crowd's recent vinyl acquisitions at I'm Learning To Share!.
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Vintage photos: Cushman's day at the circus
"Charles Weever Cushman, amateur photographer and Indiana University alumnus, bequeathed approximately 14,500 Kodachrome color slides to his alma mater. The photographs in this collection bridge a thirty-two year span from 1938 to 1969, during which time he extensively documented the United States as well as other countries.
Indiana University's Digital Library Program and the Indiana University Archives invite you to explore what Cushman saw. Here you can view his photographs as well as read contextual information about Cushman's life and work."
Robotics: Big Dog
Uploaded by olinerd
You might have seen this before - I did. But I came across it once more today and it blew me away even more this time. See how this monster of a robot - It kind of reminds me of two thin-legged guys with large backpacks stuck to each others heads - makes its way across snowy hills, ice, rocky ground and it even jumps over stuff...
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Travel: Through the Panama canal
Go on a time-lapse journey through the Panama Canal from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean onboard a cruise ship.
Uploaded by radiofreebc
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Cartoon: There is no internet!!
South Park episode 1206 Uncensored.
"We've updated last night's episode, "Over Logging" to the uncensored version ! Check it out!"
Via Bibi
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Blogger: Where do all the images go?
?A question for bloggers or others who would know: If you like me publish most of your images in your blog by using the upload button in the blogger interface - in other words not using a separate tool - then where do all the images go? Well, I'm not really interested in the technological aspect I just want to know if I can find them. If I haven't named them for instance "Martin Klasch number 985" etc, is there anyway of searching for them in Google?
The monkeybunny image to the right that I originally called "A1" was given the name "http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m0YtPN5vgmI/R-pzeuG7EeI/AAAAAAAAC2w/... ...QdFIQgP3nAw/s1600-h/A1.jpg" by Blogger. So I guess that is where it is. But is this blog identified there in anyway? If it is it should be possible to find the rest of the images. Shouldn't it?
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Dancing: ...is it all about the music?
If you like these ol' dancers here's what you get when you search for Al Minns and Leon James on YouTube (you can find more) - some with the great original jazz music and some with more or less good mixes with modern music.
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