Book Design: German and Swiss
450+
examples of German and Swiss Modern Book Design.
Via Grain Edit and This isn't happiness
Problem: YouTube Freezing
I've been experiencing YouTube problems again... sigh! But - I also think I've found the solution! :D
The problem: When trying to watch the videos they load but won't play more than a second or so - it freezes.
The solution: Closing down Skype. There seems to be a conflict between the two.
Maybe this information is relevant to you too.
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UPDATE: Well I'm not so sure how relevant it was even to me. The problem came back so I googled some more and I hope this is going to help at least me: FireFox Support: Flash animations (like youtube video) stops playing after 2 seconds
I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
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Vintage Photos: Lion in a sidecar
"This is a picture of people racing in a motorcycle and a go-cart with a sidecar with a lion in it on a vertical wall-of-death."
uploaded by wondrousstrange at
LiveJournal - Vintage Photographs
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Ephemera: German Sheet Music
This is the cover of a German early 1930's book of sheet music. I admit it's also a repost from about three years ago, but hey it's summertime. And it is beautiful. Right?
Here you can find another nice one that I found in the same thrift store.
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Album Covers: Brazilian Style
Brazilian album cover art.
Find more at Sabadabada! This is actually sort of a repost from three years ago but I was inspired by this post at Grain Edit.
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Magazine Covers: FON FON
Vintage Brazilian magazine cover
from Gatochy's Flickr (Gatochy's blog)
"Illustration by artist Gil Brandão.
Image kindly donated by Ciana Bodini of A Colecionista blog. Ilustração Portuguesa blog."
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Vintage Ads: Shoes at Konsum 1953
A Swedish shoe ad for Konsum's shoes found in Allers magazine from 1953, by Mr J.
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Funny: i am neurotic.
"i have to think “julius ceasar” three times while holding down the flusher on the toilet everytime i flush. i have no idea why."
i am neurotic.
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Vintage Comics: That's the Spirit - Part1
Who is The Spirit?
By the way, there's gonna be a lot of hoopla about The Spirit later this year on the count of the Frank Miller movie version hitting the theaters in December. (Trailer). I'm rather skeptical... OK, no more free advertisement from me about that, but maybe I'll post a few more The Spirit cover pages. The creator Will Eisner's designs of these are probably what I love most about the comic.
Visit Will Eisner.com.
One other thing. Movies has been based on comic book characters for a long long time and you've probably noticed that they produce more of those movies now than ever before. It is probably due to the movie industry's lack of "own" ideas and the fact that there is hardly no technical limitations left to what you can visualize on screen. And just think about all the merchandise you can sell if you make a hit. That's got to a be tempting prospect. Anyway here are a few interesting and related Wikipedia links:
-List of films based on English-language comics
-List of comics based on films
-Superhero film
-List of films based on DC Comics
-List of films based on Marvel Comics
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Quiz: Who are these people??
Joe Reynolds .... Mike Riggins .... Ryder .... Xander Ronson .... Brixos .... Nikolai Cherenko .... Lance Rockford .... John Foster .... Randy .... Frank Gannon .... Sam Decker .... Jason Price .... Matt Hendricks .... Nick Preston .... Matt Sorenson .... Major Jack Holloway .... Warchild .... Christian Erickson .... Lukas Sadorov .... Jack Devlin .... Major Frank Cross .... Waxman .... Michael Dane .... Street Preacher .... Nick Gunar .... Eric Brogar .... Wellman Anthony Santee .... Andrew Scott .... Sgt. Chris Kenner .... Mike Anderson .... Jack Caine .... Frank Castle .... Lt. Nikolai Rachenko .... Venz
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UPDATE:
Mr Josephzohn won! They are all Dolph characters. When I saw the list of the roll names in IMDb I just thought them really funny. They are - except from a few like the Russian ones - so very pulp fiction hero-esque... Lance Rockford, Sam Decker and Jack Caine. But of course his movies are the exact equivalence to pulp fiction books. I admit that I left out He-Man and Captain Ivan Drago. I thought it might make it too easy. Mr J's prize, which he must share with all of you, is this photo of Dolph Lundgren as the Punisher - Frank Castle, hero-cop. Enjoy!
Action Hero Name Generator
Tough-Man Name Generator
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