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Vintage Photos: Monkeys in mini-cars

Monkeys in mini-cars with groupies (?)
uploaded by sombersigh to LiveJournal - Vintage Photographs

Animals in cars are popular, right? It isn't as good as the last one, I know.

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Vintage Photo: Twain in Tesla's Lab

Mark Twain in Nikola Tesla's Lab, 1894

"Taken in the spring of 1894, and originally published as part of an article by T.C. Martin called "Tesla's Oscillator and Other Inventions" that appeared in the Century Magazine (April 1895). "

uploaded by ms_geekette to LiveJournal - Vintage Photographs

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Ephemera: 2CV 1959 Brochure

French 2CV Brochure 1959
Via han Mr J

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More Citroën:
- Citroën 2cv AZ 1954 folder.
- From citrobe.org:
the 50s, the 60s, the 70s and the 80s

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Modernism: Design & Expo 58

"Expo 58, Praha 1962, graphic design František Cubr. Few pictures from the book here: bloggy

Exhibition about the exhibition and the style that came out of it, see here: www.expo58.info/"

From Handy hands´ corner / Výrobky dovedných rukou's Flickr.

More images from Expo 58 and the Atomium at Atomium58's Flickr.
Via This isn't Happiness!
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Related on Martin Klasch:
Architecture: Restored Modernism
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Poster Art: Sci-fi movie #3

Invaders from Mars (1953, USA, AKA Gli invasori spaziali (Italy)) Poster by Renato Fratini

The Sci-fi movie poster series.

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Statistics: The Three Most Popular Posts

I just realized, checking in on the stats, that Martin Klasch had a hit post almost two weeks ago - on the 1st of this month to be exact. Sure there were a few comments but not a staggering amount so I had no idea.

The average number of unique visitors a day, over the last two years is 301 but during the same period three (3) posts have created some major traffic - or so I think anyway.

The first and the most popular one was The James Bond title sequences on the 21st of November 2006 - unfortunately those videos are gone from YouTube but most or all the titles can be found if you search for them. Anyway, it generated 8,691 visitors and about 20,000 "extra" visitors all together.

The second peak visible on the chart was small in comparison peaking at 2,087 (approximately 4,500 in total). The post, on the 2nd of February 2007, was this one: Desmond Dekker - Israelites. Oh yes, go ahead - you can still watch and listen to the great Mr Dekker.

And now, finally, the third "top post" and the one I began telling you about in the beginning of this post. The second most popular post ever for this blog is... *drum roll*: Lion in a sidecar! It took in about 7,500 visitors total in one week and peaking on the 1st of August (2008) at 5,065. It seems that MetaFilter was mainly responsible for spreading the word. The other times I believe it was boingboing's fault.

So, how do we wrap this post up? Why have I been reading this, you ask. Is there a conclusion or a moral to it all? Golly, what demands! Well, I don't know, maybe it makes it pretty obvious that a post need not be very elaborate or very good to be a hit. This blog has certainly had more elaborate and some better posts. That's what I think at least. But whether or not you create a hit has a great deal to do with timing and luck. But you already knew that. Thanks for reading.

PS. No I don't think this post will grab a spot in the Martin Klasch hall of fame.

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Typography: La lettre...

The letter in decor and "modern" advertising
at Agence Eureka.

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Comic Cover: Gunsmoke

Click image to enlarge

Gunsmoke
- a comic book cover by Jack Kirby
(see Jack Kirby Museum, Monster Blog etc)

Via Tomb It May Concern

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Book Cover: The Ballad of Cat Ballou

Cat Ballou

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Stamps: 60s Swedish

A few Swedish stamps from the 60s.
(The bottom pair promoting "The right-hand traffic diversion" in 1967. Mer om detta på svenska.)

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Ephemera: Ragtime Sheet Music Covers

Ragtime Sheet Music Covers
Via han Mr J.

Music: Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes
1942-2008

Boomp3.com

Music via PCL LinkDump

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Vintage comics: You want I should bop you with this here lollipop?

"Herbie Popnecker, a parody of a superhero, first appeared in Forbidden Worlds #73 in December 1958, published by ACG, American Comics Group. It was the introduction of the antithesis of a hero -- short, fat, young -- but this unlikely hero was one of the most powerful and best known beings in history.
Deriving some of his powers from genetics and some from magical lollipops from the Unknown, Herbie could talk to animals (who knew him by name), fly (by walking on air), become invisible, and when he got his own comic, travel through time." (continue reading the Wikipedia article)

Herbie Popnecker: Examples of Recurring Themes

I didn't know of Herbie Popnecker until today when I read this post at I'm Learning To Share. Thanks, the in crowd!

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