Archive for February, 2006

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DDR Museum

February 28, 2006

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Another museum of which i didn’t know it excisted: the DDR museum in the Netherlands. The museum is not big (21 m2) but inexpensive (2,50 euro incl coffee/tea!).
On the site there is a lot of information and pictures of everyday life in the DDR.

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HAL a.o.

February 28, 2006

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The Affiche Museum (Poster museum) in Hoorn, the Netherlands (never knew it excisted) has some posters of the Holland Amerika Line and others on its site.

The posters are made between 1898 and 1956 and look very nostalgic.

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Blue Jake

February 28, 2006

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Blue Jake is a photo-blog made by Jake Dobkin, a 29 year old amateur photographer from New York.

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We Are Scientists

February 27, 2006

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At first, and after looking at the website i thought “We are scientist” would be something like “They Might be Giants”. Bot no way Jose! (nothing negative about They Might Be Giants, can be very good to listen to). WAS is an American band in the best tradition of The Strokes. Fine debut.


With Love and Squalor
We Are Scientists – With Love And Squalor
2005

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The Space Place

February 25, 2006

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This time no kosmonauts but astronauts. Although the name promises more its a very big archive of American space attempts.

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Yuri Gagarin

February 25, 2006

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Speaking about kosmonauts: “Yuri Gagarin, his life in pictures”.
Gagarin was, ofcourse, the first man in space.

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Baikonur Art

February 25, 2006

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Baikonur is the, for a long time kept secret, launch base of the Soviet kosmonauts. Inside the base there are lots of different Sovjet artistic expressions.

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Deadly top 10

February 25, 2006

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A site with a top 10 of the most deadly animals. On number 10 are these lovely frogs.

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CCCP

February 22, 2006

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A website with hundreds of (propaganda) posters from the Soviet Union from 1932 untill 1995.

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Het 500 Project

February 21, 2006

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The 500 project is a project of a school in Ridderkerk, the Netherlands. A group of students try to repair an old Fiat 500 from 1968.