Tag Archives: history

Dublin At War

Admin at 10:43 am October 3, 2012

Het Leven, a Dutch news magazine that lasted between1906-1941, was a pioneer of photo-journalism

These images, from the magazine’s archive housed at the Netherlands state digital library, were unearthed by the ever-resourceful Sibling of Daedalus, who, like us, had never seen them before.

The collection covers the period1920-1922.

Can you help identify the locations?

Het Leven Collection (Geheugenvannederland)

Bonus ‘Het Leven photo for Cork readers: ~~Twilight’s Edward Cullen~~ a pouting Michael Collins:

The Relative Importance Of Historical Figures

Admin at 8:15 am August 10, 2012

Based on the length of their Wikipedia articles.

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Six Decades Of Woo

Admin at 9:06 am July 27, 2012

The CDZA Project – they of ‘It’s A Wonderful World’ In 16 Musical Genres – charts the popular history of him-to-her love songs.

Evolution or descent? You decide.

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Dublin In The 1930s And 1940s (In Colour)

Admin at 9:45 am April 19, 2012

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSmqKeUxb44

OK.The first bit is in black and white.

But still.

Not Just An Old Row of Shops

Admin at 10:52 am January 5, 2012

Taken on January 5, 1915 on the quays in Waterford City.

From The National Library of Ireland:

Came across this while searching for a photo taken on 5 January, and got very excited when I spotted the poster in the window of no. 127, the offices of L. & N.W. Midland and L. & Y. Railways. It’s a WWI recruiting poster that we also have in our Ephemera Collections here at the National Library.

It’s amazing to think of the young men who may have passed this shop window, looked at this poster with excitement or fear, or even disdain. And it’s amazing that we still have the photo and we still have the poster…

National Library of Ireland Flickr Stream

100 Years In 10 Minutes

Admin at 9:00 am January 2, 2012

It’s a bit depressing, this truncated and utterly subjective history lesson.

Interesting though.

Tldw? We learned nothing.

Search History

Admin at 12:24 pm November 30, 2011

Ben Gomes ‘Google Fellow’ (and dead ringer for Rowan Atkinson we reckon) ushers us through the most important algorithmic milestones of the past decade, with a taste of what’s to come.

Hey Kids! Let’s Learn About 9/11!

Admin at 4:11 pm August 5, 2011

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9vNsYQ5rLk

From former Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee’s Learn Our History website, whereby the youth of America receive a totally unbiased and objective account of matters historical and sociopolitical.

*ahem*

Plenty more where that came from.

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Hipster: The Evolution Of A Species

Admin at 4:52 pm August 4, 2011

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbTI7eWaQbk

Mario Glove and Fafa the Gopher of Glove And Boots – they of the excellent Ten Reasons We Hate Facebook – chronicle the evolution of the hipster for your ironic delectation.