A photo blog about what life a hundred years ago was like: How people looked and what they did for a living, back when not having a job usually meant not eating. tags shorpy photo blog century past historySome photos are more recent, all the way up to the 1940s, but still interesting. picked by DaftGretel 3 years ago |
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Every day, for almost 7,000 days, starting in 1979, Jamie Livingston took a Polaroid. In 1997 he died, and his friends and family gathered together the photos and made them into an exhibit. This is some pretty awesome stuff. The real website just recently got huge hits on it causing it to shut down, but here is a blog with some sample photos and a summary of this man's life. I will update the po... read full post picked by muppetmaker 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share world |
This is an excellent photo blog I discovered recently. I love castles and old architecture. picked by RTCA 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
California high schooler Allison Stokke, 18, becomes a victim of unwanted attention after photo is posted on a sports blog. picked by kxmk 3 years ago 9 comments edit related share plime.com |
This is a brilliant gallery of some of the most emotional and intense pictures from Reuters throughout 2005. 4 comments edit related share plime.comReally well presented too. Be careful at work. picked by Milkshake 3 years ago |
Blogging is a passion in Japan, to the point that if you DON'T have a blog, you're hopelessly behind the times. With 1.5 million new blog posts every day, even Sumo wrestlers have blogs - at least, top-level wrestler Kotoshogiku does. picked by Mitzuzake 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share technology |
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Cool is about all I can say about this. picked by Mershaullk 3 years ago 9 comments edit related share weird |
Zoom into this photo mosaic to reveal endless levels of more photos. picked by ogri2003 2 years ago 12 comments edit related share plime.com |
The gallery's official explanation in trendy English, by the way: "...People like you submit photos of real life errors, screw-ups, or downright awful mistakes of the English language. It could be anything from a misspelled street sign to improper use of an apostrophe on a business card or anything else that just doesn’t look right, etc." Many other fail topics on this page as wel... read full post picked by TraumaMamma 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share entertainment |
Slap an 'I Park Like An Idiot' sticker on that poorly parked vehicle, snap a photo and send it in. 8 comments edit related share entertainmentI cant stand people who park like this. picked by muppetmaker 1 year ago |
Andrew Marsinko discovered that a photo of him holding a goose is on a greeting card asking if you'd like to be goosed. He claims he never signed a waiver and is suing for $7.5 million dollars. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
In 1994, someone started blogging for the first time. It was probably either Justin Hall or David Winer, depending on whom you ask. Here is a list of the blog posts that created the biggest buzz since that first post 14 years ago. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Photo manipulation is one of the most creative artforms to come out of the digital age. Here we showcase ten masters of this technique and 48 examples of their stunning artwork, blending real photos with synthetic elements for a surreal result. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago 0 comments edit related share arts |
A photo album created by an SS officer stationed at Auschwitz has been donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The unique album shows the life and activities of officers at the camp. Compare those officers to the prisoners. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Photo retouching is big business. One of the best is Pascal Dangin and he is in great demand. In one issue of Vogue he tweaked 144 images: a 107 ads (Estée Lauder, Gucci, Dior, etc.), 36 fashion pictures, and the cover, featuring Drew Barrymore. 6 comments edit related share artsNow a days, Seeing is not believing as this Madonna (age 50) picture he retouched will show. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago |
Having a blog and making it known to cyber world is not as easy as it may seem. Many people think that they can write it or build it and they will come. This is not the case at all. Just because you put something out there on the WWW, does not mean that it will be seen by all. There are some things that you can do to ensure that your blog will be seen and seen by many. Blog marketing is really onl... read full post picked by hemant 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
There are a lot of blogs out there that look great but they load very slowly. The load time of websites is one of the most important factors affecting its usability; most Internet users will just skip a site altogether if it fails to load within a couple of seconds.The longer your blog take to load the more people will just skip your site, so the load time of your blog is one of the most importan... read full post picked by Cristian 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
OK, that should be Botany Photo Of A Day. November 10th, to be precise. I picked this one because it looks kind of unearthly, but it's worth browsing around the site. 6 comments edit related share plime.comJaxomlotus did post a link to another page on BPotD, but that was a while ago. And a different day. Main page here picked by pocksucket 2 years ago |
New showcase photo gallery, provided by Pentax. picked by andrego 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
A blog is worth only what someone will pay for it, right? With this tool you can see what Technorati thinks your blog is worth. picked by shakadoo 3 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
This blurry photo is causing excitement on paranormal websites, amid speculation that it could show a new species of winged mammal. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |