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Enchanted Ceiling
is a menagerie of skies collected by you and your internet neighbors. It consists in a gallery of photos capturing the sky all over the world. The site was inspired by the enchanted ceiling of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, which, by means of a spell, simulated the weather taking place outside. These pictures will nicely complement
the pictures of the earth made from the sky.
posted to MetaFilter by Masi
at 5:48 PM on December 27, 2005
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Lethal Beauty
is a seven-part series by the San Francisco Chronicle about the Golden Gate Bridge and its history of suicides. The articles present both sides of the argument regarding a barrier which would stop such tragedies. The presentation includes graphic representations of
suicides by location,
a timeline and podcasts from
survivors &
relatives, among others.
posted to MetaFilter by Masi
at 3:26 AM on November 11, 2005
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Canto do Brasil
[Flash, sound, MiguelCardosoFilter] is a street-level view of Brazil made by photographer Geoffrey Hiller, more precisely a view of Salvador Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and Sao Paulo.
Another amazing project of his is
Burma, Grace Under Pressure [Flash, sound], exposing Burma's beauty and sadness.
Also check
Eastern Europe: Visions & Icons [Flash] ,where Hiller's post-Berlin Wall photographs are accompanied by Lev Liberman's moving text,
New York City: After The Fall [Flash, sound], an elegy to New Yorkers affected by 9/11, and his
journal from Vietnam.
posted to MetaFilter by Masi
at 6:44 AM on September 1, 2004
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Advertising Copycats
is a site where various ad prints are compared for resemblances, from odd coincidences to downright plagiarism.
[in French]
posted to MetaFilter by Masi
at 6:30 AM on August 11, 2004
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Bin Ladin's Former 'Bodyguard' Interviewed on Al-Qa'ida Strategies.
An interview taken by the
Al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper in London with one of Bin Ladin's former bodyguards brings out many interesting things, such as him admitting that Al Qaida is no longer an entity, but an ideology. Another strong point of the interview is his summary of Al Qaida tactics:
Al-Qa'ida pursues a method or principle that calls for "centralization of decision and decentralization of execution.".
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at 4:26 AM on August 7, 2004
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English Accents and Dialects.
The British Library has compiled an online archive of northern speech dating back to the 19th century. The recordings range from from audio from Victorian cylinder dictaphones to 1950s football fans chanting.
posted to MetaFilter by Masi
at 6:20 AM on August 1, 2004
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