Tag: history

Bacon Bits

via: OnlineSchools.orgSome consider bacon to be the meat candy. Bacon can be dressed up with many things from salads to burgers.

The Menu Library

There is just about everything in the world. Even a menu library. Somebody's compulsive behavior has become our reward. To some menus are pieces of paper but to

The Garbage Truck

Here is an industry that keeps every city afloat, if not for them all cities would surely fall. We ridicule them and pay no respect for these people

Taking Back the Story

In with the new. Out with the old. The new media is now controlled by the people. In the 20th century the media dictated to us.

Propaganda War Posters

When Beans Were Bullets: War-Era Food Posters is a great exhibition held at the National Agricultural Library. This collection shows how the government was able to enlist even

Google Lit Trips

Google Lit Trips is putting literature back on the map. If you are a bibliophile, you can plan your trip around famous literature.

Mad Men Season 4

http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/83327935001?isVid=1The best show on the air or iTunes is back tonight. Mad Men season four begins with new twists. The fleshed out characters have matured and ready to

When Humans Ruled the Earth

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13010221&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1Our worth is greatly exaggerated on this planet. We find new ways to create and destroy at the same time. Stephen Ong's insightful little animation study of industrial

Google Doodle: Frida Kahlo Tribute

In a case of Aerosmith in reverse, lady looks like a dude. Google is celebrating the birth of Frida Kahlo, who was born on July 6th, 1907.

Nuclear Reaction: The History of Nuclear Testing

http://blip.tv/play/AeaDFAIThe magnitude of nuclear bomb testing by various countries from 1945- 1998 is staggering as artist Isao Hashimoto explores through a global bird's eye view through history as

Census 2010

Here is an interesting study in racial tolerance and discrimination at the same time. Since 1790 the population of the United States has been filled out a by