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Internet Media Technology

Panoramio photo site

Photo site lets you map your photos to Google maps. They can also appear in Google Earth if accepted.

link iconhttp://www.panoramio.com/

View my pics here:

link iconhttp://www.panoramio.com/user/719094

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Internet Science

Do Try This At Home

YouTube member, Mr. G performs experiments more for their cool factor than in the interest of science. Here in one of his episodes, he makes a flame thrower from a match and clothes pin.

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Internet Media

Internet Movie – The Interior

Experimental casting and distribution highlight this production. Cast auditioned by submitting videos to YouTube. Very high production values from what I’ve seen so far, seems promising.

link iconhttp://www.theinterior.tv

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Art

Sculpture from Saplings and Twigs

This artist builds unique sculptures by bending saplings and twigs into shapes and buildings.

stickwork.net

link iconhttp://www.stickwork.net/installations.php

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History Internet

Resurrect Old Web Sites

A function on the site, Internet Archive, lets you go back in time and look at what sites looked like in years past. They have 85 billion web pages archived from 1996.

link iconhttp://www.archive.org/web/web.php

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Science

Georgia Coast Facts

Although Georgia has only about 100 miles of coastline, it contains one third of the East Coasts salt marsh.

Brunswick’s port is the western most port on the East coast.

A straight line from Brunswick north would cross Cincinnati, OH.

link iconhttp://www.uga.edu/aquarium/nathist1.html

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Books Government

Demanding Democracy

In his book, This Just In: What I Couldn’t Tell You on TV Bob Schieffer recalls fellow reporter Eric Sevareid saying, “Democracy requires more of it’s citizens than any other form of government.” That certainly rings true with the difficulty of the citizens of Iraq to come together to form a stable democratic government.

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Science

Spanish Moss member of the Pineapple family

Spanish Moss, the stringy growth that hangs from trees in the US coastal Southeast, is actually not really a moss but a member of the plant family Bromeliaceae, also known as the pineapple family. Check the links for interesting legends of the origin of this plant.

link iconBeaufort Co. Library archived page

link iconhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_moss

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Books History Media

Stetson Kennedy, Superman and the KKK

The authors of Freakonomics relate an interesting story about the KKK after WWII. Wanting to combat the rise of the KKK, activist Stetson Kennedy went undercover and infiltrated the group. In attempt to discredit the organization and expose their covert practices, Kennedy gave the writers of the Superman radio drama detailed information about the workings of the KKK, including secret codewords and details of Klan rituals. The writers produced four episodes of the radio show chronicling the super hero fighting the Klan. The authors contend that the radio show episodes had a negative impact on the Klan and hastened it’s demise.

link iconhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stetson_Kennedy

buy iconFreakonomics

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Media

Spielberg still reaps Star Wars profits

Lucas, after wrapping up Star Wars, visits Spielberg on the set of Close Encounters. Impressed with the giant set and production and convinced Star Wars would be a flop, Lucas offers to trade 2.5 percent of each directors movies.

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54i9-BYVvQA&rel=0]

Spielberg on Spielberg documentary, TCM

or just google “spielberg lucas bet”