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Diderot: Anatomie

Swany — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:45:16 +0000

The end of Hollywood as we knew it

Swany — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:10:06 +0000

And good riddance. From the movie Endhiran (Robot in Tamil).

Haddon Sundblom

Swany — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:10:56 +0000

American Art Archives: Haddon Sundblom (1899 – 1976). Created three corporate icons: Aunt Jemima mammy, Quaker Oats Quaker, and the Coca-Cola Santa.

The Milky Way over Devil’s Tower

Swany — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:55:10 +0000

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Andy Devine

Swany — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:16:30 +0000

Warning Signs – a set on Flickr

Swany — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:17:21 +0000

Warning Signs – a set on Flickr

A True Image from False Kiva

Swany — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:43:19 +0000

Astronomy Picture of the Day: Far in the distance is part of the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy, taken with a long duration exposure. Much closer, the planet Jupiter is visible as the bright point just to band’s left. Closer still are picturesque buttes and mesas of the Canyonlands National Park in Utah, USA, lit by a crescent moon. In the foreground is a cave housing a stone circle of unknown origin named False Kiva. The cave was briefly lit by flashlight during the long exposure. Astrophotographer Wally Pacholka.

Song Catcher: 1916

Swany — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:38:14 +0000

Shorpy :: History in HD: February 9, 1916. “Mountain Chief of Piegan Blackfeet making phonographic record at Smithsonian.” The interviewer is ethnologist Frances Densmore. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.

Marseille manhole covers

Swany — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:42:11 +0000

Plaques d’égout

Chemins de St. Jacques de Compostelle

Swany — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:53:55 +0000

Chemins de St. Jacques de Compostelle: The Way of St. James, or St. James’s Way, is the pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where legend has it that the remains of the apostle Saint James the Great are buried.

Santiago de Compostela: One etymology for the name “Compostela” is that it comes from the Latin phrase campus stellae, i.e. “field of the star”, making Santiago de Compostela “St. James of the Field of the Star”. This would reflect the belief that the bones of St. James were taken from the Middle East, to Spain and then buried where a shepherd had spotted a star. A church was eventually built over the bones, and later replaced with the Cathedral de Santiago de Compostela.
Other etymologies derive from the Latin word Compositum, i.e. “The well founded”, or Composita Tella, meaning “burial ground”. Yet another etymology derives it from “San Jacome Apostol”.