January 29th, 2008 · Comments Off
Enlish Russia, WW2 Like Reconstruction:
“A few days ago an anniversary for the blockade of St. Petersburg city during the World War 2. For more than two years the city was in the tight circle of German troops. The front line was already in the suburbs and the downtown was bombed constantly. People suffered from the hunger and illnesses. Tens of thousands died. For those who survived it’s a great day, and those guys dressed in WW2 uniforms dedicate this show for them, the heroes of the blocked city.”
Tags: russia,st. petersburg,ussr,war,wo2
November 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment
NY Times, A Spy’s Path: Iowa to A-Bomb to Kremlin Honor:
“On Nov. 2, the Kremlin startled Western scholars by announcing that President Vladimir V. Putin had posthumously given the highest Russian award to a Soviet agent who penetrated the Manhattan Project to build the atom bomb.”
Zie ook: Putin.
Tags: atomic bomb,espionage,george koval,history,manhattan project,usa,ussr
May 29th, 2006 · Comments Off
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“Remember outsourcing? Sending jobs to India and China is so 2003. The new pool of cheap labor: everyday people using their spare cycles to create content, solve problems, even do corporate R & D.”
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Portrait of Col Needham, founder and managing director of the Internet Movie Database
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“In January 1985, the secretary of the Communist party’s youth wing in Ukraine sent out a secret list to its local committees, naming 38 “ideologically harmful” foreign groups.”
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“Photographer Howard Schatz asks an array of character actors to do what they do the best. “
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“Formule 1 met maar 1 bocht heet Minneapolis 500 en dat is pas echt genieten.”
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“Ultra-rare Talking Heads, performing at CBGB’s in December of 1975 as a trio. This is before Jerry Harrison joined David Byrne, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth.” (plus 5 other songs)
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“7. The United Colors of Megacorp: Does outsourcing to India count as being diverse?”
Tags: acting,cinema,communism,crowd sourcing,design,economics,imdb,music,photography,talking heads,ussr,video,web
February 24th, 2006 · Comments Off
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The Soviet Anthem (With Lyrics.)
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“When I encourage people to start a blog here’s what I suggest they do.”
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“Meredith Finkelstein and Cindy Jeffers developed five robots for Heddatron, a play written by Elizabeth Merriweather, directed by Alex Timbers and produced by the Les Freres Corbusier theatre company.”
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“Astronomers have detected a new type of cosmic outburst that they can’t yet explain. The event was very close to our galaxy, they said. The eruption might portend an even brighter event to come, a supernova”
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“This is a video directed by Stephanie Van Houtte for the Ute Lemper version of the Kurt Weill classic, Mack The Knife. This clip features Stephanie Van Houtte and Steve Van De Casteele and was filmed in Ghent, Belgium. Summer 2005. Edited by Dwid Hellion
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Tags: anthem,astronomy,bbc,music,robots,rufus wainwright,space,supernova,theater,ussr,ute lemper,video,weblogs
