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11th January 2000

The Life Of Von Dutch

“Pinstriping on cars and motorcycles was a dead art when 15-yr. old Kenny Howard went to work in George Beerup’s motorcycle shop in the mid-forties. The last automobile striping on an american car was done by General Motors in 1938. Then, in the mid-fifties, customizers brought it back in style in mostly radical form believing they were doing something entirely new! Kenny, the motorcycle mechanic was the man who started this ‘new’ vogue under the name ‘Von Dutch.’”

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11th January 2000

the book of the future

“The Future of Book of the Future is an exploration and visualization of the book by artists, writers, thinkers, historians, and history makers. The subject is not whether books have a future, but what new forms they will take. How will the future book continue to manifest creativity and disseminate knowledge? The Future of the Book of the Future attempts to discuss whether generations to come will continue to recognize the book as the interface of collected thought and the catalyst for cultural change or regard it after the turn of this century as a quaint, yellowing dinosaur.”

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11th January 2000

LEGO® Instruction and Catalog Scans

“This archive is the result of tens of thousands of hours of effort from LEGO® enthusiasts like yourself. This is an unofficial, fan created website.”

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11th January 2000

eXPLANATiON architecture: project: image maps

This is an awesome thought. “What can be explained when cameras return historical images with your photographs? Everyday photographs tell where you have been and what you have seen. We are creating cameras and software that show you what was there before you were.” Here are the guts: Inquiry with Imagery: Historical Archive Retrieval with Digital Cameras.

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11th January 2000

LEGO® Instruction and Catalog Scans

“This archive is the result of tens of thousands of hours of effort from LEGO® enthusiasts like yourself. This is an unofficial, fan created website.”

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11th January 2000

MIT List of Radio Stations on the Internet

“Links to over 9000 radio stations. This is a list of radio stations that have information published about them available on the Internet. If a radio station is not on this list it is because I am unaware that it has a web page. If it has a web page, please let me know the URL and I will happily add it to the list.”

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11th January 2000

MIT List of Radio Stations on the Internet

“Links to over 9000 radio stations. This is a list of radio stations that have information published about them available on the Internet. If a radio station is not on this list it is because I am unaware that it has a web page. If it has a web page, please let me know the URL and I will happily add it to the list.”

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11th January 2000

the book of the future

“The Future of Book of the Future is an exploration and visualization of the book by artists, writers, thinkers, historians, and history makers. The subject is not whether books have a future, but what new forms they will take. How will the future book continue to manifest creativity and disseminate knowledge? The Future of the Book of the Future attempts to discuss whether generations to come will continue to recognize the book as the interface of collected thought and the catalyst for cultural change or regard it after the turn of this century as a quaint, yellowing dinosaur.”

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11th January 2000

eXPLANATiON architecture: project: image maps

This is an awesome thought. “What can be explained when cameras return historical images with your photographs? Everyday photographs tell where you have been and what you have seen. We are creating cameras and software that show you what was there before you were.” Here are the guts: Inquiry with Imagery: Historical Archive Retrieval with Digital Cameras.

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