Category: Culture

  • 1910 Russia – Photos

    1910 Russia – Photos

    These pictures of Russia are color photos taken a few years before the October REvolution. A memory of a far era and of a society which has been deeply transformed in the following years. Big Picture – Russia in color a century ago.

  • Let the US government teach you a language

    These are language courses which have been developed by the US government and are set in the public domain. So, you can use them as much as you want. A long list of languages: Amharic Arabic Bulgarian Cambodian Cantonese Chinese Chinyanja Czech Finnish French Fula German Greek Hausa Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Igbo Italian Japanese Kituba…

  • JerkSystem

    JerkSystem

    JerkSystem during the Emergenza National Finals, in Elysée Montmartre (Paris) on June 26th, 2010. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge the images Some of the images are available as posters and large prints on RedBubble.com. If you need others, please, feel free to contact me directly to arrange for other prints. JerkSystem on MySpace.

  • Pixel Culture

    Pixels by patrick Jean – Invasion pixels : geek tetris pacman ! YouTube link

  • O Magnum Mysterium, Morten Lauridsen

    Found by chance alone, I wanted to let you immerse into it. YouTube link

  • Scientific jokes

    YouTube link If you’re not a scientist and you don’t understand these, there is no shame to feel. Some scientists are just wondering what this is all about… Source: Brian Malow on Fora.tv.

  • Mark Twain

    Mark Twain

    Exactly one century ago, died Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),[3] better-known by his pen name Mark Twain. So, why not celebrate this with a few tidbits about him? For example, the only known video showing Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) at home with his two daughters Clara and Jean: YouTube link…

  • Zoom into the Mandelbrot set

    The fashion of drawing fractals is a memory of the past (it was probably linked to the first appearance of computers able to collate the computing power for the needed calculations and the display capacity for complex images). But the pleasure is all mine to find this HD video which sends us into a Mandelbrot…

  • Model train lovers, get your magnifying glass!

    Really! It will be in strong need to admire this Z-scale model of an N-gauge train. It’s real small (it was used to recreate a small model train going in a shop window inside a Z-scale model train). Admire the wonderful work of art! YouTube link