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Saturday, December 10, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Daily Digest 9/5 - How The U.S. Debt Got So Bad, Where's The Oil Price Collapse, Iran Plugs In First Nuclear Plant - Blogs at Chris Martenson
Daily Digest 9/5 - How The U.S. Debt Got So Bad, Where's The Oil Price Collapse, Iran Plugs In First Nuclear Plant - Blogs at Chris Martenson: "Where's Our Oil Price Collapse? (JimQ)
Make no mistake about it, without plentiful, cheap, and easy to access oil, the United States of America would descend into chaos and collapse. The fantasies painted by “green” energy dreamers only serve to divert the attention of the non critical thinking masses from the fact our sprawling suburban hyper technological society would come to a grinding halt in a matter of days without the 18 to 19 million barrels per day needed to run this ridiculous reality show. Delusional Americans think the steaks, hot dogs and pomegranates in their grocery stores magically appear on the shelves, the thirty electronic gadgets that rule their lives are created out of thin air by elves and the gasoline they pump into their mammoth SUVs is their God given right."
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Make no mistake about it, without plentiful, cheap, and easy to access oil, the United States of America would descend into chaos and collapse. The fantasies painted by “green” energy dreamers only serve to divert the attention of the non critical thinking masses from the fact our sprawling suburban hyper technological society would come to a grinding halt in a matter of days without the 18 to 19 million barrels per day needed to run this ridiculous reality show. Delusional Americans think the steaks, hot dogs and pomegranates in their grocery stores magically appear on the shelves, the thirty electronic gadgets that rule their lives are created out of thin air by elves and the gasoline they pump into their mammoth SUVs is their God given right."
'via Blog this'
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Days of the Week
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It was named after the planet within the 2nd century by the Romans. The planet was named for the Roman god of agriculture. It has been called dies Saturni ("Saturn's Day"), through which has evolved into Old English as Saterdaeg and gradually evolved into the word "Saturday".
In Greek Mythology "Cronus" was worshiped as a harvest deity, overseeing crops such as grains, nature and agriculture. He was usually depicted with a sickle, which he used to harvest crops and which was also the weapon he used to castrate and depose Uranus. Cronus is associated with the Roman god Saturn.
http://s2.webstarts.com/lunarsabbath/origin_of_saturday.html
The origins of the names of the days of the week:
Saturday
The word "Saturday" originates from the latin word "dies saturni"/"day of Saturn"It was named after the planet within the 2nd century by the Romans. The planet was named for the Roman god of agriculture. It has been called dies Saturni ("Saturn's Day"), through which has evolved into Old English as Saterdaeg and gradually evolved into the word "Saturday".
In Greek Mythology "Cronus" was worshiped as a harvest deity, overseeing crops such as grains, nature and agriculture. He was usually depicted with a sickle, which he used to harvest crops and which was also the weapon he used to castrate and depose Uranus. Cronus is associated with the Roman god Saturn.
http://s2.webstarts.com/lunarsabbath/origin_of_saturday.html
Sunday
Sun worship infects ancient Israel: In the ancient world, 'sun worship' was one of the most common forms of pagan idolatry. Immediately after Israel left Egypt, God warned His people against being "driven to worship the sun." Deuteronomy 4:19…..' And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.' ….. Yet Israel later yielded to temptation, compromised with the nations around them, and dedicated their "horses ... to the sun." 2 Kings 23:11. During a time of revival, King Josiah purged much of Israel and "burned the chariots of the sun with fire." 2 Kings 23:11. Before the Babylonian captivity, many Israelite leaders rejected their Creator, yielded again to idolatry, and "worshipped the sun toward the east." Ezekiel 8:16……' And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.' …… Sounds a lot like the 'sunrise service' many churches have at easter.Sunday, July 10, 2011
21 Logo Evolutions of the World’s Well Known Logo Designs
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The evolution of logo designing could be traced back to the Ancient Greece, when the rulers and their dynasties used to use cipher as a monogram in their coins. However, the modern logo designing dates back to the early days of the Renaissance, around the 13th Century. Goldsmiths, masons, paper makers, and potters, were among the first trades people to use marks-pressings into gold, chiseled symbols, watermarks on paper, and simple thumb-prints on pottery.
The evolution of logo designing could be traced back to the Ancient Greece, when the rulers and their dynasties used to use cipher as a monogram in their coins. However, the modern logo designing dates back to the early days of the Renaissance, around the 13th Century. Goldsmiths, masons, paper makers, and potters, were among the first trades people to use marks-pressings into gold, chiseled symbols, watermarks on paper, and simple thumb-prints on pottery.
Today there are many corporations, products, brands, services, agencies and other entities using an ideogram (sign, icon) or an emblem (symbol) or a combination of sign and emblem as a logo. However, only a few of the thousands of ideograms people see are recognized without a name.
Let’s look at the history and evolution of the well known logo designs. If you are a logo designer, I bet you will learn a lot from their mistakes, and a long path of improvements until they’ve reached the final design. If you are just an ordinary mortal – don’t worry, this will be at least very entertaining for you.
P.S.: I’ll try to keep this logo evolution post up-to-date as much as possible. So, if you see anything missing here on Bored Panda’s logo evolutions list, please let me know!
Pepsi Logo Evolution
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Manufactured and marketed by PepsiCo, it was first developed and produced in the early 1890’s by Caleb Bradham, a pharmacist in New Bern, North Carolina labeled as “Brad’s drink”. In 1898, Bradham renamed his drink into “Pepsi-Cola”.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Top 15 Worst Logo FAILS Ever
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Marketers say that one of the most important marketing tools is a good logodesign. It not only provides an easy to recognize identity for your business but also communicates who you are. That’s why every company considering creating or buying a logo design should know the criteria that make for an effective logo.
The first feature of a good and effectivelogo is that it can immediately “grab” viewer’s attention. Your logo should have an immediate impact and hold the viewer’s attention.
However, if you did manage to catch the viewer’s eye – that doesn’t necessary mean you are doing good. There might always be a hidden penis you cannot see at first sight.
Here’s a list of Top 15 Worst Logo Fails of all time which probably didn’t look so bad at first glance.
Honest Logos By Viktor Hertz (Part II)
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For those who haven’t seen the Part I of Honest logos by Viktor Hertz, first take a look: here. Now that you’ve done that, we’d like to show you some more new logos from Viktor’s ongoing series titled “Honest logos”.
As we’ve talked before, Viktor Hertz is a freelance Graphic Designer from Sweden who turns well known logos into “Honest Logos”. He does that by cleverly changing the name of the company while still preserving the original style of the logo.
“An idea for a series with honest logos, revealing the actual content of the company, what they really should be called. Some are cheap, some might be a bit funny, some will maybe be brilliant. I don’t know.” says the artist.
Websites: flickr | twitter
For those who haven’t seen the Part I of Honest logos by Viktor Hertz, first take a look: here. Now that you’ve done that, we’d like to show you some more new logos from Viktor’s ongoing series titled “Honest logos”.
As we’ve talked before, Viktor Hertz is a freelance Graphic Designer from Sweden who turns well known logos into “Honest Logos”. He does that by cleverly changing the name of the company while still preserving the original style of the logo.
“An idea for a series with honest logos, revealing the actual content of the company, what they really should be called. Some are cheap, some might be a bit funny, some will maybe be brilliant. I don’t know.” says the artist.
Websites: flickr | twitter
Honest Logos By Viktor Hertz (Part I)
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We’ve already laughed at the Top 15 Worst Logo FAILS Ever, tried to find hidden objects in 30 Clever Logos With Hidden Symbolism and even learned some history from 21 Logo Evolutions of the World’s Well Known Logo Designs, but we’ve never looked at what would happen if companies created honest logos.
Viktor Hertz, a freelance Graphic Designer from Sweden, finally did it – he turned well known logos into “Honest Logos”.
“An idea for a series with honest logos, revealing the actual content of the company, what they really should be called. Some are cheap, some might be a bit funny, some will maybe be brilliant. I don’t know.” says the artist.
Websites: flickr | twitter
We’ve already laughed at the Top 15 Worst Logo FAILS Ever, tried to find hidden objects in 30 Clever Logos With Hidden Symbolism and even learned some history from 21 Logo Evolutions of the World’s Well Known Logo Designs, but we’ve never looked at what would happen if companies created honest logos.
Viktor Hertz, a freelance Graphic Designer from Sweden, finally did it – he turned well known logos into “Honest Logos”.
“An idea for a series with honest logos, revealing the actual content of the company, what they really should be called. Some are cheap, some might be a bit funny, some will maybe be brilliant. I don’t know.” says the artist.
Websites: flickr | twitter
36 More Clever Logos With Hidden Symbolism, Part 4
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If you are a graphic designer looking for some logo ideas and inspiration, then it’s your lucky day because we handpicked another list of Clever Logos With Hidden Symbolism. And if this is not enough, there’s 100+ more creative logos in our previous posts: see part I, part II andpart III.
However, if you are a mere mortal and not a designer, you can still view these cool logos and try to find the hidden symbols. Oh, and if you wanna have a good laugh, don’t forget to check out the Top 15 Worst Logo FAILS Ever and Honest Logos by Viktor Hertz. If you are more into history, then you might wanna take a look at 21 Logo Evolutions of the World’s Well Known Logo Designs.
Now, enough will all the old post promotion stuff, let’s jump to the pictures! However, note that part of the logos are still only proposals waiting to be acquired by some lucky company.
If you are a graphic designer looking for some logo ideas and inspiration, then it’s your lucky day because we handpicked another list of Clever Logos With Hidden Symbolism. And if this is not enough, there’s 100+ more creative logos in our previous posts: see part I, part II andpart III.
However, if you are a mere mortal and not a designer, you can still view these cool logos and try to find the hidden symbols. Oh, and if you wanna have a good laugh, don’t forget to check out the Top 15 Worst Logo FAILS Ever and Honest Logos by Viktor Hertz. If you are more into history, then you might wanna take a look at 21 Logo Evolutions of the World’s Well Known Logo Designs.
Now, enough will all the old post promotion stuff, let’s jump to the pictures! However, note that part of the logos are still only proposals waiting to be acquired by some lucky company.
33 More Creative Logos With Hidden Symbolism, Part 3
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If you are a logo designer looking for some typography and logo inspiration, then it’s your lucky day because we’ve made another list of Creative Logos With Hidden Symbolism. And if this is not enough, there’s 70 more incredibly clever logos in our previous logo collections: see part I and part II.
However, if you are a mere mortal and not a designer, you can still view these cool logos and try to find the hidden symbols. Oh, and if you wanna have a good laugh, don’t forget to check out the Top 15 Worst Logo FAILS Ever and Honest Logos by Viktor Hertz. If you are more into history, then you might wanna take a look at 21 Logo Evolutions of the World’s Well Known Logo Designs.
Now, enough will all the old post promotion stuff, let’s jump to the pictures! However, note that part of the featured logos are still only proposals waiting to be acquired by some lucky company.
If you are a logo designer looking for some typography and logo inspiration, then it’s your lucky day because we’ve made another list of Creative Logos With Hidden Symbolism. And if this is not enough, there’s 70 more incredibly clever logos in our previous logo collections: see part I and part II.
However, if you are a mere mortal and not a designer, you can still view these cool logos and try to find the hidden symbols. Oh, and if you wanna have a good laugh, don’t forget to check out the Top 15 Worst Logo FAILS Ever and Honest Logos by Viktor Hertz. If you are more into history, then you might wanna take a look at 21 Logo Evolutions of the World’s Well Known Logo Designs.
Now, enough will all the old post promotion stuff, let’s jump to the pictures! However, note that part of the featured logos are still only proposals waiting to be acquired by some lucky company.
40 More Clever Logos With Hidden Symbolism, Part 2
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You probably already think that we are obsessed with logo design (and you’re probably right), but our numbers show that most of you guys enjoy logos as much as we do.
You probably already think that we are obsessed with logo design (and you’re probably right), but our numbers show that most of you guys enjoy logos as much as we do.
That’s why we proudly present 40 more clever logos with hidden symbolism. If you missed part I, you can find it here.
But before you start scrolling down the list, let me quickly run trough the list of logotype posts we had earlier: Top 15 Worst Logo FAILS Ever, 21 Logo Evolutions of the World’s Well Known Logo Designs, and Honest Logos by Viktor Hertz. You may open them somewhere in a new browser tab and continue from here.
Oh, and don’t forget to tell us which logo design you liked or hated most! We are really interested to hear what you think.
1. Black Cat
Funny Farms: 12 Cool Agricultural Architecture Conversions
Silvery barn wood, exposed timbers, the sense of history and pastoral contentment – rural ruins have a lot to offer, whether they’re simply converted for new uses or creatively incorporated into novel structures. From great big barns to piles of century-old rubble, agricultural buildings have been adapted and recycled into stunning modern homes that are surprisingly bright, airy and up-to-date.
11 Mythical Places You Want To Live In
September 15, 2008 by uphaa
Are you tired of the boring day to day aspects of life? Do you want something new and exciting? Then these are the 11 places you want to live. They are all places that have come from fiction and each one has a special something to make life interesting and enjoyable. This list is in no particular order.
Camelot
Reason for living here: King Arthur lives here and you can joust all day long!
Camelot comes from legendary British tales of King Arthur – who may, or may not, have been real. In Camelot we find Arthur’s famous round table where his knights get to sit around like equals and have a few beers while they discuss their latest knightly conquests. Camelot is surrounded by forests and rivers, so you can get in a spot of fishing and hunting if it floats your boat. Justice and peace reign in Camelot. Oh – and the ultra-hot (in a medieval way) Guinevere lives there too!
Camelot comes from legendary British tales of King Arthur – who may, or may not, have been real. In Camelot we find Arthur’s famous round table where his knights get to sit around like equals and have a few beers while they discuss their latest knightly conquests. Camelot is surrounded by forests and rivers, so you can get in a spot of fishing and hunting if it floats your boat. Justice and peace reign in Camelot. Oh – and the ultra-hot (in a medieval way) Guinevere lives there too!
Epic fails. The best of the best. Part 3 (77 pics)
Posted by Izismile Staff in Picdumps 6 Oct 2009
Today, we present the third and final part of various failures.
Only the most fresh and recent pictures got in this collection. Enjoy!
Only the most fresh and recent pictures got in this collection. Enjoy!
Epic fails. The best of the best. Part 1 (79 pics)
Posted by Izismile Staff in Picdumps 2 Oct 2009
As they say, no one is immune from failure.
Very funny compilation and in any case not the last. Very soon will post another one.
And meanwhile, let’s look at the first part.
And meanwhile, let’s look at the first part.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
30 Clever Logos With Hidden Symbolism, Part 1
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I am sure every panda enjoyed laughing at Top 15 Worst Logo FAILS ever but let’s be fair here, and look at some of the best logo design examples. To be more specific, let’s have a look at creative Logos With Hidden Messages.
I am sure every panda enjoyed laughing at Top 15 Worst Logo FAILS ever but let’s be fair here, and look at some of the best logo design examples. To be more specific, let’s have a look at creative Logos With Hidden Messages.
As we wrote earlier, the first feature of a good and effective logo is that it can immediately “grab” viewer’s attention. A good way to do so is by giving viewers a little puzzle to solve. Everyone likes puzzles, right? When viewers get the hidden message behind the logo, there’s this instant little satisfaction feeling, and something fun likes this gets people talking and sharing.
Even if the viewer cannot see anything hidden at first sight, the second somebody explains it to him will make the logo stick into his head for a long time.
Now let’s jump to the list of the most creative and clever Logos With Hidden Symbolism, and learn from the best!
1. Circus of Magazines
Circus tent looks like a magazine (more like a book to me, but still very clever). (Designer: logotomy)
Monday, May 23, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
6 Amazing Future City Concepts
The future is going to be an amazing place, if science fiction is to be believed; we will have space mining, super soldiers and TVs the size of buildings, and if some architects have their way, we will be watching all of this progress from the ocean or skyscrapers shaped like buckyballs covered in ferns.
1. Green Towers in the Park
Designed to go up in Seoul South Korea, these things are being developed as a communal park/living space/commercial space. It is being referred to as “sustainable” implying that the people who live here will have little need for the outside world and will only have to come out if they want to. Given the fact that South Korea is about the most video-game crazy nation on earth, it stands to reason that if the community here has an internet connection, they may begin to evolve into a separate species. The project is also being called “Seoul Commune 2006″, implying that they have 16 years to get it put together.
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