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| My non-traditional MAXICARD / DORINCARD with a NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC magazine cover as a "postcard"; an "Insulate the home" stamp from the GO GREEN series of USA; and an FDI pictorial postmark from USPS. |
Saturday, January 14, 2012
My non-traditional MAXICARD / DORINCARD with a NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC magazine cover as a "postcard"; an "Insulate the home" stamp from the GO GREEN series of USA; and an FDI pictorial postmark from USPS
Friday, January 13, 2012
BBC News - Ten 100-year predictions that came true. Also, I show you COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS of CARS and TRAINS on a DORINCARD / MAXICARD with the "Use Public Transportation" stamp of the GO GREEN series of USPS
BBC News - Ten 100-year predictions that came true
A scan of the original article can be found online
BBC News - Ten 100-year predictions that came true
10 predictions that Watkins got right...
"1. Digital colour photography
Watkins did not, of course, use the word "digital" or spell out precisely how digital cameras and computers would work, but he accurately predicted how people would come to use new photographic technology.
A scan of the original article can be found online"Photographs will be telegraphed from any distance. If there be a battle in China a hundred years hence, snapshots of its most striking events will be published in the newspapers an hour later.... photographs will reproduce all of nature's colours."
This showed major foresight, says Mr Nilsson. When Watkins was making his predictions, it would have taken a week for a picture of something happening in China to make its way into Western papers.
People thought photography itself was a miracle, and colour photography was very experimental, he says.
"The idea of having cameras gathering information from opposite ends of the world and transmitting them - he wasn't just taking a present technology and then looking to the next step, it was far beyond what anyone was saying at the time."
Patrick Tucker from the World Future Society, based in Maryland in the US, thinks Watkins might even be hinting at a much bigger future breakthrough.
"'Photographs will be telegraphed' reads strikingly like how we access information from the web," says Mr Tucker."
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and four he didn't:
"3. No more cars in large cities
"All hurry traffic will be below or above ground when brought within city limits."
However, many cities do have pedestrian zones in their historic centres. And he correctly forecast elevated roads and subways."
BBC News - Ten 100-year predictions that came true
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Happy PFF (Postcard Friendship Friday)!
Please visit: http://thebestheartsarecrunchy.blogspot.com/ (wait until Beth posts the today's Linky tool for the meme, then make your entry, if you want to join).
Thursday, January 12, 2012
"Eat well. Live fresh." (No, it's not a typo). My non-traditional (coz it's made with a magazine ad instead of a regular postcard) MAXICARD /DORINCARD with a "Buy local produce" stamp of the GO GREEN series from USA
Do you see a heart shape above?
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No?
Aw, come on!
You can get two heart shapes if you cut it in two. No?
Please visit: http://clytie-randomhearts.blogspot.com/
THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Playing POOL, or BILLIARD - The Art of ZIG-ZAG calculations / "guesstimations". I show you my traditional (because THERE ARE such cats in that zipcode, STERLING 20165!) MAXICARD / DORINCARD with two pussycats on a pool table, playing with balls
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| Playing POOL, or BILLIARD - The Art of ZIG-ZAG calculations / "guesstimations". I show you my traditional (because THERE ARE such cats in that zipcode, STERLING 20165!) MAXICARD / DORINCARD with two pussycats on a pool table, playing with balls. |
My own MPP (Mailer's Postmark Permit) postmarking device / canceller.
Any American resident can get one.
Z is for ZIG-ZAG.
Please visit the ABC Wednesday meme:
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Life skill: learning the ropes, and how to pull the ropes. My MAXICARD / DORINCARD with two kittens and a rope
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| Life skill: learning the ropes, and how to pull the ropes. My MAXICARD / DORINCARD with two kittens and a rope. |
Monday, January 9, 2012
A Chinese child from BEIJING leaves the comfort of the tricycle "cabin" to "get a handle(bar)" in a commuting world. My non-traditional MAXICARD / DORINCARD with a GO GREEN stamp from USA, pictorial postmark from USPS, and a "decoupage" from a book
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| A Chinese child from BEIJING leaves the comfort of the tricycle "cabin" to "get a handle(bar)" in a commuting world. My non-traditional MAXICARD / DORINCARD with a GO GREEN stamp from USA, pictorial postmark from USPS, and a "decoupage" from a book. |
BEIJING-le bells, BEIJING-le bells, jingle all the way/ Oh, what fun it is to ride/ A one-child open...tricycle!
One-child policy...
One-child policy...
What do you know about bicycles, tricycles?...
Horizontalize your vertical horizon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bycicle
The Great (Brick)Wall of India:
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theantmill.blogspot.com |
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Happy Blue Monday! (meme)
Please visit: http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/
Sunday, January 8, 2012
A cute puppy finds comfort in the lap of a teddy bear. Two of my non-traditional MAXICARDS / DORINCARDS, made with folded cards instead of postcards. Pictorial postmark from NEWPORT, VERMONT 05855, USA
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| A cute puppy finds comfort in the lap of a teddy bear. My non-traditional MAXICARD / DORINCARD, made with a folded card instead of postcard. Pictorial postmark from NEWPORT, VERMONT 05855, USA. |
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| Teddy bear. My non-traditional MAXICARD / DORINCARD, made with a folded card instead of postcard. Pictorial postmark from NEWPORT, VERMONT 05855, USA. |
"The teddy bear is a stuffed toy bear. They are usually stuffed with soft, white cotton and have smooth and soft fur. It is an enduring form of a stuffed animal in many countries, often serving the purpose of entertaining children. In recent times, some teddy bears have becomecollector's items.[1] Now, teddy bears come in various styles and people can dress them up in many different articles of clothing. Teddy bears are also among the most popular gifts for children and significant others on Valentine's Day, birthdays, Christmas and other holidays."
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Happy Sunday Stamps meme!
Please visit: http://viridianpostcard.blogspot.com/
