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ThomasJPitts 3rd August 2011

History

The Complications Of Crayons

Who knew that something as simple, as joyous, as a crayon could evolve into something so diverse and useful over time? Since 1903, when Crayola launched their pack of eight colours containing red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, brown, and black. By 1998, that number had increased to 133 different hues. For blues alone you have a choice of aquamarine, blizzard blue, blue bell, […]

ThomasJPitts 25th July 2011

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History, Music, News

The 27 Club

The 27 Club is the name of a group of musicians who died at the age of 27. I mention this simply because of Amy Winehouse‘s death last weekend. The members of the 27 Club currently are: Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones; Jimi Hendrix; Janis Joplin; Jim Morrison of The Doors; Kurt Cobain; Amy […]

Dan Gurney, A.J. Foyt, Le Mans, France, June 1967

ThomasJPitts 13th April 2011

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Formula One, History, Sport

Dan Gurney

Today is Dan Gurney‘s 80th birthday. Normally I wouldn’t blog about such an event. – but to me it is significant. Not only is Dan a key figure in motor racing history – after all, he is credited with being the first driver to wear a full face helmet and he was the first person to […]

ThomasJPitts 1st December 2010

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Awesomeness, Computers & The Internet, History, Linkage, Videos

Google Earth 6

Google has just unveiled Google Earth 6.0 beta, and it has some great new features in it! The three main features they’ve added are: Tighter integration with Street View 3D Trees Updated historical imagery system New Street View is now similar to Google Maps – simply grabbing the Pegman from alongside of your navigation controls and […]

ThomasJPitts 8th October 2010

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History, Music, Videos

John Lennon’s Birth

John Lennon’s wire-rimmed glasses appeared on Google’s homepage early this morning. The tribute is about his birth – Lennon died on Dec. 8 in 1980. He was born on Oct. 9 in 1940. The image is Google’s way of saying “happy birthday” to Lennon, who would have been 70 years old Saturday. Press that play button […]

ThomasJPitts 18th September 2010

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History, Photographs, Sport

1948 London Olympics

A lovely story. Scouring through a car boot sale 20 years ago, Lucy Bull spent £2 on a box of negatives and old snaps. Lucy, who was studying A level photography at the time, didn’t look at all the pictures and eventually stored them in her attic. She was having a clear-out recently when she found […]

ThomasJPitts 2nd May 2010

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History, Videos

Stunning colour film of London in the 1920s

In the past, I’ve shown a pair of photos showing how London has developed. This wonderful film was made in 1927 by Claude Friese-Greene. Colour film from the 1920s is exceptionally rare, and this is a very powerful example. It shows scenes of London Bridge, the Thames, the Tower of London, Greenwich Observatory, the London […]

ThomasJPitts 24th October 2009

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General, History, Linkage, Science

Fifty Years Of Space Missions

An astounding infographic, showing space missions by target, country and whether the missions were successful. The bottom of the chart shows the most distant probes (the Voyagers and the Pioneers) and how far away they are (Voyager I is at ten billion miles). If you have a 4000 pixel monitor, this is what it’s for. […]

ThomasJPitts 16th August 2009

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History, Linkage

The Wonderful World Of Google

I am a huge fan of Google. They are doing an increasing amount of things to improve the internet and using technology to its fullest, something that can only be good. Yes, there are those who think that they are diversifying a little too much, but I disagree. Everything they do, they do to the […]

ThomasJPitts 19th July 2009

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History, Linkage, Photographs

New images of Moon landing sites

This is pretty cool. A US spacecraft has captured images of Apollo landing sites on the Moon, revealing hardware and a trail of footprints left on the lunar surface. The release of the images coincides with the 40th anniversary of the first manned mission to land on the Moon. The descent stages from the lunar […]