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November 28, 2007

Architecture/Video: Otto Wagner - Austrian Postal Office Savings Bank

       

The Austrian Postal Office Savings Bank in Vienna, constructed in two phases (1904-06 and 1910-12 respectively), is regarded as the most important work of Austria-Hungarian architect Otto Wagner (1841-1918) and as a milestone in the history of modern architecture.

The video is divided into three parts; embedded here is the first part. Direct links to YouTube: video part 1/3, part 2/3, part 3/3.

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November 27, 2007

Report: Browser Version Market Share for October, 2007 

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Data provided by Net Applications

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Countrysize

countrysize

Compare the size of two countries side by side. For example: Germany is 8.65 times the size of Switzerland.

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November 26, 2007

From Our Archive: ‘Home, Sweet Home’

Quaschinsky

Photo found 2007 in Buenos Aires: Sabine and Karsten Quaschinsky with daughter Franziska in the kitchen of their new Berlin-Hellersdorf flat.

The photo was taken and distributed 1989 by General German News Service (ADN), the state news agency in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). From the text (in Spanish) on the backside: Los dos son tipógrafos. Actualmente, Karsten está cursando estudios por correspondencia para hacerse ingeniero…

Maybe one of the Quaschinskys is reading our entry here. What a fascinating idea!

By Eric | Category: Collector's Corner
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November 24, 2007

Paperholic: Hiatus Day 21 of 21. Only a look back…

On August 23, 2007: Art: Poynton’s imagery is so close to the romantic and the surreal that her paintings do not work as romantic or surreal images…

Deborah Poynton [see our former entry here]

P.S.: What are we doing here? For information, please read our entry posted on November 4, 2007.

By Eric | Category: Backyard
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