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Literature: Athur C. Clarke wrote the science fiction novel "2001: A Space Odyssey".
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Computer: DataGlyphs: A new technology for encoding machine readable data onto paper documents or other physical media. Forward or backward slashes. Can be embedded into text and pictures. Suitable for cryptography.
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Computer: Dictionary of Emoticons.
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Video: Empire of the Air: The Men who made Radio. PBS. Ken Burns' America Collection (1991). 120 min. History of radio and broadcasting, and the impact of three important men: Lee De Forest (inventor of the audion tube), Edwin H. Armstrong (pioneer of FM technology), and David Sarnoff(president of RCA).
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Photography: Images from the History of Medicine(IHM).
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World Clock and Calendar. Printable. Can be customized.
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Video: As Good As It Gets (1997). w/ Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt;directed by James L. Brooks. Creepy writer falls in love with waitress, who has potential to make him a better man. Funny. Supreme acting by Nicholson and Hunt. An unusual mix of sarcasm, sweetness, an lunacy. My rating: 8 out of 10.
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Video: Hidalgo (2004). w/ Viggo Mortensen (Frank Hopkins), Zuleikha Robinson (Jazira), Omar Sharif. Mortenson known from Lord of the Rings. In 1890, the supposed Pony Express courier (first fast mail line across the U.S.) and dispatch rider for the US government, Frank T. Hopkins (legacy tribute here), goes to Arabia to win the 'Ocean of Fire', a 3000 mile survival race across the Arabian desert on his mustang Hidalgo. Allegedly based on a true story. My rating: 6 out of 10. The historical Hopkins has claimed in his memoirs (Hidalgo and Other Stories) to have competed in and won over 400 long-distance races, and to have been a member of Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show. In recent years, experts have revealed that Hopkins perpetrated a massive fraud and that most (if not all) of his heroic claims are false.
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Video: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). w/ Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch. After the novel by Harper Lee. A depressed lawyer in a small Southern town defends a negro in an unjust rape trial, while tring to educate his two kids about what is important in life. Great story, well told. My rating: 8 out of 10.
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Video: Romeo + Juliet (1996). w/ Leonardo DiCaprio (Titanic) and Claire Danes(Terminator 3). Directed by Baz Luhrmann. Shakespeare's drama displayed in a milieu of gangs and violence. Need to get used to the combination of bizarre setting and seventeenth century language. Lots of kitsch. Sometimes feels comic book-like. My rating: 5 out of 10.
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