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India – Rare Images

Sudhakar Muthyala — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:16:29 +0000

Rare images of India from the late 1800′s and early 1900′s

Women Porters, Madras A photo from c. the 1920′s

1961 / rare photo / Bangalore / delegates from the international press with the home minister of Mysore

About News Agency Photos:
Wire Photos or News Agency Photos were extensively used in print media during the first half of the 1900′s. Issued by news agencies (such as Acme, NEA, International News, Associated Press, UPI, Fotogram, Keystone,) only to the press, these Gorgeous pieces capture a historical moment, frozen in time, as they were issued on the day the event happened. Unfortunately they were issued in extremely limited quantities solely for print media industry usage (it is estimated that there were approximately 25 – 50 of EACH particular photograph made). Over the years, many were destroyed or lost, and in some cases, there are only 1 or 2 specimens known to exist today of a particular photograph making these Original! , First Generation Vintage Photographic relics Outstanding Investments.

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Portuguese Jewish Community of Madras

Sudhakar Muthyala — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:12:21 +0000

THE PORTUGUESE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF MADRAS, INDIA, IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

Jewish Cemetery – Madras Click images to enlarge

Superb link to y combinator archived list of articles and others

Sudhakar Muthyala — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:20:44 +0000

Start up News : Y Combinator

C.E.O. Libraries Reveal Keys to Success :By HARRIET RUBIN - NYT

50 Reasons Why More People Aren’t Using Your Website

Paypal guys are at it again

Scary pictures from the ventriloquism museum

From Super Power to Tinhorn Dictators and others

Sudhakar Muthyala — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:40:49 +0000

From Super Power to Tinhorn Dictators

Go ahead, post that dumb video online – it could be your big break By Brian Bergstein and Gary Gentile The Associated Press

A business card for your avatar

Humor : Funny Office Signs

Saturday Funnies and Others

Sudhakar Muthyala — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 06:40:20 +0000

Funny Billboards

MUPH Week

This Modern World: How the news works - Cartoon

The Other Side – Animation

Bush abolishes fifth amendment – Do you people begin to realize what the fuck is happening? Comment thread

England Should be a National Park

Sudhakar Muthyala — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:54:47 +0000

England Should Be a National Park – Bill Bryson

Cold Turkey - Kurt Vonnegut

Epic India - A News Art and Culture Magazine

Profile of a suicide bomber - Cartoon

Absinthe:The liquor so notorious it was banned in 38 countries.

Looking for environments to confront your moral ambivalence? Try these on for size. ( Source)

(Warning: adults only for some of the first batch below.) Your hotness may vary.

Naughty

Susie Bright’s Site – The reigning Ms Manners of the Jack & Jill-off Set.
Cranks galore – Crank.net chronicles the “cranks, crackpots, kooks, and loons” of the Net. Did we leave anyone out?
Erotic Art Webring – It’s amazing what the human imagination can come up with.
Nigerian Money Scams – More than you ever wanted to know about the story behind those emails and faxes promising riches.
ASSR – If the Internet has done nothing else, it has unleashed a never-ending wave of amateur dirty fiction. God help us.
Spain Rodriguez - This ought to go under the Art heading, but the erotic quotient lands it here. One of the comix greats.
Girdlebound.com - This site is positioned halfway between being an online girdle shop and a girdle-fetish site. Impressive retro feel to it all.
Spank You Very Much - The Unofficial Assville Netring of mostly non-commercial amatuer spanko sites. Tsk tsk.
Comic Book Bondage Cover of the Day – Who comes up with these ideas? Extensive archive of vintage comic book covers, though calling it “bondage” is stretching it, in some cases.
The Realist Archive Project – Holy smokes! Scans of the complete run of Paul Krassner’s groundbreaking underground magazine, The Realist, are going online at the rate of four per month. Now, when will someone get around to doing that with New Left Notes, the old SDS

Nice

MacSurfer’s Headline News – The top site to keep up with Macintosh-related news: links and headlines from all other Mac news sites.
PhilipKDick.Com – Once upon a time, he was just a S.F. cult author. Now he’s the most influential S.F. writer of our era.
Kinks Site – Dave Emlen’s “unofficial” site devoted to one of the all-time greatest British rock bands.
Grand Lodge of California – Ignore the conspiracy theories. Freemasonry is a great fraternal organization, worthy of investigation. Here’s one place to begin. And here’s the outstanding Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon website. An incredible collection of info.
Masonicinfo.com – On second thought, don’t ignore the conspiracy theories. Dissect and refute them.
Bird On a Wire – The Leonard Cohen Home Page. Well, not his home page, mind you, but lyrics, interviews, and more.
Beyond the Pale – Procol Harum is another timeless band that continues to make exemplary music. A knockout site for fans.
The Daily Grail – Alternative history, new & fringe science, updated daily links to obscure news.
Athletics Nation – Premiere gonzo Oakland A’s fan blog and board. Good supplement to the official A’s site.
David Perdue’s Charles Dickens Page – Good looking, well organized, info-loaded site on my favorite Victorian writer.
Absinthe, It’s Time for Change – Well, the prices are ridiculous, but the bottles look great.
GasBuddy – This site rocks if you want to track down the cheapest gas in your area.
Turkey Photos – A selection of photos of Turkey, past and present, from the Turkish community site wowturkey.com.
Cats That Look Like Hitler – Kind of sweet in a sick kind of way. Not sure if this is nice or naughty, but the cats are cute.
60s Garage Bands – Mega-source for interviews, pictures, and more on the golden era of garage bands.
Beyond the Beat Generation – Slightly misleading name for a cool site with 24/7 streaming radio of obscure garage and psychedelic bands from 1964-1968.
Comics Curmudgeon – Ongoing commentary on the sorry fodder we have to put up with for daily comic strips these days. A scathing romp!
Snopes – Vast and stellar site investigating and debunking Urban Legends. The Internet at its best.

Word of Mouth, and How to Get It : TP Wire Service

10 Pot Pusher Profiles and others

Sudhakar Muthyala — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:26:04 +0000

Pot Pusher Profiles: Source: Headsmagazine

Colored Cartoon: Cartoon Brew

Heads up: University of Massachusetts Press has announced the publication of The Colored Cartoon: Black Representation in American Animated Short Films, by academic Christopher Lehman. The book, an adaptation of Lehman?s doctoral dissertation, features extensive quotes from his personal interviews of Berny Wolf, Bill Littlejohn, and Jack Zander. It will be released in October.