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Statue of Liberty photoshopping contest |

The photoshoppers at Worth1000 have found some remarkably fertile territory in today's contest, to remix the Statue of Liberty -- see, for example, Lady Liberty on the Launching Pad, BFF with Jesus of Rio, Yee-HAW!, Window Washer and Evil Monster.
Cliche Hell 18 - Statue of Liberty
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There Are 13 New Sites on The List of World Heritage Sites |
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee just wrapped up its 33rd annual conference in Seville, Spain, where they added 13 new sites to their list of amazing locations around the globe, and made the unusual move of dropping one. The new list of World Heritage Sites now stands at 890.
Of the 13 new sites, 11 are cultural sites and 2 are natural. The two new natural sites are the Wadden Sea on the border between Germany and the Netherlands and the Dolomite Mountains in Italy. The cultural sites include such places as the Tower of Hercules in Spain, The Sacred City of Caral-Supe in Peru, and Sulamain-Too Sacred Mountain in Kyrgyzstan. For a complete list of the new sites, check out the official press release here.
The former World Heritage Site that was dropped from the list was the Elbe Valley in Dresden, Germany. The committee expressed concern over the fact that a new four-lane bridge was being built through the Valley, and even attempted to give warning of this action, placing the site on the Danger List back in 2006. When construction proceeding anyway, they felt they had no other choice, but to drop the Valley from their list.
Continue reading List of World Heritage Sites grows by 13
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Live For As Little As $500 A Month In Those Places Around The World |
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Today's Photo - Taking a Break, Florence, Italy |

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Moblogging via iPhone |
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Apple tweaks MobileMe with a few improvements |
Apple has added a number of tweaks to its MobileMe Web services this week. Mail, Gallery, iDisk, account settings, push contacts and calenders, and Back to My Mac all got improved, and a new version of the MobileMe Control Panel for Windows enables syncing through a proxy.
In Mail, forwarding or replying to an HTML or rich text message with now retain that format instead of converting to plain text--while a number of people probably prefer this behavior, I can imagine there are some who won't be happy with the change. Unread message counts are displayed next to the inbox as well as each separate folder if you have them set up, just like Mail on Mac OS X. There's a tweak for e-mail aliases that on occasion did not show up properly in Mac OS X Mail, and those using iPhone OS 3.0 can search messages on the MobileMe server as well as those stored locally on the phone.
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Today's Photo - At the Crossroads, Florence, Italy |

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Moblogging via iPhone |

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Olympus E-P1 |
It has been two weeks since I first got my hands on the gorgeous Olympus E-P1, and I think the time has come to give my honest opinion of how this retro Micro Four Thirds camera performs in some day to day photo work.
As I mentioned in the previous reviews (Introduction and 'the basics'), the E-P1 shoots in 12.3MP and the version I have comes with the M.Zukio Digital 14-42mm lens. I also have the matching retro flash.
Continue reading Gadling gear review - Olympus E-P1 - the second week
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Today's Photo - Courtyard, Florence, Italy |
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Tourist Remover photoshops stray tourists out of your snaps -- Boing Boing Gadgets |
Tourist Remover photoshops stray tourists out of your snaps -- Boing Boing Gadgets: "Over on Boing Boing Gadgets, our Joel's spotted 'Tourist Remover,' a service that takes the stray tourists out of your shots of famous landmarks.
'Tourist Removed' is a web app that will remove other tourists from the photos you took of landmarks while on vacation as a tourist. All you have to do is take multiple shots of the same location, and Tourist Remover will only keep the bits that stay the same. It's like diff for photos!
'Tourist Remover' cleans up your vacation photos
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Moblogging via iPhone |

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Today's Photo - Dolce & Gabbana, Florence, Italy |
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Review: Flickit for iPhone |
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Moblogging via iPhone |

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Today's Photo - Street Artist, Florence, Italy |
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MobileMe & Find My iPhone |
When Mobile Me came out I have given it a try at the time, but since it was plague with so many problems at the time I decided not to pay for the service. Plus I did not see much value for the money. Times and functionality has changed, having an iPhone and thinking about getting the new MacBook Pro soon, I think it will complement my iMac at home. The ability to Sync all info over the air between all three of them is a big plus. With the latest iPhone OS 3.0 feature called Find My iPhone, MobileMe now make a lot more sense. I signed up for another trial today and test it out. MobileMe was able to locate very accurately my iPhone location and I was able to send a remote a test message to it (something you would do in case if the phone is lost or stolen). I did not try the remote wipe to remove all data from the iPhone yet but I guess it will work equally well. Glad to see Apple came up with this new, potentially very important feature for iPhone owners and worked out all the previous issues with MobileMe. Most Apple product owners should take a second look at MobileMe... it may make more sense to have it now.
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Batteries in new Mac laptops offer 'excellent' results |
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Flickr 1,000,000 Views |

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Today's Photo - Joseph Panel of the Gates of Paradise, Battistero di San Giovanni, Florence, Italy |

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Create an SD card startup disk for the new MacBook Pros |
In this video, senior editor Roman Loyola will show you how to create an SD card startup disk for the 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pros. It could be a very handy thing to have when needed, especially when you travel and don't have your OS X installation CD.
(Via Macworld.)
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Today's Photo - Giotto Bell Tower, Florence, Italy |
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35 Examples Of Stunning Macro Photography |
(Via Smashing Magazine.)
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Moblogging via iPhone |
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Today's Photo - Giotto Bell Tower, Florence, Italy |
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Moblogging via iPhone |
Photo above was taken with an iPhone 3G camera by Tyson Williams and immediately posted - using mobile, wireless platform - to this blog from a remote location.
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Volcanic Eruption Seen From Space |

Above is a photo taken from the International Space Station of Sarychev Volcano, Kuril Islands, northeast of Japan, erupting earlier this month. From NASA:
Prior to June 12, the last explosive eruption occurred in 1989, with eruptions in 1986, 1976, 1954, and 1946 also producing lava flows. Ash from the multi-day eruption has been detected 2,407 kilometers east-southeast and 926 kilometers west-northwest of the volcano, and commercial airline flights are being diverted away from the region to minimize the danger of engine failures from ash intake.Sarychev Peak Eruption, Kuril Islands
This detailed astronaut photograph is exciting to volcanologists because it captures several phenomena that occur during the earliest stages of an explosive volcanic eruption.(Via Boing Boing.)
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Today's Photo - Giotto Bell Tower, Florence, Italy |
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Today's Photo - Segways, Florence, Italy |
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Audio of Weegee and Cartier-Bresson |
Rare mp3s of Weegee and Henri Cartier-Bresson talking about photography.
Below you can hear Weegee talk about picture-making. It's interesting to hear his voice, which is one of those accents you don't hear so much in New York anymore: part Austro-Hungarian immigrant by way of the Lower East Side and part Elmer Fudd. Peter Sellers based his accent in Dr. Strangelove on Weegee's voice after Weegee visited Kubrick's set one day.
Yep, that's Strangelove, alright. (via conscientious)
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