Archive for the 'archive' Category

lubalin archives at cooper union

Flickr set of the some items from the Herb Lubalin archive at Cooper Union.
 

Wordnik

May well fill the hole in my heart that was left when I lost constant access to the OED online.
 

Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture

A collection of books of historical illustration and decoration. via agfa8x, more or less.
 

Skout™

Links to sites useful to designers.
 

Lists of fictional detectives

Separated out by sub-genres.
 

Type Tips Archive

Archive of type-related tips and tutorials.
 

Good Point, Kio

A provisional page for every photo on flickr where Kio makes a good point, in tagging, notes, comments, or whatever.
 

Really?

The Times has a column called Really? debunking (or bunking) medical hearsay. Really? Is maybe the best title for anything I've read in a while.
 

Standing Pat: The St. James Infirmary Blues Appendix

Even more St James Infirmary.
 

So Young, So Cold , So Fair : The Saint James Infirmary Blues

Just in case you find yourself wanting to listen St James Infirmary Blues. A lot.
 

Welcome to Old Time Radio

Archive.org's massive collection of old time radio plays, one of the most obsolete forms of art.
 

LIFE photo archive hosted by Google

I'll find a use for this pretty soon, I'll wager.
 

The Measue of a President

The result seems to be essentially meaningless, I think because the sample size is underwhelming. Might make more sense divided into pre-tv and post-tv. Notes: Carter's little interpolated grin is charming, G. W. Bush's hook hands less so; Madison was really small, and Taft was not.
 

David Foster Wallace: In Memoriam

Archive of work published for Harper's.
 

Borough Edges

Each borough's border photographed.
 

List of Fictional Political Parties

Only slightly more frivolous. Favorites include: Tastycrats, Party of Girls, Anal Compulsive Party, National Bocialist Party.
 

List of Frivolous Political Parties

Arguably, this list could stand to be muchh longer, but apparently any party (such as the Constitution party in the US) with any legitimate elements to its party platform is not considered frivolous.
 

quiet american

Site for The Quiet American, a traveling field recordist who makes many of his compositions and some of his source material available for download.
 

MY COLLECTION OF RECORDED 78 RPM RECORDS

Overwhelming collection of mp3s recorded from old 78s.
 

Problems

Wikipedia's collection of "Problems," found while looking at the "List of Unsolved Problems" page and going up a category. These range in seriousness from the "Hat Puzzle" to the "Problem of Evil."