- During WWII, many spots in Holland were liberated in April of 1945. Check out some of the National Archief’s new set of Flickr Commons photos of this powerful moment in history.
- Popular Science has placed their entire archive, all 137 years of it, online! From the Loch Ness monster, to 1996 conceptualizations of “augmented reality” (that involve laser discs!?!), this is a pretty fun way to waste time. [via Phil Bradley]
- Some interesting thoughts from Jim Johnson and David Campbell about the problems with and challenges of photographing famine— especially famine in Africa.
- The Powerhouse Museum has created a really cool mashup of their Flickr Commons photos and augmented reality technology in a new iPhone app that layers historical photos of Sydney on top of the current landscape!
- Speaking of Powerhouse, their web and new media rock star Seb Chan spoke yesterday at the Smithsonian about Social Media in Museums, and you can now check out his talk here.
- This is kind of silly, and kind of fun. Check out the self-love video I made while playing around with the newish Google Search Stories (some brilliant self-marketing on their part):
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