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Hunderte Golden Retriever versammeln sich in den schottischen Highlands

Golden Gathering in Schottland.

Hundreds of golden retrievers, and their owners, have gathered at the Highland ancestral home of the breed.

The first golden retriever puppies were born at Guisachan House in Glen Affric 155 years ago.

They were bred by aristocrat Sir Dudley Marjoribanks, who wanted a gun dog suited to Scottish Highland terrain.

Owners from across the UK, continental Europe, North America, Australia and Japan have been meeting at the ruins of Guisachan House.


(Direktlink, via Maik)

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Best Illusion of the Year Contest – 2023 – First prize

„Platform 9 34s“ vom Briten Matt Pritchard.

The illusion is of a LEGO car driving through a solid wall. The reality is there is a car sized hole in the middle of the wall for toy to drive through. The missing brick work is replaced by an anamorphic illusion on the floor behind the wall. When viewed from one perspective, the vertical bricks and horizontal bricks line up and appear to be one solid wall. The pattern camouflages the edges and makes it extremely hard to distinguish any discontinuities.


(Direktlink, via Book of Joe)

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Analyzing Björk’s „Hunter“

Björks „Homogenic“ zählt zweifelsohne zu den besten Alben der 1990er Jahre, was auch an den Produktionsfähigkeiten von Mark Bell gelegen haben dürfte, der mit LFO musikalisch schon immer ganz eigene Wege beschritt. So wie bei dem Beat, den er damals auf einer TR-909 für „Hunter“ programmiert hatte. Legendär auch deshalb, weil der halt nur aus Kick- und Snaredrum besteht, Bell der 909 allerdings alle Möglichkeiten abgerungen hatte, um das Ding dennoch zu individualisieren.

Captain Pikant hat zwei Monate dafür gebraucht, den Beat von Bell zu analysieren und ohne TR-909 exakt nachzubauen. Könnte mir sowas stundenlang angucken.

We picked apart the beat of Björk’s Hunter – a true 909 classic programmed by techno pioneer Mark Bell (LFO) that took the iconic drum machine to its limits. Find out what’s so special about this rhythm and how to recreate it in our newest episode of „Drum Patterns Explained“!


(Direktlink)

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Passport Index

Der Passport Index listet die Pässe aus 199 Ländern der Welt und zeigt, dass man sich international trotz verschiedener Farben auf eine gemeinsame Optik einigen konnte.

However, not all passports are equal. The Passport Index ranks them from most powerful (United Arab Emirates) to least (Afghanistan). The determining factor is the Mobility Score, which is based on the number of countries you can enter with the least visa hassles.

Und weiter:

„Blue passports often symbolize the ’new world,‘ free markets and the ocean. Red covers tend to be associated with Communist countries or Christian history, while green is often the color of choice among Muslim countries because it has religious significance.“
„As the rarest color, black tends to symbolize local culture or politics and, on a practical level, hides wear and tear.“

(via Core77)

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