Been working on this Jawa costume with my son for the last few months.
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Jawa costume for Halloween 2021
One of my hobbies is making tree swords for kids
I’m not really good at it but the kids like them and I learn something new with each sword I make.
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Reykjavík – Franski steindafræðingurinn Alfred Des Cloizeaux tekur fyrstu ljósmyndirnar á Íslandi en hann dvaldi hér sumarið 1845. Myndin hér sýnir Reykjaví Grjótaþorpið og skipalægið. Mikið af ljósmyndum hans úr þessari ferð glötuðust.
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Elsta þekkta daguerreótýpa af mönnum að drekka bjór. Að sjálfsögðu er hún tekin í Edinborg, Skotlandi.
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Fyrsta þekkta mynd af Constantinople, seinna Istanbul, löng saga, ekki okkar bisness að spyrja af hverju). Nuruosmaniye moskan fyrir miðju, Ægisif (Hagia Sophia) til hægri. Horft yfir Sæviðarsund (Bospórussund).
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Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (héðan í frá JPGP) leggur af stað í ferðalag sitt um miðausturlönd. Daguerreótýpa úr eyðimörkinni við Alexandríu, Egyptalandi.
Svolítið tillitslaust af úlfaldanum að vera ekki kyrr.
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Nei þetta er ekki Rob Schneider, þetta er Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey. Franskur aristókrati, dilettante, amatör fornleifafræðingur, áhugamaður um arkitektúr sem og sögu miðausturlanda, listamaður, teiknari, og brautryðjandi í ljósmyndun.
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John W. Draper við Háskóla New York borgar tekur fyrstu skýru myndina af tunglinu af þaki rannsóknarstofu sinnar þann 23. mars 1840. Lýsingartíminn var 20 mínútur. Daguerreótýpa (daguerreotype) tekin í gegnum 13 cm spegilsjónauka.
Continue ReadingCain’s Jawbone Literary Puzzle
So, the Cain’s Jawbone Literary Puzzle was recently solved for just the third time in almost 100 years.
The puzzle book was written by the cryptic crosswords pioneer Edward Powys Mathers under the pseudonym “Torquemada”. The title, Cain’s Jawbone, refers to the first ever murder weapon as described in the Bible story of Cain and Abel. Cain’s Jawbone was first published in England in 1934. The puzzle is a 100-page murder mystery, with the pages printed in the wrong order. The reader is tasked with solving the puzzle by sorting the pages in the correct order.
The puzzle has over 32 million possible combinations but only one right answer. The goal is to identify who had committed the six murders that take place within the framework of the book. Solving the puzzle grants you the bragging rights as well as a cash price. Cain’s Jawbone has only been solved by three people since it was published, the first two instances were in the 1930’s but the last one made the news only very recently.
Continue ReadingThe Coin Shield
The Royal Arms (the shield used by the Royal Family) has been on UK coins since 2008.
Design by Matthew Dent was chosen by The Royal Mint Advisory Committee following a public competition which saw over 4,000 designs submitted.
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