From the scrunchies and jean jackets that dominated the 1980s to the plaid shirts and heavy boots that defined 1990s grunge, everyone has their favorite teenage fashion trend. But what would we have worn if we were flower children of the 1970s or flappers of the 1920s? Ohio State University student Annalisa Hartlaub was able to paint a picture by depicting each decade’s quintessential mainstream and counterculture looks. Using herself as a model and tinting each picture to realistically reflect the technology of the decade, Hartlaub’s “Counter // Culture” photo project catalogs nearly 100 years of fashion history from 1920 through today.
The sixteen-year-old artist created the collection primarily for her photography class, but Hartlaub has always had a love of the alternative. “I’ve always been fascinated, and a bit infatuated, with counterculture and how it shapes society and mainstream culture as well. So I decided to mix that interest with my love of fashion, makeup, and photography to create something,” Hartlaub told The Huffington Post.
Once upon a time there lived a stonecutter, who went every day to a great rock in the side of a big mountain and cut out slabs for gravestones or for houses. He understood very well the kinds of stones wanted for the different purposes, and as he was a careful workman he had plenty of customers. For a long time he was quite happy and contented, and asked for nothing better than what he had.
Now in the mountain dwelt a spirit which now and then appeared to men, and helped them in many ways to become rich and prosperous. The stonecutter, however, had never seen this spirit, and only shook his head, with an unbelieving air, when anyone spoke of it. But a time was coming when he learned to change his opinion.
One day the stonecutter carried a gravestone to the house of a rich man, and saw there all sorts of beautiful things, of which he had never even dreamed. Suddenly his daily work seemed to grow harder and heavier, and he said to himself: “Oh, if only I were a rich man, and could sleep in a bed with silken curtains and golden tassels, how happy I should be!” Continue reading
Twitter has just asked me to update to the new format (I am potentially on the back-end of this change since I don’t go out there very often). After playing with it for a while, I really like some of the new perks!
Some of the new changes include: Continue reading
Conduit SUCKS! Big time. So I deleted Conduit right away. (By the way, if you are looking to remove the Bing “Search Engine,” Check out the “removing Conduit” page–the steps are the same.)
Figuring out how to get the Bing Home Page from showing up everything I start up Chrome or open up a “New Tab” was more difficult. I tried going through settings. That didn’t work. Then I tried Googling it. That suggested I get rid of Conduit, but I already had. It also suggested disabling all extensions until I figured out what was causing it, but it wasn’t any of those.
After about an hour of fiddling around with the stupid program, I got it! I can’t show pictures because I can’t go backwards now, but here are the steps: Continue reading
Here’s how you erase Conduit:
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Great Drama! The lead is always excellent, the show was well-written, and the music stunning. You can find a translated version of the drama here.
I’m posting this mainly because I keep having to erase my computer and re-install Windows (5 times in the past 3 months). Every time that happens, it needs to re-upload all of my programs. This includes Skype; that much beloved face->phone service of travelers around the world.
Unfortunately, I really don’t like using the “Windows 8 Store” version. With the stupid Windows 8 page I have to go hunting Skype down, when I would just as soon have it pinned to my taskbar on the bottom. Plus, my computer doesn’t like telling me when someone calls me via Skype with that program.
So, I still install the version of Skype meant for your Windows Desktop:) Then I pin it to the taskbar on the bottom of my screen.
“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city” ~ Roman Payne
Language Translation
Deceptively Blonde 