The Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2008 competition is now over and the winner has been selected. In the final 712 Wikimedians voted, of which 74 voted for the winner, Horses on Bianditz mountain. With 71 votes Fire breathing takes the second place. The third place is for Steam locomotives in the roundhouse with 46 votes. picked by bornbad 10 months ago tags Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2008 |
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Quite a few movies are scheduled to be released in 2008. A number of them sound like they'll be great. There are even a few that are creative. Could 2008 be the year Hollywood regains its magic? picked by leopoldogolba 2 years ago 6 comments edit related share entertainment |
Some people measure years in music or photos, but we like to measure the year in the little blips on the radar that are 15-minute celebrities. 0 comments edit related share entertainment*how about Edward Smith* Briefly famous for: Admitting to having sex with over 1000 cars. <---or Joe the plumber picked by Bornbad 1 year ago |
How weird a year was it? 5 comments edit related share worldHere's how weird. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago |
2008 has been an eventful year to say the least - it is difficult to sum up the thousands of stories in just a handful of photographs. That said, I will try to do what I've done with other photo narratives here, and tell a story of 2008 in photographs. picked by cactushair 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
A previously undiscovered 17th century picture of a dodo, drawn before the bird became extinct, is to be sold at auction by Christie’s. 4 comments edit related share plime.comThe drawing, which dates from the late 1600s, offers a rare insight into the appearance of the flightless bird that was the first recorded casualty of human interference in the habitat of other creatures. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago |
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The imagination of the artist is just great. picked by cybour 3 years ago 3 comments edit related share arts |
2008 summarized as an old timey newsreel in cartoon form - by mark fiore picked by indisguise 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Celebration of IYP will raise awareness of the importance of the potato, and of agriculture in general. picked by glik 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share world |
It’s the beginning of another year, when who knows what’s going to happen, what adventures we’ll have and what ground-breaking news will hit the headlines. It’s the perfect time to reminisce over events of the previous year and ponder new discoveries. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share science |
Robot innovation continued its relentless advances during 2008. In this post we would like to showcase some of our favorite robots and robot videos of the last year or so. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share technology |
A 19-year-old suburban Detroit resident is on track to graduate from The University of Michigan after just a year of study. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
MTV wants to use the original script and film the movie, Rocky Horror Picture Show again."I'd like to see it shown a year from this coming Halloween, but that's up to MTV," Adler said. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 27 comments edit related share plime.com |
It’s amazing what you can find! These unbelievable discoveries of 2008 make it exciting to be a collector, and for many of these lucky finders, provide quite a nice cash reward as well. Maybe it is finally time to dig your old metal detector out of the closet (doesn’t everybody have one of those?) and think about building some extra income this year - with some kind of awesome discover... read full post picked by TheArtofLife 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
A great list of all the 15 minute celebs that made 2008 not that bad-ish. picked by cranberryzero 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
It was a good year for Wired Science, and we have our readers to thank for that. So, for the dual purposes of thanking you and patting ourselves on the back, here is a list of our most read stories of 2008 (and a couple we think should have been). picked by cactushair 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Bust out the pomp and circumstance, because we ’re presenting the people that made the biggest noise in 2008, the movers and shakers that either moved up the ladder into the spotlight or blew it up and took the elevator, the industry insiders and outsiders who made such an impact this year, that we’ll be looking for them to do even bigger things. picked by cactushair 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share entertainment |
In 2008, gamers collectively spent more time with their PlayStation 2 than any other console. That's according to media research company Nielsen, whose "Top Tens" of 2008 calculated video game console usage, as well as the top PC games. picked by punthe 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share entertainment |
NPR picks their best loved songs of the year. Hope you agree. Enjoy the listen! picked by meggysue 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
In July 2008 it will be 100 years since the Tunguska meteorite fall in Russia. The local authorities have decided to take the advantage of the human interest to all mystical and unknown and turn the place of the meteorite fall into a popular travel centre. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
*builds suspense* picked by punthe 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share entertainment |