Friday, September 25, 2009

Daily Video: Philips Carousel for Cinema 21:9 TV



For more, visit cinema.philips.com

Philips rolls out the red carpet for Cinema 21:9 with a cinematic experience exclusively created for online. As any movie lover can tell you, watching a movie at home with the black bars really takes away much of the magic. To experience a movie as it was intended to be watched, Philips developed the worlds first cinematic proportion TV called Cinema 21:9. Cinema 21:9 has a unique aspect ratio that replicates cinematic proportions and finally removes the black bars found on every other 16:9 TV. Complete with three sided Ambilight, best understood as surround sound for eyes, and Philips award winning picture quality, Cinema 21:9 provides a truly cinematic experience at home.

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These have been around for years, but I still feel they are classics and therefore important additions to this blog...








Thursday, September 24, 2009

197 Countries in 197 Photographs

The list of independent countries was taken from here, however I took the liberty of separating the United Kingdom into England, Scotland, and Wales. Please see bottom of page for some notes on image selection, and see links under images for original sources (note: some images were taken by myself and friends).



Afghanistan by micdt





Albania by Pawel Dziepak





Algeria by annaba





Andorra by bened1ct





Angola by napolean-hell





Antigua and Barbuda





Argentina by Chris





Armenia by FiLH





Australia by David Walker





Austria by phoenix252





Azerbaijan by poorich





Bahamas by Sebastian Ho





Bahrain by ace-v





Bangladesh by GMBakash





Barbados





Belarus by Andrey Dubinin





Belgium by olakala





Belize by Vicki





Benin by Pauline L.




Bhutan by moonfinder





Bolivia by courtenaybird





Bosnia and Herzegovina by Mehmet Pinar





Botswana by Camille





Brazil





Brunei by Anthony Asael





Bulgaria by Vasilis Lotsios





Burkina





Burundi





Cambodia by Matthieu G.





Cameroon by stwin





Canada





Cape Verde by Mikko Laitinen





Central African Republic by abenn





Chad by JadeLotus





Chile by theflash88





China by Alex Melinyshyn





Colombia





Comoros by Anthony Asael





Costa Rica





Cote D'Ivoire by Anthony Asael





Croatia by RainbowFountains





Cuba by Tunc Suerdas





Cyprus by v3rmillion





Czech Republic by Faqy





Democratic Republic of the Congoby Larissa





Denmark by Christoph Kaula





Djibouti by Shannon





Dominica by Taylor





Dominican Republic by zaanannimjael





East Timor by Annas Alamudi





Ecuador by Vincent Joachim





Egypt by moon-goddess18





El Salvador by sedats





England





Equatorial Guinea





Eritrea by Eric Lafforgue





Estonia by Avely Nukk





Ethiopia





Fiji by zinni





Finland by Dennis





France by somebody3121





Gabon by bwiti





Georgia by gajet





Germany by Beverly





Ghana by Erin Eldridge





Greece by me





Grenada by iwanttorentawombat





Guatemala by Josh England





Guinea-Bissau by Carlos Jorge





Guinea by Alexandre Foulon





Guyana by Khirsah





Haiti by A. Newstead





Honduras by Amanda





Hungary by fedagirl





Iceland by Maciej Duczynski





India by Thamer Al-Tassan





Indonesia by Rick Wezenaar





Iran





Iraq by Zoriah





Ireland by Kristi Potter





Israel by Adam Buczynski





Italy by Kit





Jamaica





Japan by sushihi





Jordan by Amoked





Kazakhstan by Aleksey





Kenya by Serhat Demiroglu





Kiribati by jo-mo





Kosovo by Neal1960





Kuwait by TorStar





Kyrgyzstan by elimoe





Laos by Emre Rende





Latvia by asikbaris





Lebanon by Sami





Lesotho by tehbean





Liberia by Anna





Libya





Liechtenstein by Bandesz99





Lithuania by mikescottnz





Luxembourg by kaizokuBG





Macedonia





Madagascar by Adrien





Malawi by Arnaud Legrand





Malaysia by devinadewi





Maldives by Patryk Kosmider





Mali by Ella





Malta by denkyo





Marshall Islands by firstshootersingular





Mauritania by Michel





Mauritius by Kirk





Mexico by Aziza





Micronesia by Paolo Natale





Moldova by Serge Nikiforov





Monaco





Mongolia by Emmanuel Smague





Montenegro by bandesz99





Morocco by Natasha





Mozambique by Stuart Williams





Myanmar by Osiris81





Namibia by Francesco Tosi





Nauru by Dave





Nepal by Murat Selam





Netherlands by Sylvain





New Zealand by Jessica Pearce





Nicaragua by Aaron Escobar





Niger





Nigeria





North Korea by Eric Lafforgue





Norway by Maciej Duczynski





Oman





Pakistan by Azlan Hashim





Palau by Christian Benter





Panama





Papua New Guinea





Paraguay by tofeellove





Peru by Renate Eder





Philippines by Francis





Poland by Jan Ronald Crans





Portugal by Miguel Rita





Qatar by Emre Rende





Republic of the Congo by Anthony Asael





Romania by Tereza





Russia





Rwanda by Rob & Ale





Saint Kitts and Nevis





Saint Lucia





Saint Vincent and the Grenadines by Ian Mackenzie





Samoa by Daniel LeLievre





San Marino by Zsuzsanna Mészáros





Sao Tome and Principe by João Pedro Neves





Saudi Arabia by Walter Callens





Scotland by me





Senegal by Sylvain Landry





Serbia by Katarina Stefanović





Seychelles by Nichol Rose





Sierra Leone by Adam Cohn





Singapore by Anoopa Joshi





Slovakia by Martin Sojka





Slovenia by Kristof Persoons





Solomon Islands by IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies)





Somalia





South Africa by Geof Wilson





South Korea by Derek Winchester





Spain





Sri Lanka by Anuradha Sarup





Sudan by Walter Callens





Suriname





Swaziland by Simon Purdy





Sweden by Bill Sutherland





Switzerland by me





Syria





Taiwan





Tajikistan by Daniel Zollinger





Tanzania by Bruno





Thailand by Amrul Isham Ismail





The Gambia by Sebastian M.





Togo





Tonga by Eric Cheng





Trinidad and Tobago by Christian





Tunisia by Dell Gonzales





Turkey





Turkmenistan by Owen Murray





Tuvalu by Alexander Trevi





Uganda by Rob & Ale





Ukraine





United Arab Emirates by Dan





United States of America





Uruguay by Juan Antonio Flores Segal





Uzbekistan





Vanuatu by Eric Lafforgue





Vatican City by Eren





Venezuela by Ruben Seabra





Vietnam by Farl





Wales by Ray Wise





Yemen





Zambia by Joan Sabaté





Zimbabwe


*The images chosen were not meant to be representative of the entire country, but were selected based on aesthetic appeal, or on how compelling they are. The subject matter of the selected images is not meant to be offensive to anyone. One snapshot cannot represent an entire nation.