Summer Is Winding Down In the Northern Hemisphere - It's Not Too Late for a Nice Fall Hike

It's still not too late to head over to the American Trails website and find a nice hiking trail. Fall hiking is, to me, generally the best hiking for a number of reasons. The summer heat is now waning, the leaves are changing colors and, as an added bonus, there is usually lots of edible fall fruit if you know where to look.

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Topographic maps (US only) are now available for FREE on the internet at:

www.archive.org - the search engine for this website sucks! Come on, you have one of the most awesome websites on the planet and you top it off with THAT search engine?

United States Geological Service - This government run agency has FINALLY put topographic map scans online and they are free. You don't have to download their GEOPDF plugin to get them to work.

Kenner's STAR WARS Toy Commercials

This video that I am posting isn't dvd quality but it's kind of a fun trip down memory lane (56 minutes worth). This compilation seems to focus on most of the newere toys (I can't really watch it right now as my video playing functions seem to be broke on my Ubuntu box right now).

8 parts - Rapidshare

http://rapidshare.com/files/270653684/knrstarwars.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/270653689/knrstarwars.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/270754530/knrstarwars.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/270754533/knrstarwars.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/270777736/knrstarwars.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/270777739/knrstarwars.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/270871386/knrstarwars.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/270871387/knrstarwars.part8.rar

Comics Post - All-American Men Of War #98

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Rabbit Wants Cake (Flash Game)

This one is a nice take on a very simple platformer. You have to record your moves BEFORE anything happens and then you watch your rabbit perform those moves as he tries to get to the cake.

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12 O'Clock High (TV Comics)

Anyone remember this show? I don't remember ever seeing it. The Crosseyed Cyclops has posted two issues from the old Dell Four Color series inspired by the show.

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Roads To Romance

Comics Post - All-American Men Of War #97

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Peter Callesen's Paper Art

The image above was cut from a single sheet of paper and folded to make the most intricate castle design. Follow the link below to journey to Peter Callesen's web site.

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A Wonderful New World of Fords (1960)

Neato Coolville's Awesome Postcard Collection

Created with flickr slideshow.

I have a few of these postcards but his collection is ultra-cool! Any other blog readers collect postcards?

The Princess and the Pauper (1939)

Peg-Leg Pedro (1938)

A Coach For Cinderella (1936)

A Ride For Cinderella (1937)

Comics Post - All-American Men Of War #96

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In My Merry Oldsmobile (1932)

A Day at the Video Game Factory

Can you guess which video game was manufactured in this factory? Click the link below to find out if you were correct. This one should be kind of easy.

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Spy Comics! (Vintage and Modern)

Werewolf #1-3 (compliments of the Crosseyed Cyclops)

Inspector Farnsworth of Scotland Yard #1-4 (compliments of the Crosseyed Cyclops)

Mission Impossible #1-5 (compliments of the Crosseyed Cyclops)

Super Spy #1 (compliments of the Crosseyed Cyclops)

Woman of A.C.T.I.O.N #1 (compliments of Action Age Comics)

Green Hornet #3 (compliments of the Internet Archive)

Crookbond Comics (an assortment of links provided at gamejungle - comics are not in English)

The Trip (1939)

Comics Post - All-American Men Of War #95

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Interesting Custom License Plate

I am not the biggest Metallica fan but I really thought that this a great idea!

Monster Cereals Blog

If you are or were a 70's kid you MUST go to this blog RIGHT NOW!

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Olds Minute Movies (1948)

Comics Post - All-American Men Of War #94

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Links To All of the PIXAR Short Films

This is quite amazing! Not so much the films (which really are truly amazing) but the fact that these seem to be posted by some average Joe on youtube and the quality is very good - at least DVD quality.

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Interesting Matchbox Collection

Created with flickr slideshow.

A Touch of Magic (1961)

Comics Post - All-American Men Of War #93

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Elvis Presley Painting Made With Cheese Puffs

Dell PEANUTS Comics From 1961

The Crosseyed Cyclops has posted three issues of the Dell PEANUTS series.

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1955 Chevrolet Screen Ads

Comics Post - All-American Men Of War #92

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Open Source Software

Find open source (i.e. FREE!) software alternatives for such expensive packages as Microsoft's OFFICE or Adobe's PHOTOSHOP? You say it can't be done? Click on the link below for all of the details. I routinely use Open Office (the Office alternative) and Gimp (the Photoshop alternative). And my main home computer system is running Ubuntu.

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Corvair In Action (1960)

Comics Post - All-American Men Of War #91

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Pepe Villa and El Mariachi Mexico - Honeymoon in Mexico

This one has trouble escaping the 'Americanized' label but after listening to the whole thing there are lots of good sounds here.

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Mr. Coffee Nerves (Comic Strip)

Click on the image above to see it in it's full size.

If you would like to see more, click the link below to head over to the Fabulous Fifties blog.

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A Wonderful New World of Fords (1960)

Comics Post - All-American Comics #18

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(this is all I have of this series so tomorrow it's on to a new series)

Generate Your Own Kenyan Birth Certificate

These look surprisingly authentic!

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Inside Magoo (Cancer PSA From 1960)

Comics Post - All-American Comics #17

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More Animated Commercials (the Groovy 70's)

I have always loved animated commercials and they were always a chance to get our cartoon 'fix' when there weren't any real cartoons on the tube! For today's installment I think that I have selected a group of commercials that does a really good job of representing the early 70's. If you are aware of any other good ones that I have missed please let me know in the comments.

Shasta Commercial


7-Up Commercial - 1968


Peter Max American Cancer Society


Wyler's Lemonade


Hawaiian Punch


1976 United States Information Agency


7-Up


Hanna-Barbera Anti-Drug PSA


Psychedelic McDonald's Ad


Tang


Super Sugar Crisp


F&F Throat Aids


Levi's Evolution


Levi's 501 Jeans


1971 Dial Anti-Dry

Yet Another Drive-In Intermission Reel

This one was one of my favorites (next to the circus with the dancing hot dog)

R. Crumb's Short History (and Future) of America

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This is a nice little montage created by R. Crumb depicting the rise into urbanization of one piece of wilderness. I guess he also created a couple of more scenes later in his life depicting the future:

Comics Post - All-American Comics #16

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The Worst Homemade Star Wars Costumes

I think I might have posted a link to some of these before but they are funny enough that even if they are all repeats it's still worth another view.

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Test Your Knowledge of Useless Pop Culture Junk (Vintage Advertising Category)

I got 7 out of ten and a couple of those were probably lucky guesses. After you take the quiz you are presented the option to watch all of the original commercials.

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Comics Post - All-American Comics #15

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Even More Drive-In Intermission Reels

The Dark Vault of Public Domain - Episode 17

It's nice to see that the web is now providing a nice platform for lots of amateur horror hosts across the country! Here is an old episode from 2008 featuring The Devil's Laughter edition of One Step Beyond and a feature length edit of 12 Demon Street called The Devil's Messenger.

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Vintage 'DeSoto Movie Star' Commercial

Comics Post - All-American Comics #14

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The Magic Voyage of Sinbad (full length movie)

Vintage Baggies Food Wrap Commercial

Comics Post - All-American Comics #13

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More Drive-In Intermission Loops

10 Best Movies That Did NOT Win the Academy Award For Best Picture

I was sure I knew what the number one pick would be (hint: It lost the award to ANNIE HALL) but I can't argue with this author's picks. Can any of my readers come up with any better choices? Comedies seem to always fair poorly when it comes to this award.

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Vintage York Peppermint Patty Commercial

Comics Post - All-American Comics #12

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Calypso Music

Today I am going to feature two Calypso albums from a stash that I recently got from eBay. Enjoy!





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The Price Is Right - Complete Episode from 1957 (With Commercials)

Vintage KOOL Cigarettes Commercial

Vintage Pall Mall Cigarette Commercial

Comics Post - All-American Comics #11

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Vintage Newport Cigarettes Commercial

Vintage TRUE Cigarette Commercial

Comics Post - All-American Comics #10

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Drive-In Intermission Ads

You might be wondering why I am showing Drive-In intermission ads as part of the regular Saturday Morning Cartoon feature? Well, I always loved the cheesy animation and many times I did technically watch these things on Saturday mornings (i.e. Friday night after midnight). Ok, it's a cheat but hopefully you will enjoy these! Archive.org now has 23 complete drive-in intermission loops! Wow!

One Man Rock Band (One Person Plays All 4 Instruments)

Vintage Belair Cigarette Commercial (With Raleigh Coupons!)