TED Talks
Frank Warren: Half a million secrets
"Secrets can take many forms -- they can be shocking, or silly, or soulful." Frank Warren, the founder of PostSecret.com, shares some of the half-million secrets that strangers have mailed him on postcards.
Curated Video
Discovering Wartime Secrets: Recovering Postcards from the German Fleet in Scarpa Flow
This video explores the discovery and conservation of a collection of postcards found on the SMS Karl's Ruer, a German Navy cruiser scuttled in Scarpa Flow after World War I. The postcards, preserved for almost a century, offer a glimpse...
Wonderscape
Enhancing Narratives with Adjectives and Adverbs
Discover how to use adjectives and adverbs to add color and detail to your stories, such as describing a vacation to the Grand Canyon. Learn about descriptive adjectives, adjectives of quantity, and number adjectives to make your writing...
Curated Video
CompTIA A+ Certification Core 1 (220-1101) - POST
The power-on self-test (POST) takes place every time a system starts. POST checks the system and communicates any problems it finds to the user. This clip is from the chapter "Book Chapter 5 - Firmware" of the series "CompTIA A+...
Curated Video
Revolutionizing Postcards: The Future of Sending Greetings
The video discusses a new mobile phone service that allows users to create and send personalized postcards directly from their camera phones. Users can take a photo, add a message and recipient's address, and send it to a special number...
The Art Assignment
The Case for Conceptual Art
Sometimes art is paintings, and sometimes it's a chair. Why? Let's learn about "Conceptual Art," where the idea is more important than the form.
Curated Video
CompTIA A+ Certification 220-1001: The Total Course - POST
The Power On Self-Test takes place every time a system starts. POST checks the system and communicates any problems it finds to the user. This clip is from the chapter "Firmware" of the series "CompTIA A+ Certification 220-1001: The...
Curated Video
Animated Postcard Image Reveal in PowerPoint
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create an effect that looks as though an image is being created from overlapping postcards, which may be animated.
Packt
Introduction to computer hardware and software : POST
From the section: Firmware. In this section, we learn about BIOS, POST and system setup. The Power On Self-Test takes place every time a system starts. POST checks the system and communicates any problems it finds to the user.
Curated Video
USA: CHILDREN LOBBY PRESIDENT CLINTON OVER LANDMINE TREATY
English/Nat
Dozens of children delivered 20-thousand postcards on Saturday from children in Afghanistan urging U-S President Clinton to sign the international treaty banning landmines.
The Children, mainly of Afghan descent, stuffed...
Curated Video
Postcards from Venice: Canaletto paintings on show in London
LEADIN:While contemporary art takes over Venice, as part of the Italian city's Biennale, a new London show is looking back to simpler times.Buckingham Palace's Queen's Gallery is opening a new exhibit that explores the work of 18th...