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How to Tell an Image's Size
What size is it? There's several ways to detect the dimensions of a graphic found on the web or your computer.
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All About Blepharitis: Itchy, Inflamed Eyelids
I have blepharitis, and it drives me mad. Through my visits with an ophthalmologist, I've learned a few tricks for treating my itchy, red eyes.
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25 Funny Things on Google Maps
Google Maps are a useful tool, but they're also a fun game. Here's some of the unusual landmarks, eyesores and just plain obscure oddities that appear in Google's aerial and satellite maps.
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Add 3D Frames to Your Photos: Free Online Tools
Free online image editors let you turn good photos into amazing graphics.
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How to Align Images Side-by-Side Using HTML
Here's the old-fashioned way of using HTML and CSS codes to tile graphics side-by-side on a webpage. It is handy for photo galleries, strips of buttons, or other kinds of images arranged in a grid.
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How to Make an Egyptian Pyramid: Easy Papercraft Project
Here's a fun, simple, educational DIY papercraft project for your kids: build an Egyptian pyramid! Printables, step-by-step instructions, and a sand-colored stone wall texture are included.
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Horace Ode 3.30: On Immortality
One of my favorite Latin poets has some thoughts about artistic endeavors and immortality. Something to ponder in this day and age when so much of our writing, art and media depends on the net.
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Review: Nikon Trailblazer Binoculars
There's probably better binocs out there by now, but I've viewed comets, birds, sporting events, and even a solar eclipse using my Nikon Trailblazer binoculars, either 8x25 or 8x42. Here's my review.
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Top 10 Earworms: Songs That Get Stuck in Your Head
They get stuck in your head; they'll rattle around in there for days. Yep, it's earworms, those catchy tunes we just can't seem to forget. Here's a list of ten earworms to drive you batty.
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Thumbs Up, Thumbs-Up or Thumb's Up?
All right, grammar geeks, how do we spell thumbs-up, really and truly? Greekgeek aka Mythphile investigates.
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Home Buying: How to Tell If Smokers Are Hiding Tobacco Smell
It's possible to remove the stench, but it's better to be safe than sorry. Learn how to recognize a smoker's house. It's very likely they'll be trying to conceal signs of smoking in order to sell it.
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Greek Sculpture of a Siren, Athens
Here's one of my favorite sculptures that I saw while I was in Greece. It's from the Hellenistic period, after the heyday of classical Greece, but there's something about that face that I love.
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Squid Myths: From Kraken to Cthulhu
Giant squid myths have been squirming across our imaginations for hundreds of years. CGI brings them to life. Better still, it turns out there really ARE giant squids of monstrous size in the sea!
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Egyptian Barbie: Princess of the Nile
I never thought I'd be reviewing a Barbie design, but the ancient Egyptian details on this doll were accurate enough to catch my attention and my fancy.
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Greek Gods Crossword and Word Search Puzzles
Here's some fun Greek mythology puzzles for students to test their knowledge of the Greek gods.
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Hotlinking: What Is It, And Why Is It Bad?
Here's how to make sure you're not stealing someone's bandwidth -- and forcing them to pay for your site -- when you use their images.
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How to Uninstall NexDef on Mac or PC
Is your computer running slow? I found a strange process hogging more real memory than any other program: MLBNexDefAutobahn, a plugin that downloads when subscribing to MLB.tv. Here's how to fix it.
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Photoshop Masking Tutorial: Extract a Photo
Masking in Photoshop (or other graphics programs that use layers) is a powerful technique that's easy to learn and powerful to use! Here's how.
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Polykleitos' Diadoumenos
Polykleitos' Dialdoumenos, a statue in the National Museum of Athens, is one of the premiere works of western art. It established a pose that has been imitated by sculptors ever since.
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Daring Jumping Spider: Phidippus Audax
Here's a photogenic little hunting spider I found in my home.
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Wild Parrots of Southern California: Red-Crowned Parrots
I've been trying to photograph feral parrots in my neighborhood for years. Mexican red-crowned parrots are escapees from the illegal exotic bird smuggling trade, now living in CA, TX and FL.
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What Is Haitian Vodou (Voodoo)?
Distorted by Hollywood, reviled and feared, the word "voodoo" conjures up images of curses and zombies— ghost stories told by whites who mistrusted and suppressed native religions of African slaves.
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Review: My Favorite Airline-Approved Cat Carrier
After some trial and error with other carriers, we've happily used this Sherpa Deluxe carrier for many years. Also, pet breeder recommendations for airline-approved pet carriers and travel accessories.
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Photos of Apollo Moon Landing Sites From Space!
Thanks to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission of 2009-2012, we now have detailed satellite photos of all the Apollo landing sites. Landers, instruments, tracks, rovers and even flags are visible.
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Greek Mythology Quiz: Hubris
Greek mythology is full of fables about great heroes brought down by a fatal flaw. How many can you remember? Test yourself or scroll down to learn more!
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Greek Mythology Trivia Quiz: Apollo
Try another Greek mythology trivia quiz — this one highlights the god Apollo. After the quiz, there's lots of useful information and pictures from ancient Greek art illustrating his myths!
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The Goddess Athena Trivia Quiz
How much do you know about Pallas Athena? Try this mythology trivia quiz, or read on for facts and trivia about the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom and war.
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Greek Mythology Trivia Quiz: Gods of Olympus
Here's a quick Greek mythology trivia quiz on the 12 Olympian gods. Be sure to scroll down and find out more about the answers, or take other quizzes in the series!
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Ancient Greece Odyssey: Museums of Athens
Excerpts and photos from the travel diary of a student of ancient Greek art, archaeology and mythology.
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How to Play the Game of Rota (Roman Tic-Tac-Toe)
The Roman game of Rota was popular with Roman soldiers as long as 2000 years ago. It's easy to play, and unlike tic-tac-toe, it's not liable to end in a tie! Here's what you need to know.
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Behind 'The Sound of Music' in Antwerp Train Station
Viral videos come and go. In 2009, an apparent flash mob staged "The Sound of Music" in the Antwerp Train Station. Who was behind it? Well...
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Free Web Graphics: Where to Get Them (Legally!)
There are plenty of free, legal ways to get great graphics for articles and webpages. Here's over thirty sites offering free stock photography, great graphics, clip art, icons and more.
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The California Sea Hare
What's that mottled purple slug in a tidepool off the coast of California? Quite probably a California Sea Hare. Here's my photos and info on this interesting critter.
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The Great (Northeast) Blizzard of 1978
One of my fondest memories is the Blizzard of '78. At age 6, in rural Pennsylvania, it was an adventure. For others across the northeast, it was deadly serious.
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How to Align Images in CSS and HTML
Need to align a graphic on a webpage? Are you trying to put captions under your images? Here are the codes you need to make things work.
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Reconstruction of the Olympias, an Ancient Greek Trireme
An ancient Greek warship reconstructed in 1987 let scholars study a full-sized trireme, the "wooden wall" that was the backbone of the Athenian empire.
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Thoth: Egyptian God of Writing and Wisdom
Meet Thoth, trickster and sage, bureaucrat and magician, patron of writing and mathematics, one of the most fascinating deities in the ancient Egyptian pantheon.
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The BBC Lord of the Rings Radio Dramatization
Over 30 years old, the Sibley and Bakewell production of the Lord of the Rings starring Ian Holm as Frodo is, in my opinion, the greatest adaptation of Tolkien's epic ever attempted. Here's why.
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Ancient Greece Odyssey: Temple of Apollo at Delphi
My visit to the archaeological site of Delphi, with my own photos, notes, and recollections. As a myth and classics major, I can tell you a few things the guides may miss!
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Funny Signs and Bizarre Billboards
A photo gallery of funny signs that I've been collecting since 2007. Some are intentionally funny, others are embarrassing goofs, some are bungled translations, and some are just plain odd.
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Easy Kitemaking: How to Build a Tetrahedral Kite
"How to Build a Pyramid Kite" is a tutorial I first posted on the web in 1993. Suitable for ages 7 and up with adult supervision, this is a simple kite design I learned as a kid.