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The moving image of the TIME cover shot by photographer Finlay MacKay, using a Red One digital camera


This is the new Time magazine cover that hits the street next week. What makes this cover so special is, this is the first cover in history to use a Red One HD motion camera to capture the image. The name of this issue is "The decade from Hell". I'm glad to see that certain publishers are using technology to keep print media alive and well. Every week you see a number of pub… Continue

I wanted to post these earlier. I was going through my collection today and found some newspaper items. Whatever your feelings may be about JFK. Today is a sad day in our nation's history. 2013 is fastly approaching, then that will be 50th anniversary of this tragic event.

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Today I was wandering around town and I found a second hand bookstore about 5 miles from my house. I stopped and went inside and started to look at the "antique" labeled section. The store owner then pleasantly came over and greeted me. He then asked if I was looking for anything specific. I said "no Im a ephemera collector but I've been known to collect books from time to time". The owner smiled and stated he had two boxes of 19th century Canadian Parliament sessional packets. The items were th… Continue