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  1. Codex99 is now on Facebook. It's like this Twitter feed except with more pictures. on.fb.me/M8100W 11:06 AM May 30th via web
  2. C99 POST: Deutscher Schulatlas. The Nazi school map. bit.ly/KUvwUP 4:54 PM May 29th via web
  3. C99 POST: The Geranium on the Window Sill. Albert Cullum, Harlin Quist and the 1970s op-art children's book. bit.ly/JvBATC 7:59 PM May 20th via web
  4. C99 MASSIVE UPDATE: Daguerreotype View of Cincinnati. Possibly the most important American photograph ever taken. bit.ly/KA2GNE 5:50 PM May 16th via web
  5. C99 POST: The Esquire Glamour Gallery of 1948. The Pin-up calendar. bit.ly/IQQlAM 4:15 PM May 12th via web
  6. C99 POST: First Flight. The Wright Brothers iconic 1903 photo. One of my first posts completely updated - no, completely re-imagined. 5:08 PM May 10th via web
  7. C99 POST: A Typical Sunspot - Samuel Langley and Victorian astronomy. bit.ly/InzyX1 4:17 PM May 2nd via web
  8. C99 POST: Everest - the Early Expedition Photography. My humble contribution to Earth Day! bit.ly/JjE9cG 2:44 PM Apr 22nd via web
  9. When kids complain about the cost of apps I remind them that back in the 90s 4.99 wouldn't even buy a quick reference card for WordPerfect 3:04 PM Mar 21st via web
  10. C99 POST: Legoland - the Souvenir map and theme park cartography. Summers just around the corner! bit.ly/GDvf95 2:57 PM Mar 21st via web
  11. With all the news and tweets about the free Readability app recently I got so excited that I went out and bought Instapaper. 4.99 well spent 4:11 PM Mar 17th via web
  12. @galpix Yeah, the music IS really good. i was too young for this at the time but listen to HA&TB now. 5:07 PM Mar 1st via web in reply to galpix
  13. @galpix Its not nearly as sexist as anything today (think Katy Perry, e.g.). Looking at it again it seems rather wistfully sweet. 4:53 PM Mar 1st via web in reply to galpix
  14. C99 POST: Whipped Cream & Other Delights - the Music Mogul & the Supermodel. bit.ly/y4nvi2 3:11 PM Mar 1st via web
  15. C99 POST: The Tyler Davidson Fountain - 140 years of photos. bit.ly/xqW86g 4:38 PM Feb 22nd via web
  • Name Jim Hughes
  • Location Cincinnati, Ohio
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