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The Public Domain Review is a not-for-profit project dedicated to showcasing the most interesting and unusual artefacts in the history of art, literature and ideas – all of which have fallen into the public domain and so are free for everyone to enjoy, reuse and share.

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Akira Kurosawa & Francis Ford Coppola Star in Suntory Whisky Commercials (1980)

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In 1980, the revered Japanese director Akira Kurosawa shot Kagemusha, otherwise known as The Shadow Warrior. Francis Ford Coppola was the producer. Somewhere during the production, the two filmmakers lent their star power to a series of commercials for Suntory Whisky.

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The Great Courses (Formerly The Teaching Company) Offers 70% Off Every Course Today

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Here’s a holiday season deal worth mentioning. The Great Courses (formerly The Teaching Company) is offering 70% off every course today — Cyber Monday. If you’re not familiar with it, the company provides an amazing service. They travel across the U.S.

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Werner Herzog Loses a Bet to Errol Morris, and Eats His Shoe (Literally)

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Almost 35 years ago, sometime in the late 70s, the filmmakers Errol Morris and Werner Herzog made a bet. Correction: At the time, Herzog was a filmmaker, and already a star, but Errol Morris was just a guy obsessed with the idea of making a film about a pet cemetery. ‘I don’t believe you have the guts,’ Herzog told Morris.

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3D Rome Was Built in a Day

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Computer scientists at UNC-Chapel Hill and colleagues at the Swiss university, ETH-Zurich, have created an algorithm that searches through millions of photos on Flickr, then uses them to build a 3D model of landmarks and geographical locations. Case in point, the video above.

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Stanford Online Writing Courses (Fall)

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A quick fyi: Stanford Continuing Studies opened up registration this Monday for its fall lineup of online writing courses.

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Stanford Online Writing Courses (Summer)

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A quick fyi: Stanford Continuing Studies will open up registration Monday morning (8:30 am California time) for its summer lineup of online writing courses.

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We Are as Gods

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Between 1968 and 1972, Stewart Brand published The Whole Earth Catalog. For Steve Jobs, it was a “Bible” of his generation, a kind of Google 35 years before Google came along (see the excellent commencement speech where Jobs makes these comments.

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Stanford Online Writing Courses – The Fall Lineup

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A quick fyi: On Monday morning, Stanford Continuing Studies opens up registration for its fall lineup of online writing courses.

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