Website of the week - Pimp This Bum

A new kind of charity: PimpThisBum.com:

Read the inspiring story of Tim Edwards, who was homeless for FIVE years in America. And maybe help turn someone else's life around.

"PTB set out to aid the most disenfranchised segment of our society: the homeless. We truly believe that, while we won't be 100% successful in eliminating homelessness, we can provide opportunity for many people who want to get off the streets and return to a productive, fulfilling life.

Pimp This Bum is is a complement to the myriad shelters, food banks and other charities that embrace the homeless. As traditional charities welcome the masses and provide them with their greatest basic needs, Pimp This Bum surgically selects individuals, assesses the root causes for their condition, and prescribes a very individual solution to get them back into society.

PTB is administrated entirely by volunteers. All donations go directly to assisting the intended recipients."

Website of the week - The Hype Factor

Do you love the Promo Radio series Various Artists collections? Want more? Look no further! Selections include Country, Dance, Urban, Mainstream, Rhythm, Urban Club.

http://www.thehypefactor.com/category/albums/

Website of the week - Clark Gable's Combat America (1945)

Clark Gable is featured in this dramatized story of the 351st Bomber Group of the US Army Air Force, from its training in Colorado to a mission over Germany, showing crews and gunners at a base in England and including actual combat footage. Reproduced from an original Kodachrome print. Excellent visual quality. USA, 1945, Color, 62 minutes.

You can download this in several different formats here:

Combat America (Part I) (1945):

Combat America (Part II) (1945):

Combat America (Part III) (1945):

Combat America (Part IV) (1945):

or simply watch online.

There are over 2,000 films in this vast archive, as well as texts/reading materials, audio files, software, websites and so much more. If this is your type of interest you've hit the jackpot here!

Prelinger Archives was founded in 1983 by Rick Prelinger in New York City. Over the next twenty years, it grew into a collection of over 60,000 "ephemeral" (advertising, educational, industrial, and amateur) films. In 2002, the film collection was acquired by the Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Prelinger Archives remains in existence, holding approximately 4,000 titles on videotape and a smaller collection of film materials acquired subsequent to the Library of Congress transaction. Its goal remains to collect, preserve, and facilitate access to films of historic significance that haven't been collected elsewhere. Included are films produced by and for many hundreds of important US corporations, nonprofit organizations, trade associations, community and interest groups, and educational institutions. Getty Images represents the collection for stock footage sale, and over 2,000 key titles (soon to be 2,500) are available here. As a whole, the collection currently contains over 10% of the total production of ephemeral films between 1927 and 1987, and it may be the most complete and varied collection in existence of films from these poorly preserved genres.

Vintage WW2 posters:

Website of the week - Dispatches From The Island

Lost's season 5 finale has come and gone and we're all beginning to suffer withdrawal. Here's a site to tide us over a bit. It's Jorge Garcia's personal blog! He shares his travel pictures and funny anecdotes. Who doesn't love Hurley?!

http://dispatchesfromtheisland.blogspot.com

Website of the week - Reminisce & Back When

Do you love great stories of years gone by? Are you a fan of the way things used to be? Do you just like antiques? Then here's a site for you.

http://www.reminisce.com/

This is the site for Reminisce Magazine, but you do not have to subscribe to enjoy going back in time on the site. Check out the Can You Give Me A Hand section & help someone locate or identify lost objects. Ask the Antiques Expert or submit a recipe. See if you remember anything in the Memory Lane section:

Website of the week - The Hunt For Gollum: The Film (2009)

A cool new fan film for the Ringers:
http://thehuntforgollum.s3.amazonaws.com/updates.htm

The script is adapted from elements of the appendices of The Lord of the Rings. The story follows the Heir of Isildur; the "greatest huntsman and traveller in Middle Earth" as he sets out to find the creature Gollum. The creature must be found to discover the truth about the Ring, and to protect the future Ringbearer.

Disclaimer:
The Hunt For Gollum is an unofficial non-profit film being made for private use, and is not intended for sales of any sort. No money is being made from this film, and no one was paid to make it. It is in no way sponsored or approved by Tolkien Enterprises, the Tolkien Estate, Peter Jackson, New Line Cinema or any affiliates. The content is for the private use of the downloader and should not be sold, rented, or used for any commercial enterprise in any way, shape, or form. We make no claim to any characters, storylines, prop designs, names, logos, situations that are trademarked, copyrighted or otherwise protected by federal, state or other intellectual property law. New Line, Peter Jackson, Weta, Tolkien Enterprises, the Tolkien Estate or any of their respective affiliates or licensees hold rights to some intellectual property herein used by this work. This work is produced solely for the personal, uncompensated enjoyment of ourselves and other Tolkien fans. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.


If you enjoyed the film, be sure to check out the downloads section. They have a nice selection of wallpapers, banners, & posters. Also a couple of downloadable tracks in the soundtrack section.