10 random links

Interesting links I found by chance, that are not widely known. They are all tagged `[egypt|http://del.icio.us/whirlpool/egypt]' in my [bookmarks|http://del.icio.us/whirlpool/]:

!1. [Old Coca-Cola Bottling Plant PR film|http://www.archive.org/details/coca_cola_arabic]

[http://ia300118.us.archive.org/0/items/coca_cola_arabic/coca_cola_arabic.thumbs/coca_cola_arabic_00091800.jpg]

This is a coca cola PR film made in the late 40s or early 50s in Egypt ... super cool and very funny. Worth the download.

!2. [Pyramid Cam|http://www.pyramidcam.com/]

[http://www.pyramidcam.com/pixelpost/thumbnails/thumb_20060117173855_jan17_2006.jpg]

Finally a live webcam in Egypt. I love webcams. Now this website allows you to take a look at the pyramids every now and then from anywhere. They have a few time-lapse videos too.

!3. [Posters From Egypt|http://www.musicman.com/mp/egy.html]

[http://www.musicman.com/00pic/5021t.jpg]

Nothing beats the colorful hand-drawn old Egyptian film posters, they are true works of art and very nostalgic.

!4. [National Postal Authority - Stamps gallery|http://www.bareed.org/frontend/services/Services.asp?language=arabic&MainTypeID=4&ServiceID=35]

[http://www.bareed.org/StampImages/Thumbnails/1975-5.jpg]

I received from my grandfather when I was a kid a huge collection of stamps in two plastic bags. I liked to classify and catalogue them. But the hobby died very early. It is still nice to browse a gallery of Egyptian postage stamps.

!5. [EgyMaps|http://www.egymaps.com/]

The first and very good map service for greater Cairo. The maps are good, useful and with lots of data, but the interface is not so good. I blogged about this link before.

!6. [Cairo - a photoset on Flickr|http://www.flickr.com/photos/thedepartment/sets/1314912/]

[http://static.flickr.com/32/65804907_da2e9e388e_s.jpg]

This is a very nice set of astonishingly colorful photos of the murky city with a sleeping disorder, all creative commons.

!7. [The Architecture of Cairo|http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Architecture/4-615Spring2002/LectureNotes/index.htm]

[http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/Architecture/4-615Spring2002/A28E6132-F562-442F-809E-E00CD4695AAE/0/0010.jpg]

Although this is an [MIT OCW|http://ocw.mit.edu] lecture. It is a very nice tour of the city, giving you more information about the architecture of the buildings and their history. Specially the Islamic architecture. I found a couple of places I never heard about and one that I passed in front of often but never knew anything about. It is not a complete resource but very good.

!8. [Egyptian Patent Office|http://www.egypo.gov.eg/]

Such a pathetic office was in flames a month or two after I have blogged about it. %remember%to%search%this%freaking%way.

!9. [The Official International Fan Club of Dr. Zahi Hawass|http://www.guardians.net/hawass/Fan_Club/index.htm]

[http://www.guardians.net/hawass/Fan_Club/images/Fan_Club_hawass-pyramid.jpg]

Hawass has a fan club, No kidding !!!

!10. [Flash Airlines Safety Card|http://tinyurl.com/d3nuq]
This might be a bit disturbing. I can't remember how I stumbled upon the site listing all the airline safety cards. Anyways, this is a copy of the passenger safety card of the plane that crashed in 2004.