Ugly Bacon http://uglybacon.com ...your daily source of the internet bacon! Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:35:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.1 Historic Photos Brought to Life Vol. 1 http://uglybacon.com/2013/09/historic-photos-brought-to-life-vol-1/ http://uglybacon.com/2013/09/historic-photos-brought-to-life-vol-1/#comments Thu, 19 Sep 2013 12:35:19 +0000 http://uglybacon.com/?p=537   [ Read More ]]]> Probably the biggest disadvantage of black and white photos is that aren’t able to express the whole emotion of the photo and leave you wondering how did the environment and scene really looked like. What color was that car? What color were jeans back there? Let’s take a look at an awesome compilation of black and white photos that were brought to life by re-coloring them.

A view from the Capitol, Nashville during the Civil War, 1864

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Walt Whitman, 1887

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W.H. Murphy testing one of the first bulletproof vests, 1923

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Abandoned boy with his toy, London, 1945

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Albert Einstein just chillin, thrillin, sipping…! Long Island, NYC, 1939

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Audrey Hepburn

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Traffic accident, Washington D.C., 1921

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Young boy from Baltimore,  1938

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British troops going to war, September 1939

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Big Jay McNeely, probably 40s or 50s

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Elizabeth Taylor during the making of The Gaint, 1956

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Hindenburg falling down, May 6th 1937

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27 years old Charlie Chaplin, 1916

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Joseph Goebbels looking at the photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt after finding out he is a Jew

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Japanese bowmen, circa 1860

 

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Mark Twain, circa 1900

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Nikola Tesla, 1893

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“Old Gold” Country Store, 1939

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King Oscar II (King of Sweden and Norway), 1880

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Unemployed woodcutter, 1939

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]]> http://uglybacon.com/2013/09/historic-photos-brought-to-life-vol-1/feed/ 0 Oldman with Swag! http://uglybacon.com/2013/09/oldman-with-swag/ http://uglybacon.com/2013/09/oldman-with-swag/#comments Thu, 19 Sep 2013 11:50:50 +0000 http://uglybacon.com/?p=517 Ali is a 84 years old man of Turkish descent living in Berlin (that’s the former base of the evil Nazi Empire, if you haven’t known) for more than 44 years. He was “discovered” by photographer Zoe Spawton who noticed him everyday going to work in a new and swagish outfit. Such a cool grandpa!

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]]> http://uglybacon.com/2013/09/oldman-with-swag/feed/ 0 Motivational Pics #1 http://uglybacon.com/2013/09/motivational-pics-1/ http://uglybacon.com/2013/09/motivational-pics-1/#comments Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:25:00 +0000 http://uglybacon.com/?p=498 It’s only Tuesday which means three more days till the epic TGIF! Don’t worry, hang in there and it will come! In mean time we brought you some motivational pictures to entertain you! And, oh, we almost forgot – don’t worry – we will bring you these every week so stay tuned! ;)

 

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]]> http://uglybacon.com/2013/09/motivational-pics-1/feed/ 0 Sexy Rule 63 Vol. 1 http://uglybacon.com/2013/09/sexy-rule-63-vol-1/ http://uglybacon.com/2013/09/sexy-rule-63-vol-1/#comments Tue, 17 Sep 2013 15:54:37 +0000 http://uglybacon.com/?p=482 If it happens that you don’t know what Rule 63 is then let me enlighten you – it’s an internet adage which states that for every fictional character exists an opposite-sex counterpart. So let’s now take a look at the female part of this rule! ;) Gentlemen, start you … engines!

 

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BTW the specs are:

Intel Core i7-950,

Mobo Asus Rampage III Extreme

2x AMD Radeon HD 7970 GPU

RAM 6x 2GB Corsair Dominator

4x 120 GB Corsair Force GT SSD

2x 2TB WD Caviar Green drives

1.5TB WD Caviar Green drive (wtf? why so many disks)

Corsair AXi200i power supply

Creative Sound Blaster Zx

..and so on

 

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]]> http://uglybacon.com/2013/09/awesome-pictures-of-earth-from-space/feed/ 0 Awesome 90′s Trends http://uglybacon.com/2013/09/awesome-90s-trends/ http://uglybacon.com/2013/09/awesome-90s-trends/#comments Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:09:16 +0000 http://uglybacon.com/?p=431   [ Read More ]]]> 90′s – so close, yet so far. Yes, it is hard to imagine, but the 90′s are now over for more than 13 years! Pantha Rhei! But that doesn’t mean we cannot reminiscent about some of the trends we still vividly remember like tamagochi for example. That little noisy douchebag that always wanted to eat, play or clean his poop, remember?

 

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]]> http://uglybacon.com/2013/09/awesome-90s-trends/feed/ 0 Miley Cyrus Wrecking Ball Meme http://uglybacon.com/2013/09/miley-cyrus-wrecking-ball-meme/ http://uglybacon.com/2013/09/miley-cyrus-wrecking-ball-meme/#comments Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:00:47 +0000 http://uglybacon.com/?p=412 It was only few days ago that we brought you a collection of Miley Cyrus memes that originated from her excentric appearance on the 2013 MTV Music Awards. And now we have a completely new batch for you that originated from her recent music video “Wrecking Ball”. Enjoy! ;)

 

 

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]]> http://uglybacon.com/2013/09/a-true-shipception/feed/ 0 Making Fun of Statues http://uglybacon.com/2013/09/making-fun-of-statues/ http://uglybacon.com/2013/09/making-fun-of-statues/#comments Mon, 16 Sep 2013 11:45:56 +0000 http://uglybacon.com/?p=383 Statues are built to commemorate a significant person, event or place. And all it takes is a few numbskulls, probably some booze and a phone equipped with a camera and all this glory and significance is long gone! Enjoy ;)

 

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