http://jackyan.vox.com/library/posts/tags/history/page/1/ NOW IN COLOUR en Vox Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:44:41 +1200 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss history http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/obama-more-exciting-than-mccainand-why-this-matters.html?_c=feed-rss 80 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/obama-more-exciting-than-mccainand-why-this-matters.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/obama-more-exciting-than-mccainand-why-this-matters.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:44:41 +1200 This is no surprise given the promotions that Sen. Obama has been getting in the media: ‘Obama elicits more excitement than McCain’, according to USA Today. I want to be the voice of reason but 21 years in communications tell me that this is im... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/obama-more-exciting-than-mccainand-why-this-matters.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad69aefc90005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> conservative politics history party democrat campaign national change gop republican 1990 branding 1992 1999 barack obama bill clinton 1997 2008 analysis presidential election unity hillary clinton labour tory john mccain victories personal branding http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/500th-model-on-autocade.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/500th-model-on-autocade.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/500th-model-on-autocade.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:16:24 +1200 I reached the 500th model milestone today on Autocade. The 500th entry was a very unlikely one, but it goes to show how varied the models are, and how they are not necessarily cars I even like! Ford Fairlane (NL). 1996–9 (prod. unknown). 4-doo... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/500th-model-on-autocade.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00fa968893060003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> australian history australia car retro ford automobile 1998 1990s 1996 jack yan ford fairlane autocade ford australia automotive history http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/why-its-still-the-american-century.html?_c=feed-rss 80 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/why-its-still-the-american-century.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/why-its-still-the-american-century.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:56:48 +1200 In the spirit of July 4, I thought it would be interesting to explore the idea of the United States retaining its influence in the 21st century. What many see is dire. Beyond the anti-war types’ opposition to the War on Terror, there are corrup... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/why-its-still-the-american-century.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad6962fa30005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> history justice usa liberty india freedom honour july 4 http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/it-was-hip-to-be-square.html?_c=feed-rss 80 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/it-was-hip-to-be-square.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/it-was-hip-to-be-square.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:20:11 +1200 A few new entries on Autocade reminded me of just how fashionable this Paolo Martin–Pininfarina style was 30-plus years ago. Fiat 130. 1969–77 (prod. 15,093 saloon, 4,294 coupé). 2-door coupé, 4-door saloon. F/R, 2866, 3235 cm³ (V6 OHV). Bigge... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/it-was-hip-to-be-square.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00fa967a3c8a0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> design history fashion retro cars automobiles europe 1970s european product design car design pininfarina autocade peugeot 604 rolls-royce camargue paolo martin fiat 130 aldo brovarone http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/goodbye-harvey-korman.html?_c=feed-rss 100 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/goodbye-harvey-korman.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/goodbye-harvey-korman.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 31 May 2008 00:50:09 +1200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad68be3bb0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad68be3bb0005-50si" alt="Dentist Sketch - The Carol Burnett Show" /></a> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad68cc71f0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad68cc71f0004-50si" alt="Pledge to Hedley Lamarr" /></a> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252293c4604a00fa9679b1d90002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00fa9679b1d90002-50si" alt="Harvey Korman - Archive Interview Part 1 of 3" /></a> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252293c4604a00fa9679b1f40002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00fa9679b1f40002-50si" alt="Harvey Korman - Archive Interview Part 2 of 3" /></a> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad68cc7560004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad68cc7560004-50si" alt="Harvey Korman - Archive Interview Part 3 of 3" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Another great actor passes on: Harvey Korman from The Carol Burnett Show, Blazing Saddles and History of the World Part One. (He regarded these as his best credits.) ‘Korman reportedly suffered complications related to the rupture of an abdominal ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/goodbye-harvey-korman.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00fae8be4519000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> tv comedy movie history film usa humour hollywood interview archive celebrity actor 2008 mel brooks 1927 blazing saddles hedley lamarr the carol burnett show history of the world part one harvey korman http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/dan-chan-a-great-chinese-new-zealander.html?_c=feed-rss 80 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/dan-chan-a-great-chinese-new-zealander.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/dan-chan-a-great-chinese-new-zealander.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 24 May 2008 13:29:44 +1200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad689f22f0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00fad689f22f0004-50si" alt="Dan Chan funeral order of service" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I learned quite a few things about Dan Chan at his funeral last Wednesday in the eulogy delivered by historian Dr James Ng. Dan was born in China in 1907 but was educated in Australia, where his father worked, from 13—both at a state school in ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/dan-chan-a-great-chinese-new-zealander.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00fa9677a2eb0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> australian chinese new zealand hong kong history 2006 australia china asian philanthropy education melbourne wwii sydney high school funeral 20th century kiwi victoria 2008 nsw benefactor old boy eulogy philanthropist dan chan 1907 otago university chinese australian new zealander chinese new zealander qsm onzm chan chung yock japanese invasion scotch college honours’ list new zealand law society james ng http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/tony-blair-on-the-reasons-for-the-iraq-war.html?_c=feed-rss 80 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/tony-blair-on-the-reasons-for-the-iraq-war.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/tony-blair-on-the-reasons-for-the-iraq-war.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 09 May 2008 16:45:34 +1200 Bit of a history lesson here. On March 18, 2003, 12.35 p.m., from Hansard. The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair): I beg to move, That this House notes its decisions of 25th November 2002 and 26th February 2003 to endorse UN Security Council Resolu... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/tony-blair-on-the-reasons-for-the-iraq-war.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00f48cf6478b0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> france war politics england history usa iraq gop record wales uk iraq war un war on terror george w. bush bill clinton anti-war diplomacy hillary clinton tony blair parliament democratic party labour anti-americanism international law saddam hussein kosovo hansard resolution 1441 un security council http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/david-horowitz-on-the-reasons-for-the-iraq-war.html?_c=feed-rss 80 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/david-horowitz-on-the-reasons-for-the-iraq-war.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/david-horowitz-on-the-reasons-for-the-iraq-war.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 08 May 2008 18:38:19 +1200 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/video/6a00c2252293c4604a00f48cf5f7300003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a00f48cf5f7300003-50si" alt="David Horowitz - Party of Defeat" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Whether you support the war in Iraq or you don’t—and here in New Zealand we have the luxury to criticize the United States—David Horowitz’s recollection (video found originally on Humbled Infidel’s blog) of why the US went in certainly correlates ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/david-horowitz-on-the-reasons-for-the-iraq-war.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00f48cf5ef0b0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> france withdrawal leadership politics history democrat china iraq george bush gop republican al gore truth iraq war un russia values war on terror barack obama george w. bush united nations bill clinton anti-war democracy bob dole morality honour hillary clinton tony blair patriot act john mccain revisionism helen clark security council presidency david horowitz 2008 primaries resolution 1441 un charter staying the course un resolution party of defeat http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/the-little-rovers-that-could.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/the-little-rovers-that-could.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/the-little-rovers-that-could.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:54:09 +1200 Here’s an Autocade series for the Brits. Remember these? Well, maybe all but the last one. I haven’t put in the data for the MG ZR yet though. Triumph Acclaim. 1981–4 (prod. 133,625). 4-door saloon. F/F, 1335 cm³ (4 cyl. SOHC). Anglicized ver... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/the-little-rovers-that-could.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00e398ece53a0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> chinese japanese history japan car retro china honda 1980s automobile uk triumph british 1990s britain rover 2000s automotive industry nanjing red china saic nac mg mg rover rover 200 honda ballade austin rover mg 3 triumph acclaim http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/forty-two-years-of-the-toyota-corolla.html?_c=feed-rss 80 nobody@vox.com(Jack Yan) http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/forty-two-years-of-the-toyota-corolla.html?_c=feed-rss http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/forty-two-years-of-the-toyota-corolla.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:58:47 +1200 Warning: this may be the most boring Autocade-related post you will ever read on Vox. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Toyota Corolla. I am not responsible for narcolepsy. I wrote these ones out of interest, tracking the rise and fall... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/forty-two-years-of-the-toyota-corolla.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2252293c4604a00e398ec69050005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> marketing japanese history japan car retro 1980s automobile 1970s 1990s toyota success 1960s 1966 export toyota matrix 2000s lifetime manufacturing jack yan toyota corolla domestic appliance autocade mass marketing toyota sprinter toyota blade model range toyota auris