GLAM DAYS

Retro Culture - Cheesecake Pinup Leg-Art

declan — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 09:58:00 +0000

Do you know the term of "Cheesecake"? I don't mean a kind of sweet confectionery, lol.
It means images portraying attractiveness of women with pretty legs who shapely clothed, at times in lingerie, stockings and heels. Cheesecake also correlates with "Pinup" and "Leg-Art", they can be categorized in a similar group of subculture.

Originally modern leg show biz began since end of the 19th century.
French Can-Can has been loved by many people at Moulin Rouge, as you know the movie starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, in Montmartre of cosmopolitan city Paris Lautrec loved to live in.
In 1930s, Marlene Dietrich glittered with her million-dollar legs. She had already got a fame in the screen movie "The Blue Angel" in Europe.
She also met with success after she came to America in the 1939 movie "Destry Riders Again". She was so smart she knew well how to show her attractiveness, prominent figure with beautiful long legs, to advantage.

As for me, I love next generation the most..1950s!
I've got enthralled by so-called midcentury's, glamour Hollywood actresses in photos, posters and illustrations. The first Hollywood goddesses who captivated me were Jayne Mansfield and Marilyn Monroe when I was young, as you can see former articles in this blog. (..actually I'm not sure which one first exactly, I was so young lol.)
I'll write about other international favorite movie stars and goddesses later, for example Sophia Loren, Brigitte Bardot, Raquel Welch and so on.

You can see many cheesecake related stuff in many posters, calendars, T-shirts, advertising publicity, postcards, figures in magazines and comics. Also you might have seen some pictures painted on the nose of airplane.
The thumbnail picture shows some works of Alberto Vargas and Gil Elvgren which I have. I really love them.

In recent days I recommend some illustrations of Olivia De Berardinis and Hajime Sorayama, comics of Buichi Terasawa. In addition, you can learn more it's history and variety in my respecting site.

Jayne Mansfield - Platinum blonde

declan — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:10:00 +0000

Starting with this blog, I want to write about Jayne Mansfield first. This beauty is the very icon represents my type the most, glamour, curvy and shapen like a bottle of softdrink.

Jayne Mansfield, best known as blonde goddess of the 1950s in Hollywood, was born Vera Jane Palmer on April 13 1933. Her father was a lawyer and her mother became a teacher later.

Mansfield earned lasting fame of gorgeous platinum blonde hair and glamorous bust. She was also known as one of the "Three M's" with Marilyn Monroe and Mamie Van Doren. Someone has a kind of mistaken belief that a busty woman isn't smart, that's nonsense you know, but many people around her said that she was really intellectual woman. Mansfield glittered in the mid-century in many magazines and movies.

On June 29 1967, a curtain of Mansfield' life got pulled down suddenly in auto accident. I've heard from a instructor when I used to take driving lessons that Mansfield had received an injury to the neck seriously because of back opening bonnet, but the urban legend is unsure.

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Marilyn Monroe

declan — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:18:00 +0000

Marilyn Monroe is outstanding Hollywood glamour goddes of 1950's without question. Marilyn Monroe is more than outstanding icon of Hollywood glamour goddess in 1950's without question as you know.
Her voluptuous and curvaceous beauty as a sex symbol won many admirers throughout the world. This picture triggered my interest in Monroe!

She was born Norma Jeane Mortenson, later baptized Norma Jeane Baker, on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles.
Because of her mother's mental instability, unmarried, Monroe had gone rolling among foster homes, orphanage and her mother’s close friend until she got married when she was 16 years old.

One camera took her to fame while she was working in a factory inspecting parachutes at the same time her husband was away fighting in the Second World War.
After first divorce Norma Jeane dyed her brunette hair blonde and changed her name to Marilyn Monroe, Monroe from her grandmother's last name.

The contrast between light and shade as we can see her aureola in movies, magazines, sparkish marital status and love affairs versus her vulnerability and innocence made her life as dramatic legend.

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Virus, Worm, Spyware and Security Measures

declan — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 16:25:00 +0000

INDEX
Virus & Worm
Spyware
Security Measures

Virus & Worm

They are malicious programs aimed at demolitions of software and data in PC.
(1) Viruses come with other software programs or data, such as e-mail by parasitizing them.They activates themselves by user's action, for example, installing parasitized software program or opening parasitized e-mail.They seem just virus of disease in the Real-world.
(2) Worms don't need to parasitizing other things nor to be activated by any user's actions.They act independently and may come into your PC if it is online.After break-in, they grub up your PC data and software programs, chomp chomp.....just like worms in the Real-world.

Spyware

<-Prehistory->
There had been so-called adwares which operate with the intent of advertisement. Worse adwares using such script programs emerged, "Spyware".

<-They get activated when..->
(1) connecting to web site embedded adware.
(2) installing suspicious free-software embedded adware by maker to recover costs.

<-They..->
(1) set up unasked-for pop up advertisement windows.
(2) investigate and collect personal data in PC.

<-Here are some issues reported in the following...->
(1) At the moment connected to the web site, many windows opened, no operation occured, e-mail software activated itself, PC made a phone call abroad without asking,even system demolition happened. ----- It seems to have been caused by "Browser Crusher".
(2) Browser's homepage was written over to adult website. ----- Damage from spyware's rewriting browser setup and configuration.
(3) Every bookmark was rewrited to adult website. ----- Damage from spyware's rewriting browser setup and configuration.
(4) Oneday someone had taken advantage of online bank at the net-cafe and after several days he worked out that there had been no funds in his account. ----- crime by using one of the spywares, so-called "Keylogger". Criminal had already setup keylogger program in PC at the net-cafe. "Keylogger" collected data of account number and PIN-code automatically. Later, criminal removed victim's property entirely from his account to criminal's account. In addition, Trojan horse type keylogger sends collected data automatically to designated e-mail address.

Security Measures

<-Check 1->
Download security updates, service packs, PowerToys, and more for Microsoft Windows.
⇒Windows (Security & Updates)

<-Check 2->
It's worth looking around other browsers.
Actually, most major Internet Explorer browsers are targeted by malicious attacks mainly.
You might have heard cutting-edge browser "Firefox". They say, The award-winning Web browser is better than ever. Browse the Web with confidence - Firefox protects you from viruses, spyware and pop-ups. Enjoy improvements to performance, ease of use and privacy. It's easy to import your favorites and settings and get started.

<-Check 3 - etc->
(1) Take advantage of some famous software to deter menace