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In this issue we look at some amazing posters, fascinating photos, a site to track down hot girls and commercials, and a way to better understand planetary alignment. Digital culture is nothing if not varied.

* 100 Year of Sex Posters is a gallery by the San Francisco City Clinic for their 100th anniversary. It’s a collection of posters from the last hundred years, mostly from the United States, that warn or educate people about sexually transmitted diseases. We’re big fans of the posters from the World War II years and the ridiculous over the top claims – did you know even dinosaurs had to worry about STDs? Neither did we.

* Who is that hot ad girl? is a blog aimed at answering that exact question. Inspired by the new T-Mobile spokeswoman, the site takes submissions from fans about which commercial girls they want to know more about. The super sleuthing skills of the site owners are impressive enough. But we also love the way this site highlights the fact that just about anyone who adds some sort of interest to people’s days can and will be celebrated online.

* Solar System Scope takes us to a more intellectual space, while remaining incredibly accessible. It is a 3D interactive rendering of our solar system that allows you to look at and learn more about the planetary alignment on any day. Inspired by the recent six-planet alignment and that whole end of the world thing in 2012, the site manages to explain some really complicated stuff. And it’s pretty fun to move all the planets around.

* Long exposure shots of take offs and landings is actually a single blog post with a series of images of just that. Many of these images have now made their way to multiple other sites. They are fascinating for many reasons. Like the solar system, they play with time and information. They also aggregate countless personal journeys into these set vectors. They also will help with a fear of flying – the consistent lines for each take off and landing are just plain impressive.

On the third page you can learn more about a recent report from Razorfish. Razorfish 5 looks at five technologies that will be important in the coming year. This year’s report focuses on technologies for business decision makers and CMOs.

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