I got an email from Derek Bair a little while ago. He has been doing some fascinating work that reveals a real life Da Vinci Code. Here’s a link to his website It’s Just Life and below is his press release. New Discoveries uncover a real life Da Vinci Code Unless you’ve been hiding under…
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Portraits of Loss- Chris Jordan's Photography
Chris Jordan’s Photography
Leonardo Da Vinci Sceintific Library going online
from Wired The tiny brick library in Leonardo Da Vinci’s hometown is putting 3,000 pages of the genius’ work online in a high-resolution, searchable archive. The Leonardian Library in Vinci, Tuscany, is making the Madrid Codices and the Codex Atlanticus — two collections of scientific and technical drawings — available as a free digital archive…
Citizen Kane Greatest American Movie
It’s official: Citizen Kane is the greatest US movie of all time, pipping The Godfather into second spot. That’s according to the American Film Institute (AFI), which has just released its latest list of the top 100 American flicks, selected by “1,500 ballots sent to film-makers, actors, writers and other Hollywood players, who chose from…
Chess Tactics in Plain English
Because everyone loves a good game of chess. Check this out at Chesstactics.org A Field Guide to Chess Tactics. Chess tactics explained in plain English, with hundreds of examples. A great site for beginning to mid-level players. Includes a large library of positional problems, organized thematically, with the solutions explained and discussed. For example, learn…
Bling from 80,000 years ago
Even the very first modern humans may have spruced themselves up with beaded bling. Twelve shell beads discovered in a cave in eastern Morocco have been dated at more than 80,000 years old, making them one of the earliest examples of human culture. The beads are colored with red ochre and show signs of being…
One of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard: Paul Potts
My Aunt sent me this with the note “I wouldn’t waste your time on the ordinary.” This is about as far from the ordinary as I have ever seen or heard. I’ve watched it twice and both times it has brought me to the edge of tears and I’ve felt chickenskin as I listen to…
Beautiful Ruby Jewelry
I just wanted to show you guys what killer work my friend did with the rubies. These are not for trade, but they are an example of what cool jewelry these rubies can make. I traded him rubies for his work and the silver. My pictures don’t do the jewelry justice, but hopefully you get…
Marx in Soho
My friend Fenton Wilkinson gets to be Terror Suspect of the Week in his onstage role of Karl Marx. He is doing a one man performance of Howard Zinn’s play “Marx in Soho.” I watched it last night and was astounded. I’ve put a clip below along with links to more clips. I’ll write more…
Rubies are now a special consideration barter item…
I’ve had these rubies for a while now and while they are nice, I decided I would rather have thirty paintings and meet thirty artists in Hawaii. So I’ve started trading one ruby for one painting to local artists. I started with thirty and am now down to 26. After all the rubies are gone…