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When I was writing an essay a while back, I came across this web site put out by Peter Bueschen that argued that Winslow Homer put hidden images in his paintings. Now I dismissed that idea out of hand at the time, but I just can’t get that idea out of my head.
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If you don’t understand why watch this video. If you still don’t get it watch it a couple of times.
That’s the title of an article that ran recently (Tuesday, April 26, 2007, Personal Journal) in the Wall Street Journal. I’ve talked about this subject before; this article, written by Christina Binkley, basically said the same thing I did, in it’s own words.
We Americans have bitten off yet another tasty French concept, and chewed it Click Here to continue reading.
This guy is demonstrating his computerized physics drawing board. He can draw objects and they will behave realistically. It would be cool to be able to play around with something like that.
This week’s poem of the week is East Coker. With this week’s essay and rant as well as other things I have been reading this week, it just seemed appropriate to continue working through Eliot’s Four Quartets.
This week’s rant of the week comes from my favorite British police officer who calls himself Inspector Gadget. He captures the feelings that I have when my path crosses with those lost souls that I can’t really do anything to help.
It is a shame that the works and life of Vaclav Havel are not better known. We are so use to what politicians are that we are unprepared for Havel. A politician who can actually think and has principles seems like something out of a fairy tale. We find it hard to believe even as we are face to face with the evidence.
This week’s essay of the week is short speech that Havel gave on what he thought were the deficiencies in the modern western political consensus. I don’t agree with him in every respect (you can see some of my thoughts on the same issue here and here) but I have to admire the evident thought he put into the problem.
If you want an idea of how well Havel’s philosophical thought translated into his politics you can read this piece from Reason Magazine.
I thought this article about a hidden underground facility was so cool! Granted, if I had an underground facility I wouldn’t waste it by growing marijuana in it, but I still have to admire the dedication and skill it must have taken to build it. It even has escape routes!
This guy is demonstrating his computerized physics drawing board. He can draw objects and they will behave realistically. It would be cool to be able to play around with something like that.