One of US
I’m bemused that the controversy about plans to open an Islamic community center in lower Manhattan is occuring in the same year that Miss USA is a Muslim, Rimi Fakih.
Esoterica
Wonderful Baseball Catch!
Masato Akamatsu, outfielder for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, runs up the wall and denies Yokohoma’s Shuichi Murata a home run during a game on August 3, 2010.
Ray Gun Warfare Is Here
Video of U.S. Navy laser gun test shooting down an aircraft.
‘IsoTruss’ Bikes Beyond Carbon Fiber
I’ve been amazed by the past 20 years of progress in racing bicycle technology due to advance materials. The first reasonably affordable titanium-frame racing bicycles starting appearing in 1990 and shortly after 2000 the first reasonably affordable carbon-fiber-framed appeared. We now have the first new advancement: carbon fiber bicycle frames that aren’t entirely solid. Above is a photo of the $10,000 (US) Delta 7 road bike. The junctions in its frame are made of regular carbon fiber but the main tubes of the frame consist of an open latticework of carbon fiber/Kevlar strings woven into a network of isosceles triangles. That latticework is up to 12 times stronger than steel but weighs ten times less.
Learn Broadcast Journalism in Two Minutes
In only two minutes, Guardian columnist Charlie Brooker teaches you contemporary broadcast journalism .
The Decade's Most Egregious Retouching Scandals
A few years ago, I posted an item here about American marketers retouching actresses’ photos to make their bosoms more buxom. Newsweek magazine recently published a photo story about the decade’s most egregious retouching scandals. I particularly like ‘the many shades of Beyoncé’.
Absolutely the Wrong Lover
I couldn’t resist posting this, simply because it’s so sad: An innocent person picks the wrong lover. Absolutely, the wrong lover—a charismatic client of the photography studio where she works as a secretary. But even though she doesn’t know or understand his true character until almost the very end, she stick with him until the end.
The Bayeux Tapestry Animated
My niece Meredith pointed me towards David Newton‘s animation of the Bayeux Tapestry. Even without animation, people in the Medieval Period must of thought of it telling its story that way. I remember seeing the 70-meter long original in Bayeux during 1972.
Another Reasons Why I Love The Europeans
Another reason why I love the Europeans. Stockholm turns a subway station’s stairs into a piano
My New Roommate
My new roommate.
If There Is A Theme To The 21st Century
The historical theme for this century is Tribalism versus World Law.
A Land Where Grander Tetons Are Required
British actress Kiera Knightley discovers that her breasts are much larger in U.S. posters promoting ther films than elsewhere. Everything is bigger in America.