Let us remark by the way, that to be blind and to be loved, is, in fact, one of the most strangely exquisite forms of happiness upon this earth, where nothing is complete. To have continually at one’s side a woman, a daughter, a sister, a charming being, who is there because you need her […]
Archive for the 'misc.' Category
What is My Wife to Me?
I must be getting old
I’m not quite sure I see the appeal in this. I’ve tried thinking about it in various frames of mind but it yields no desirable results to me.
Bruce Lee is Back!
I can recall owning a good ol’ Atari 800 when I was a kid and playing many video games on it. Although I don’t really play games anymore (I especially don’t find the increase in violence entertaining) I still enjoy the more simple games of the early 80’s. Commodore 64 was of course […]
Lightbox
I saw this over on digg. I wonder if anyone has tried integrating it with Gallery. Could be pretty cool used that way.
Silly Putty ™
I completely missed the news that the patent held on what is commonly called Silly Putty ™ expired. I’m not a chemist so I don’t know that I’ll start making my own anytime soon. However, there is a small industry of places that you can purchase it from. There is a fella […]
Historical Mapping
As I’ve been reading “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” I found myself wanting for maps of the era. Political boundaries were vastly different as well as names of geographic features. Although many of the geographical names are the same, Gibbon refers to them by their names in his time (the Euxine […]
Oragami
I came across this site the other day and it looks like lots of fun. I haven’t made oragami for years but enjoyed doing it as a child. It always fascinated me how I could take a single piece of paper and create something so far removed from a mere piece of paper.
Oragami Lampshade
I came across an interesting item last week on the Make Blog when I was looking at a different article. It shows you how to fold a single piece of paper to make a visually interesting lampshade.
I have seen similar lampshades in larger formats but hadn’t considered how they were actually made. It […]
Too Much
I decided that I’m not going to be able to always write long essays, in fact rarely write many essays, like the previous essay on here. I think I’ll try a lighter approach and let myself get around to large chunks of info when I feel like it instead of trying to only do […]
Photoblogs
I came across some interesting photoblogs that were covered on the BBC. Some really stunning photos:
moon at the beaches
green toronto
There is also another site at:
Chromasia