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Mozart
Traditio et Virtus | October 10th 2008 by Griff
Introitus: Requiem Mass in D Minor (K. 626)I have been falling increasingly in love with the music of Mozart recently. This piece, the Introitus to his Requiem in D Minor, provides one with a good reason why. read more
At The Polls: Contacts Sport
All Made Up - Makeup Blog | October 9th 2008 by AllMadeUp
A majority of contact lens wearers need them for sight, while others use them for improving their aesthetics. Brown-eyed girls can go green, blue or purple by popping in lenses as often as they please. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we read more
Sea Urchin Jewelry
Annie Spandex | October 6th 2008 by Annie
I stumbled upon this blog the other day and was stunned by a photo of this ring by Etsy seller staroftheeast, a mother and daughter team based in Turkey. . . I've seen jewelry made from shells, but never sea urchins. These are truly unique. A few read more
Falling in Love Again
clusterflock | October 1st 2008 by clusterflock
I have fallen in love with my work again. I have fallen in love with the business of bringing it from that endlessly in-love first process of pressing pen to paper watching the ink flowing until it is done, of taking the photograph, of receiving the read more
Stray Dog
clusterflock | October 1st 2008 by clusterflock
I came across Nouk Baudrot on the infamous fashion site, Lookbook. His style is highly fashionable, and inventive in the oddest ways. (1964) His flickr contains a set wherein he dresses up as…himself from almost every decade. The pictures are read more
Porsche Designe Group P’9522 Touch Mobile
Gentleman's Gadgets | The Inspirationsource for Men | September 29th 2008 by frank
Beauty
Traditio et Virtus | September 29th 2008 by Griff
Beauty involves form; but above all it is the expression of a quest for truth, of an honest attempt to see and state things as they are, in poetry, in drama, art, or music. In art as in the universe it is in the end truth that speaks to us and truth read more
It’s true. Sarah Palin is in a corn maze.
clusterflock | September 28th 2008 by clusterflock
Sarah Palin is in a corn maze. This does not mean that Sarah Palin is actually in a corn maze, but that there is a corn maze made to look like Sarah Palin. You have to be looking down on the maze and not in it in order to see the likeness. Courtesy o read more
PSID Launches EARTH Home and Living Designs
BEDzine - We are crazy about BEDs!!! | September 28th 2008 by Max Lee
The Philippine School of Interior Design (PSID) Advanced Class of 2008, in consortium with De La Salle University-College of Saint Benilde has launched an exhibit that showcases 21 sustainable interior design concepts that aim to address environmenta read more
Death of a Shade of a Hue
clusterflock | September 26th 2008 by clusterflock
A fun and telling exercise/game in which you line up color blocks in a row to change from one color to another. When it’s over, they tell you where you have trouble differentiating. I scored 26, what did you get? read more
Bruno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Maki…
clusterflock | September 26th 2008 by clusterflock
Sasha Baron Cohen was escorted from a fashion show in Milan on Friday. After a few minutes of darkness while Baron Cohen, or Bruno, was escorted off the catwalk, the show started again. Models had kept their cool but the designer was visibly upset w read more
The Art of Knowing Yourself
Bigg Success | September 26th 2008 by biggsuccess
In the movie, Pretty Woman, Vivian Ward (played by Julia Roberts) and Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) go to an opera. Edward explains to Vivian that some people who go to an opera for the first time love it. He continues that others don’t love it; read more
Fashioning Your Solar Power System
Residential Solar Energy | September 24th 2008 by dean
The main stimulus behind installing a solar power system is energy efficiency, even energy independence. There is no doubt about that. But that does not mean you need to sacrifice style and aesthetics for energy savings. In fact, there are plenty of read more
Which living writer
clusterflock | September 24th 2008 by clusterflock
would you most like to sit down to tea and a bagel (or a cigar and Wild Turkey) with? Why? Several of my favorites have died in the past decade or so: Penelope Fitzgerald, WG Sebald, Guy Davenport, Paul Metcalf, Donald Justice. I had the chance to sp read more
Books I’m Reading: 写给大家的中国美术史
a shameful waste of madhouse time | September 23rd 2008 by Peijin Chen
Something’s been running around my mind since I started reading this book: the idea of the scholar-painter. Each of the early Chinese dynasties had court painters, but its during the first centuries AD, after the fall of the Han and during the read more
looking for ugly
clusterflock | September 23rd 2008 by clusterflock
Kevin Kelly has a great post that brought to mind the quick shutdown of the Hadron Collider. The observation that jumped out at me was: How do you prevent major errors in a system built to successfully keep major errors to a minimum? You look for t read more
weed: a flower in a wrong bed
"me no big chief... | September 20th 2008 by awmyth
It was the TV humming in the background. droning on with a bit of this or a bit of that a song came on - that suddenly pierced my consciousness, By the time I focussed on the screen it was a commercial for a butterspread. But the tune continue read more
Color Me Chromed
Damien Franco dot Com | September 20th 2008 by Damien Franco
So I’ve been giving Google’s new browser “Chrome” a good run since it came out and I have to say that I really enjoy it for some things. Not all things, mind you, but certainly the browser has become part of my daily routine read more
Usability and Hitopadesa
Heartcrossings | September 19th 2008
User experience is one of those greatly overused and little understood technology cliches. When I hear usuabilty experts fold forth, I am often reminded of a story from Hitopadesa - The Tale of a Brahmin and Three Rouges in which brahmin is parted fr read more
Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus) - by Salvador Dalí,
"me no big chief... | September 17th 2008 by awmyth
Those catch-my-breath moments when I see or hear for the first time things that makes me stop, step back and simply go into a wow-filled silence. This is a painting I have always held in awe. I have looked at it many times, feeling there was m read more
things we bought on ebay, a prologue
clusterflock | September 16th 2008 by clusterflock
As I’ve documented many times before, Amy and I are coming to the end of our years-long renovation. We live in a two bedroom Craftsman-style house built in 1925. There are two neighborhoods in Dallas with homes built primarily in this period an read more
Tokyomade & Daily Outfit
I V Y O L O G Y | September 15th 2008 by I V Y O L O G Y
Okay, so I’m kind of cheating here. This is a daily outfit from a couple days ago. I went to another burlesque show (did someone say ‘addict’?). I had a blast, I seriously can’t get enough of boobies and swinging tassels. We&# read more
The Business of Zen
Seantiner.com | September 11th 2008 by Sean Tiner
“When you seek it, you cannot find it.” -Zen Proverb Why is Facebook more popular than Myspace?Why are Iphone rapidly sales increasing each quarter?Marketers often focus on creating marketing campaigns to promote the product, but innovative compa read more
Wanton Girl Watching
Café Philos: an internet café | September 5th 2008 by Sunstone
Around noon today, the weather was so pleasant that Don and I went to the coffee shop to fearlessly engage ourselves in an hour of wanton girl watching. At least, I myself engaged in an hour of wanton girl watching. Don, on the other hand, complete read more
CNN Video on new Digital Book Reader
Extensible Librarian | September 3rd 2008 by John Fudrow
A short commentary on digital books versus analog books, inspired by a CNN video. read more
More than a Renovation
clusterflock | August 29th 2008 by clusterflock
Deron blogged about Blake’s house in Dwell. The article refers to his house here in Austin as a renovation. I am lucky enough to know Blake and his house. I thought he had built it pretty much from scratch, so I asked if it was indeed a renova read more
ASUS Spurs Green Computing Revolution with Bamboo Series Notebook
Desinformado | Technology and Lifestyle Blog | August 29th 2008 by whatz
ASUS today launched the ASUS Bamboo Series notebook, a groundbreaking bamboo-clad product that is truly green throughout every phase of its life – from its conception, production and use to its eventual recycling and disposal. In developing the AS read more
Interior Design Ideas Inspired By Mad Men
Annie Spandex | August 28th 2008 by Annie
If you haven't been watching Mad Men and you have any sort of fondness for being entertained, then you've been missing out. The show is about a fictional advertising agency in Manhattan circa 1960 - 1962, and the drama that goes on around its executi read more
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