Nathan Milstein playing the Allegro aperto from Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in A major. (quicktime)
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A Literary Map of Manhattan
Tuesday, June 27th • Comments (0)
While doing some online recon for the upcoming NYC trip (I was looking for Nero and Archie’s address), I came across the The New York Times Literary Map of Manhattan. See where all your favorite made-up New Yorkers hung their hats.
Generating RSS
Monday, June 26th • Comments (0)
Sometimes you might want to keep tabs on certain websites that may not publish feeds, but don’t want to be bothered with remembering to check them. For example: personal pages, databases, new product pages, etc. (more…)
Roger Clemens returns to the mound with the Astros for 22 million and change.
Branagh’s Magic Flute
Monday, June 19th • Comments (0)
Kenneth Branagh is filming an English version of Mozart’s final opera, The Magic Flute. The opera, originally penned in German, has been translated into English for the film and the setting updated to World War I Europe. Ingmar Bergman also made a movie version of the Magic Flute in 1975.
Gollum is a PHP and Java based tool for browsing Wikipedia with ease.
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I finally caught George Jr., the adolescent opossum that joined me in the kitchen last week for a late night snack. I drove him out to the woods near a nice creek.
Naxos Podcasts
Wednesday, June 14th • Comments (0)
If you are looking for a new music podcast, I recommend the recent offerings from Naxos. The commentary is informative and fairly unobtrusive. Friday’s episode features the piano music of John Cage. Here are two subscription urls:
- http://feeds.feedburner.com/NaxosClassicalMusicSpotlight
- http://www.naxos.com/podcasts/naxospodcasts.xml
Watch This Movie has a page about Bond’s timepieces.
George Nelson
Monday, June 12th • Comments (0)
George Nelson was trained as an architect, but is best known for his modern interior and industrial designs. He worked with the Herman Miller firm for over 20 years, collaborating with the likes of Isamu Noguchi and R. Buckminster Fuller. Modular furniture, the pedestrian mall and the idea of the family room are all Nelsonian inventions. Read more about Nelson at aiga.org and see his most enduring designs at twentytwentyone.com.
¡Viva México! México: 3 - Iran: 1
Who’s reading your text messages? - The unfortunate person who asked for the username null at Verizon.
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Watch Scarlett Johansson and Hugh Jackman in the trailer for Woody Allen’s new film Scoop.
Germany 2006
Friday, June 9th • Comments (1)
The FIFA World Cup begins today.
I’m enjoying the vidcasting and recent blogging from the folks at the Swillburg Brewery website. Keep up the good work.
Possum’s in the kitchen and he won’t come out. Mark, bring the shotgun.
DesignAddict
Saturday, June 3rd • Comments (0)
DesignAddict is an industrial design database that contains information about more than 540 designers and over 350 producers of interesting objects. You can see three or four pieces from each designer on their individual profile pages.
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