Located in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles, this interesting structure was designed by Lloyd Wright in 1926. The Sowden house was remodeled in 2002 and has been used as a shooting location for various television programs and films. I found some nice photos of the interior here.

Krog Street underpass, Cabbagetown, Atlanta. By Totem.

The Ennis House was designed by Frank LLoyd Wright for the Ennis family in 1924. It is one of Wright’s most intriguing designs, based on Mayan motifs and constructed from cast Cemex blocks. The house is under restoration after being damaged by earthquake and heavy rain.

More photos.

Piedmont Park, Atlanta.

The Watts Towers were constructed over a period of 30 years (1921-1955) by Simon Rodia, an Italian immigrant. Rodia lived in a small bungalow on the property adjacent to the towers during their construction. The towers are located in Watts at 1765 East 107th Street. More information about the towers found here.

Here are the photos.

From Wikipedia: Chicano Park is a 32,000 square meter (7.9 acre) park located beneath the San Diego-Coronado Bridge in Logan Heights (Barrio Logan), a predominantly Mexican American and Mexican-immigrant community in central San Diego, California. The park is home to the world’s largest conglomeration of outdoor murals (67), as well as various sculptures, earthworks, and an architectural piece dedicated to the cultural heritage of the community.

Here are a few more photos of Chicano Park.

The language of some species of monkeys is found to be more more complex than scientists once thought.

“What our research shows is that individual calls do not carry any specific meanings, but different call sequences do,” co-author Klaus Zuberbuhler told Discovery News.

Here is another article.

This works for Gutsy 7.10. If you are using an older version, search the forums.
gksudo gedit /etc/openoffice/sofficerc

Change Logo=1 to Logo=0.

The other night, without any prompting, my volume control suddenly wanted to adjust the microphone level instead of the speaker. Changing the device and track settings back to normal gave me no results. At this point, it was far easier and less frustrating to simply remove and reinstall the ALSA drivers.

In the terminal, I typed:
sudo apt-get --purge remove linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils

sudo apt-get install linux-sound-base alsa-base alsa-utils

Then, because for some reason the above also removed GNOME desktop manager:
sudo apt-get install gdm ubuntu-desktop

If you are having problems with sound, go here first: Comprehensive Sound Problem Solution Guide.

More song charts.

Yahoo! Newsglobe.