Getty Museum Acquires Penn Photographs: "On Wednesday the J. Paul Getty Museum announced that it had acquired Irving Penn’s ‘The Small Trades.’ The series includes 252 full-length portraits of workers."
(Via NYT > Art & Design.)
Getty Museum Acquires Penn Photographs: "On Wednesday the J. Paul Getty Museum announced that it had acquired Irving Penn’s ‘The Small Trades.’ The series includes 252 full-length portraits of workers."
(Via NYT > Art & Design.)
Chupacabra update: Mystery grows with new test results : "Who isn't interested in their family tree?
But for Phylis Canion, it's a search for the lineage of a beast living under the oak trees of her Cuero ranch.
Parchment paper: A kitchen marvel, and cheap!: "So low-tech it's easy to forget, but a lifesaver in all sorts of cooking conundrums.
GREAT cooking equipment -- copper pots, high-tech gadgets, anything manufactured by European car companies -- can set you back some. So now, while we're waiting for Ben Bernanke to cook up something in his kitchen, is a particularly good time to appreciate a chef's tool that's as inexpensive as it is versatile."
(Via L.A. Times - Food & Dining.)
A Soviet-Era Training Jet Jump-Starts a New Era of Green Flight: "A Czech-built plane makes the world's first canola-powered jet flight. Next up: modifying a Learjet.
(Via Wired News.)
Stop, thief – it’s Ken’s CO2 tax robbery - Times Online: "Stop, thief – it’s Ken’s CO2 tax robbery
Plans to raise the London congestion charge to £25 a day for some cars will hit the less well-off"
I kinda identify with this one, at a interview long ago, the interviewer was constantly interrupted and then the final nail was when they tore off a corner of my resume to write down a number to give to one of the interrupters.
I didn't notice the first time I saw this that the car dropped in the window was the "head of shipping's"
A Nod to a classic movie with somewhat of a surprise
Is Obama a Mac and Clinton a PC? - New York Times:
STYLES make fights — or so goes the boxing cliché. In 2008, they make presidential campaigns, too."
5-year-olds repair OLPC laptops at Nigerian "hospital": "
Filed under: Laptops
(Via Engadget.)
Apple among those considering rival bid for Yahoo? - Apple Insider: "
(Via Google News.)
An Indelible Image of War, 40 Years Later: "
Forty years ago Friday, photojournalist Eddie Adams captured one of history's most memorable images. The 1968 photo of a South Vietnamese officer executing a Viet Cong guerrilla helped change American opinion of the Vietnam War.
(Via NPR Topics: Visual Arts.)
Punxsutawney Phil: Six More Weeks of Winter: "Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, leading the groundhog to forecast six more weeks of winter."
(Via FOXNews.com.)
Super Bowl How-To Special: Set Up Your HDTV, Plan a Party, Throw a Football: "Planning a Super Sunday shindig? Still trying to figure out where to plug in the HDTV? Consult our Super Bowl How-To guide for tips on geeking up the big game.
(Via Wired News.)
Sigma's APO 200-500 F2.8 telephoto lens gets close to wildlife, your wife: "
Filed under: Digital Cameras
(Via Engadget.)
Microsoft Bids $44.6 Billion for Yahoo - New York Times: "
Edmonton Journal |
(Via Google News.)
Berkeley gives Marines the boot: "Forum: Join the reader discussion
The Berkeley City Council voted this week to tell the U.S. Marines that its Shattuck Avenue recruiting station is not welcome in the city."
BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Tayside and Central | 'Removed patients' to be treated: "health board bosses told him to remove names as a 'simple solution' to people waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment."
BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Cancer waiting cuts 'encouraging': "Just over 87% of patients are being treated within 62 days of urgent referral"
HumanCar gets a price, release date, new look: "
Filed under: Transportation
(Via Engadget.)
Apple Delays Apple TV Software Update - InformationWeek: "
GameSHOUT |
(Via Google News.)
Jan. 31, 1958: Explorer I Makes It Official — There's a Space Race: "Reacting swiftly to the Soviet success with Sputnik I, the United States makes its first foray into space a highly successful one.
(Via Wired News.)