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: "
Apple among those considering rival bid for Yahoo?
Apple Insider'-
By Slash Lane Global giants including Apple Inc. and Rupert Murdochs News Corp. are considering rival bids for the internet search icon Yahoo, which has received a $44.6 billion offer from Microsoft, the Scotsman is reporting.
Microsoft makes bid for Yahoo!
(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: "
Microsoft Bids $44.6 Billion for Yahoo
Edmonton Journal
New York Times'-
By MIGUEL HELFT SAN FRANCISCO - In a bold move to counter Google’s online pre-eminence, Microsoft said Friday that it had made an unsolicited offer to buy Yahoo for about $44.6 billion in a mix of cash and stock.
Microsoft offers $31-share, $44.6 billion, for Yahoo
Microsoft Offers to Buy Yahoo for $44.6 Billion (Update4)
(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: "
Apple Delays Apple TV Software Update
GameSHOUT
InformationWeek'-
Apple says it needs another couple of weeks to finish the software upgrade that will let people rent movies directly from their televisions.
Apple TVs movie rental upgrade not quite ready
MacBook Air Released with Slew of Problems
(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.)