Misty Roses covers David Bowie’s “Fantastic Voyage”
Misty Roses’ Robert Conroy does an excellent cover of David Bowie’s “Fantastic Voyage”, live on Irene Trudel’s WFMU radio show, 26 October 2009. Backing him with some lovely 12-string guitar […]
Frank Lloyd Wright’s un-built Automobile “Objective”
In 1924, Frank Lloyd Wright was commissioned to create an “objective” for short automobile trips from Baltimore or Washington DC. Gordon Strong, a wealthy Chicago businessman, had purchased Sugarloaf Mountain […]
Senator Ted Kennedy, R.I.P.
For of those to whom much is given, much is required…— President John F, Kennedy, quoting the New Testament, Luke 12:48
From Liftoff to Return
Cleaned up videos of the first moon landing are one feature of NASA’s celebration of the 40th anniversary of that historic event.
The LA Times didn’t get the “Rah-Rah!” memo
Pfizer Agrees to Pay $68 Billion for Rival Wyeth By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN and DUFF WILSON 8:39 AM ET The deal creating a pharmaceutical behemoth is the first big merger […]
Whitespace
Most modern programming languages do not consider white space characters (spaces, tabs and newlines) syntax, ignoring them, as if they weren’t there. We consider this to be a gross injustice […]
On writing a novel
“There are three rules to writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” — W. Somerset Maugham