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You failed

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Arthur

Via Crooks and Liars, I saw The Daily Show’s coverage of Romney’s CPAC speech: the speech contained so many platitudes, cliches and stereotypes that it had me laughing. Europe is facing a demographic disaster. That is the inevitable product of … Continue reading →

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Round

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Arthur

Last night, I decided to follow the Iowa Caucus thing: Apparently Obama and Huckabee are now considered (repectively) Democratic and Republican front runners. I also tuned into to hear their speeches and thought they were dull and boring. This brings … Continue reading →

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That famous painting (and other links)

Posted on October 28, 2007 by Arthur

Via the BBC I discovered that DaVinci’s ‘Last Supper’ has been digitized and posted to the Internet (actual site). According to the article, the produced image is about 1600 times detailed than a photo from an average DSLR: what can … Continue reading →

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Evil feral stuff

Posted on October 13, 2007 by Arthur

I have not really been following any news but ‘skirmished’ through some of the Nobel prize announcements: Doris Lessing won the one for Literature. In the Physics section, the prize went (deservedly so) to two scientists who were instrumental in … Continue reading →

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Hyper-news

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Arthur

A couple of things that need to be mentioned: Before I signed off last night, I was surprised about the flood of Digg postings that had to do with that HD-DVD. There’s no way to link to a specific day … Continue reading →

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Dead wood

Posted on April 28, 2007 by Arthur

Links then: 1. Earlier I mentioned “America at a Crossroads”, the excellent series broadcasted by the PBS. It appears that you might be able to find them as torrents online. 2. Via 3 Quarks Daily, too many ways of lacing … Continue reading →

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Off-Key

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Arthur

Yo. Boris Yeltsin died. I can’t exactly remember how he became president of Russian Federation but I recall seeing video of Gorbachev’s last words as the official leader of the former CCCP. That was probably close after the August Putsch … Continue reading →

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America at a crossroad

Posted on April 20, 2007 by Arthur

All week, the PBS has been broadcasting an excellent series about the challenges we face in the world, particularly the conflicts between the religious and the secular worlds. Watching the series, I thought that the name of the series was … Continue reading →

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The trends

Posted on April 19, 2007 by Arthur

Alfons linked to a PDF that contains the musical score of Ives’ ‘The Unanswered Question’. I can’t link to it right from here (I get a dreaded message saying something about “This is the second IMSLP image server”) but it … Continue reading →

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Politics

Posted on March 17, 2007 by Arthur

I followed the events yesterday, when the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform had Valerie Plame on the witness stand who, under oath, told the public her side of the story (QT7). I flipped forth and back between opinions … Continue reading →

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