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Archive for August, 2007

Symphony

Monday, August 20th, 2007

Medieval crucifix found in Austrian rubbish skip

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

Someone call The Antiques Roadshow! From Reuters:

An 800-year-old, gold-plated crucifix that went missing after being seized by the Nazis has been found in a rubbish skip in Austria, police said.

The crucifix, made of copper and enamel, was crafted in Limoges, France, and was part of a Polish art collection

Safe!

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

What’s that I smell?

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

CIA, FBI computers used for Wikipedia edits

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

According to the article, “the changes may violate Wikipedia’s conflict-of-interest guidelines”

The power of 1

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

Who says one person can’t change the world? When that person happens to befriend and inspire someone who will go on to be rich and famous, it can happen. You never know who you might inspire.

Sandwich Art

Friday, August 17th, 2007

Ah, the wonders of processed meat and people with too much time on their hands.

Identical quadruplets

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Can you imagine?

The chances of giving birth to identical quadruplets is about one in 13 million, Key said.

The nightmare that is Heathrow Airport

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

Since I’ll be traveling to Heathrow later this year, these two articles caught my eye:

Braving Heathrow more stressful than sky-diving
Behind the scenes at Heathrow
Every flight delayed today

British Airways’ own internal figures show that fewer than a third of its flights - 29 per cent - currently leave

Happy accident

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

It’s difficult to take a picture of Section 8 because he’s always moving. Sometimes, however, I end up with a happy accident.