31 Aug

Four Nudes (1917-1919) by Amedeo Modigliani

Wendy and I saw an Amedeo Modigliani feature in Washington DC earlier this year and when I saw these I thought I would post them.

From Wikipedia:
“Aged 16 he made his first sexual conquest with a young Norwegian tourist and embarked on a path of debauchery from which he would never deviate.”
“Modigliani had a [...]

30 Aug

Formula One Goes Hybrid

Two Formula One builders are teaming up to build what will no doubt be the fastest hybrid on the planet.

FIA president Max Moseley has already said some form of regenerative braking system that powers a burst-of-speed system is the future for Formula One (a comment that caused more than a few FIA underlings to spit-take [...]

29 Aug

To Warcraft or Not to Warcraft

The all new races, spells and talents are just so tempting! But what an enormous timesink…

Female Blood Elf Mage, so freaking cool. However, I bet there will be millions of them upon release of the expansion.

28 Aug

Ernesto is Coming to Kick My Ass

Hurricane Ernesto is coming to kick my ass, as we speak. I haven’t decided if I’m putting the hurricane shutters up or not yet. I have about one more day… well, more like until tomorrow before noon. My feeling is by the time it gets to me, in Palm Beach, the [...]

28 Aug

What’s in My Bag

Remind me to take a picture and contribute to the growing “What’s in Your Bag?” tag on Flickr. I find it very interesting.
Update:
I decided to take a shot, although I already realized that I left a bunch of stuff out. For example, my iPods. Damn, I’ll have to do another, more complete [...]

27 Aug

The Godless Left

Liberals “Crush Dissent” because they are sinful, and shouldn’t be elected because they would legislate sin. Is this type of insanity due to the ever more depressing polls for the Republicans, or are we at the start of a larger, longer cultural war in this country?

Sony’s $65 million deal to acquire Grouper.com opens the door for other acquisitions in the space. Many observers believe that YouTube, the dominant player in the user-generated online video content space, might be one of them.
Grouper.com only has around 1% of the videosharing market. At that price, what might YouTube’s 43% be worth?
My opinion is [...]

   
 

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I am a web entrepreneur (whatever that is) focused on standards-based development. I currently live and work in Palm Beach, FL.

This blog is about me and my passion for art, science and technology. I do, however, often veer off topic a bit when I have some random thought I just have to get out there.

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