Awesomeness, Music, Videos
The Maple Leaf Rag on 59 Pianos
Simply awesome! I love the pianist here. After all, this rag was originally written in 1899 by the King of Ragtime, Scott Joplin.Anyway, the full post has a video of Robbie Bancroft playing the piece on 59 different pianos.
News, Personal, Site News
Poor Neglected Blog…
To my blog, I have been thinking about you, I promise. But I also have been working harder than ever these past few months, buying a house, preparing for a new job and thinking about maths, some of these things simultaneously. I had no real time away this holiday – a few short and wonderful […]
Formula One, Linkage, Sport, Videos
Ayrton Senna in a Honda NSX around Suzuka
Many things excite me about the title of this post. Ayrton Senna is one of the most thrilling Formula One drivers of all time. The Honda NSX is a wonderful piece of machinery. Suzuka is a fabulous circuit. In this video, all three are combined. Brazilian Formula One World Champion Ayrton Senna, for whom Honda had […]
Election 2010, Humour, Photographs
Ed Miliband is Beaker
New (ish) Labour leader Ed Miliband bears an uncanny resemblance to Beaker from the Muppets. That is all.
Linkage, News
10×10
10×10 is clearly one hundred. However, 10×10 (tenbyten.org) is a wonderful website, presenting 100 images as a snapshot of our world at any particular moment. Every hour, 10×10 collects the 100 words and pictures that matter most on a global scale and presents them as single image. 10×10 is ever-changing, ever-growing, quietly observing the ways […]
History, Music, Videos
John Lennon’s Birth
John Lennon’s wire-rimmed glasses appeared on Google’s homepage early this morning. The tribute is about his birth – Lennon died on Dec. 8 in 1980. He was born on Oct. 9 in 1940. The image is Google’s way of saying “happy birthday” to Lennon, who would have been 70 years old Saturday. Press that play button […]
Gibberish, Linkage, Time Wasting
Now THIS Is Journalism…
The Telegraph reports that Amy Winehouse has updated her Facebook status. Woo. [Via Telegraph.co.uk]
Gibberish, Humour, Linkage
Listen To Him. He Knows Everything.
Nick Abbot, 24th October 2009: The Prime Minister was confident, his party was certain, the City seemed sure and economists and the press were agreed. Britain had come out of recession and green shoots pushed up through dead brush of the down turn and covered the landscape for as far as the eye could see… […]