“I have the right to own an MLS franchise, which I will action immediately after I have stopped playing,” Beckham said.
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The euro…
Martin often talks more sense than most papers…
“I am convinced that the Germans, French, Italians, Spaniards, the Dutch may not agree on things as to using its own taxpayer´s money to help the new members of the EU, but they all agree that without the euro they are all worse off.”
Of course he’s right.
However, there is something that most commentators don’t get.
“I just came back from New York City and all my friends in finance over there seem to be convinced that the euro will not survive this crisis. The New York Times and other top media all had articles about this. They think that euro nations will not agree on monetary policy and the French Franc, the DM, the Lira, the Peseta will be reborn.”
And exactly how will all these currencies be reborn? There’s the practical side of printing the money and distributing it etc. but there is also the rate at which they’re going to be reborn.
If you’re sitting in government in Italy, do you really think that the answer to your problems is the Lira?
These people haven’t really thought it through have they?
No way…
How clever is this?
“We do our best to predict what the sea floor looks like based on what we can measure much more easily: the water surface. Above large underwater mountains (seamounts), the surface of the ocean is actually higher than in surrounding areas. These seamounts actually increase gravity in the area, which attracts more water and causes sea level to be slightly higher. The changes in water height are measurable using radar on satellites. This allows us to make a best guess as to what the rest of the sea floor looks like, but still at relatively low resolutions (the model predicts the ocean depth about once every 4000 meters).”
Another ouch…
“Dubai threatens to become an instant ruin, an emblematic hybrid of the worst of both the West and the Middle-East and a dangerous totem for those who would mistakenly interpret this as the de facto product of a secular driven culture.”
For those not on a PC…
Since PhotoSynth only works on a PC. Here are a couple of images of Moleskin 42 in place.
And then there were two…
If anyone is following this blog, you’ll know that I own Moleskin 42.
It hangs on my office wall and looks like this… http://www.wilkinson.fr/richard/?p=320
Now Hugh has done number two (this time acommission). Unsurprisingly, I love it! wikipedia moleskine
If you’re tempted, I can only tell you to go for it. Hugh is great to buy from and every morning it brings a smile to see it on my wall.
Sign of the times…
“Todays EPCOT reflects our times.
It is crass consumerism, pointed “brand positioning” and unabashed, meaningless “entertainment.” It is like everything else, and our society has come to value things that are like everything else. We want our movies to be the same, we want our TV to be the same, we want our cars to be the same. We value profits and economic growth over hard work and sacrifice, over imagination and progress.”
Lego Le Corbusier
This is just plain fantastic…
Le Corbusier en Lego « Muuuz – Blog Architecture, Tendances, Inspiration
Compare it with the real thing…
http://www.wilkinson.fr/iWeb/Photography/Architecture/Pages/Villa_Savoye.html
Very clever…
The People’s Inaugural Address — Slate Magazine
Sure that there is a business opportunity here.
Album of the week…
The Glass Passenger
Jack’s Mannequin
