Sunday, 31 October 2010
Fantastic Fashion Artist
Check out this website I found at renegruau.com
Rene Gruau, economical use of line.
Saying enough without saying too much.
Graphic Master.
Ray
Google Image Result for http://www.languageisavirus.com/articles/images/anais.jpg
via google.co.uk
Anais Nin,
I just really liked this picture.
The period of pre WWII Paris, and France,
had a romantic, mysterious aura that may never be
repeated.
Ray
BBC News - Clocks due to go back at end of British Summer Time
via bbc.co.uk
Did you remember to set your clock back? :)
Hope you had an enjoyable lie in this morning.
For people in the UK that is, the US is next week I believe.
Have an enjoyable Sunday,
Ray
Saturday, 30 October 2010
Neolithic Mound Silbury Hill
It is quite amazing how much work they put into building these
huge mounds in ancient times, it must have had quite a symbolic purpose.
Very interesting.
Ray
More than the 3 Major Networks together, YouTube at five- 2 bn views a day
Video sharing website YouTube now gets more than two billion hits daily.
That's nearly double the number of people who tune into the US's three prime time TV stations combined, its owners Google have said.
"Two billion video streams is a large number but on average people are only spending 15 minutes a day on the site compared to five hours a day watching TV.
co-founder Chad Hurley
What were we doing five years ago for entertainment again?
Ray
Friday, 29 October 2010
BBC Renaissance Series
The Garden of Earthly Delights by Bosch.
Really brilliant and perceptive program.
Mathew Collings, it is one of three to of this BBC Series.
Ray
Jurassic Park?
Cloning, the back up plan for endangered species?
Video in this article shows DNA being extracted from Bears.
But while the bears are anaesthetised and given an essential check-up before their journey, it also gives Dr Masters access to a precious resource: their DNA.
Dr Masters explains: "We are losing species too quickly, therefore we ought to preserve at least the genetic material that has taken millions and millions of years to evolve
This is about Frozen Ark.Genetic material for the future.
Perhaps Michael Crichton saw very far when he wrote the story
that became Speilberg's film.
Ray
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Ever heard of this movie before?
A friend just told me that this movie is well worth watching.
Warren Beatty no less.The Parallax View is a 1974 American thriller film directed by Alan J. Pakula and starring Warren Beatty, who was also a producer. The film was adapted by David Giler, Lorenzo Semple Jr and an uncredited Robert Towne from the 1970 novel by Loren Singer. The story concerns a reporter's dangerous investigation into an obscure organization, the Parallax Corporation, whose primary, but not ostensible, enterprise is political assassination.
The Parallax View is the second installment of Pakula's Political Paranoia trilogy, along with Klute (1971) and All the President's Men (1976); The Parallax View was the only one not released by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Looks very interesting.
Ray
A bit more Keef
The amazing longevity of Keith Richards.
A collector of rare books?
Well, I have always said, if you get to the top,
there is generally something surprising to discover.
Ray
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Ah, Le French!
'Fauxmance' gets dictionary entry
Fauxmances are concocted to generate press coverage for celebrities Fauxmances?
What will they think of next?
New words from celebrities, politics and TV have entered the latest edition of Collins English Dictionary.
Fauxmance, a fake romance between actors, and tweetheart, a person admired by others on social networking site Twitter, were included.
Simples!, an advert's catchphrase, and Cleggmania, referring to interest in Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg, joined them
What would Shakespeare think, I guess one can at least say the language is
a "work in progress!"........mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Cheers!
Ray
Ah, Le French!
Bonfire night Fireman's strike
Badly timed strike action.
It is a "celebration" of a foiled attempt to blow up parliament
in the time of King James.
Hope they have their action another night.
Ray
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Ah, Le French!
The french are at it again!
Students aim to bolster French protests
President Sarkozy is hoping the parliament vote will quell the protests French students will stage protests on Tuesday to try to bolster opposition to the government's pension reforms amid some signs of cracks in the movement.
The numbers could be a litmus test, correspondents say, after three of 12 national oil refineries voted to end their action and a rubbish collectors' strike in Marseille was suspended.
The row comes to a head this week.
For the rest of the article......
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11624615Monday, 25 October 2010
Clocks back this weekend!
Time changes on the way!
UK Daylight Saving Time - British Summer Time (BST)
Greenwich Meantime (GMT) is the basis point for BST British Summer Time. GMT is often refered to as UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). In the UK, DST (Daylight Saving Time) is known as BST. British Summer Time runs from the last Sunday in March until the last Sunday in October every year. In the Republic of Ireland it is called Irish Summer Time (IST)
British Summer Time runs between the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October. In March the UK clocks move Forward by 1 hour and in October they move Backwards or Fall by 1 hour. The UK comprises of (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). Since 1996 all member states of the European Union change their clocks on the same date at 1am GMT.
2009 - Sunday March 29th 01:00 GMT until Sunday October 25th 01:00 GMT
2010 - Sunday March 28th 01:00 GMT until Sunday October 31st 01:00 GMT
2011 - Sunday March 27th 01:00 GMT until Sunday October 30th 01:00 GMT
Daylight Saving Time, or British Summer Time in the UK, occurs at 1am GMT. DST or BST first began in 1916 with a mandate from parliament.
Sir Ian McKellen, On Acting Hilarious!
Funniest thing ever!
Ricky Gervais and Sir Ian on "Acting"
I don't know if you have seen this series, but Ricky Gervais was the star
and co-writer of the UK series "The Office", (the original).
Brilliant also if you really listen.
I like the moment when they both squint at each other.
Ray
Sunday, 24 October 2010
Backstage Secrets Keith Richards Older and Wiser
Ladies and Gentleman,
The one and only, the great.
Keith Richards!
Ray
London Underground Weekend Works
This is a handy link to see what is happening on the London underground
at the weekends, there are often engineering works.
Will you be able to get there ontime?
Ray
Saturday, 23 October 2010
Russian humour
1000 years of Russian state, 73 years of Soviet Power and 6 years of Perestroika produced a number of enlightening, educational and inspirational anecdotes, short stories, aphorisms.
A judge walks out of his chambers laughing his head off. A colleague approaches him and asks why he is laughing. "I just heard the funniest joke in the world!" "Well, go ahead, tell me!" says the other judge. "I can't - I just gave a guy ten years for it!"
Ray :)
How To Fold a T-shirt in 2 seconds
via youtube.com
Isn't this cool?
I could not believe it when I first saw it.
But try it, works fine.
Ray
U2 Space Oddity better Quality
I am finding U2 videos where Larry talks about the early days,
very inspiring.
You have to watch this one a little way in, he talks about putting an ad up at school
Friday, 22 October 2010
U2 Great Video
If you are a U2 fan, check out this great and charming interview
from an Irish tv show, as Larry and Bono talk about their early days
trying to get a spot on the show.
Priceless....
Coming soon!
The Royle family, with a deliberate pun intended, was one of the most successful British comedy shows
of the early 2000's. The storyline covers a working class Manchester family living on benefits.
But somehow the writers captured an earthy level of magic among the characters that made us bring them to
out hearts.
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Coming soon!
Winter is starting to move in, a time for for buying presents,
thinking of friends, and making sure you made it a rich and rewarding year.
Recipes, gifts, thinking of others, cards, stuff and fun.
Ray
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Introduction
Hello,
Thanks for checking my new blog,
I will post items of interest I find on the net.
Snippets of wisdom, and things to make your day go better!
All the best,
Ray
Thanks for checking my new blog,
I will post items of interest I find on the net.
Snippets of wisdom, and things to make your day go better!
All the best,
Ray
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