An incredible gig last night at King Tut’s with Foy Vance, Iain Archer (whose spouse is also german speaking it think..) and Dan Lyth. My favourite gig in a long time, and now settling down to an afternoon of sorting through some more photos (Couldn’t beat the photo I took at the last one though!) [...]
Archive for April, 2009
I’m consistantly impressed with the quality of Rowan William’s youtube reflections on the church year.. it’s appropriate for the medium, and there’s been a bit more than the conventional “ehmm.. I suppose we’ll upload the sermon” approach to using social media. Still waiting for him to begin twittering though..!
It’s interesting to watch the little trend of [...]
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has an interesting article on the legality of Obama’s gift of an iPod loaded with 40 show tunes to the Queen. Whoops!
Of course, no one thinks that copyright owners are going to send lawyers after either President Obama or the Queen over this. But none of us should want a world [...]
Posted on April 01st, 2009 in medicine
Rembrandt: Self Portrait at the Age of 63, 1669 (oil on canvas) National Gallery, London—The subtle faint red spots on his cheeks and blotchy telangectasis under his right eye indicate rosacea
Hogarth: Marriage A-la-Mode, about 1743-1745 (oil on canvas) National Gallery, London—Syphilis, in particular gummatous sores covered by black beauty spots
Bronzino: An Allegory with Venus and [...]
