Just in the process of buying a beautiful piece of Canadian art for our business and we discovered that accountant said we can even depreciate it. Depreciate it?
“Yes,” he said, “but only if it’s Canadian art.”
What the hell? Who struck this Faustian bargain for Canadian artists?
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Articles from Doug Cook, an excellent author on traditional taekwondo(tags: taekwondo)
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My web-friend Andy Borrows has been stumbling around the web and unearthing some lovely treasures. Here is a little flash app that demonstrates attractors. I killed 20 minutes with that one tonight.
And here is a nice version of John Conway’s game of life. As I was playing this one I had the uncanny sensation that I was watching the world. There are pockets of peace and pockets of energy and it’s interesting to see how the pockets of energy creep around and interact with the pockets of peace. This is a stunning long range picture of the way things that happen in one part of the world affect things that happen elsewhere.
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A summery Friday here at the Lot. Here’s what tickled my eyes this week:
- El Cameron, my favourite flamenco singer. Full of duende this night.
- A brilliantly rendered story of the four quadrants of integral theory. This map is just so helpful in looking at so many sitautions. This particular presentation is a lovely use of web technology as well.
- So you want to speak Danish? Who wouldn’t… The first place to start is by mastering this phrase: rødgrød med fløde. If you can’t get it on the first or second (or 27th) try, have a look at this detailed pronunciation guide which tells how to make the porridge AND the phrase. When you’re done there, watch this incredible documentary about the demise of Danish. This note is required reading for anyone in the Art of Hosting community by the way!
- Boeing launches its new plane, the 787, this weekend: 07/08/07. Check it out now or watch it live on Sunday.