Saturday, October 29, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Married to the Eiffel Tower
Amazing British documentary about women in romantic relationships with inanimate objects. Must see!
The Other F Word
This revealing and touching film asks what happens when a generation's ultimate anti-authoritarians -- punk rockers -- become society's ultimate authorities -- dads.
The Future is Now!
What if your thermostat could learn from you?
What if it could build a schedule around what you like? Or figure out when you’re gone? Or show you how long it’ll take to warm up the house? What if your thermostat told you how much energy it used? And helped you to save even more? What if you could control it from your laptop and phone?
That would change everything.
What if it could build a schedule around what you like? Or figure out when you’re gone? Or show you how long it’ll take to warm up the house? What if your thermostat told you how much energy it used? And helped you to save even more? What if you could control it from your laptop and phone?
That would change everything.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Scoperte fatte nella luna Sig. Herschell (1836)
"In 1836, Richard E. Locke, writing for the New York Sun, claimed
that the noted British astronomer Sir William Herschel had discovered
life on the moon. Flora and fauna included bat-men, moon maidens (with
luna-moth wings), moon bison, and other extravagant life forms. Locke
proposed an expedition to the moon using a ship supported by hydrogen
balloons."
The Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses
From bone fetishism in the ancient world to painted skulls in
Austria and Bavaria: an unusual and compelling work of cultural
history.
It is sometimes said that death is the last taboo,
but it was not always so. For centuries, religious establishments
constructed decorated ossuaries and charnel houses that stand as
masterpieces of art created from human bone. These unique structures
have been pushed into the footnotes of history; they were part of a
dialogue with death that is now silent.
The sites in this
specially photographed and brilliantly original study range from the
Monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Palermo, where the living would
visit mummified or skeletal remains and lovingly dress them; to the
Paris catacombs; to fantastic bone-encrusted creations in Austria,
Cambodia, the Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Italy,
Peru, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, and
elsewhere.
Paul Koudounaris photographed more than seventy
sites for this book. He analyzes the role of these remarkable memorials
within the cultures that created them, as well as the mythology and
folklore that developed around them, and skillfully traces a remarkable
human endeavor. 290 photographs, 260 in color.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Gruseliges aus der Pfalz
"In Herxheim bei Landau stießen Archäologen auf einen Sensationsfund. Sie
bargen die Überreste von über 500 Toten aus der Jungsteinzeit. Aber wie
kamen diese vor mehr als 7000 Jahren zu Tode? Die Körper waren
systematisch zerstückelt. Die Schädeldächer waren aufwändig abgetrennt.
Die Experten gehen davon aus, dass es sich dabei um ein von Gewalt
geprägtes Ritual handelt."
hier der Podcast
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
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