Normally, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is interesting only the physicists for its uses in scientific research and the physicians for the fabulous pictures it gives of the insides of the human body. An MRI scanner will allow to display fine cuts of the body of the patient laid into the machine, but what is to…
These pictures of Russia are color photos taken a few years before the October REvolution. A memory of a far era and of a society which has been deeply transformed in the following years. Big Picture – Russia in color a century ago.
Found by chance alone, I wanted to let you immerse into it. YouTube link
Who said there was only one way to play the guitar? You Tube link The guitar player, Ronnie Moipolai, lives in Kopong a village 50 km North of Gaborone, Botswana’s capital.
Exactly one century ago, died Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910),[3] better-known by his pen name Mark Twain. So, why not celebrate this with a few tidbits about him? For example, the only known video showing Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) at home with his two daughters Clara and Jean: YouTube link…
The fashion of drawing fractals is a memory of the past (it was probably linked to the first appearance of computers able to collate the computing power for the needed calculations and the display capacity for complex images). But the pleasure is all mine to find this HD video which sends us into a Mandelbrot…
A great classic piece of music from Rossini, Duetto buffo di due gatti is interpreted here by two young singers whose countenance is all the more appreciated for their honorable clothes and the Korean public that appreciated a lot the unexpected performance. YouTube link
If you’re like most people, you’d like to have pretty wallpaper on your desktop background. You can always go to wallpaper web sites but most of them are choke-full of ads and they always provide the same usual set. How about getting new ones? Use Google. Now, Google is able to search images by size.…
Beards, they are amazing, full of surprises, flowering with novelty. Do you want some evidence? You can join the competition for the beard holding the largest number of wooden toothpicks: If you feel a pinch, don’t accuse the beard! In order to stay on the competition field, there was this beard contest in Alaska in…