Saturday, January 7, 2006

Historic Manuscripts Historic manuscripts. Ancient Manuscripts from the Desert Libraries of Timbuktu. Rolled Palm Leaf Manuscripts in Nepal. Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library & Renaissance Culture. Lots of beautiful images and fascinating information, courtesy of the wonderful plep. [MetaFilter] 11:26:44 PM

Is it EFC? Now it is. Motorola visions of the future, from the '60s. Blog: With all the attention paid to the Next Big Thing in consumer gadgets these days, it's sometimes useful--if not inspiring--to... [CNET News.com] Direct at http://blog.outer-court.com/files/motorola/ The drawing with the vinyl records on the floor is a nice touch. 1:13:24 PM

Lou Rawls Dies at 72 Lou Rawls dies at 72. Lou Rawls dies You'll never find... A "velvety baritone" like Lou Rawls, who died Friday of lung cancer at Cedars-Sinai in LA. He moved with his mother from Chicago in the 1950s, was a friend of Sam Cooke, and sang the National Anthem at Game 2 of the 2005 World Series in Chicago. Rawls sang with Sam Cooke, was awarded three Grammys, sold one platinum and five gold albums. He said: There are no limits to music, so why should I limit myself?" [MetaFilter] 9:13:19 AM

Greek Temple Discovered in Albania Greek temple discovered in Albania. Ohio researchers have found one of the earliest Greek temples in the Adriatic region north of Greece, in coastal Albania, near Apollonia. [Physics Org] 9:09:00 AM