Wednesday, 14 April 2004

Quiz "Genius is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration." - some people attribute this famous saying to Albert Einstein and others to Thomas Edison. Well, who said it? Paco has said this in interviews and I agree that there is a lot to it. If you work you will get inspired eventually....at least it is much more likely than if you sit around waiting to get inspired.... 1:44:59 PM    comment []; Balloon-Art "On May 4th, above the Greenwich Meridian in Greenwich Park, London, a cloud of a thousand radio-sensitive glowing balloons will monitor the airwaves and respond by changing colour and brightness. Everyone's invited to bring their mobile phones and make contact with the cloud, which will also listen to atmospheric phenomena and the cackle of the rest of London's radio users." via [BoingBoing] Not a bad idea....maybe these balloons should monitor air quality as well...that would be quite a sight above L.A., wouldn't it. Red for "stay inside and breath as little as necessary", green for "the air is clean, come out and play"...could be especially interesting in industrial areas to create a public account of the air quality... 12:55:14 PM    comment []; Hot pepper spray reverses "permanent" loss of smell Music: the hum of household appliances Mood: playful The cold remedy Zicam (which I swear by) has been under attack for possibly causing permanent anosmia (loss of the sense of smell). But a new product on the market called sinus Buster, made from capsaicin (the ingredient that makes chili peppers hot) might reverse anosmia when you squirt it up your nose. "When my husband ordered the sinus buster over the internet I was skeptical. But I said okay I’ll give it a try. As soon as we got it I used it that night and the next day I noticed I could smell certain odors. I couldn't believe it. The first thing I smelled was my daughter coming home after a night of partying, and I could smell cigarette smoke all over her. I had to bring her coat out to the garage because the smoke odor was so strong. Then my daughter told me that’s how she always smells after going out, but I never smelled the smoke before. It's absolutely amazing," Anderson added. I've always had a pretty bad sense of smell. Maybe I should give this stuff a try. Link [BoingBoing] Not being able to smell must be hard...the smell when rain hits the dirt for the first time in weeks, the scent coming from the pine trees right after the rain, the lovely smell of lavender bushes in the Summer...In fact I would have to say that two qualities that I find most important in a person are their voice and their smell... 12:35:24 PM    comment []; Isn't the web fun! I was looking at Osamu Kitajima's site this morning - he played Koto (Japanese harp) on "The Hours between Night + Day" - and this is the journey I took from there: Osamu's web site Links to people Osamu has collaborated with Keyboardist Dan Siegel Clicking on "Hemispheres", Dan Siegel's 1994 CD brings up this! Oops! 12:23:32 PM    comment [];

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