Notes from a curious life.

Wonderful tale here about how the Apple logo designer got 50 cents reminds of Trevor Key the photographer who designed the Virgin logo on the back of a napkin. Branson notes that he didnt begrudge paying his £200 bill. So Mandy’s bill for $1500 seems very generous

A brilliant article comparing the western guilt culture and the Arab /Eastern shame culture. I have often wondered why this is “Arab men eradicate shame and bolster their shaky self-esteem by imposing the shameful qualities of the dhimmi, submission and passivity, upon women. Trailing a humbled woman behind them, Arab men can walk the walk […]

Thanks Nick for this link. I can imagine my mum swooning to Bing Crosby during my birth. Bing Crosby • The Squadronaires / Bing Crosby (tied) – ‘Among My Souvenirs / A Gal In Calico’

This is just what I was talking to Laurence and Jeff about last night at the CHASE puntmeet. A holographic image straight out SciFi. Wait till google maps is displayed and you can go inside the world. IO2Technology: Heliodisplay/ Interactive Free-Space Display Trackbacked to http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/3013778

A really cool application that allows visitors to your website to add themselves to your map MyGuestmap – The first and only Google Maps Guestmap Service! Thanks to Social Software for the link