Category: cool
A representative of Oxford University Press writes requesting permission to use this image of Abe Lincoln (one of the 44 U.S. presidents better than the current one) in…
Shakespeare’s garden, that is (click image for link to BBC video).
Cool video made from David Foster Wallace commencement address.
While we’re on the subject of music, here’s a fine chorus of street musicians from around the world. Pretty cool.
This map, from arstechnica, shows the distribution of genes of a protohuman species, Denisova hominins, among modern humans. The blue area in Europe, West Asia, and North Africa…
This image is by the great Mughal painter Abul Hasan (I devote a few pages to him in the book I’m currently working on). Usually called “Squirrels in…