To Dwell is to Garden
The Asia Times has just published an interesting article by Michael Rank on the presence of North Korean art in England’s capital. Apparently, propaganda posters and oils have become quite fashionable in those curious aesthetic circles located in London. Good read.
Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, has announced plans to begin development of a human powered search engine to rival Google. Wales explains that, in distinction from the Google 
methodology, an engine compiled by knowledgeable volunteers would focus on ‘quality results’ as opposed to the exhaustive listings that sometimes make Google’s output overwhelming.
I search Wikipedia nearly as often as I do Google, and would love to see this new project come to fruition. The Wiki community is amazingly obsessive, which provides us, the dedicated info consumers, excellent if not pure brain food.
From TreeHugger: A nice little vase made from a spent light bulb to illuminate your living space. Quite nice. Were I more handy in general, I might consider making one out of a beer bottle - but I suppose I already use those for ashtrays.
The Ontario government has just launched a new service for Ontario residents: Dial a Dietitian.
A man walks into a doctor’s office. He has a cucumber up his nose, a carrot in his left ear and a banana in his right ear. “What’s the matter with me?” he asks the doctor.
The doctor replies, “You’re not eating properly.”
The number is: 1-877-510-5102
