Six faces of the moon – partial lunar eclipse

The moon was beautiful tonight, and playing with my new camera is a delight. It turns out it was a partial lunar eclipse that I was totally unaware of. It makes it so much more delightful to be suprised by things like that. Reading everything in newspapers is overrated. Being prepared is overrated..

Creativity and alphabet love

‘…qualities like quiveriness and vulnerability come to mind when I think of creativity… creativity requires a sense of smell, a palate to taste the scents that make brilliance. All life feeds upon the random. Creativity is the haute cuisine.’

-Douglas Hofstadter-

War and (enforcing) peace in Georgia. Good idea.

Another war happening. South Ossetia.

So again, we’ll se a tennis-match war. One side is saying we took that city, the other side says nowhere near it! all is going swimmingly our way! Felons! Then the others says “yeah, really what about this bombed village/destroyed dock/missing town hall?”,

Pick or guess your favourite font – serifs

Not sure I’d do so well at guessing these fonts myself. I imagine I’d get about half of them right. And which one do I like the best?
It certainly is not number eight….
Go oooon – guess!

Simons cat

Sweet, funny and true.