Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[Tal]

Oh and isn't Wikipedia Amazon based there?

FMP

[kinboshi]

Oh and isn't Wikipedia Amazon based there?

FMP

..and Starbucks (I think).

[Tal]

Oh and isn't Wikipedia Amazon based there?

FMP

..and Starbucks (I think).

Yep. Hence the reference to coffee.

Come on, Secretary of State for the Environment. Sort it out!

[rfgqqabc]

Harsh on the old boy, rfgqqabc, the factory is only 25 miles from Seattle - we can give him that one surely.  

  Ofc, my American geography is somewhat suspect. Doesn't help there  being 17 Washington's

[atdc21]

Hi Tikay, thought i would post on this thread rather than your betting thread.
I live about 15 mins from the west somerset railway that runs some old steam trains from bishops lydeard to minehead, have you been on it?

[david3103]

I think you will want to set your betamax to record this

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pz9m7

[DaveShoelace]

I think you will want to set your betamax to record this

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pz9m7

Tikay watching train programmes made me think of this

[dllewellyn]

Hi Tikay this is of the Washington Post facebook page you may have seen it. It sums modern life so well.
I hope you are well and you have a prosperous new year.

Dai

 
“A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that 1,100 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by, and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace, and stopped for a few seconds, and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping, and continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried, but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally, the mother pushed hard, and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money, but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the most talented musicians in the world. He had just played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, on a violin worth $3.5 million dollars.

Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.

This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste, and priorities of people.

The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?”

[kinboshi]

Google's logo today to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Tube:

[tikay]

Google's logo today to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Tube:

I went on to google early this morning, saw that, & that was a whole hour gone!

Lovely stuff.

[tikay]

I will try & reply to the other questions & Posts later today. Thank you, keep rhem coming.

[Mohican]

Don't know if you're still on twitter Tikay but I thought you'd find this fella  an interesting follow- https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield

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He's currrently orbiting earth on the ISS and has taken and tweeted some amazing pictures.

[TightEnd]

http://londonist.com/2011/03/a-guide-to-alternative-london-tube-maps.php

Some good stuff in there.

Such as the Daily Mail moral underground

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[TightEnd]

Are you watching Africa/Attenborough tikay?

What about Polar Bear and Me?

Iplayer is your friend

the Polar Bear family and me programme, 3 of them, is quite extraordinary. Fantastic camerawork, brilliant story.

Click to see full-size image.

[tikay]

I don't suppose our Sponsor would be overly thrilled if I linked to a Blog on Black Belt Poker.

So, if you get a moment, do try & have a read of Neil Channing's latest Blog.

No hand histories, no strategy talk, but some wonderful observational poker chunterings from his recent Live Poker experiences.

I BET you recognize some of the stereotypes he mentions, too.