When I opened my blog yesterday the formatting was wonky. I managed to fix it but decided that I didn’t really like the layout anymore and switched back to the previous template which has a less cluttered look. I originally changed it a few years ago so that the blog would work better with mobile devices. Let me know if you are having difficulty viewing the new/old format.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Cosmati pavement
The seven century old tiled floor at the crossing of the shrine of Edward the Confessor and the main altar of the Royal Peculiar, Westminster Abbey, is composed of nearly ninety thousand individual pieces of coloured glass and stones. Ever since the pavement was laid, every coronation has taken place upon it.
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| PHOTO: Westminster Abbey |
The drama of home buying - Let The Journey Begin
An ad campaign for StreetEasy depicts each stage of the process of buying a home in the style of epic Renaissance paintings.
A Day in TOKYO in 1968
This film by Japan’s National Tourism Organization was produced to introduce Tokyo to foreign tourists.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
"There's always jobs in Toronto!"
Some SCTV Canadian humour with the late great John Candy and Joe Flaherty playing a couple of down and out Maritimers looking for a pot of gold in Toronto who pick up exotic Québécoise hitchhiker, Andrea Martin. It’s a parody of Don Shebib’s classic “Goin’ Down The Road” and Jayne Eastwood recreates her role as Betty, the girlfriend from the original film.
Cavalry horses run loose through London
Noise from builders near Buckingham Palace caused five horses from the Household Cavalry to bolt during a rehearsal. A number of personnel and horses were injured as the animals, one covered in blood, galloped through rush hour crowds, smashing into vehicles.
Cracking Chirality
The building blocks of life possess a mysterious symmetry. In a mirror, our bodies appear symmetrical from the right to the left. But hold one hand on top of the other, rather than palm-to-palm, and you’ll notice that they are not in fact the same; they have a defined right- or left-handedness, or chirality.
via Aeon
Things I have drawn
Things I Have Drawn imagines a world in which the things kids draw are real. It started as a silly little project between dad, Tom, and his 6-year-old son, Dom. They get a little help from AI.
Discover the Largest Handmade Model of Imperial Rome
The archaeologist and architect Italo Gismondi created Il Plastico. an amazing model of Rome-in-miniature. Working at a 1:250 scale, Gismondi built most of Il Plastico between 1933 and 1937, with later expansions after its installation in the Museo della Civiltà Romana.
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