Title Comment Comment Date Comment Link
Favorite Writers

Are you going for it? :-)

 3/17/2009 View
Scaruffi Quotes That Have Made Me Laugh Out Loud (Quite Literally)

One of my favorites:

While the Beatles had tea with the Queen, the Stones were pissing in public.

(from his page on the Rolling Stones)

 9/4/2008 View
lukeprog's paradigm shifts (chronological)

Wow, thanks a lot for the link! That one comes in very handy, as I was just planning to start studying ancient civilization!

 8/21/2008 View
Reading Log, 2008

30 pages a day? What happened to speed reading?

 8/19/2008 View
People I Would Like to Interview

I did ask him. He said that he did publish in peer-review journals back in the day, when he was in the computer science industry. He also stated that now that he's not working with the Academia any longer, it's really hard to get anything peer-reviewed.

 8/19/2008 View
2008 Listening Log

Do you know where I could get hold of that Stockhausen piece, Cosmic Pulses?

 8/12/2008 View
100 Greatest Paintings of All Time (pics)

So a Euro trip yielded the following update:

Michelangelo: Il Giudizio Universale/ Universal Judgement (1541) - Cappella Sistina, Roma
Klimt: Beethovenfries (1902) - Sezession, Wien
Klimt: The Virgin (1913) - National Gallery, Prague
Klimt: The Kiss (1908) - Belvedere, Wien
Botticelli: Allegoria della Primavera (1478) - Uffizi, Firenze
Monet: Nimphee (1926) - Orangerie, Paris
Uccello: Battaglia di San Romano/Part I (1456) - Uffizi, Firenze
Raffaello: Sposalizio della Vergine (1504) - Piancoteca di Brera, Milano
Botticelli: Nascita di Venere (1485) - Uffizi, Firenze
Monet: Cathedrale de Rouen, Musee National d'Orsay, Paris
Cranach: Flugelaltar mit dem Jungsten Gericht (1524) - Gemaldegalerie, Berlin
Rembrandt: Militia Company (1642) - Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Van Eyck: Madonna in the Church (1425) - Gemaldegalerie, Berlin
Bruegel: The Battle Between Carnival and Lent (1559) - Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
Leonardo: Gioconda/ Mona Lisa (1505) - Louvre, Paris
Raffaello: Trasfigurazione (1519) - Pinacoteca Vaticana, Roma
Bruegel: Dutch Proverbs (1559) - Gemaldegalerie, Berlin
Klee: Ad Marginen (1930) - Kunstmuseum, Basel
Rubens: St Agustine, National Gallery, Prague
Renoir: Bal du Moulin de la Galette (1876) - Musee National d'Orsay, Paris
Van Eyck: The Virgin of Ivers (1435) - Louvre, Paris
Veronese: Nozze di Cana (1563) - Louvre, Paris
DeVries: Palastarchitektur mit Badernder (1596) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien
Memling: Johannesalterarn (1490) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien
Bruegel: Babel Tower (1563) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien
Bruegel: Procession to Calvary (1564) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien
Bruegel: Massacre of the Innocents (1567) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien
Bruegel: Bethlem (1566) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien
Cranach: Johan Friedun (1544) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien
Caravaggio: Davide/ Galea (1607) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien
Rubens: Stormy Landscape with Philomenon/ Gemitterland Schaft mit Philenen (1625) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien
Rubens: Feast of Venus/ Vennsfest (1637) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien
Rubens: Miracle of St Ignatz (1618) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien
Vermeer: Malkunst (1666) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien
Vermeer: The Astronomer (1668) - Louvre, Paris
Klimt: Judith I (1901) - Belvedere, Wien
Klimt: Melo (1912) - Belvedere, Wien
Paolo Uccello: Battaglia di San Romano/Part III (1456) - Louvre, Paris
Klimt: Avenue Schloss Kaven (1912) - Belvedere, Wien
Klimt: Beechwood (1903) - Belvedere, Wien
Klimt: Fritza Riedler (1906) - Belvedere, Wien
Schiele: Death and the Maiden (1915) - Belvedere, Wien
Schiele: Mother with two children (1917) - Belvedere, Wien
Schiele: Rainerbub (1910) - Belvedere, Wien
Schiele: Family (1917) - Belvedere, Wien
Bruegel: Sermon of St John 1566, Szepmuveszen Muzeum, Budapest
Bruegel: Triumph of Death (15??) - Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel
Holbein: Nikolaus Kratzer (1528) - Louvre, Paris
Holbein: Georg Gisze (1532) - Louvre, Paris
Rubens: Debarquement de Marie de Medicis (1625) - Louvre, Paris

52/100, getting there... :-)

 8/12/2008 View
Things of questionable truth or effectiveness

And hey, you might wanna accept my friend request at Facebook :-)

 7/11/2008 View
Things of questionable truth or effectiveness

I was half-joking; it'd most definitely fail. Seeing that he's twenty something years older than me, I won't have much luck. And also, as you point out, he isn't doing any harm.

 7/10/2008 View
Things of questionable truth or effectiveness

I've a friend who's a monk. Any idea how I could challenge his faith? :-)

 7/10/2008 View
Favorite Writers

I know you must be aware of this, but dude... you sure are missing out on a lot of great stuff! If you think that reading novels takes too much time, at least try some poetry!

 7/2/2008 View
2001 movie ratings (ranked)

What about The Piano Teacher by Michael Haneke and What Time is It There? by Ming-liang Tsai? Have you seen them?

 7/2/2008 View
Greatest Musical Works of All Time (very much in progress, hundreds to add...)

When are you getting around to listening to some more Bach? Die Kunst der Fuge is easily top ten.

 6/25/2008 View
Favorite Writers

What about fiction?

 6/24/2008 View
Greatest Songs/Tracks/Movements of All Time (Classical, Rock & Jazz)

Beethoven's Grosse Fuge should definitely occupy the #2 spot, as the second of two 9.9's. Have you heard it?

 6/15/2008 View