T Williamson

Alec Garrard, 78, a retired farmer has spent more than 30 years building an enormous scale model of Herod’s temple. And get this – it’s still unfinished! He dedicated a massive 33,000 hours to constructing the ancient temple, which measures a whopping 20ft by 12ft. He hand-baked and painted every clay brick and tile and [...]

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A letter from Mick Jagger to Andy Warhol about the design of an album cover in which Jagger gives the impression of being the perfect client…do whatever you want and let me know how much to pay you. (via)

As reported previously, colony collapse disorder seems to have multiple causes. In the NY Times’ Room for Debate blog, several scientists and other bee experts offer their commentary on what we currently know about CCD and what’s being done about it. Meanwhile, individual beekeeping operations have been damaged, some beyond repair because of this malady. [...]

he guitar is the result of Swedish SAS pilot Fredrik Johansson’s desire for an instrument that can be carried on a plane, easily stowed, and quickly made playable on arrival, meaning the neck doesn’t have to be detached nor the strings removed. According to the DeVillain Guitar Company (website), founded by Johansson, it can be [...]

The Cove has been getting great reviews: four stars from Ebert (who calls it “a certain Oscar nominee”) and a score of 82 on Metacritic. A quick synopsis from Wikipedia followed by the trailer: The Cove is a 2009 documentary film documenting the annual killing of more than 2,500 dolphins in a cove at Taiji, [...]

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Why do people believe in imaginary returns, frauds and fakes? Bernard Madoff, A.I.G. , W.M.D.’s … How did this happen? Do we believe things because it is in our self-interest? Or is it because we can be manipulated by others? And, if so, under what circumstances? Last year, two different books on that subject appeared [...]