Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Welcome to the Prado

Last month, the Prado became the first museum to open its collection to Google’s mapping technology, allowing you to take a virtual trip to Madrid and see super-mega-resolution views of 14 masterpieces.

The paintings include Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights, Rubens’s Three Graces, Fra Angelico’s Annunciation, and El Greco’s Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest, and you can zoom in so closely, it’s like putting your nose right up to the canvas (without angering security guards). Other museums, take note: It’s time to Google yourselves.

Check it out here

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

American Idol Recap

Hey there Danny Gokey - 'nuff said. (I don't think anyone else sang did they?)

Music starts at the 59 second mark.

"pain quotidien"

"My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's."

-Oscar Wilde