From The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519): #686: "This shall be placed in the hand of Ingratitude. Wood nourishes the fire that consumes it."

Other Links:
- Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, NYC: Leonardo da Vinci, Master Draftsman
- Leonardo Museum in Vinci with lots of devices built from his notes


Snippets:
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News: Newseum. The interactive museum of news. Contains original title pages of 250 newspapers around the world in PDF format. Very useful!
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The Skeptic's Annotated Bible and Quran. Some interesting thoughts, but clearly also a lot of rubbish.
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Video: Noah's Ark (1999, TV)/ w/ Jon Voight (Noah), Mary Steenburgen (Naamah), James Coburn (Peddler, minor role). The biblical story retold. Shallow presentation. Poor special effects. Nothing in there makes it worth watching. My rating 2 out of 10.
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Literature: Mathematical Fiction, a list of books and films that (more or less) deal with mathematics, compiled by Alex Kasman.
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Video: The Lost Boys (1987). 98 min. Directed by Joel Schumacher (St. Elmo's Fire). w/ Jason Patric. Horror-comedy. Teenager runs with a blood-sucking crowd, while his little brother and his buddies are trying to find the head vampire. A little twisted, a little quirky. Some funny moments, but overall pretty dull. My rating: 4 out of 10.
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Video: The Falcon and the Snowman (1985). 132 min. w/ Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn. Directed by John Schlesinger (Marathon Man). Based on the true story of the two spies Christopher Boyce and Daulton Lee, who sold top secret information to the Russian Government in the Seventies. Music by Pat Metheny, including 'This is not America' by David Bowie.Good movie. My rating: 7 out of 10.
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Awards: Razzie Awards, Golden Raspberry Award Foundation. Honoring the worst movies of each year.
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