Archive for December, 2009

Golden Ratio

Posted in Art, Science by Sean on December 31st, 2009 @ 11:03 AM

From the Guardian:
From Leonardo da Vinci to Le Corbusier, the golden ratio is believed to have guided artists and architects over the centuries.
Leonardo is thought to have used the golden ratio, a geometric proportion regarded as the key to creating aesthetically pleasing art, when painting the Mona Lisa. The Dutch painter Mondrian used it in [...]

Whole Foods

Posted in Economics, Food & Drink, Work by Sean on December 31st, 2009 @ 10:57 AM

From the New Yorker:
Whole Foods has made Mackey a wealthy man. He owns roughly thirty million dollars in stock—less than one per cent of the company—and has sold millions more over the years. Still, he flies commercial and drives a Honda Civic hybrid.
Mas:
Whole Foods routinely ranks high on those lists of companies that are the [...]

Let’s go to the movies

Posted in Humor, Movies by Sean on December 21st, 2009 @ 11:15 PM

Enhance!

Posted in Humor, Photography, Science by Sean on December 18th, 2009 @ 1:10 AM

Images from Around the World

Posted in News, Photography by Sean on December 18th, 2009 @ 1:07 AM

More from the LA Times.

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