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Archive for June, 2009

Frankfurt

Today we arrived in Frankfurt following a long but otherwise uneventful plane trip. After we checked into our hotel and rested a bit, we took a walk along the Main River:

There was a cool path of sycamore trees paralleling the walkway along the river:

We then took a walk through parts of the old town of [...]

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Hashima Island

Awhile ago I posted an entry on Swami Atma’s blog about the book “The World Without Us” by Alan Weisman. I really enjoyed the book which described what changes would take place in the world if all the people were suddenly gone.
Now on the History channel there is a show called Life After People. It’s [...]

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Some time ago I posted an entry about two musicians playing Ronda Alla Turca on one guitar. Here’s another one, this time one musician playing Für Elise by Beethoven on two guitars:

Back in my piano playing days I played Für Elise in a recital. It was the only recital I ever [...]

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Obama in Egypt

While reading about Obama in Egypt I ran across this photo:

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Recently I created a design of a Hindu goddess called Prana Shakti. Today this design was posted over at Smashing Magazine as a June entry in their monthly calendar contest. It is also available as a desktop wallpaper and comes in several sizes.
Prana Shakti is symbolized as a beautiful Hindu goddess who holds weapons in [...]

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