Gao Brothers

China has so many stories that they are like a dream. Every story is true, but I try to tell them in a fictional way.

- Gao Zhen

Useful link:
www.gaobrothers.net

I thought the work of Gao Zhen/Gao Qiang were brilliant. The deconstructed images of Chairman Mao were funny, confrontational and different.

G. Willow Wilson

Check out G. Willow Wilson’s comic series Air at www.gwillowwilson.com

Diamonds Are Not Forever

The Economist report on Botswana was spot on. Botswana’s diamond deposits may run out by 2030. The country has no choice but to diversify/reform its economy by retraining its incompetent/lazy civil servants/managers to attract foreign investment. Not always easy but doable with Ian Khama's five D's: democracy, dignity, development, discipline, and delivery. I wish Ian Khama, the newly re-elected president all the best.

Useful links:
www.econsult.co.bw
www.debswana.com
www.moibrahimfoundation.org

Jewelry Coral

Dave Federman's viewpoint on jewelry coral was interesting. Let's promote fair commerce.

Useful links:
www.tooprecioustowear.org
www.seaweb.com
www.cites.org
www.noaa.gov
www.artinitiatives.com

Virtual Spending

Check out these avatar-driven social networking sites. It's hard to believe how fast they have become mainstream, but I guess the virtual world represents a different value proposition.

Useful links:
www.there.com
www.imvu.com
http://secondlife.com
www.gaiaonline.com
www.weeworld.com
www.clubpenguin.com
www.moove.com

Chaim Even Zohar Viewpoint

A beautiful tribute to Madhu Mehta of Jayam Manufacturing. May his soul rest in peace! Thank you Chaim.

Useful link:
www.diamondintelligence.com

Random Thoughts

This year's collection was keenly contested by investors, collectors and diamond experts from around the world. All diamond were sold, and we were delighted to see strong representation from the growing markets of India and China, as well as the more established markets for rare colored diamonds.

- Jean-Marc Lieberherr
www.argylepinkdiamonds.com.au
www.riotintodiamonds.com

This is good news.

Brian May's 3D Photography

I really liked A Village Lost and Found.

Useful links:
www.brianmay.com
www.londonstereo.com
www.queenonline.com

Martin Firrell

I thought Martin Firrell's use of text in art was superb. I loved it.

Useful links:
www.martinfirrell.com
www.completehero.com

The Asterix Story

Check out the latest episode at www.asterix.com

Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer Of The Year 2009

Check out the winners of the Veolia Environnement wildlife photographer of the year 2009 at www.nhm.ac.uk

Remarkable Creatures

Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species by Dr. Sean B. Carroll is story-telling at its finest, really. Read the book with an open mind.

Useful link:

http://seanbcarroll.com

Emerald Market Report

Check out Ronald Ringsrud's latest emerald market update + beautiful specimens. He is a well-known dealer + the author of Emerald: A Passionate Guide.

Useful link:
www.emeraldmine.com

How To Make A Movie For £45

What a story! I hope the film Colin will be seen by as many people as possible. All the best Marc!

Useful link:
www.nowherefast.tv

Slash: Paper Under The Knife

It's really amazing to see the way contemporary artists use paper as a medium to express their viewpoints. Stunningly beautiful, really.

Useful link:
www.madmuseum.org

Bahia Emerald: The Movie

Coming soon! A movie based on the infamous 'Bahia Emerald. The film’s story involves finding, moving, and protecting the 180,000 carat, $372,000,000 'Bahia Emerald' from those seeking to take it away from the Florida owners. I can't wait to see this movie. Can you?

Useful link:
www.greenicemovie.com

Random Thoughts

The current trend…is that a lot of our culture is coming in shorter and smaller bits…When access is easy, we tend to favor the short, the sweet and the bitty. When access is difficult, we look for large-scale productions, extravaganzas and masterpieces.

- Tyler Cowen
www.marginalrevolution.com
www.gmu.edu/centers/publicchoice/faculty%20pages/Tyler/index.html

Spot on.

Landscape Photographer Of The Year 2009

Check out the winners of the Landscape photo of the year 2009.

Useful links:
www.take-a-view.co.uk
www.emmanuelcoupe.com

Art Factory

Peter Hessler's opinion piece in the New Yorker about artists in Lishui, in eastern China was very interesting. Who would have thought a few years ago that Lishui would become one of the important painting center for the foreign market?

Mineralientage München 2009

Check out the spectacular Munich Mineral Show 2009 for minerals, fossils, precious stones and jewelry + a special exhibit titled India’s Hidden Natural Treasures. Don't miss.

Useful link:
www.mineralientage.de

3D Film Made By Children

I thought Aardman Animations/Tate Gallery's project to produce the first Tate movie – a 20-minute animated film by children a briliant idea + a great toolkit to inspire creativity.

Useful links:
www.aardman.com
www.tate.org.uk

The Red Feldspar Project

Check out the Special Issue on Red Feldspar via GIA.

Good Morning Project

Jer Thorp's Good Morning project, a visualization of 24 hours of Tweets saying Good Morning, from all across the world was brilliant.

Useful link:
http://blog.blprnt.com

Stirling Prize 2009

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has won the 2009 Stirling Prize, Britain's most prestigious architectural honors, for their design of a cancer center in London. Congratulations!

Useful links:
www.richardrogers.co.uk
www.architecture.com

Random Thoughts

The mutual fund industry is a $10 trillion industry that has seen no innovation for 25 years. The Internet has had no impact.

- Andy Rachleff
www.kaching.com

The concept is great — the ability to tap into not just the wisdom of the crowd, but to be able to identify and invest with the particular geniuses in the crowd that stand out.
- Marc Andreessen

So true!

Optical Data Storage

The scientists at the University of Edinburgh believe tiny crystals could hold the key to creating computers with massive storage capacity. Great news, really.

Useful link:
www.chem.ed.ac.uk/staff/academic/alexander.html

Wine Odyssey Australia

Check out Wine Odyssey's walk-through crash course in Australian wine. Brilliant concept, really.

Useful link:
http://wineodyssey.com.au

China Design Now 2009

The Portland Art Museum has a great China Design Now exhibition now. China is definitely moving from imitation to innovation in design + many sectors. Check it out.

Useful links:
http://portlandartmuseum.org
www.cdnpdx.org

Niassa (Mozambique) Ruby

Cheryl Kremkow's report on Niassa (Mozambique) rubies was edcuational and insightful. I have seen the rubies (treated/untreated) in Bangkok. The top quality ones can be easily confused with Burmese/Thai/Tanzania (Winza). I think the prices are also fair to a certain degree. I hope the mines are productive/sustainable in the long run.

Useful link:
www.diamonds.net

Art & Copy

I thought Doug Pray's documentary about the advertising industry was superb. Don't miss.

Useful link:
www.artandcopyfilm.com

David Hockney

Carol Kino's opinion piece in the NYT on David Hockney, Britain’s most famous living artist was interesting.

Useful link:
www.hockneypictures.com

The Museum Of Everything

Hats off to James Brett, the brain behind The Museum of Everything. In fact I liked it because it was simply about personal creativity/expression. Period.

Useful link:
www.musevery.com

Benetton Case Study

Peter Gumbel's opinion piece in the Time magazine on Benetton's unique business management was brilliant and insightful.

Generational shifts in family businesses are notoriously tricky. A rule of thumb is that only 1 in 3 family firms survives the transition from the founding generation to the next, and only 1 in 10 makes the jump successfully from the second to the third generation. The more numerous and distant the cousins involved, the harder the task of keeping them all in line — although sometimes the biggest problems come from the closest relatives.
- Peter Gumbel

Useful link:
www.benetton.com

The Art And Design Fair

Souren Melikian's viewpoints on the art and design fair in the New York Times was interesting. The show is a must-attend event for art lovers merely interested in looking + keen collectors looking to buy.

Useful links:
www.hopkins-custot.com
www.yveskleinarchives.org
www.barryfriedmanltd.com

Bill Cunningham Viewpoint

On the Street/Animated. A marvelous surprise, really. Beautifully done. Thanks Bill.

Silvermist Diamonds

Coming soon! Rio Tinto will be introducing Silvermist, its new silvery-gray colored diamonds that can be used to create more affordable diamond jewelry piece. I loved the name. Something really different from colorless diamonds. I hope the price is sweet/consumer-friendly.

Useful links:
www.riotintodiamonds.com
www.argylediamonds.com.au
www.ncdia.com

Random Thoughts

Jewelry is not a fad product. Archeologists have solid proof that it has been around for at least 50 millennia – and some would now argue that jewelry has been around for at least 100,000 years. In its earliest days, people wore jewelry to denote their social and cultural identities: wealth, power and privilege. Early jewelry also provided identification of gender, age and social class. After thousands of years, these same factors continue to drive demand for jewelry. The 2008-09 recession will not derail consumers’ cultural affinity for jewelry.

- Ken Gassman
www.kennethgassman.com

So true!

Pantone Team

Ask the Pantone Color Institute. Its members travel the world to find out what hues will move product.

People are wanting someplace to go, somewhere to retreat to. My challenge is to come up with a color that speaks to how we can create a feeling of escape -- to get away from the problems of the everyday world. Even if it's a fantasy.
- Leatrice Eiseman

Useful links:
www.pantone.com
www.colorexpert.com

Art Market Update

The Economist art review was insightful. The work on display at London's Frieze Art Fair was intellectually intriguing as ever. A great place to connect the dots.

Useful links:
www.friezeartfair.com
www.galleriazero.it
www.gavinbrown.biz/artists/view/rirkrit-tiravanija
www.helgadealvear.com
www.marianneboeskygallery.com/artists/barnaby-furnas
www.michaelwerner.com
www.salon94.com

Corrine Hunt

I thought Canadian Aboriginal designer/artist, Corinne Hunt's artworks for the Vancouver Olympics were brilliant. I also thought the Olympic committee made a wise decision to use precious metals from old electronics for the medals, bringing awareness to the cause of recycled scrap.

Useful links:
www.corrinehunt.ca
www.vancouver2010.com

Holition

Check out Holition's virtual reality marketing application for use online, in-store and at live events. I thought it was great tool for education and business. I liked it.

Useful links:
www.holition.com
www.inition.co.uk
www.holtsgems.com

Art Market Update

Georgina Adam's art market recap in FT was interesting/insightful. Thanks.

Useful links:
www.fiac.com
www.phillipsdepury.com
www.garageccc.com
www.theartnewspaper.com

Martin Parr

Check out Martin Parr's brilliant photographs on consumer culture. Educational/insightful indeed.

Useful link:
www.martinparr.com

Frieze Art Fair 2009

Check out new/established artists at www.friezeartfair.com

Start-up Secrets

Check out these tips from America's Coolest Young Entrepreneurs.

IdeaPaint

IdeaPaint is simply a paint that turns any paintable surface into a dry-erase board. I liked it. Hats off to John Goscha!

Useful link:
www.ideapaint.com

Design USA: Contemporary Innovation

If you're looking for who's who in American design, this would be it. http://exhibitions.cooperhewitt.org/Design-USA

Gitanjali Profile

I found the Prince Mathews Thomas's article on Mehul Choksi/Gitanjali interesting. The choice methodology of the gem and jewelry sector in India is to rely more on oral contracts than written ones. I do know that Gitangili want to evangelize the gem and jewelry sector so that they could provide a new template to meet the demand and aspirations of the new India. Everything takes time in India, really. I wish him the best of luck.

Useful link:
www.gitanjaligroup.com

Harrods Gold Bullion

Harrods has become the first London shop to offer gold in-store. Customers can collect their purchase in person. Check it out.

For many people this is a new and unfamiliar asset class that demands absolute trust. Up until now, however, London has had no well-recognised name serving this market. Harrods saw the opportunity to help individuals buy physical gold in a prudent manner.
- Chris Hall, Harrods Gold Bullion

Useful links:
www.harrods.com
www.pamp.ch

Asia's Luxury Destination

Bettina Wassener's viewpoints on Hong Kong as the top location for sales of expensive jewelry, gems and fine wines was interesting. I can't agree more. Hong Kong is the place, period. I think Asias are comfortable with showing their wealth. Old habits die hard, really.

Useful links:
www.sothebys.com
www.christies.com
www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com
www.hurun.net

Thinkers 50

According to The Thinkers 50 biennial poll of business thinkers, C. K. Prahalad has become the most influential living management guru in the world. Congratulations!

Useful link:
www.thinkers50.com

Random Thoughts

This is a piece of 19th century art furniture we are experimenting with, and whether it's art is irrelevant. We are asking very important questions about who can be represented in this extraordinary square of patriotic value - it's become a place of protest, it's become a place of celebration.

- Antony Gormley
www.oneandother.co.uk
www.antonygormley.com
www.london.gov.uk/fourthplinth

It was one-of-a-kind project. I thought it was brilliant.

The Art Instinct

The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution by Denis Dutton is a brilliant book that combines both genetics + art, my favorite topics. A must read.

Useful links:
www.denisdutton.com
http://theartinstinct.com

Global Business BBC

I listen to the fantastic episode of Peter Day's Global Business every week. His report on Brazil, one of the emerging economies of the future was brilliant and insightful. Keep up the good work.

Useful links:
www.florusbrazil.com
www.insolitastudios.com
www.sebrae.com.br
www.embraer.com

Maggi Hambling

Check out Maggi Hambling's thoughts on LS Lowry's placid oceans. www.thelowry.com

Musical Motifs in ‘Tosca’

Anthony Tommasini's (chief classical music critic, New York Times) interpretations of Puccini's use of motifs with various characters and elements in 'Tosca' to enhance the emotional power of the work was brilliant. I loved it.

Noli Novak

Check out Noli Novak's stipple portrait of President Barack Obama. It was brilliant. I liked it.

Useful links:
http://hedcuts.blogspot.com
www.nolinovak.com

100 Most Important People In Art

The ArtReview Power 100 was educational and insightful.

Useful link:
www.artreview100.com

Chaim Even Zohar Viewpoint

Chaim's viewpoint on Professor Dina Siegel was interesting. Check out her most recent academic study, titled 'The Mazzel Ritual: Culture, Customs and Crime in the Diamond Trade'.

Useful links:
www.diamondintelligence.com
www.uu.nl

Diamonds And Human Security, Annual Review 2009

Partnership Africa Canada's Diamonds and Human Security Annual Review for 2009 was interesting. They believe those governments that refuse to get tough on smuggling, human rights abuses, and money laundering were placing the scheme at high risk of collapse. I can't agree more.

Useful links:
www.pacweb.org
www.kimberleyprocess.com

Random Thoughts

Whatever it is you're looking to do or make or sell, you build your business on the assumption that you can do it better, smarter, and more efficiently than the competition. Otherwise, what's the point?

- Ivanka Trump
www.ivankatrumpcollection.com

An interesting viewpoint on jewelry business.

NORD Architects

I really liked NORD's immersive/experiential architecture. Keep up the good work.

Useful link:
www.nord-web.dk

Tres Amigas Project

Check out America's first renewable energy trading hub. Brilliant idea.

Useful link:
www.tresamigasllc.com

U.S. Retail Jewelry Update

Ken Gasssman's viewpoints on the retail jewelry sector in the U.S was educational and insightful. It was interesting to know that about 90 percent of the 22,500 specialty jewelers in the U.S. – just over 20,000 firms – generate annual sales of $2.5 million or less. Most of these firms operate only one or two stores. Thanks Ken.

Useful links:
www.kennethgassman.com
www.idexonline.com

Liesbet Bussche

Check out Belgian jewelry designer Liesbet Bussche's supersized baubles on the streets of Amsterdam. She turned concrete balls into black-pearl earrings, sculpted a necklace from construction-site rubble, and wove red and white beads into warning tape. I have never seen anything like that before. I thought it was brilliant.

Useful link:
www.liesbetbussche.com

Random Thoughts

My team at Random and here at the Opera House allow me to be very organised. I know what I'm doing way in advance, and I always make sure I've got enough time. Once I'm working on something, I don't do anything else. I'm mono-track.

- Wayne McGregor
www.randomdance.org

Brilliant!

A New Leonardo da Vinci Art

Here is an interesting spin. Antiques Trade Gazette reports that the work, previously catalogued as 'German, early 19th Century', could be a new Leonardo da Vinci portrait, based on infrared analysis. If original, the painting could be worth tens of millions of dollars.

Useful link:
www.antiquestradegazette.com

Startup Advice

Clara Villarosa, founder of the Hue-Man Bookstore in Harlem shares startup tips about developing realistic business ideas, finding funding, and analyzing competitors' marketing plans. Check it out.

Useful link:
www.huemanbookstore.com

Diamond Exhibit At American Museum of Natural History

A brilliant collection of 25 diamonds, including the Olympia Diamond Collection, is on display now through January 2010 at the American Museum of Natural History's Morgan Memorial Hall of Gems in New York City. Don't miss.

Useful links:
www.amnh.org
www.scarselli.com
www.argylediamonds.com.au
www.gemesis.com
www.apollodiamond.com

Viral Loop

Viral Loop: From Facebook to Twitter, How Today's Smartest Businesses Grow Themselves by Adam L. Penenberg is a brilliant book on the power of the virus + the impact. A must read.

Useful links:

www.penenberg.com

www.caterina.net

www.hunch.com

Random Thoughts

It is natural and proper to prefer a business which is large and well managed, has a good record, and is expected to show increased earnings in the future. But these expectations, though seemingly well-founded, often fail to be realized. Many of the leading enterprises of yesterday are today far back in the ranks. Tomorrow is likely to tell a similar story.

- Benjamin Graham/David Dodd

So true.

Michael Gusky Viewpoints

The more a person knows about the value of their gold, the more likely they are to find an honest buyer and get the highest prices for their valuables. So, let's talk about gold. The higher the karat the higher the amount of gold in the jewelry. For instance, 10 karat gold contains 41.6 percent gold while 18 karat gold contains 75 percent gold. The rest are other metals alloyed with the gold for color and strength.

- Michael H Gusky
www.goldfellow.com

Spot on.

Global Arts Guide

Check out art venues/event/category via New York Times. I loved it. Thanks to Elisabeth Hopkins.

Jason de Caires Taylor

Meet Jason de Caires Taylor, and explore world’s first underwater sculpture park at www.underwatersculpture.com

Maharaja: The Splendour Of India’s Royal Courts

Check out Victoria and Albert Museum’s exhibition 'Maharaja: the Splendour of India’s Royal Courts’ at www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/maharaja

Bioneers Conference 2009

An interesting mix of viewpoints. www.bioneers.org

Carbon War Room

A unique philanthropic initiative. www.carbonwarroom.com

Miroslaw Balka

Check out Polish artist Miroslaw Balka's How It Is at the Tate Modern. Brilliant concept, really.

It's everything and nothing in a way.
- Miroslaw Balka

Useful links:
www.tate.org.uk/modern
www.whitecube.com/artists/balka

The Nobel Prize For Economics

This year’s Nobel prize for economics has been won by Oliver Williamson (University of California, Berkeley) and Elinor Ostrom (Indiana University, Bloomington). Congratulations! The Nobel committee’s decision is a welcome shot in the arm for research that crosses disciplinary boundaries in the social sciences.

Useful link:
http://nobelprize.org

How To Be Lucky

Richard Wiseman's viewpoints in The Telegraph on how to generate good fortune was interesting. He was spot on. Lucky people are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there rather than just what they are looking for. So true.

Useful link:
www.richardwiseman.com

Bill Cunningham Viewpoint

On the Street / High Contrast. Black and white are a foolproof combination, especially when the seasons are changing. It was brilliant. I loved it. Thanks Bill.

A Mexican Story

Souren Melikian's viewpoints on Moctezuma, Aztec Ruler and the remarkable versatility of Mexica artists via British Museum exhibit was interesting.

Useful link:
www.britishmuseum.org

Heard On The Street

Among other things I had learned that gemstone dealers keep things looking very blue over a long period while they are quietly buying quality gemstones.

Sramana Mitra Viewpoint

Sramana Mitra's viewpoint on online education was interesting. She was spot on. Nothing other than online education can meet the needs of people hungry for an opportunity to learn and secure a better future.

Useful links:
www.sramanamitra.com
www.apollogrp.edu
www.significantventures.com

World's Best Design Programs

Check out new programs that integrate design, business, engineering and marketing programs to create new learning plaftforms for creativity via Businessweek.

The Sacred Made Real

Check out a spine-chilling exhibition of 17th-century religious art at the National Gallery in London. The Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting and Sculpture 1600–1700 runs from 21 October 2009 until 24 January 2010.

Useful link:
www.nationalgallery.org.uk

Art Market Update

The October 8th sale confirmed a trend at auctions in London, New York. Whereas the financial crisis has made mice out of collectors (especially speculative buyers) of contemporary works, such as Yue Minjun’s pink grimaces and the many-hued dollybirds by Liu Ye and Feng Zhengjie, sales of traditional Chinese arts are where the real muscle is to be found. Western auction houses say there may be as many as 100 mainland Chinese collectors who spend upwards of $1m a year buying art, and another 100 collectors in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

- Economist

Useful link:
www.sothebys.com

Really interesting news indeed!

Bright-sided

Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America by Barbara Ehrenreich is a brilliant book that guides you to take clear-eyed actions in the current cultural and economic crises. A must read.

Useful link:

www.barbaraehrenreich.com

Random Thoughts

Cutting down a single tree in Costa Rica is cause for scandal.

- Pedro Leon
www.peacewithnature.org

Costa Rica has built a reputation as one of the world's greenest countries. Let's learn more about Costa Rica.

Lehman Art On The Block

The first batch of artworks (David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Rauschenberg) from Lehman Brothers' offices will be hitting the auction block on November 1, 2009. Check out the link www.freemansauction.com

India’s Subodh Gupta

Subodh Gupta is indeed India’s most talked-about artist. Ginny Dougary's opinion piece in TimesOnline (October 10, 2009) was also interesting. Thanks.

Useful links:
www.hauserwirth.com
www.serpentinegallery.org
www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk

Master Of Shadows

Master of Shadows: The Secret Diplomatic Career of the Painter Peter Paul Rubens by Mark Lamster is a fascinating book about Rubens's skill as a covert diplomat and spy + a painter without a rival. A must read.

Useful link:

http://blog.marklamster.com

Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition 2009

Check out the beauty and complexity of life via microscope. Dr. Heiti Paves's Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) anther (20x) was stunningly beautiful.

Useful link:
www.nikonsmallworld.com

Random Thoughts

I mean, we’re not in an ordinary place here, we’re in a place where there’s more money than sense. I mean these people have got so much money, they are so rich… But as long as we keep the rich happy, I’m happy. Because when they’re unhappy, the rich, they just do unpleasant things. Like wipe out the economic system. They were hunting for happiness by gambling everything. And they failed. And now, hopefully, they’re being punished. But not sufficiently.

- Terry Gilliam
www.terrygilliam.com

Brilliantly said, really.

Fareed Zakaria GPS

GPS features De Beers chairman Nicky Oppenheimer on October 11, 2009. Don't miss.

Useful link:
www.fareedzakaria.com

California Rêverie

Van Cleef & Arpels is introducing a new collection, California Rêverie. The approximately 100 one-of-a-kind pieces will make their debut in Los Angeles in mid-October to commemorate the opening of the store. Check it out. www.vancleef-arpels.com

Diamond Price Bubble

A recent report issued by RBC Capital Markets titled 'Diamonds - Where Will All the Rough Come From?' was intriguing. Expect price corrections short/long term. Another interesting fact was that about 90% of all rough diamond production comes from De Beers, Rio Tinto, Alrosa and BHP Billiton.

Finding new deposits takes years and is costly as diamonds are so scarce; for example, the Ekati mine took 10 years to find and seven years to prove and build. Even once found, it takes a long time to bring a diamond mine into production; the Star Project in Canada for instance, owned by Shore Gold, has had around $300m spent on it so far but is unlikely to start producing until 2012-2013.
- RBC Capital Markets

Useful link:
www.rbccm.com

Pioneers Of Abstraction

In New York, two major exhibitions trace the development of abstraction in the work of Wassily Kandinsky and Georgia O'Keeffe. Brilliant. I liked it.

Useful link:
www.guggenheim.org

Random Thoughts

The fundamental reasons why the electric car has not attained the popularity it deserves are (1) The failure of the manufacturers to properly educate the general public regarding the wonderful utility of the electric; (2) The failure of [power companies] to make it easy to own and operate the electric by an adequate distribution of charging and boosting stations. The early electrics of limited speed, range and utility produced popular impressions which still exist.

- Electrical World (1916)
via Sergey Brin, co-founder/technology president www.google.com

Interesting. Really.

Barack Obama Wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize

US President Barack Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Congratulations!

Useful link:
http://nobelprize.org