(via fastcompany) I found the article on Frank Pringle @ Popular Science Best of 2007 Innovators + Best Inventions of the Year intriguing.
Useful link:
www.globalresourcecorp.com
I’ve been told the oil companies might try to assassinate me.
- Frank Pringle
I think Frank Pringle has figured out a way to extract fuel from hydrocarbons by using microwaves. I sincerely hope Frank is legitimate and can deliver on the promises.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Heard On The Street
Most business panics are like summer storms. They come up abruptly, are erratically intense, then suddenly dissipate.
CIBJO Update
The 2009 CIBJO Congress will be held on March 2-5 in Macau, at the Macau Venetian hotel.
Useful links:
www.cibjo.org
www.venetianmacao.com
Useful links:
www.cibjo.org
www.venetianmacao.com
Random Thoughts
When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is usually the reputation of the business that remains intact.
- Warren Buffett
How true!
- Warren Buffett
How true!
When Markets Collide
When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Change by Mohamed El-Erian is an insightful book + he is a doer and a thinker + someone who understands risks. He is one of the world’s most respected financial and economic analysts.Useful link:
www.pimco.com
Ecotourism
What is ecotourism?
The International Ecotourism Society defines ecotourism as responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people.
Useful links:
www.ecotourism.org
www.rainforest-alliance.org
www.sustainabletravelinternational.org
www.tia.org
www.wildland.com
Green travel has gone from a trend to a part of mainstream consumer and corporate culture.
- Brian Mullis, Sustainable Travel International
Enjoy nature + relax.
The International Ecotourism Society defines ecotourism as responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people.
Useful links:
www.ecotourism.org
www.rainforest-alliance.org
www.sustainabletravelinternational.org
www.tia.org
www.wildland.com
Green travel has gone from a trend to a part of mainstream consumer and corporate culture.
- Brian Mullis, Sustainable Travel International
Enjoy nature + relax.
Politicians + Art
Jerry Adler writes about the art of politics + other viewpoints @ http://www.newsweek.com/id/147791
When I get to heaven, I mean to spend a considerable portion of my first million years in painting, and so get to the bottom of the subject.
- Winston Churchill
Useful link:
www.pbs.org
When I get to heaven, I mean to spend a considerable portion of my first million years in painting, and so get to the bottom of the subject.
- Winston Churchill
Useful link:
www.pbs.org
Great Collectors Of Our Time
Great Collectors of our Time: Art Collecting Since 1945 by James Stourton is an interesting book on art collectors. A must-read.Useful link:
www.sothebys.co.uk
Sometimes you have to buy out of the box and pay out of the box. That’s the collector. They are the pilot fish of taste.
- James Stourton
Astonishing Photos
The photographs taken by Hal Brindley of a leopard savaging a crocodile @ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/18/ealeopard118.xml was brilliant.
Useful links:
www.halbrindley.com
www.krugerpark.co.za
Useful links:
www.halbrindley.com
www.krugerpark.co.za
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Before The Rains
Before the Rains directed by Santosh Sivan is a romantic drama/tragedy set in the Colonial India of the 1930's. A strong narrative, interesting characters and good acting = Good movie. A must see.
Useful link:
www.beforetherains.net
Useful link:
www.beforetherains.net
Video Games Artwork
Louis Marchesano gives a tour of video games artwork designs @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7514493.stm
Useful link:
www.getty.edu
Useful link:
www.getty.edu
Sir John Marks Templeton
Sir John Marks Templeton was an American-born British stock investor, businessman and philanthropist. It was very inspiring to read the obituary of Sir John Marks Templeton @ http://www.economist.com/obituary/displayStory.cfmsource=hptextfeature&story_id=11745591, a man with such great a life philosophy, who seemed to live close to God and at the same time a dedicated investor. Congratulations to the Economist.Useful links:
None of us know what’s going to happen after we die, any more than that caterpillar knows.
- Sir John Marks Templeton
Thomas Schütte
Thomas Schütte is an important German contemporary artist + his Model for a Hotel 2007, a sculpture that has occupied the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square since last November is rather interesting. It's made from transparent plates of red, blue and yellow glass stacked like bookshelves. What's intriguing is its simplicity. Great concept.Useful link:
Millimeter Wave Technology
According to TSA (Transport and Security Administration), Millimeter Wave Technology, another form of body-imaging technology, uses non-ionizing electromagnetic waves to generate an image based on the energy reflected from the body. The images generated through millimeter wave are lower-resolution than that of x-ray backscatter, and as a result, privacy may be less of a concern for the traveling public. TSA anticipates that both 'passive' and 'active' millimeter wave technology will be deployed at pilot sites in the near future.
Rafi Gabay, Head of Customs at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport, believes that the ‘Millimeter Waves’ device, manufactured by TSA can be used to detect smuggled diamonds.
Useful links:
www.tsa.gov
www.iaa.gov.il
Rafi Gabay, Head of Customs at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport, believes that the ‘Millimeter Waves’ device, manufactured by TSA can be used to detect smuggled diamonds.
Useful links:
www.tsa.gov
www.iaa.gov.il
Making Diamonds Work For Development
The Madison Dialogue has published a new white paper that looks at the efforts being made to use diamonds for sustainable development. Great work.
Useful links:
www.madisondialogue.org
www.srk.com
www.fataltransactions.org
www.mineralpolicy.org
www.earthworksaction.org
Useful links:
www.madisondialogue.org
www.srk.com
www.fataltransactions.org
www.mineralpolicy.org
www.earthworksaction.org
Heard On The Street
The gem market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.
A Floating Ecopolis
Vincent Callebaut's designs are phenomenal, a completely self-sufficient floating city intended to provide shelter for future climate change refugees. A unique biomimicry. What a great concept! I hope Callebaut's designs will inspire creative solutions to climate change problems.Useful link:
Random Thoughts
If you don’t fully understand an instrument, don’t buy it. If you would not buy a specific product for yourself, don’t try to sell it. If you do not know your customers very well, don’t lend them any money. If you do these 3 things you will be a better banker, my son.
- Sñr Emilio Botín
Chairman, Banco Santander
www.santander.com
How true!
- Sñr Emilio Botín
Chairman, Banco Santander
www.santander.com
How true!
The Official Filthy Rich Handbook
The Official Filthy Rich Handbook by Christopher Tennant is a great book about the über rich + it's informative and witty. I liked it.Useful link:
Friday, July 18, 2008
Random Thoughts
The four most expensive words in the English language are, 'This time it's different.'
- Sir John Tempelton
How true!
- Sir John Tempelton
How true!
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