Shopping, Seduction And Mr Selfridge

Shopping, Seduction and Mr Selfridge by Lindy Woodhead is a fascinating book (the roller-coaster life of the maverick American retail tycoon Harry Gordon Selfridge) on social history, marketing and shopping. It's eye opener and I liked it.

World Oil Reserves

Here is an interesting/informative update on world oil reserves @ http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2008/oilreserves

Useful link:
www.ogj.com

Who would have thought Canada would be No.2! Amazing!

Business Of Theatre

I found www.ebroadwayplays.com interesting (theatrical investment + philanthrophy), in fact, I liked it.

The Phoenix Lander

The animation of the Phoenix lander @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7400375.stm was brilliant.

Useful links:
http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu
NASA - Phoenix

Will Self

William Self is an English novelist, reviewer and columnist. His latest novel, The Butt, won the 2008 Wodehouse prize for comic fiction.

Useful links:
www.will-self.com
www.hayfestival.com

Shigeru Miyamoto

(via Wiki) Shigeru Miyamoto is a Japanese video game designer. He is the creator of the Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, Pikmin and F-Zero franchises for Nintendo game systems. He has also supervised many titles published by Nintendo on behalf of other developers, including Metroid Prime and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. Miyamoto is a world-renowned game designer, and is often called the 'father of modern video gaming'. Video games designed by him typically feature refined control-mechanics, intuitive gameplay, simplistic story lines, and imaginative worlds in which the players are encouraged to discover things for themselves.

Useful links:
www.miyamotoshrine.com
www.nintendo.com
www.gameinformer.com

I am huge fan!

Dima Bilan

(via Wiki) Dima Bilan is a Russian pop artist of Karachay descent. Dima represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with 'Never Let You Go', finishing second, and he won the contest in 2008, with the song 'Believe'.

Useful links:
www.eurovision.tv
http://bilandima.ru/enghtm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDJxR0fsbN8

Entre Les Murs (The Class)

(via Wiki) Entre les murs is a work of contemporary fiction by French writer François Bégaudeau. It is a semi-autobiographical account of Bégaudeau's experiences as a literature teacher in an inner city middle school in Paris. Published in 2006, it won the Prix France Culture/Télérama. In 2008, it was made into a movie by Laurent Cantet, also called 'Entre les murs', this film received the 2008 Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival, making it the first French film in 21 years to do so.

Useful links:
Festival de Cannes : Film details 2008
Entre les murs (2008)
Festival de Cannes