Renzo Piano + Vatican

Barbie Nadeau's article on Renzo Piano + Vatican's interest in art business + other viewpoints @ http://www.newsweek.com/id/158580 was interesting.

Useful links:
www.rpbw.com
www.vatican.va
www.richardmeier.com
www.labiennale.org

ABBA Museum

Ulf Westman, who founded ABBA the Museum, reports that the work on the century-old Stora Tullhuset that will house the musical museum won't be open in 2009 as scheduled.

Go to www.abbamuseum.com for further information.

Random Thoughts

I learned early that there is nothing new in Wall Street. There can't be because speculation is as old as the hills. Whatever happens in the stock market today has happened before and will happen again.

- Larry Livingstone

How true!

Reminiscences Of A Stock Operator

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Marketplace Books is the most useful and most-loved book ever written on the subject of trading and speculation. I liked it.

Useful link:

www.marketplacebooks.com

Paul Wall Jewelry

(via Wiki) Paul Wall is the part owner and proprietor of TV Jewelry with Johnny Dang in Houston. He was also featured in the VH1 documentary Bling'd: Blood, Diamonds, and Hip-Hop, while visiting Sierra Leone, cautioning jewelers to check their source for diamonds. The store specializes in the production of grills, silver, gold, or platinum caps and diamond inlays (usually princess-cut diamonds).

Useful link:
www.grillsbypaulwall.com

The Business Of Wine

The Business of Wine: A Global Perspective by Per V. Jenster + David E. Smith + Darryl J. Mitry + Lars Jenster is an interesting book on the complexities of the business side of the wine industry. A must read.

Useful link:
www.perjenster.com

I think making wine is an expensive hobby.

New Startups

Pete Engardio's article on startups via Los Alamos and Sandia @
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_38/b4100062751339_page_2.htm was brilliant. I think the concept of providing entrepreneurial leaves for scientists to give them a taste of life outside national labs is a good idea.

Useful links:
www.lanl.gov
www.llnl.gov
www.sandia.gov
www.kauffman.org

Minitek Festival

Artists from around the world are in New York City from September 12 -14, 2008, for a different kind of electronic music/innovation festival. Go to http://minitekfestival.com for more information. Don't miss it.