Evolution Of Minerals

The Economist report on the evolution of minerals + other viewpoints @ http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?source=hptextfeature&story_id=12592248 was insightful.

Useful link:
http://hazen.gl.ciw.edu

The World Money Show

For a wide variety of outlooks + diversification + global investing 2.0 = The World Money Show. Go to www.moneyshow.com for further info.

A World Without Money

Robert Jackson's Letter from Iceland, a first-world country's financial meltdown @ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/66c87994-aec1-11dd-b621-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1 was wonderfully written and insightful. Shocking, really. As Robert rightly put it, it is going to be a long, hard struggle.

Peridotite

The Economist report on Peridotite, a type of rock with a voracious appetite for carbon dioxide + other viewpoins @ http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?source=hptextfeature&story_id=12592256 was educational and interesting.

Useful links:
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/user/jmatter
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/user/peterk

Amazing, really.

Random Thoughts

Read everything you can.

- Warren Buffett
www.berkshirehathaway.com

He was spot on.

Damian Allsop

Lucy Cavendish's story about Damian Allsop and his chocolates @ http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/16/foodanddrink was interesting.

Useful links:
www.damianallsop.com
www.amedei.com

There's something wrong with you if you don't like chocolates, really. Chocolates = Wines

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder = Beauty + elegant simplicity. Go to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to see his jewelry collections on display. Don't miss it.

Useful links:
www.calder.org
www.metmuseum.org
www.modernart.ie

Art Update

Roderick Conway Morris's opinion piece in IHT on George Barbier @ http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/14/arts/raabarb.php was educational and insightful.

Useful link:
www.museiciviciveneziani.it