Caffè Shakerato
How to make a delightful coffee beverage for hot days… Flickr Set
Here is a recipe from illy, and here another one.
Climate
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature
US ‘opposes’ G8 climate proposals
Nothing new there. And there is this:
The Smithsonian museum institute in Washington toned-down and delayed an exhibit on global warming it feared would displease Congress and the White House, a former museum director said.
Work or Play
Creative work is serious play.
An aphorism from Fripp’s Diary. I can’t tell where one ends and the other begins. Good work takes on the appearance of play. Bad play feels like work. Sometimes the work is to remain playful. My work is to play. My playing is work. I don’t think this experience is confined to the Arts.
James Hansen
Yet another must-read by James Hansen | Gristmill: The environmental news blog | Grist
I suggest that a “scientific reticence” is inhibiting the communication of a threat of a potentially large sea level rise. Delay is dangerous because of system inertias that could create a situation with future sea level changes out of our control. I argue for calling together a panel of scientific leaders to hear evidence and issue a prompt plain-written report on current understanding of the sea level change issue.
Oystein Baadsvik – tuba soloist
Oystein Baadsvik – tuba soloist
There are many tuba jokes out there… but this guy ROCKS!
