John James Audubon’s Birds of America sold for $8.8 million ten years ago. “The book contains 1,000 life-sized illustrations of almost 500 breeds. Only 119 complete copies of the 19th-century book are known to exist, and 108 are owned by museums and libraries.”
Tag: 09.09.10
The Next Generation TV – All About Search?
“The key to the next generation of TV is likely to be search, and the biggest drag on search is going to be text entry. If Google TV is really going to be the “one screen to rule them all,” it has to solve that problem.”
Conviction In Forgery Of Forgery Of… (I’m So Confused)
A woman claiming to be the great niece of Konrad Kujau, author of the mother of all forgeries, the “Hitler Diaries,” has been convicted of selling forged versions of paintings made by Kujau in his later years, themselves copies of famous masterpieces.
Google Translation: May The Force Be With You, Mrs. Robinson
“Some new Google features designed to predict what you’re typing before you’ve finished it are lately inspiring creative flashes across the Web – and not just among the people who make a living promoting these high-tech innovations.”
Maintaining Order on America’s Front Lawn
“Each year groups seeking space to build on the Mall [in Washington, D.C.] show up before the [National Capital Planning Commission] … But because there is only so much space and a concern about cluttering the Mall’s signature green expanses, the planning commission has to be good at saying no and at offering alternatives.”