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February 9, 2014

‘Bride. Russian Beauty’, W. Kandinsky

I found an interesting initiative on Facebook where the works of artists are trolleyed around to display more art of all kinds. The artist…

February 8, 2014

Amazon’s 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime

Since I could not think of much else to comment on right now (too many thoughts and too few anchors, if that makes sense),…

January 26, 2014

Opinion: On the Prevalence of Nelson

Nelson. He always comes up as the first name, and I don’t think he should. Now, let me say that I am a great…

January 26, 2014

Royal Navy: Steam, Steel & Dreadnoughts

There are many comments I could make about this series, but I think the major point that I will make is that it is…

January 23, 2014

‘The Demon’s Sermon on the Martial Arts’, S.M. Wilson

Sean Michael Wilson is a person I have already commented on twice recently, in the posts on The Book of Five Rings and Hagakure….

January 21, 2014

Neujahrskonzert 2014

As every year, 2014 began with a resounding concert in the halls of the Viennese Philharmonic Orchestra. The New Year was greeted ceremoniously with…

January 21, 2014

Solar Flares: A Brief Look into 2D Modelling

Though I am trying to pass the one-post-a-year thing by, it seems that it shall continue for a while longer. Meanwhile, let me tell…

January 15, 2014

‘Hagakure: The Code of the Samurai’, S.M. Wilson

In addition to the ‘The Book of Five Rings’ I described yesterday, Sean Michael Wilson has applied the same treatment to two other philosophical…

January 14, 2014

‘The Book of Five Rings’, S.M. Wilson

‘The Book of Five Rings’ is a well-known work by the Japanese swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi. Sean Michael Wilson took this work of art and…

January 12, 2014

‘Bismarck: A Life’, J. Steinberg

I started this biography of Bismarck a very long time ago. I finished it today. It has probably taken me a year and a…

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