This is amazing. The musician passed away recently. More on him at bookofjoe. And from that inspiration see the amazing Jake Shimabukuro And click for a couple more videos of him
Archive | April, 2009
It must have been harder without a screen
Stay tuned for the reason for this statement by Sumati.
Water
From Seed Magazine, In a small village in the center of Gujarat, India, a society grows from clean water and satellite maps. They have used technology to save and take good advantage of the monsoon rains. For more on water and nature, click here and then go to the third slide. Turn on your speakers [...]
Untouchables
This is a very interesting link to the untouchables. Again from The Travel Photographer. The untouchables are from the Dalit caste and are born into opression in spite of this being a modern world and laws prohibiting it such as the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 The International Dalit Solidarity [...]
Displaced Colombians
Colombia is close to my heart having lived there in the past. Unfortunately the ongoing conflicts within Colombia have displaced around 3 million people internally second only to Sudan. Here’s an audio slideshow “Colombia’s Displaced Indians” with photographs by Moises Saman, and narrated by Simon Romero (also the author of the accompanying article) concerning the [...]
Travel Blog with interesting photos of Kuwait
Louis CK travelled with the USO to entertain the troops in Kuwait and Iraq recently. Here’s his story. He’s a comedian but also a photographer and took interesting photos from the helicopter rides. Note his comedy and the blog link has a bit of swearing and is sometimes crude.
Our Garden in Kuwait
We have one strawberry plant in a pot by the front door. You can click on any of the following images to open it up larger. And some other flowers growing into the palm leaves. This is growing in a bush at the neighbours driveway.
Starbucks Retrenches
Starbucks is continuing to close stores. Will they recover. I think so, only because they already own the best locations. Location is everything. I saw last week even in Kuwait that Starbucks is closing some stores in Kuwait. The one in Salmiya by the International Clinic is closed down.
Amazing Bass
And if you think this is something try the following video. They call it a battle, but it isn’t really it is humble competition. I heard the interview with Victor Wooten on CBC Tapestry, The Spirit of Music, where he talks about spirituality and music and plays a little also. It’s a must listen. The [...]
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