Rough Riding in 1896

Although the name of Andrew Barton „Banjo“ Paterson may not ring a bell immediately, you surely have heard about his most popular piece of poetry, „Waltzing Matilda“. Sung to the likewise popular melody (which, other than the lyrics, survived...

The Streets of London

One of the best things about the 2012 Olympic cycling events: at least one really wonderful new bicycle book was published, namely Ugo Gattoni’s „Cycling“. Actually, it is not so much a book, but a leporello that unfolds to a strip of paper of 5m of...

Smart Pill for A Smart Way of Fighting Dumb Practice

The FDA has just approved a very smart pill, that seems to have an extremely high potential of increasing the compliance of patients with all sorts of diseases to take their (oral) medication on a regular, as-prescribed basis. Also, it is extremely cool that you are...