The Bible scene from Pulp Fiction is one of the most legendary scenes in the history of cinematography. Jules is reciting a passage from the Bible before killing a man: The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper…
Marek and Wacek was a piano duo of Polish musicians Marek Tomaszewski and Wacław Kisielewski (Wacek), performed during 1963-1986. The duo ceased to exist with the death of Wacek. Their style was unique and widely recognizable. It’s also worth mentioning that Wacek was a son of one of the most influential Polish writers, publicists and politicians of XX century – Stefan Kisielewski. I especially like their performance of “Prząśniczka” – a song written by Stanisław Moniuszko. The song is about…
About year ago I had a discussion with friends: which superpower would you like to possess (the discussion was inspired by TV series “Misfits”)? I surely choose ability of reading in minds. My friend then trolled my by choosing superpower of controlling other superpowers 😉 Mind reading is not only a matter of sci-fiction movies now. For example results of Gallant Lab at UC Berkeley are promising. They’ve showed movies to people and measured their brainwave activity. Then cutting-edge computer…
It was about 10 years ago. I was a teenager attending secondary school and was bored after the whole day of classes. I switched on TV and started watching MTV. And suddenly I saw them. He was dressed in weird white clothes and had weird teeth. But the music he was playing on piano was astonishing. After hearing the song I’d noted down the title – “Bohemian Rhapsody”. Then I launched KaZaA and downloaded the song (it was era of…
Recently I’ve came across Gobby. Gobby is a free collaborative editor supporting multiple documents in one session and a multi-user chat. It runs on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and other Unix-like platforms. There is a nice syntax highlightning and changes made by different users have different colors. http://gobby.0x539.de/trac/