free lecture on joseph conrad and graham greene
fans of both joseph conrad and graham greene might want to check out a free lecture organised by the national museum (16 Nov 2007, 7:30pm – 9pm).
from the event website:
This lecture will provide insights into the work of a fascinating literary detective writing the biographies of Conrad and Greene, illuminating how an understanding of history contributes to the understanding of the novelists and their works, and how challenges in the research process were met.
introducing ihadapooreducation.com
i just wrote the introduction for this website:
brijit - a time-saver for reading magazines
brijit can save you time by helping you decide what magazine article to read. it takes articles of magazines such as the Economist, Time and New Yorker and gives an abstract in 100 words or less.
here is a sample summary of a NYT article:
If you’ve enjoyed having your tech support outsourced to India, you’re going to love the next wave of globalization: consumer services. At $99 a month, Indian firm TutorVista offers unlimited tutoring using voice chat over the Internet, while personal assistant service Ask Sunday will order delivery from your favorite restaurant for you if you’re too busy to do it yourself. The global personal-assistance business is still in its infancy, but when you have college graduates like Ramya Tadikonda willing to tutor for $2 an hour, it’s unlikely the trend will die down. Lohr offers a fascinating look at the next wave of globalization.
brijit’s feed for their most popular articles is here.
national anthems without words
i did not know that spain has no lyrics to its anthem, although that may change soon.
other national anthems that are wordless include:
Afghanistan (1926-1943), Basque Country, Bosnia and Hercegovina (1998-), Egypt (1923-1960), Europe, Iraq (?-1959), Iraq (1959-1965, 2003-2004), Iraq (1965-1981), Italy (1862-1946), Kuwait (1961-1978), North Yemen (1962-1978), Ottoman Empire, Qatar (1954-1996), Russia (1991-2000), San Marino, Sealand, Somalia (1960-2000), Somaliland (1960), Srpska, United Federation of Planets, and Zanzibar.