August 2010

Arts:

Chopin's Paris, with a pre-concert talk on one of the most exciting times to live in Paris, especially if you were a musician

Twin Titans, one composer more titanic than the other; still, a colossal performance!

Movies:

The Ghost Writer, a corrupt torrent gives us the perfect example on how our minds try to make sense of the nonsensical.

Documentaries:

Tribal wives: Women have it tough everywhere.

Incident of the month:

Once again, poison oak for 2 straight weeks.

What caught our attention:

We knew we were watched, but we did not imagine how much: Fresh air on web tracking devices installed in our computers.

Has Facebook killed the web?

Is surfing the web changing the way we think?

What did we learn:

The global happiness index: money does not buy it.

What is the sustainable population of your country?

What did we discover:

Another way to read e-books without an e-reader.

What did we achieve:

Ciabatta, the best!

The book of the month:

Doors Open by Ian Rankin, a fast-paced novel on an art heist set in Edinburgh.