Feb
09
2009
3

What is meant by “Life Imitates Art”?

Life Imitates Art (photo by chascow - CC-BY)The curious notion of life imitating art was expressed by Oscar Wilde as “Life imitates art, more than art imitates life“. It’s a turnaround from the usual situation in which the artist creates art inspired by the life and world around them. When life imitates art, reality reflects what had previously been expressed in art [more...]

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Dec
23
2008
0

What present can I buy for a geek?

Andrew, Yoshi and Michael dream of good old-fashioned geek gifts from the "Think Geek" catalogue (photo by Randy Son Of Robert - CC-BY)Geeks like new things, shiny things, things with hidden functions, things that are particularly powerful or clever, things that are surprising, things that no-one else has yet, unusual combinations, and things that make people think or go “wow”. The king of all geek gift sites is surely thinkgeek.com, where you can find drum kit shirts, [more...]

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