"Playing with kendama makes use of Earth's gravity. That's why I made the red ball in the shape of an apple. Newton is said to have arrived at Newton's law of gravitation by starting with an apple. Kendama has its roots in the game of challenging the invisible connection between nature and yourself." *kendama is a traditional Japanese toy in which the player tries to catch a … [Read more...] about Apple Kendama, BLINKING – Yasuhiro Suzuki, Art Exhibition
What are digital nomad villages?
Digital nomad villages are rural communities with modern amenities that thrive on the internet, a blend of traditional local lifestyles with technologies. They have fully developed infrastructure in which a person can be a digital nomad who has the freedom to travel with his laptop to any of the villages in the world. Dreaming of working abroad as a digital nomad? 🏝We’ve got … [Read more...] about What are digital nomad villages?
Cost of July 4th Cookout 17% Higher Compared to Year Ago
WASHINGTON, June 27, 2022 - U.S. consumers will pay $69.68 for their favorite Independence Day cookout foods, including cheeseburgers, pork chops, chicken breasts, homemade potato salad, strawberries and ice cream, based on a new American Farm Bureau Federation market basket survey. The average cost of a summer cookout for 10 people is $69.68 or less than $7 per person. The … [Read more...] about Cost of July 4th Cookout 17% Higher Compared to Year Ago
Neither of these images are photographs
One way to tell when an old painting is done from a photograph is to remove the color from an image of the painting. Neither of these images are photographs; they're both paintings treated in this way (Corot on the left and George Spencer Watson on the right). pic.twitter.com/UCE9bEUwSk— Paul Graham (@paulg) June 27, 2022 … [Read more...] about Neither of these images are photographs
65 Percent of Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Experienced a Financially Stressful Event in the Past Three Years
3 in 10 Earning Over $250,000 Continue to Live Paycheck to Paycheck Nearly 40% of Those Earning Over $250,000 Cite Paying for a Family Members' Expenses as a Driver of Financial Distress SAN FRANCISCO, June 27, 2022 - LendingClub Corporation (NYSE: LC), the parent company of LendingClub Bank, America's leading digital marketplace bank, today released findings from the … [Read more...] about 65 Percent of Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Experienced a Financially Stressful Event in the Past Three Years
Peppers and Eggplants, the Quintessential Ingredients of Sicilian Cuisine
Peppers and eggplants are everywhere on Sicily. You have them in a vegetable tray at the grocery store. You have them at diners. You have them on pizza. Peppers.org: How This Guy Made the World’s Hottest Peppers Pepper Growing Tips Make Peppers Grow … [Read more...] about Peppers and Eggplants, the Quintessential Ingredients of Sicilian Cuisine
Words matter, pixels enhance words
Go Visual Whether it's an email newsletter, social media post, the newspaper or your web site, the key to all marketing is to offer something worth being seen, read, heard and commented on. Let your content tell a story. Make people feel, experience or respond to your message. Reassure them and reinforce the message, even as you take them along the journey. Have you read … [Read more...] about Words matter, pixels enhance words
Literary tourism has become a mass pursuit
Literary tourism has become a mass pursuit. Statue of Giovanni Formisano, a famous Poet in Catania, Sicily Tourism continues to be a key economic driver for Catania, and we are pleased to see travel demand return. Overall in August, Market Research Media indicates visitors spent nearly $64 million and generated more than $5.2 million in tax revenues. As a result, … [Read more...] about Literary tourism has become a mass pursuit
Sanctions Bite: Russian Oligarchs Feel the Squeeze
This shot of Titan, a $100 million yacht, owned by Russian billionaire Alexander Abramov, was taken three years ago at Syracuse, Sicily. European holidays on yacht, a favorite pastime of Russian oligarchs, are over. The last time Titan was seen passing through the Suez Canal on the way to Turkey. No more Côte d'Azur for Russian oligarchs. … [Read more...] about Sanctions Bite: Russian Oligarchs Feel the Squeeze
AI-image editor Claid launches next-gen API to enhance user-generated content for marketplaces
SAN FRANCISCO, June 21, 2022 - Claid.ai, an AI company that helps marketplaces improve user-generated images, today launched an end-to-end image processing platform, Claid API 2.0. Claid’s technology automatically enhances photos, removes backgrounds, aligns products on the canvas, and fixes lighting. Claid has already optimized over 100M user-generated photos for some of the … [Read more...] about AI-image editor Claid launches next-gen API to enhance user-generated content for marketplaces