Monday, August 11th ....

I came across a reference to Bertrand Russell in something I was reading this week.  What an extraordinary man!  He spent years of his life coming up with a definition of the number 1 and proving that 1+1=2.  He went to gaol for his pacifist beliefs during World War 1 when even the Bishop of London was preaching, 'Kill Germans!  Kill the good as well as the bad.'  He was intolerant of people who blindly accepted what they were told, especially by clergymen and politicians, and commented that it was worthwhile occasionally putting a question mark after things that you believed in most fervently.

His quotes are all over the Internet but one I liked especially is:

The problem with the world is that the ignorant are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.

Jamie's major assignment for his IT course is to design a complex computer network.  For practice, he has networked our house using an operating system called Ubuntu.  I was amazed to discover that our household has 17 devices:  mobile phones, tablets, desktops, laptops, net books, etc.  It's extraordinary that 4 adults need so many gadgets just to get by.

I came across a website called Illustrated Lyrics.  The name is self-explanatory and here is a sample of their work.  If you don't see the whole poster, try clicking on it.