Monday 19 May 2008

Points of Interest 19. May, 2008

1. The title says it all. However, I must add one thing: Magpies are the only known birds so far who are aware of themselves:

Joshua Klein on “the amazing intelligence of crows”


2. A fascinating ancient compendium of runic inscriptions on burial headstones of warriors and heroes:

Danicorum Monumentorum


3. A humorous propaganda world map from 1911:

Asia on the World


4. An antique children's book about the cheerful cricket with a twisted story:

The Cheerful Cricket


A really good urban animation sequence found on Digital World Tokyo:

Stunning urban animation crosses genre boundaries - and walls

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