Clipmarks | hitchhiker08's clipshttp://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/date/2008/6/1/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/date/2008/6/1/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-us 5 Classics Written Under the Influencehttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/ECC860B0-567E-416E-AFE5-709A7511BDE2/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Click the link to read 'Bonus: writers are the craziest people' <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/5-classics-written-under-the-influence/" title="http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/5-classics-written-under-the-influence/">www.neatorama.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2 id="post-16299"><A title="Permanent Link: 5 Classics Written Under the Influence" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/5-classics-written-under-the-influence/" class="noline"> 5 Classics Written Under the Influence</A></H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>1. Collected Poetry, Li Po (701 - 762)</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/AF18C0FD-62E9-4ACB-9149-2838888DF0D2.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">One of the best of the T'ang dynasty poets in seventh-century China, Li Po wrote many poems about drinking.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">alcohol has two functions. First of all, it brings friends together to sing, to reminisce</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Second, it acts as a muse, a way to relax and release the poet into fantasies and meditations</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>2. "Kubla Khan," Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834)</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/9932404C-B0F6-435A-8EFB-D5D4161BA816.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">After smoking opium, Coleridge fell asleep, and when he awoke he was on fire with images.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">The result is one of the wildest, most puzzling poems of all time.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>3. <EM>The Sun Also Rises</EM>, Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961)</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/9B827F2F-4E11-4455-88D4-378B7E98E24C.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Like many famous writers, Hemingway battled alcoholism all his life. In <EM>The Sun Also Rises</EM>, one of his best novels, almost every character drinks continually.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>4. <EM>Being and Nothingness</EM>, Jean-Paul Sartre (1905 - 1980)</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/CE56A0B9-0CAA-4F0C-9C0A-30BA2071E606.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Sartre apparently was a big ingester of mescaline to get him, er, up to speed. </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H2>5. <EM>Naked Lunch</EM>, William S. Burroughs (1914 - 1997)</H2></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/2B4C384C-2632-4CD3-9E1D-57F8751160C4.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Burroughs was</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">heroin addict</div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/writers/" rel="tag">writers</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/poets/" rel="tag">poets</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/playwrights/" rel="tag">playwrights</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/creativity/" rel="tag">creativity</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/storytellers/" rel="tag">storytellers</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/alcoholism/" rel="tag">alcoholism</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">drugs</a></div>http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/16/5-classics-written-under-the-influence/Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:26:31 GMTColorful Chinese Bazarshttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/294F28BA-9738-48D2-A46F-E87C287549AF/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Careful when you ask for a hotdog! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.wackyarchives.com/featured/the-colorful-chinese-bazars.html" title="http://www.wackyarchives.com/featured/the-colorful-chinese-bazars.html">www.wackyarchives.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">The Colorful Chinese Bazars</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">It’s a snapshot of the crowded Chinese markets, filled with everything from peppers to Hello Kitty underwear.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/77BBFB9F-EC43-4013-9EB3-A5B977AF700B.jpg" alt="China Bazar" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/2972B6A8-3963-4C67-9F8E-075B1A41BC0C.jpg" alt="China Bazar" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/EFAF21B0-6D71-4F84-AA11-AA9449F7EC2E.jpg" alt="China Bazar" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/B1820D8A-840E-4F5D-A750-14781A1DCDF3.jpg" alt="China Bazar" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/88B7A817-5969-4C22-9F9A-BA1629D227E9.jpg" alt="China Bazar" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/768A0DF3-A4F8-4910-9B37-5B08AD4A4723.jpg" alt="China Bazar" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/29AB36F1-ED4C-42A5-BB8C-578E70D22FF2.jpg" alt="China Bazar" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/A2B8D1E1-349D-4D61-9173-F0F105F2E28D.jpg" alt="China Bazar" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/C91CFB09-BC47-44D6-9748-B25D29787635.jpg" alt="China Bazar" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/A8D7A74E-5E7B-4E7D-901D-42A5A891FE8A.jpg" alt="China Bazar" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/6D78EB76-1B37-42EF-8A18-3F725C696CBC.jpg" alt="China Bazar" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/18917BB9-2D9D-4CC8-B6E6-25B8BBA3BFD7.jpg" alt="China Bazar" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/BD353DFB-E346-409C-8016-EF7BD3E80165.jpg" alt="China Bazar" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/428F5DA4-6C95-400D-B8DF-5D6FA3C4291D.jpg" alt="China Bazar" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/678CD5FE-062B-4B3C-ABAA-2D3C57531644.jpg" alt="China Bazar" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/0747AE0F-0676-4DD0-92C4-DCA9B03C967D.jpg" alt="China Bazar" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/china/" rel="tag">china</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/bazaar/" rel="tag">bazaar</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/marketplace/" rel="tag">marketplace</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/meat/" rel="tag">meat</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/chicken/" rel="tag">chicken</a></div>http://www.wackyarchives.com/featured/the-colorful-chinese-bazars.htmlSun, 01 Jun 2008 12:49:15 GMTOrigin of Numbershttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/7F093DD2-96CD-481F-858C-F0BB33913B55/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/hitchhiker08/">hitchhiker08</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> More to it than just the Abacus! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.euphoria-magazine.com/science/38-science/73-origins-of-the-numerals" title="http://www.euphoria-magazine.com/science/38-science/73-origins-of-the-numerals">www.euphoria-magazine.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="100%" class="contentheading"> Origins of the Numerals </TD></tr></table></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Today's numbers, also called Hindu-Arabic numbers, are a combination of just 10 symbols or digits: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 0.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/8689E857-9CFC-45FA-B3E8-6413F719CFCC.gif" alt="Hindu Arabic Numbers" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><STRONG>Numerals, a time travel from India to Europe</STRONG></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><DIV>Before adopting the Hindu-Arabic numeral system, people used the Roman figures instead, which actually are a legacy of the Etruscan period. The Roman numeration is based on a biquinary (5) system.</DIV></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P><IMG border="0" alt="Numbers Hands" src="http://www.euphoria-magazine.com/images/stories/science/numeral_hends.gif" /> <BR /><EM><STRONG>The graphical origin of the Roman numbers</STRONG></EM></P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/1DE07275-7250-4529-A451-3F43D6470A40.gif" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>Other original systems of numeration<BR /></H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Other original systems of numeration were being used in the past. The "Notae Elegantissimae" shown below allow to write numbers from 1 to 9999. </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/C3380CEB-FE55-44ED-9CCC-D0646B8839C9.gif" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><H1>Chinese and Japanese contributions</H1></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">The Ba-Gua (pron. pah-kwah) trigrams and the Genji-Koh patterns, antique Chinese and Japanese symbols, </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">strangely enough related to mathematics and electronics. If all the entire lines of the trigrams (___) are replaced with the digit 1 and the broken lines (_ _) with the digit 0</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/B5C8B3E8-206A-4AEF-82B6-2A3A516F01C0.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Write "a", "b", "c", "d" and "e" under the five small red sticks </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Genji-Koh</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/hitchhiker08/512/D8D45F0E-D12F-48F2-806E-076877115259.jpg" alt="" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/numerals/" rel="tag">numerals</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/numbers/" rel="tag">numbers</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/hindu-arabic/" rel="tag">hindu-arabic</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/roman/" rel="tag">roman</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/arabic/" rel="tag">arabic</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/japanese/" rel="tag">japanese</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/chines/" rel="tag">chines</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/counting/" rel="tag">counting</a></div>http://www.euphoria-magazine.com/science/38-science/73-origins-of-the-numeralsSun, 01 Jun 2008 11:01:18 GMT