I really like the work of William Adolphe Bouguereau. Good lighting, expressions, and realism.

I just downloaded the new Napster software. I search for “acoustic” yields 132 results. One of the things I like about iTunes, and what I end up buying, is the tracks I usually do not find on an album. I like the live, exclusive, and acoustic tracks in good quality formats. So far Napster has not come through with anything other than the standard album fare. I still have my 5 free downloads, so I will try out the full process.

Peter Lewis of Fortune reviews Office 2003, comparing it to the car market. I am still waiting on my new Office 2003 Professional packages to arrive. “[T]he fact is that, for the vast majority of humans on the planet, Office 2003 does not qualify for ?must have? status. There are dozens if not hundreds of improvements, but with a few exceptions ? mainly of interest to large corporations with thousands of employees ? they fall into the nicer cupholder, satellite radio, and optional navigation system category.”

The DaVinci Institute lists their top 10 inventions in money technology.

State of Minnesota has a website graphically detailing the ancestory groups of Minnesota as well as the entire United States as reported in the 1990 U.S. Census. It is interesting to take a look at U.S. Irish.

Today’s New York Times profiles KFC’s new advertising campaign promoting fried chicken as healthy eating. From one of the ads: “The secret’s out. One Original Recipe chicken breast has just 11 grams of carbs and packs 40 grams of protein. So if you’re going low-carb, high-protein, go KFC.”

PublicRadioFan.com indexes public radio programs’ audio feeds.

Car manufacturers are starting to pay attention to fine tuning the roar of an engine or the smell of its interior, according to today’s New York Times.