I recently received an e-mail from one of the readers of Lingua Franca. His name is Richard Staigg and lives in Florida. During his visit to Panama, he purchased a couple of tagua carvings which I find very attractive. He wanted to share with us a couple of pictures he had of these souvenirs. This [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Tagua Carvings From Panama
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Carvings, Folk Art, Indian Art, Ivory Palms, Panama, Phytelephas, Seeds, Tagua, Tourism on January 8, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Photograph of the Day: Morning Sun
Posted in Photography, tagged Landscape, Light, Nature, Photographs, Sun on January 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Mozilla Pushes Firefox Version 3.5.7 Out the Door
Posted in Web Browsers, tagged Firefox, Mozilla, Patches, Security, Software, Stability, Web Browsers on January 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As Firefox becomes more visible, it’s a target for malicious attacks. Therefore, Mozilla Devs are always on the alert and releasing new security and stability patches. The latest release is version 3.5.7, which was unveiled yesterday. Mozilla didn’t say much about this patch, except that it : Fixed a common stability issue. Fixed a problem [...]
Photograph of the Day: Swimming Lessons
Posted in Photography, tagged Animals, Family, Hippos, Photographs, Protection, Wildlife on January 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Flock Devs Unveil Version 2.5.6
Posted in Web Browsers, tagged Flock, Internet, Patches, Security, Software, Stability, Web Browsers on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In an effort to maintain the reputation of having one of the best Web browsers around, the honchos at Flock just came up with a new version of Flock—version 2.5.6. This latest release addresses the Flickr logout issues and Twitter sidebar issues that some people have been experiencing. 2.5.6 also includes a Firefox security update [...]
Photograph of the Day: Window
Posted in Photography, tagged Composition, Framing, Photography, Structures, Windows on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Joke: A Pinch of Gunpowder
Posted in Jokes, tagged Cowboys, Grandsons, Gunpowder, Humor, Jokes, LongLife, Texas on January 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A tough old cowboy from south Texas counseled his grandson that if he wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a pinch of gunpowder on his oatmeal every morning. The grandson followed this advice religiously until the day he died at age 103. He left behind 14 children, 30 grandchildren, 45 [...]
Mobile Salon in Panama
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Beauty Salon, Cell Phones, Communication, Connectivity, Panama, Pedestrian Street, Pedicure, Tourism on January 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The trend nowadays is to be mobile. After the aggressive penetration of the cell phone into our lives, we feel cool by being connected to our friends and relatives anywhere we go. The mobile phones are so ubiquitous, you rarely see somebody go out without his or her cellphone. The gadget just has to be [...]
Photograph of the Day: Red Winter Train
Posted in Photography, tagged Cold, Ice, Nature, Photographs, Seasons, Snow, Trains, Winter on January 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Shape of the U.S. Economy
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged BernardMadoff, Business, Economy, Humor, Layoffs, Money, Recession on January 4, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I know that the global economy is rebounding back; still it was a hot issue when President Barack Obama took office. Bucketfuls of digital ink was poured all over the Internet. Now it’s only receiving a lukewarm reception in the media. Let’s take a nostalgic look at how the economy was perceived a few months [...]
