Earthquake in Japan

And not only just a big earthquake, but a tsunami AND a nuclear disaster, too. Just terrible.

I think the picture below speaks for itself.

Awesome Site of the Week

I was looking for hieroglyph examples of Aztec and Mayan writing – just for fun, and to practise acrylic painting skillz by trying to paint such glyphs. Through some googling I found this site: Ancient Scripts, a “compendium of world-wide writing systems from prehistory to today”. Wow!

The site is pretty extensive, with background information about each culture, explanation of the language itself and the writing system used, and so on. However, the most surprising part is that the creator of the site isn’t some professor of linguistics, but rather a software engineer by the name of Lawrence Lo, who just does it as a labor of love. Through having a massive interest in a subject, a lot of things are possible.

Have a look at the “Ancient Scripts”.