Thursday, March 31, 2011

Escher Economics

Amazing artwork over at 'Across The Street'  (read the whole e over thing there)

It has become clear to me that the works of the great M. C. Escher are not impossible designs; They’re Economic Models….check it out:

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This one’s a model for sustained economic growth:





I call this one Deficit Financing:


Awesome.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Happy Birthday!

29 March 1911: The US Army formally adopts a .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun developed by Mr. John Moses Browing,
US Patent Number 984,519;  and designates it the Model 1911.

The rest ... is history ...


After 100 years, many of Mr. Brownings inventions are still the best at what they do.

Happy 100th Birthday !