VeniceblogAbout Venice, Italy.Venice and Ebay- June 17, 2006 Type Venice into Ebay tonight, and you get a list of about 2600 items up for auction. Some cool stuff in there, but there are too many misses. Venice, California. Venice, Florida. Shoes.Thomas Kincade painting (kill me now). Endless bad...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2006/06/venice_and_ebay.html An Inconvenient Truth- June 10, 2006 NASA oceanographers announced this month that sea level rose, on average, 3 millimeters (0.1 inches) per year between 1993 and 2005. They think about half came from melting ice and half from thermal expansion as the ocean soaks up heat...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2006/06/an_inconvenient.html Has Enough Money Been Spent Trying To Save Venice- June 8, 2006 Veniceblog reader Glyn writes: "The Royal Geographical Society in Britain has a debate in London next Monday evening, 12 June, on the question "Has enough money been spent saving Venice" Any Venetophiles who will be in London that day can...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2006/06/has_enough_mone.html Schmistory- June 8, 2006 I've been looking for children's books about Venice so I can get my bambini properly propagandized before the July trip. I figured the Marco Polo story had probably been defanged and sweetened into kiddy format by some children's author somewhere,...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2006/06/schmistory.html Easy Cell Phones In Venice- June 4, 2006 If you really want to feel like a freak in Venice, walk around without a cell phone. Italy has among the highest cell penetration and the cheapest airtime in the world. You'll even see gondoliers yacking on their telefonini with...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2006/06/easy_cell_phone.html |