The ceilings of Castle Sforzesco
Some of the ceilings in the rooms of Castillo Sforzesco were just amazing! Here were some of my favorites…
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ByDerek
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Don’t cry for the Atwater rubble
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Friday Five – July 22, 2011
ByDerek
Friday Five is my [most]weekly technology tidbits post. #1 – Google’s ’20 Percent Time’ Will Survive The Death of Google Labs [TechCrunch] Google announced this morning that it will be shutting down Google Labs, a platform that allowed users to interact and give feedback on experimental products produced by Googlers in their 20 Percent Time. While…