Study/Library



...First of all, before study or work, I like to light a good pipe. Smoking pipe is very relaxing, I couldn't even think to study or read without one of my pipes.
In conversation it is also a very effective way to be (and to remain) calm, reflexive, and sometimes can help to keep some extra time before speaking.

Somebody wrote that the pipe open the mouth of the wise, and shut the one of the stupid. I mostly agree.




What you need to smoke a pipe
Pipe Dreams - Home Page
Mike's Pipe Rack
I dunno if those documents below are authentic. Well, I hope so!
Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
Smoke Magazine
Pipes Digest
Selecting Pipe Tobacco
SJI Tobacco Home

Entomologica/Coleoptera

This is a *great* field of study. Some years ago, I was very involved in entomology and related studies, and naturally I owned (and still mantain) a little but good Coleoptera collection. Here there are some very interesting pages:


Forensic Entomology
FETCH 21 - Forest Entomology Textbook Challenge for the 21st Century
Entomology for beginners
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Entomology (Biosciences)
Beetles (Coleoptera) by A. Bochdansky & M. Kriftner
Entomology at Iowa State University
Cultural Entomology
Coleoptera

Time


Time: watches, horology and the art of keep the right time. If you too are fascinated by that, here I give you few good addresses...


"Orologi" online
RighTime. Keep the *right* time on your PC
Woodworking Clock Plans
Glycine Home Page
The World Clock
Il Tempo di Internet - Siti e Servizi di Tempo nel Mondo
The Time of Internet - IEN Right Time of Italy
IEN Galileo Ferraris
Horology - The Index (The Science of Timekeeping, Clocks and Watches )



...And now, a Scotch classic.

I've found those few links that in facts are a huge dtabase of Scotland Clans, their Tartans, their crests etc. As far as I've seen, there are hundred of references.
So, if you too like Scotland and its traditions, enjoy.
Cheerio!
Tartan and Clan Badge
Tartans in GIF Format
Scottish Clans Website and Bookstore
The Gathering of the Clans Home Page
Electric Scotland
House of Tartan



Comix! Do you like them?

While somebody has a low opinion about comix and their authors, I believe they're some form of pictorial art, and sometimes a peculiar view of the ancient or modern History (see Asterix, or some album of Andrea Pazienza).
Rat-Man Home Page
Milo Manara Official Site
Valentina
Sturmtruppen
APaz!
Tex Avery tribute
Asterix
Moebius
Anonima Fumetti
Dilbert Zone