21Oct/090
Links of the Day, October 21
Go buy this t-shirt:
Or just follow the advice found thereupon.
News
- A nuclear fuel agreement is reached in Iran.
- Human Rights Watch says dozens of ethnic Uighurs have disappeared since being detained after riots in China.
- The really, really smart people at Apple release a brand new iMac, complete with the really, really pretty Magic Mouse (below). They really know how to make attractive products over there.
Health care
- According to CBO estimates, the House's desired bill--which includes a public option, hurray!--will cost $871 billion, and will cut the deficit.
Green
Miscellaneous
- Freakonomics authors Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt get climate change wrong.
- Marginal Revolution points out some successful government bureacracies.
- Illustrator Marc Johns' "If Paper Towels Could Talk." Hilarious.
- If you don't like reading about giant spiders, don't click on this link.
6Oct/091
Links of the Day, October 6
News
- Apple quits the US Chamber of Commerce over its opposition to climate change legislation.
Human trafficking
Miscellaneous
- Conservatizing the Bible ... really?!
17Feb/090
Mélange
I feel kind of weird blogging again, having been away for so long. It’s been a crazy-busy few weeks since I last posted. And there’s much that I’ve wanted to write, but I’ve either had no time or no energy or no motivation. So, in no particular order:
- Started working in the Admissions Office again (+15 hours).
- Four days later, I got a great deal on a new MacBook Pro to replace it (thanks, Ivan!).
- The MacBook Pro is awesome.
- Celebrated Chinese New Year in style with Christina and family, and friends.
- Had a phenomenal Valentine’s Day (we’re now on a roll: five consecutive good V-Days and counting): babysitting Jackson, waffle brunch with the neighbors, dim sum brunch, and then …
- Snowboarding for the first time! I only wiped out a couple times (one of which left me with a bruise on the back of my head and minor whiplash), and had a phenomenal time. I’ll post some more pics when Judith gets around to posting them.
- The day after Valentine’s Day was crammed with catching up on schoolwork because of all the fun I had the day before; plus, I was pretty hurting, so sitting at a computer working on papers and reading for most of the day did not help that.
- Had two dim sum runs and a dumpling run, among a number of other culinary expeditions. Food = so good.
On a more serious note, go visit The Sold Project. My friend Rachel is the executive director of this non-profit. Go get informed about child prostitution in Thailand, just one horrible facet of human trafficking which enslaves 27 million people globally. More on this to come.
Oh, and then there’s future news …
...
It’ll have to wait till next time.