July 2008
14 posts
“When you hear him talking about issues, it’s at a level so much simpler than the...”
– The Long Run - As a Professor, Obama Enthralled Students and Puzzled Faculty - Series - NYTimes.com
Lucky to be a Programmer →
Tarantino's Mind →
“Huey Long… once compared John D. Rockefeller to the fat guy who ruins a...”
– Why No Outrage? - WSJ.com
“Would a tomato in lower Manhattan be able to outbid an investment banker for...”
– New Interest in Vertical Farms for Urban Areas - NYTimes.com
An Iranian student protester, sentenced to death... →
“I am convinced that the long-term solution to terrorism in general, and...”
– Lt. Col. Christopher Kolenda, in “Building Schools in Afghanistan” a NYTimes.com Op-Ed by NIcholas D. Kristof
Christopher Hitchens on the waterboard →
Robots | Nothing to lose but their chains |... →
Money and psychology →
Sitting underneath a poster of money, participants in another experiment more often chose solitary activities from a list of activities they would find most enjoyable, rather than social activities with their friends or family. People sitting under a floral poster more often chose the social activities.
“There is an inverse relationship between the size of farms and the amount of...”
– Monbiot.com » Small Is Bountiful