There has been an ongoing battle in Sri Lanka between the LTTE (the “Tamil Tigers”) and the government. Apparently, the conflict has worn on for so long that even Buddhist organizations are calling for a military solution. Read on…
There are some strange places you can have dinner, but this one takes the cake: you sit down to dinner while your table is picked up and carried over a city by a crane. You and up to 21 other people enjoy bird’s eye views of a Belgian or Netherlandish city. Heck, this makes dining at the top of a skyscraper look like nothing. Read on…
I live in Massachusetts, USA—presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s home state, and I work in the health care industry. So when I heard that Mitt Romney spoke out against Hillary Clinton’s proposals for a more coherent health care system, I paid attention:
Hillary Clinton just gave a speech the other day about her view on the economy. She said we have been an on-your-own society. She said it’s time to get rid of that and replace that with shared responsibility and we’re-in-it-together society…. That’s out with Adam Smith and in with Karl Marx….
That’s a bit of a leap, don’t you think? Is advocating a pullout of Iraq “out with Churchill and in with Neville Chamberlain”? Read on…
I recently saw this bumper sticker on a car while driving:
What a wonderful sticker! (click to see the website)
I’m not big on bumper stickers, but this one I think I might get. It very much represents what I believe.
I just got invited to Pownce, the new instant social network that lets you keep in touch and share stuff instantly. Basically it’s like everything you can do with email and Facebook, but at the speed of instant messaging. Given that this is Kevin Rose’s project (one of the founders of Digg), a lot of people are itching to try it out. Read on…
According to a World Wildlife report featured in the Guardian,
the human race is plundering the planet at a pace that outstrips its capacity to support life….[two] extra planets (the equivalent size of Earth) will be required by the year 2050 as existing resources are exhausted.
(Continued from How Did Life Come Into Being?)
One thing about my belief that I don’t generally share with many Christians and Muslims is that of there being static definitions of what is good and evil. Of course, I have known some Christians and Muslims to agree with me on this as well.
What I do believe is that there are general consequences for certain actions: if you step out in front of moving cars, the chance you will get hit by one is greatly increased.
But is this good or bad? Read on…
That’s right—the same way bats and dolphins bounce soundwaves around in order to find their way. In some ways, this teenager might as well not even be considered blind, even though he lost his eyes to cancer. After all, he walks past a fire hydrant and trash can, and, without touching them, knows exactly what they are! See for yourself.
From smut to drugs to sweepstakes, spam just keeps evolving. First there was innocent solicitation, then sexual junk and drugs. Then phishing (posing as the person’s bank or other legitimate financial institution the person is/may be affiliated with) began to take hold. Now, we have spam at gunpoint. Read on…
The rewards you get from building a website are exponential. Read on…
