God save us. Bloggers have discovered that you can write on paper! And do it with a really fancy notebook!
Stop.
The.
Madness.
This Moleskine stuff is starting to get on my nerves.
–A9.com is a new Amazon.com-affiliated search engine that displays images along with related search results. Pretty cool.
–Open Source Web Design: “a community of designers and site owners sharing free web design templates as well as web design information. Helping to make the internet a prettier place!”
–“So You Want to Be a Consultant…?”
–Writer Steven Johnson’s intriguing […]
For my DC pals: here’s the best listing of Washington-area ethnic restaurants I’ve ever laid eyes upon. Who knew there was an Ecuadorian joint in Merrifield? (Or actually, who knew there was a place near DC called Merrifield?)
An alarm clock that really makes you get out of bed. Exceptional. (Almost as cool as the banana guard.)
I give you this: Cell phones for dogs.
Answer: They’re both governed by public health fascists.
SF (Reuters): “Legislators in San Francisco city voted to ban smoking in public parks on Tuesday, becoming the first major American city to embrace such an expansive ban on tobacco use.”
Bhutan (Slate): “The tiny, trendy Himalayan kingdom recently became the world’s first nonsmoking nation. Since Dec. 17, it […]
An article I wrote about teaching English in Ecuador was published in the January/February issue of Transitions Abroad Magazine. And the piece has just been posted on their Web site, as well. Here’s how it begins:
“I spent a year teaching English in Ecuador. It was an incredibly rewarding experience. People often ask me how they, […]
…really need to be told when they graduate:
“In the graduation-speech approach, you decide where you want to be in twenty years, and then ask: what should I do now to get there? I propose instead that you don’t commit to anything in the future, but just look at the options available now, and choose those […]
Here’re some fabulous images of travelers in various Thai backpacker ghettos.
I have no idea why, but the Web is teeming with personal productivity stuff these days. In addition to the ubiquitous 43 Folders, here’s a sampling of what I’ve come across just in the last 5 mintues:
–Ta-da Lists (Web-based to-do lists)
–“Getting Back To Work: A Personal Productivity Toolkit”
–“Get Back to Work” (an online success/failure monitor?)
–“How […]
Miami Herald: “QUITO, Ecuador - President Lucio Gutierrez seems in recent weeks to have learned an old Ecuadoran proverb - en desquite, no hay venganza. Loosely translated: turnabout is fair play.…“Gutierrez is better off now than when he took power,” said Adrian Bonilla, Ecuador director of FLACSO, a Latin America-wide program for social sciences studies. […]
The Taiwan Winter Cup, a tournament for the country’s foreign soccer teams, took place here in Kaohsiung last weekend. Sadly, my team lost in the quarterfinals.
And while I didn’t make the cut for our squad’s photo gallery, I can offer up this image (superbly captured by Jill) of me saving a penalty kick in […]
…for making yourself write.
I ask because I’ve got another couple ideas to add to my list of silly business concepts.
Are you ready for it? Yes? Okay.
Gastric bypass surgery for dogs.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it. I kid you not. Lots of dogs are fat. Why the hell not?
Another entry:
Chopsticks with tiny little forks on their ends. […]
Nick, an American teaching here in Kaohsiung, recently posted a question on the newley.com message board. He wants to know how to go about finding an apartment in the city. Here’s what I’d suggest:
1) Ask around. Here, as in most places, word of mouth is often the best way to find housing leads. Ask […]