SF Chronicle:
When Lance Armstrong rides down the Champs-Elysées and into history on Sunday, he will join the pantheon of athletes who transcend their sport.
Cycling fanatics will forever debate whether Armstrong, who at nearly three minutes ahead is poised to claim his seventh consecutive victory in the Tour de France and then retire, is the best […]
Occam’s Razor is a theory that states that the simplest explanation is always best. And so it was with a little newley.com bug that I finally got around to fixing just now.
Those of you reading this page on Internet Exploder Explorer will note that newley.com is finally rendering correctly. Before, the sidebar on the left […]
Some of you might’ve noticed that I’ve slowly been outsourcing all of my photos to flickr, the excellent Web-based photo management service. I’d experimented with it before and I liked it, but I found that the free version’s alloted storage space made it impractical. But then Wendy H. kindly hooked me up with a free […]
Best Mug Shot EVER, via Smoking Gun:
A fantastic story from the NY Times’s Juan Forero:
EL ALTO, Bolivia - In her red multilayered skirt, white pumps and gold-laced shawl, the traditional dress of the Aymara people, Ana Polonia Choque might well be preparing for a night of folk dancing or, perhaps, a religious festival.
But as Carmen Rosa, master of the ring […]
Yesterday afternoon we all left the office early for our annual company picnic. Here’re some pics.
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Ben P., my climate scientist ex-roommate currently living in Oz and apparently scanning headlines from Taiwan, sends this along:
Newley: I assume you heard about this while in Taiwan – you better start collecting those metro cards quick – could eventually be a thing of the past.
Actually, Ben, I hadn’t seen that news — and I’m […]
Harper’s:
Now, here is what’s her name. This is a woman on Fox News Channel. And Fox News actually does a lot with their women just for sheer titillation. And yet she’s wearing a jacket, and it’s a scoop neck. Whoever this woman is, it’s more like what The Weather Channel women typically dress in. See, […]
…from the Japanese. I like this one the best:
I love to see simple, practical ideas gain momentum; here’s one that’s reaching its tipping point:
WaPo:
To its owner, the cell phone is an indispensable lifeline at times of crisis, reuniting loved ones separated by unforeseen events at the touch of a button. But for members of the emergency services making life-and-death decisions, the cell poses […]
Sorry about that last entry. Newley Purnell, Generalist reared his ugly head.
Let’s get back to some innanity. Try this one on for size.
AP:
ROCKPORT, Maine - The huge afro disappeared years ago, but the heart, lungs, stomach and liver look the same.
The organs are painted on the tight, colorful body suit worn by the superhero of children’s health, Slim Goodbody, a regular on “Captain Kangaroo” and — at 54 — still going strong.
Inside the suit is John Burstein, […]
BBC:
The opium poppy that has long bloomed across the mountains of northern Laos has almost been wiped out by the government’s drastic eradication campaign.
But what is being hailed as a victory by the international anti-narcotics agencies has also spawned a humanitarian crisis, due to the massive displacement of hill tribes and their loss of economic […]
Don’t ask me how I find this stuff:
How to play Cuarenta:
Cuarenta is played in Ecuador, mostly by people from the mountains, including the cities of Cuenca and Quito (the capital). Cuarenta means “40″ in Spanish; this is the number of cards in the deck as well as the points required to win. The play is […]