So I was reading about Seagate’s new perpendicular hard drive and, like you, thought to myself “I wonder what a perpendicular hard drive is…” I hopped over to google, typed in perpendicular hard drive, and got this site.
Wow.
Since it’s the first hit on google I assume a lot of people have seen it, but [...]
This article over on the New York Times OP-ED page was really interesting. It basically outlines the side affects of encouraging so many women to go to college. In a nutshell, so many more women apply for college than men that the standards for women are higher. The end result is that [...]
Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) has a remarkably funny post on his blog about religion. Here’s a choice tidbit.
I also wonder if showing respect for all beliefs is causing more problems than it’s avoiding. The only thing that keeps most people from acting on their absurd beliefs is the fear that other people will [...]
Well, for a while now I’ve been seeking out ways I can combine my IR degree with my technical experiance. I’ve had it said to me that corporations, especially highly globalized tech corporations, need diplomats just as much as governments do.
Today I read about how true that statement really is. Chinese President Hu Jintao’s [...]
An entry posted on Foreign Policy’s “Passport” blog yesterday cited the BBC’s in depth report on prison life. Specifically, a chart on this page.
I’m still reading the BBC’s articles on this topic, which are great, but what I have issue with is the tone of the comment on the Passport blog. To quote:
Seven [...]
This site has a really neat graphical way of representing population and area sizes (based on cia world factbook). You can change a ton of different views and filters, and also view by continent. Pretty neat stuff.
The notes are also amusing, and underline the difficulties that map-makers run into, even if they [...]