A recent Japanese buzzword: Akachan post [赤ちゃんポスト]. What is an akachan post? It’s a drop box for you to anonymously abandon your child.
The fact that these things really exist makes me sad.
Archive for November, 2007
Slate author, Chad Lorenz is discussing the death of email. Personally, I think it would be premature to expect email in a hospice anytime soon.
I just discovered two new words I love: Microweaponomics and Macroweaponomics. The English language really is the best.
The New York Times reports that the latest bar fad is science lectures. As the article states, “It’s never been so cool to be a bit of a geek.”
Marching the Last Mile
19Nov07I’ve got a little more than a week o2-f regular class before I’m finished with university. In that intervening week I have nearly 40 pages of essays, research papers and reactions to write.
Here’s the list:
5 Pages on the McDonald’s Business Model for History of American Business
10 Pages on Women in Athens and Sparta for Gender […]
A good piece on what American’s have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving written by a Canadian.
For the Kid left in me: Dogfighting, RC helicopters. They look pretty fun.
According to the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal is going to open up its online service for free.
Xkcd*, one of the webcomics I sometimes read was featured in Wired magazine. The article is a nice introduction to what the strip is all about. In other news, xkcd inspired the attack of Richard Stallman by Ninjas.
*Note for younger readers: xkcd sometimes contains PG-13 material.
Pet Peeve: Listening to my Japanese classmates give presentations. In 4 of my 7 classes I have to listen to my fellow students give presentations. This is mind numbingly boring under the best of circumstances but the irritation is exacerbated when most of the people giving the presentations are non-native English speakers. Without variation they […]
