The flights from Kuwait was about 70% full. I had an empty seat next to me so it wasn’t too bad. When the person in front of you reclines you have not much space to breathe. On the first flight the movies were fixed timings. On the second flight it was all on demand which [...]
Archive | March, 2009
The Hurried Infant
You must listen to these two shows on CBC Ideas. Downloadable as Podcasts or MP3 files. Even if your kids are older it is very interesting. The Hurried Infant – Part One In 1981 a book called The Hurried Child warned us that children were being pushed too far, too fast. David Elkind’s book became [...]
Humans can’t process more than 150 friends
Humans can only process so many friends – around 150, according to anthropologists. via The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan – The Limits Of Facebook
What do the Chinese eat for breakfast?
I know they eat some strange stuff. When I was working with the Chinese on a project I tried almost everything but some things particularly the condiments were too weird. Ben’s Blog.
Internet Addiction
Do you have any of these symptoms: Excessive use – often associated with a loss of sense of time or neglect of basic drives Withdrawal – includes feelings of anger, tension and/or depression when the computer is inaccessible Tolerence – this includes the need for better computer equipment, more software, more hours of use etc [...]
What Caused the Financial Crisis
The following from Thomas Friedman pretty well sums up how we got the financial crisis. This problem is more complicated than anything you can imagine. We are coming off a 20-year credit binge. As a country, too many of us stopped making money by making “stuff” and started making money from money – consumers making [...]
Gobekli Tepe – 12,000 Yr Old Turkish Stonehenge — May Be The Site Of The Mythical Garden of Eden
From dvorak.org On Wikipedia here or in this article in the Mail Online And in The Walrus another article. For the full Daily Mail article click
Mini Golf in Agaila
We went to the mini golf with the two youngest today. The total walking distance was 0.95 km according to Nokia Sports Tracker on my GPS N82. The yellow line follows the route I took on the tiny course. View Larger Map
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