June 2008
51 posts
May 2008
42 posts
WatchBerkeley’s Art at the High School
Spam Prices rising? →
The world’s most toxic food rises in price?! Who’s demanding it… besides Hawaiians?
Technorati Update
This is just to confirm myself on Technorati. Please ignore. Technorati Profile
The World Ends With You →
This week, Yahtzee tempts fate and risks insanity by reviewing a JRPG.
WatchMoonlight Sonata - First Movement By Beethoven
Thoughts about Prom
I began writing in this blog a few months ago to express myself and to keep links I thought were relatively tight. However, I gave up on both of those tasks for the last few weeks and delivered nothing worthwhile in these last few posts. That’s because I’m pretty bored of much of the online content. Last night it was Prom. Everyone was gathering at the dance floor, creating a moist,...
What is Stagflation?
stagflation (http://definr.com/stagflation) n : a period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation)
“My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California...”
– Hillary Clinton in an interview with the editorial board of the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader today
Is this the new geocities? →
Google launched Google Sites! Except for the fact that I don’t really like the interface too much, but it’s noteworthy. Check it out.
Painkiller →
This week, a Painkiller retrospective.
History has proven itself again →
Seeing potential profit in financial misfortune is a hallmark of savvy investing, but the 2007 credit crunch has put the corporate bailout back in style
USA National Gas Temperature Map →
Now you can see what gas prices are around the country at a glance. Areas are color coded according to their price for the average price for regular unleaded gasoline. Click here for the Canada National Gas Temperature Map.
Climate 'accelerating bird loss' →
Climate change is “significantly amplifying” the threats facing the world’s bird populations, a global assessment has concluded. The 2008 Bird Red List warns that long-term droughts and extreme weather puts additional stress on key habitats. The assessment lists 1,226 species as threatened with extinction - one-in-eight of all bird species.
Butter Has Vanished From Japan's Grocery Stores →
The food shortage that has hit Japan is announced by the glaring gap on supermarket shelves next to the margarine and the sour cream and just above the cheese. The butter shelf is empty.
California Overturns Gay Marriage Ban →
lindsaycampbell: imarks: WONDERFUL NEWS…. “Our state now recognizes that an individual’s capacity to establish a loving and long-term committed relationship with another person and responsibly to care for and raise children does not depend upon the individual’s sexual orientation,” the CA Supreme Court wrote.
Zero Punctuation: Grand Theft Auto IV →
This week, Grand Theft Auto IV.
WatchHow to treat a bully.
U.S. Universities No Longer Only Game in Town →
In the past few years there has been an increase in applications to American graduate schools but the rate of growth is slowing. Beth McMurtrie, international editor of the Chronicle of Higher Education talks with Liane Hansen about why there has been a decline in the number of foreign students attending U.S. universities.
WatchOne of my favorite videos. Features a time-lapse from LA to NYC
Gas Prices Send Surge of Riders to Mass Transit →
DENVER — With the price of gas approaching $4 a gallon, more commuters are abandoning their cars and taking the train or bus instead.
TimeTube →
Zero Punctuation: Mailbag Showdown →
This week Yahtzee turns the angry, yellow eye on you, the viewer. Particularly those of you who have sent him email crying about the Super Smash Bros. Brawl review.
Yes, I Let My Two-Year-Old Watch TV →
I might not be Mother of the Year, but there are some things Dr. Seuss and Sandra Boynton just can’t teach him. I’m not counting on the tube to do too much, but a few conversation starters via ESPN and Fox are OK by me.
WatchStephen Colbert versus Rain
Tom Brokaw: Jon Stewart's Role Is "Important" →
Tom Brokaw gave The Daily Iowan an interview, and one of the subjects they discussed was the role of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert in disseminating news to a younger generation. Brokaw said he has spoken to Stewart about this and reassured him that “what he is doing is important”
What's the Point of State Testing?
Even better question: Who does it benefit? The No Child Left Behind Act has hindered and crippled the school system even further than we have expected, not that American schools were better before that either. Not only are the children not learning, but many aren’t accessing real-life application and skills to the things they learn. Sure, even has a different learning style, but that’s...
A Time for More Greenery? →
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s near-and-dear fight to make the state greener is adding a lot of new jobs to the state’s already-in-the-red payroll. The governor’s latest budget proposal calls for no fewer than 211 greenhouse-gas busters to be sprinkled throughout state government, at an annual cost of $55.4 million.
