I'm writing a book for O'Reilly and I'd love you to comment on this outline, see earlier post for more information. Let me know what is missing and what examples you'd like to suggest for the book. Comment below or send me an email me at gavinbell dot com or zzgavin on twitter. On the internet vs pa...

by Chris Hedges Truthdig (March 08 2009) All measures to thwart the degradation and destruction of our ecosystem will be useless if we do not cut population growth. By 2050, if we continue to reproduce at the current rate, the planet will have between eight billion and ten billion people, according ...

Filipino blogger and writer Charles Tan has been a quiet but persistent force in the online world, producing quality interviews with some of the western world’s top science fiction and fantasy authors while working to promote speculative fiction in his own country. Tell me a little bit about yours...

Written by Meryl Evans. Not understanding bookkeeping, taxes and other administrative tasks can be very off-putting for people thinking about starting their own business. But in reality, these tasks are not that hard to do if you’re organized and get a little professional help. Now, I’m ...

As my last foray into Apple rumour land states: I've been "predicting" a Mac Tablet for 4 years now. Today, it would be more like a super iPhone or iPod Touch, with a 7" screen. Now Om has been reading the tea leaves and finally thinks that a Mac Tablet / Netbook / Super iPhone is som...

i finally finished my bedroom. actually, this happened a while ago, but i had to clean it before i could photograph it, which is really sad. i did not do any kind of renovation as it's an apartment and we're not allowed to paint . . . the yellow walls work pretty well with the other colors but i usu...

I like Rod Dreher, the celebrated creator of the so-called “Crunchy Con” phenomenon and author of a blog and book by that name. (”Crunchy con” = social conservatives interested in communitarian values and possessed of a mild environmentalist streak.) Dreher is usually wrong, ...

Meet with Peter Harden (one half of the mastermind brothers behind the handy dandy Harden’s restaurant guides) and there’s a good chance you’ll be treated to an insightful and entertaining lesson in the history of restaurants … or of Brits and our relationship with food (compa...

Re:Will Menaker: The Leader Approved Guide To Goin' Galt in yesterday's Huffington Post, (Blog based on correspondence with Bill)  > I read Atlas Shrugged, referred to in the above link, sometime back in the early 70's. I don't remember much about it but why place this novel and author at th...

According to this site, the superstition stems from the umbrella's original use of protecting folks from the sun. Apparently, opening an umbrella inside totally rubs the Sun God the wrong way and sorta pisses him off. Since I do not worship the sun or any other celestial body in the sky*, you would ...