Steve Jobs: How to live before you die | Video on TED.com
Steve Jobs tells three stories with pertinent messages at a commencement ceremony.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
UN Allocates $6M to food crisis in Nepal
Short UN posting about allocations to the World Food Program in Nepal here.
One does wonder about the effectiveness of its programs in Nepal and how the money will be allocated to address needs.
One does wonder about the effectiveness of its programs in Nepal and how the money will be allocated to address needs.
Homonyms
What's a homonym?
They're, Their, There.
You're, your
Pair, pear
layed, laid --?
rose, rose
holy, holey
like that. can you think of any more?
They're, Their, There.
You're, your
Pair, pear
layed, laid --?
rose, rose
holy, holey
like that. can you think of any more?
Amid vs. Amidst and Among
I found a great grammar blog. Maybe I'll learn how to stop splitting my infinitives.
Here are the comments about Amid vs. Amidst.
Seems it's better to use "amid" or "amidst" when talking about things. For example, "Amid her academic inquiries..." "Among" is used for people, i think. For example, "While he was among his peers..."
I'm still not understanding why to use "amid" rather than "amidst" - seems like, in scholarly language, those folks go with 'amid.'
Joel? Have any thoughts?
Here are the comments about Amid vs. Amidst.
Seems it's better to use "amid" or "amidst" when talking about things. For example, "Amid her academic inquiries..." "Among" is used for people, i think. For example, "While he was among his peers..."
I'm still not understanding why to use "amid" rather than "amidst" - seems like, in scholarly language, those folks go with 'amid.'
Joel? Have any thoughts?
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Just saw 'Avatar' Last night....
Media consumption is interesting to me... access to what and how, who benefits from hollywood's stable industry and how much, and what we humans are interested in in terms of entertainment (and the existential dilema of why we need to be entertained at all, of course)
Here's a statistics-rich Economist article about the release of the largest grossing film to date "New Moon" and the recent release of "Avatar." Toward an understanding of human entertainment consumption patterns...
Here's a statistics-rich Economist article about the release of the largest grossing film to date "New Moon" and the recent release of "Avatar." Toward an understanding of human entertainment consumption patterns...
Who's making hunger worse?
“It’s the role of the state and not the level of wealth, that determines progress on hunger,” said Anne Jellema.
Findings from an ActionAid study say that Brazil, China, and India (in that order) score the highest in the study. US scores 8 out of 100 for eradicating poverty within its borders. Pretty crappy compared to other developed countries.
Economist article commenting on the study and comparing growth rates of the world's three largest developing countries here.
Findings from an ActionAid study say that Brazil, China, and India (in that order) score the highest in the study. US scores 8 out of 100 for eradicating poverty within its borders. Pretty crappy compared to other developed countries.
Economist article commenting on the study and comparing growth rates of the world's three largest developing countries here.
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