I’m finally finishing the article that was due a few days ago – hate being this late. Prompted by what I came across in several articles recently, it’s about housing for people who are homeless. Except I’m looking at this as a “2.0” issue (yes, I know we all have two-dot-oh coming out our ears, […]
Occasionally, I note that some articles about feminism have people talking – but I’ve stopped reading them. On occasion it struck me that an article will approach the topic from a generational p.o.v. to ask how a new and younger generation has changed the thinking around feminism. (“New and younger” just makes me feel “old […]
I’m going to start a new category, “notes,” meant for those one-off ideas that pop up unexpectedly, that aren’t fleshed out, that are just interesting (to me), and that I usually forget. Like this morning: I wanted to post a note about feminism and enlightenment, but inbetween running around and chores and tasks, it got […]
“Oregon will move to tax cars by the mile,” by Knute Berger Oregon might transition away from a gas tax in 2009 and switch to a mileage tax instead. Unfortunately, the scheme raises privacy issues/ concerns, since GPS satellite tracking systems would be used to keep track of one’s mileage. Ouch. tags: oregon, carbon_tax, cars, […]
As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve been commenting on a couple of other sites. As a result, I started mulling over the odd (to me) idea that having a PhD from Harvard and having taught at MIT and Brown is meaningful over and above the ideas I try to contribute when I write […]
Not too much writing on the blog lately, but I have been commenting on some other blogs. Some use the Disqus comment system (which I wish I could install here). My Disqus account is here.
In a move that surprised me pleasantly, Focus Magazine – the Victoria/ South Island magazine to which I contribute monthly – has a new website where readers can download (in PDF) the entire magazine, just as it appears in print. It’s a new feature. On the site, they included not just the current (January 2009 […]
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