August 14, 2004
Seattle's Houses, Apartments and Businesses that Provoke F
Not pornographic, simply an interesting read.
August 13, 2004
August 12, 2004
17 killed in L.A. County this weekend
Compare the total homicides in the city of Vancouver through July: 16.
(Apples-to-apples comparison, Vancouver's murder rate is 2.1/100,000 compared to L.A. county's 11.7/100,000 (in 2002).)
"[Los Angeles] county averages about 25 homicides a week, with about a dozen occurring within the Los Angeles city limits — roughly half on weekends."
Al Goldstein, former publisher of Screw, now seeks work, shelter, spotlight
The New York Times obligingly provides the spotlight
August 11, 2004
Happiness and Propserity: Is the Link Real?
The Tyee writes about money, happiness and our "improving" society.
August 08, 2004
Daring Fireball writes a great piece about why Apple didn't "miss out" when it chose not to license the Mac OS
He says: "We might have ended up with something merely 'new and improved,' which isn’t nearly as exciting as 'insanely great.' "
