January 01, 2005
Photo gallery of imitation Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants
From Kentucky to Kennedy to Lincoln to KyFC to Kantacky, it's a long strange journey.
Update: Satan's Laundromat: Imitation chicken: states, too
20 Amazing and Controversial Facts about Voting in the USA
Interesting: The mere presence of links gives a higher degree of authenticity to this list. Something traditional media ought to consider when they think about their linking policies.
The New York Times: How Scientists and Victims Watched Helplessly. A long and well written tsunami report
It's compelling.
December 31, 2004
"After" satellite picture of the tsunami's effect in Kalutara, Sri Lanka
The before picture for comparison. It's striking how beautiful, yet how deadly, natural disasters can be. Think of the sunsets caused by volcanic eruptions, or the ice formations caused by an ice storm. The pictures are from DigitalGlobe 's QuickBird images of tsunami sites
December 28, 2004
Advice on Time Management: Breaking Things Down and Getting Them Done
Somehow, I always manage to fit in "surfing the Web."
Shizzy Pretends to be Starbuck's CEO, and has fun with an HR lacky
At what point would you have caught on to this?
Canada's pledge to tsunami relief: $4 mil. U.S.: $15 mil. EU: $4 mil.
I'll keep track and see if these numbers change as more detailed needs assessments are done.
Update: Wikipedia has a page that does a better job than I could.
December 27, 2004
Murmur lets you listen to personal stories about Vancouver, via cell phone
Neat idea; needs more content. The mapping interface looks like a manual hassle.
