Both the Marmot's Hole and North Korea Zone reported on the violence that accompanied North Korea's loss to Iran during a World Cup qualifying game earlier this week. However, this quote from KCNA is amazing (emphasis mine):
At the end of the match all the spectators were angered and vigorously protested the wrong refereeing by the [...]
I chose not to comment about the HBS-ApplyYourself story because I was busy, and I forgot about it when I finally got some free time. I am more busy now than I was in the middle of March, but Matt Gline's column in today's Crimson annoyed me:
It's not just copyright, either: many have had a [...]
This website now includes AdSense ads, currently located at the bottom of the page. I may change its location to make it more prominent, but I do not expect to make any significant amount of money, so it is not a major concern.
Today, April 17, is the thirtieth anniversary of the end of the Khmer Rouge's revolutionary struggle, and the beginning of their bloody rule over the country. The New York Times has two Op-Eds written byCambodians that survived: A Birthday Wrapped in Cambodian History and The Karma of the Killing Fields.
I was sort of surprised by [...]
This is the marriage of two companies that increasingly bloated, prohibitively expensive software. This is a sad day for those like text, hate Flash and PDF based websites, or have small hard drives.
I had to completely reinstall WordPress (which took less than half an hour in total), but everything works now. If you notice anything broken, feel free to leave a comment.
Ghana is a good kid in a really bad neighborhood. Its West African neighbors, from Liberia to Sierra Leone to the Ivory Coast, have bred so much fighting in the last 10 years that they make Ghana seem like Iowa.
From today's New York Times editorial page, "A Fragile Success in Africa:"
Ghana does not have insurgents [...]
An exciting snippet of news from Pitchfork:
With the success of the Decemberists, Kill Rock Stars will be releasing a complete and comprehensive set of Tarkio material. Neither a date nor a full tracklist is available.
Tarkio, if you did not already know, was the band Colin Meloy was in before the Decemberists. They released one LP [...]
Since my previous laptop could not really be called "mobile," I recently purchased an IBM Thinkpad T43p. First, a comparison:
Dell Inspiron 9100
IBM Thinkpad T43p
Processor
2.8 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 520 (Prescott)
1.86 Ghz Intel Pentium M 750 (Dothan)
Memory
512 MB (2 Dimms)
512 MB PC2 4200 - 533 MHz (1 Dimm; 1 Free)
Hard Drive
60 GB
60 GB - 7200 RPM
Ethernet
Broadcom [...]