It’s big news, but it should be — Nicholas Negroponte at MIT has unveiled plans for a $100 laptop that will be given to children in Brazil, China, Egypt, Thailand, and South Africa. I’ve heard rumblings of this project before, but it’s official announcement is fantastic news. Taking off from my last post, [...]
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Do we need more Internet or fewer fistulas?
A few months ago I posted a link to Nick Kristof writing about fistulas in the Times (I didn’t bother to link to it since they charge for their archives, the plutocrats). Fistulas are a little known condition that affect young women, usually poor and African, who give birth without the aid of health [...]
The caption is everything
In her book Regarding the Pain of Others, Susan Sontag wrote: “All photographs wait to be explained or falsified by their captions.” She’s discussing Virginia Woolf’s argument that images of atrocity, because of their innate atrociousness, always speak out against war. Sontag disagrees and argues that in fact, depending on who is the [...]
I need my genocide coverage! — UPDATE
Wired is reporting that a new site, Never Pay Retail, is collecting online versions of subscription-only editorial content from the New York Times, which for now gets around the need to pay for my genocide coverage. How am I supposed to keep tabs on Darfur without my Kristof? I can keep reading [...]
Is Kate Moss still hot?
Who is actually surprised that Kate Moss got caught doing coke? We (or the people who speak for us) always affect this “surprise” when stars are caught doing the very things we expect of them. Who believes that models don’t do coke? It’s so funny that H&M dropped her because of that stunt; [...]
Is Georgie Evil?: Round Two
First of all, thanks to Gawker for finding ways to circumvent the Times’ asinine new subscription service. And they link to a fantastic article by Krugman about Georgie and race that a Paul Krugman fansite(!) published. Check it out and let’s keep finding new ways to get around the Times’ self-imposed banishment from [...]
Poll revisited; this site will be subscription only from now on
So last week’s poll revealed at least one thing: though I know it isn’t true, it would seem that I have no more than two readers. Thanks guys!
Sorry for the lack of posting lately. School’s started and taken up nearly all of my time and the kind of headspace reserved for [...]
Poll: is George Bush actually evil or does he just do evil things because he’s an idiot?
I can’t make up my mind about this. I go back and forth. On low days, when I’m convinced the world is ending, I tell myself that George is the source of all evil, that he even makes our shit stink. On better days, when I’m being generous, I view him [...]
