June 2009
34 posts
“So left is left and right is right, and never the twain shall meet.”
– Paul Krugman “Sex and the married politician”
Dozens dead in US drone strike →
At least 45 people have died in a missile strike by a US drone aircraft in Pakistan, officials there have said.
The people killed in South Waziristan region had been attending a funeral for others killed in a US drone strike earlier on Tuesday.
QUESTION: Wouldn’t that drive private insurance out of business?
OBAMA: Why would it drive private insurance out of business? If private insurers say that the marketplace provides the best quality health care; if they tell us that they’re offering a good deal, then why is it that the government, which they say can’t run anything, suddenly is going to drive them out of business? That’s not...
The way Americans pay for college is a mess.... →
By Eliot Spitzer
From the article:
Why should we be especially interested in this idea now? Despite all the money for K-12 education in the stimulus package, we are woefully underfunding higher and postgraduate education, and few areas are more important to retooling our economy. And things are only getting worse: College endowments have fallen precipitously, making aid harder to fund. Family...
Getty Heir Giving Up on Feud Already! →
Hysterical.
Cooking classes right next to SF CalTrain station →
Finally, FINALLY I found this. I’ll start going to these classes after I return from Rwanda. Top Chef here I come.
“Though I’d like to slap Colette Lafia as a compassionate gesture toward...”
– Comment of the week on SFGate
“The reason to focus on this is to ensure that we ask the appropriate question:...”
– Eliot Spitzer on Obama’s proposed regulations
Fifty Best Tech Startups →
BusinessWeek and YouNoodle’s list of 50 tech startups includes young companies like Cloudera, Project Better Place, and Scribd that are poised for growth
Kindle DX vs. Kindle 2
I’ve purchased both the Kindle DX and Kindle 2. One for home, magazines, newspapers (DX), and the other for reading books and travel (Kindle 2). You can see them side by side here (I was able to get the same screensaver on both).
I have yet to put PDFs on the DX, I’ll get on that this weekend to test it out. I’ve had the DX since Monday and the Kindle 2 for a little over a...
The Road to Recovery →
I began swimming at UCSF Mission Bay two weeks ago (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) from 7:15am-8:30am. I’m on a mission to get to a (sustainable) target weight of 175lbs by August 31st. I weighed in at 187 this morning after my swim, so I’ve got to lose about a pound a week for the next 12 weeks to meet my goal. Above is the link to a Google Spreadsheet that I’m using to track...
A Bull Market in Social Entrepreneurs →
Amid a woeful jobs market, Stanford grads are starting their own companies, many of them with hopes of changing the world.
“Don’t get too excited when you read the Fountainhead.”
– Eugene Mirman Lexington High School 2009 Commencement Speech (via rickyv)
Although the quote above is truly hilarious my favorite part of the speech was, “Good luck with everything and don’t become addicted to heroin, unless you want to be a great songwriter.” (via annamarie) (via mtbeattie)
“As human beings, our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising...”
– Eliot Spitzer
New gender gaps for the new millennium →
where he traveled time, for the future of mankind →
this looks like the funnest wedding ever