Month January 2009

Bruce Sterling: State of the World, 2009

Futurist and sf author Bruce Sterling’s annual State of the World discussions of The Well are always worth reading. This year he dialogues with Jon Lebkowsky, however others can join in. An excerpt. Cellphone banking is happening now among Third…

Barack O Blend coffee

Kona Joe of Hawaii presents Barak O Blend coffee, a blend of Hawaiian, Kenyan, and Indonesian coffee. “Sip the story of our 44th president. Hawaii, Kenya, and Indonesia. The coffee of change”

Madoff was just the start

SEC pursuing another $1 billion Ponzi scheme Um, since the SEC totally missed Madoff, even though they had been specifically warned about him, that they’ve just found another Ponzi scheme would seem to indicate that many more such schemes are…

Factsheet about Israel’s war on Gaza

Adam Sheets at Creative-i has a comprehensive history of the events leading up to the current hostilities between Hamas and Israel. While sympathetic to Palestinians, the report is unbiased and culled mainly from news reports. The precipitating event this time…