Archive for March, 2009
peace = out
the south african government announced that it was cancelling a peace conference to be held there after denying the dalai lama a visa for entry to attend the conference–he wouldn’t be aloud to deplane if he took the journey. government officials said that the dalai lama “would have distracted attention from south africa and drawn it instead to [...]
the new nano
here in the states, when we hear the word nano, our first thought is the ipod. in india it will soon be the car. the tata nano will debut in india as the world’s cheapest car in july costing around $2000 dollars. meant to be the “people’s car”, the ipod was initially conceptualized to give [...]
my how quickly things change
the AIG signs at many manhattan buildings are coming down and being replaced with its new name aiu holdings ltd. obviously, the public relations folks are behind this as they try to distance themselves from the recent backlash. funny how quickly they’ve acted here when it was months, if not years, of inaction that got [...]
ripped from the headlines
i can already picture the law & order episode. almost $7 million dollars in jewels are stolen in berlin. three masked thieves are caught on camera coming down ropes from the store’s skylight. a laxtex glove is found next to a rope ladder that was used. dna from sweat found on the glove gets a [...]
agents of change
rolling stone’s list of 100 “agents of change” was released last week and there’s some interesting names included. made up of “artists and leaders, policymakers, writers, thinkers, scientists and provocateurs who are fighting every day to show us what is possible — whether it’s engineering a new electrical grid, reinventing the way movies are made [...]
have you heard?
the empire is striking back.
image courtesy of starwarsblog
i guess they didn’t see ocean’s 12 or 13
you know, when on of the few hot french guys and master thief françois toulour (played by vincent cassel) gets duped. two dudes that robbed a jewelry store in milwaukee, wisconsin were themselves robbed when making a getaway. the two were robbed by another two thieves who were waiting for them outside of the store. [...]
