Climate Change
May 30th, 2007
Archive
Archive for May, 2007
Coffee
May 26th, 2007
I do like coffee shops a lot.
Sitting in a little cafe by myself in the city.
It is quite enjoyable.
Ethonal Rising Food Prices
May 23rd, 2007
According to this article corn prices are increasing because of production of ethanol. It also questions the environmental benefits of ethanol. My big problem is knowing who to believe these days now, there is too much money in environmental politics from various vested interests.
One Laptop Per Child
May 22nd, 2007
Found an interesting CBS 60 minutes segment on the OLPC $100 project. It made me like the creator more, but I also agree with some of the shortcomings the segment pointed out. It doesn’t descend into the technical side of the project so it is a pretty easy video for anyone to watch.
Random?
May 21st, 2007
Today at both Melbourne and Sydney airports I got tested for explosives traces. Based on my knowledge of probablity I think it’s pretty unlikely that it was random.
Melbourne Courier
May 21st, 2007
Today I am doing a little courier job return to Melbourne. Should be a good chance to catch up on some reading.. Reading a great autobiography of the Bandit Queen.
Good and Evil but not Dualistic
May 21st, 2007
Trying to come to an understanding of people, and myself that is not dualistic but acknowledges that we do both good and evil.
AVP Workshop
May 21st, 2007
Went to an Alternatives to Violence Project Workshop with Jo over the weekend it was pretty good. Lot’s of good sharing by people. Experiential learning is so much more relaxing then lecture based.
Equality??
May 18th, 2007
Men still earn more then women in Australia based on this report. Makes me a bit sad.
Wolfowitz Resigns
May 18th, 2007
Wolfowitz has resigned from the World Bank. I think this is good news. I hope his replacement is much better.
Blood Diamonds
May 18th, 2007
Watch Blood Diamond tonight. Great film. It deals with so many issues, so well. The concept of TIA (This Is Africa) as a used by whites of accepting the unacceptable, the use of child soldiers and of course conflict diamonds are all dealt with well. The end of it made me cry a bit, it really does have good story telling.
I want to help this world be less crap.
I pray that I will never become apathetic to the suffering in this world.
Client Meetings
May 17th, 2007
I had a meeting with a client yesterday at work. I found out strange being the provider of services. In India I had so many meetings with vendors that it was odd for me to in essence be the vendor.