“Earlier this week, all e-mail service at the White House completely collapsed. Everything had to be written on paper by hand. It was like John McCain had been elected president.” — Jay Leno on the e-mail disruption at the White House … Continue reading…Jay Leno On The E-mail Disruption At The White House
“The economy’s getting worse. Home Depot announced that they’re laying off 7,000 employees… which is interesting because I’ve been to Home Depot, and I didn’t even know they had employees.” — Jimmy Kimmel on Home Depot announcing 7,000 layoffs … Continue reading…Jimmy Kimmel On Home Depot Announcing 7,000 Layoffs
“A paper by Therese Hesketh and Zhu Wei Xing published in 2006 argued that China’s male-female sex-ration — these days estimated to be 117 to 100, although parts of China see ratios as high as 150 to 100 — could result in a large population of unmarried and sexually frustrated males, leading to increased crime and other social ills.” — TJ Keller (“No Resting On Laurels”) on Post-Olympic China (Seed, October 2008) … Continue reading…TJ Kelleher On Post-Olympic China
“Wall Street churches and synagogues in New York’s financial district were full throughout last week’s credit crisis. The investment bankers felt a real sense of renewal inside the sanctuaries. Each service began with a reading from Chapter Eleven.” — Argus Hamilton on the global economic crisis … Continue reading…Argus Hamilton On The Global Economic Crisis
Desktop GIS provides the basic functions of open source GIS tools in brief yet comprehensive manner. Novice users will benefit from the easy-to-follow text and images, while intermediate users might only look at certain sections to get the ArcGIS equivalents. … Continue reading…Gary E. Sherman – Desktop GIS: Mapping The Planet With Open Source Tools