Water Stress in Sub-Saharan Africa and my Bathroom aka the Two Month Bucket Shower Project
Yes I lived in West Africa for quite some time. Yes I took bucket showers daily. Save the few benefiting from natural gas, petroleum products, and oil [1] and a few Yahoo boys and girls[2], this is the norm for the upper, middle and lower classes. A great equalizer of sorts if you will. In [...]
Dork alert…
Check me out getting my dork on at O’Reilly Media‘s recent Strata Conference in New York City.
Professional Development Internship at the Smithsonian Institution, early thoughts
This was originally posted on the Syracuse University iSchool blog, Information Space I am here in Washington, DC doing my internship at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries Digital Services Division. Aside from fulfilling the internship requirements, I am here because I was appointed to a Professional Development Internship position. This was a lengthy procedure, but well worth it. [...]
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield is CLUELESS
So I get this thoughtful (NOT) mailing from Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield advising that , now that I’ve turned 65, I may be eligible for Medicare. Too bad they’re about 30 years off. I wonder how many trees they wasted sending this out to incorrectly aged recipients.
Big in Japan…REALLY big
McDonalds is introducing the equally mammoth ‘Idaho‘, ‘Manhattan‘, ‘Miami‘, and ‘Texas 2′ burgers (among others) in Japan. These things are huge and have some pretty varied and unexpected toppings (tortilla chips and hash browns to name a couple). The WSJ has the full story here. Should I (or you) find the general chumminess (check out [...]
US Wellness Meats sells quality
