Changing the Language of Fatherhood

I would agree that the language around fatherhood should change but I think fathers are mostly to blame in the first place.

June 29, 2009   { 0 }

Green Point Stadium in the Mist

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May 28, 2009   { 0 }

Childbirth in Tanzania

Heartbreaking photos by Béatrice de Géa of the struggle and dangers Tanzania women endure to safely deliver their babies.

May 27, 2009   { 0 }

War Never Stops

Man in Pink Boxers

Read the story behind the photo here.

May 22, 2009   { 0 }

Inside Liberty's Head

Photographer Fred R. Conrad of The New York Times created this 360-degree panorama inside the crown of the Statue of Liberty.

View full screen for the full effect.

May 21, 2009   { 0 }

Frank Lloyd Wright LEGO

This makes me excited in ways I don't think I can explain.

Frank Lloyd Wright landmarks in LEGO!! The Guggenheim and Falling Water are currently available as part of the Architecture Construction Sets

Falling Water in particular looks amazing. The only thing is Harry would demolish it within 10 seconds of me building it.

May 21, 2009   { 0 }

The Icy Slap of Reality

Ed Andrews an economics reporter for the New York Times, got caught up in the American mortgage crisis. He writes about how it happened to someone who should have known better.
If there was anybody who should have avoided the mortgage catastrophe, it was I. As an economics reporter for The New York Times, I have been the paper's chief eyes and ears on the Federal Reserve for the past six years. I watched Alan Greenspan and his successor, Ben S. Bernanke, at close range. I wrote several early-warning articles in 2004 about the spike in go-go mortgages. Before that, I had a hand in covering the Asian financial crisis of 1997, the Russia meltdown in 1998 and the dot-com collapse in 2000. I know a lot about the curveballs that the economy can throw at us.
Its a great article (adapted from a forthcoming book) full of honesty and humility. But it is also terrifying to read how quickly and easily one can get oneself into massive debt.

May 19, 2009   { 0 }

Space Shuttle Atlantis - Solar Transit

Check out this mind blowing image of the Space Shuttle Atlantis as it crosses in front of the sun. Gives you some perspective on how small mankind actually is.

(via Flickr Blog)

May 18, 2009   { 0 }

House Keeping

I have made a few changes on the site lately. You will notice that comments are now enabled on some entries, and the sidebar has been tweaked a bit.

Any feedback welcome - reply in the comments or via email.

May 14, 2009   { 1 }

Effort Can Trump Ability

New Malcolm Gladwell piece in the New Yorker about how underdogs (in sports and war) seem to often beat superior opposition by not playing by their rules.

They often work harder and are willing to do things their opposition is not.

Update: Gladwell responds to some of the criticisms of the piece.
 

May 07, 2009   { 0 }

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