The violence erupted during a protest brought on by demonstrators is one of many rallies that is to go on this weekend. In this rally, demonstrators were marching against both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The demonstration happened to take place Friday night in Georgetown which is in the northwestern part of […]
Jena Bears Strange Fruit
Southern trees bear strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Pastoral scene of the gallant south, The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth, Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh, Then […]
Fishing on the Parana
Esquina, Corrientes Provence, Argentina — Just before sunrise on the banks of the Parana River, the sky was a dark purple and the air was sweet and humid. Rain clouds threatened from every corner. The overnight, seven-hour bus ride from Buenos Aires, paralleling the river through Entre Rios and into Corrientes Province, […]
Taipei battens down the hatches
Saturday afternoon and the streets of Taipei are empty. Few shops have opened for the day – just Carrefour, the many Seven-elevens that proliferate the capital and a few restaurants. Shoppers and workers alike have stayed home in anticipation of wild weather resulting from typhoon Sepat which hit the small island late last night. Weather […]
The End of FUD Revisited
Recent actions by Microsoft prompted us to re-issue this position paper and add a section on intellectual property. This position paper will address the question, “Can the open source approach to software development promote transparency and remove FUD — fear, uncertainty and doubt?” By requiring that source code is freely available to all, the open […]
The internet has gone too far with some websites
Has the internet gone overboard by allowing websites to post recipes on making drugs. Is this the big problem with contributing to the evergrowing drug problem in America. If you actually Googled for recipes to make drugs you will pull up at least a couple thousand websites on how to make crystal meth. One site […]