Avoiding in-flight “are we there yet?” By Richard Davis It’s often said that flying is one of the safest forms of travel. That may be true but it certainly isn’t the most pleasant, especially in this post-9/11 era of poverty-stricken airlines. Add kids and summer crowds to the picture, and you may be tempted to […]
Bring Back the Sex, Stupid
It’s not a revealing discovery that sexual engagement with multiple partners increases the likelihood of getting some kind of an infection, HIV included. But this is increasingly getting attention as HIV/AIDS workers and researchers grapple with a ballooning epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa, where just 12 percent of men and 10 percent of women know their […]
Bangladeshi Journalist Wins $1,000 GroundReport Prize
GroundReport announced today the winner of June’s Off-the-Radar Contest, a news competition with a $1,000 USD grand prize. The winner was Arafatul Islam, whose article garnered the highest traffic on GroundReport.com for the month of June. Underscoring GroundReport’s participatory format, the contest was judged by the “wisdom of crowds,” and not a committee or editor; […]
How far is too far when it comes to a prank?
When do practical jokes go too far? That comes to light when a 17 year old Wheaton, Illinois high school student had done when he decided to be incredibly stupid by contaminating a batch of salad dressing in his school’s cafeteria. He was given a $750 fine, 120 hours of community service and 2 years […]
The Art of My Life
I am going to talk about the art of my life and how I came to it. It is going to be a long article since it spans my whole life. I cut many things off, but it is still quite long. So please bear with me. As a kid, I enjoyed playing very much […]
Web2.0 is grassroots
This article just serves as an introduction to web2.0 for the grassroots people. So this article is by no means academic. I will try to avoid tech terms. Web2.0 is grassroots in the sense that if you look at web2.0 websites (meetup, craigslist, youtube, flickr, del.icio.us …), they are all built by the user. It […]
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