The Boston Globe has a wonderful collection of World Cup images half way through the tournament in South Africa. There’s nothing quite like the World Cup, gotta love how millions and millions of people around the globe go crazy every four years :)
I’m busy as hell lately and love to complain about that, but then when I see pictures like these, things are put into perspective. I don’t have problems, my life is good. I have a roof over my head, food, and many other luxuries. I am blessed. What these people have to go through is [...]
The US and Russia have reached an agreement to shut down Russia-based allofmp3.com, a controversial music download site. This is obviously part of a larger push to bring intellectual property rights in line with WTO standards as Russia aspires to join the WTO next year. It’ll be interesting to see how effectively Russia can address [...]
Wow. Big things happening in US politics. House and Senate taken by the Democrats. Rumsfeld gone. This is going to be interesting… Although with such a slim majority in the Senate for the Dems, there’s still going to be plenty of gridlock. What really amazes me is the 40% voter turnout. That is so sad. [...]
As was to be expected, Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced to death. Now the case will be reviewed by the appellate court.
Aaahhhh…. Just got back from Cancun, and I have to say I’m in love with that place. It’s so hard to return to the real world after spending a week in paradise… I’m headed to Europe right now but I’ll be posting some Cancun pics soon-ish. In the meantime, I’m going to try to catch [...]
Germany moves on to the round of 16, playing Sweden on Saturday. I say we’ll beat the Swedish side 2:0.
Woohoo! 4:2 !! Gooooo Germany! Now that’s what I call a fun opening game. Fast-paced, lots of goals… and Germany winning of course :) I just hope the much (and justly) criticized German defense will improve or otherwise we’ll be in for some surprises… Ok, so Wednesday we’ll be playing Poland. I’m thinking Germany will [...]
Ok, I think I’ll have to lock myself into my apartment for the next couple of weeks with a good supply of beer and snacks. There’s plenty of soccer that needs to be watched! My bet for tomorrow’s opening game, Germany vs. Costa Rica: 2:1 I am so excited :)
Colbert’s roasting of Bush continues to fuel discussions all over the place…
There’s been talk in the last few days about Google planning to offer “total storage”. Information that was leaked to the public hints at Google’s intent to store 100% of users’ hard drive information. This BBC article points out: The plan for total online storage could meet difficulties with bandwidth constraints for some users. I [...]
Newsweek has a great article on India Rising. It’s a lengthy read but certainly worthwhile. I must say I’ve been fascinated by India for a while now and have been meaning to take a trip there, but for some reason or other have not made it yet. I can’t wait to experience it first-hand.
Just spent three days in Santa Monica for meetings. I stayed at the Shutters Hotel On The Beach – what a fabulous little hotel that is. Now I gotta catch up with work and news, didn’t even have time yet to read people’s responses to the State of the Union Address… There’s lots and lots [...]
It’s great to see that more and more women are being elected leaders of various countries – it’s about time. Just a few months back, Angela Merkel became Germany’s first female Chancellor. Now Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been elected president of Liberia, marking the first time a woman has attained this position in the whole [...]
Day three of the Alito hearings focused on his supposed membership in a Princeton University organization called the “Concerned Alumni of Princeton”, a group that protested the integration of minorities and women into the Princeton student body in the early 1970s. Alito claims he doesn’t remember belonging to the group, but as Senator Edward Kennedy [...]