Archive for March, 2007

Perry: A Baghad bomb site everyone should see

He does it again — yet another great piece from CNN Baghdad Bureau Chief Cal Perry. This time the story is the aftermath of a suicide bombing that targeted Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zubaie. Click here to read the article, and here to see the video. An excerpt: “BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — I’m standingRead More…

Go hug a tree!

Crossposted from my EchoDitto Blog As much as I love computers, and the internet, and our ever-impressive technologies (as you may have deduced from my last post), I’m actually more of a nature-loving hippie than you’d think (and no, the two are definitely not incompatible). A few years ago I spent two consecutive summers atRead More…

Baghdad — Children of War

This is a great 3 minutes by CNN’s Baghdad Bureau Chief Cal Perry. It is a compilation of his photographs over the 4 years he has spent there covering the war, along with a voiceover explaining each picture. Really great stuff, check it out.

Carbon-footprint labels: are they even worth the effort?

Crossposted from my EchoDitto blog. Beginning in April, some food packaging in the UK will have a carbon-footprint label, informing consumers as to “how many grammes of carbon dioxide were emitted during production, from sourcing raw materials, to manufacturing and transporting the products to stores.” This program, run by The Carbon Trust, forces companies whoRead More…

Construction Complete!

Yes, my blog has changed quite a bit in its appearance over the past two days. I clicked around on a few templates and ended up switching from one template to another, formatting fonts, colors, etc for hours on end. It was pretty pathetic actually. But I found one I like, I think it’s aRead More…

Under Construction

Changing up a few things. Stay tuned.

It's a beautiful day out today.

It’s so beautiful out today. March 14th and I’m sitting outside at five-thirty and working. Writing. Fisher is being especially cute and pawing at something (maybe the wind?) and I think convinced that the coats on the coat rack are out to get him. I’m on my balcony, enjoying the sun and the breeze. That’s all forRead More…