MIT launches a new journal that is focused on technology innovations to make a positive social impact. An example would be the eradication of smallpox or developing affordable tools for farmers to make $$ in Kenya
Sunday, April 30, 2006
links for 2006-04-29
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
links for 2006-04-27
Vocation Vacations lets you try out another job for a few days.. pretty awesome idea.
Sounds interesting.. I guess the price of $600-$1500 a day is worth it as a trial if you are contemplating a major career change
Pretty cool. Yahoo had acquired meedio which was the precursor to myHTPC, which is what I use on my computer right now. Maybe I should try this out...
This website is pretty awesome. Basically at Meetup, you can find and eventually meet up with people with similar interests in similar geographic regions..
Yikes, is this true?
Monday, April 24, 2006
Barron's highlights a sketchy pre-paid legal service called Pre-Paid Legal Services... sounds like it's tough to get benefits from them
links for 2006-04-21
They sound so shady!!
Kottke decides to put up advertising on his site... after all
Some ways to get rid of wrinkles, some cheap, others not-so-cheap.. I think I'll try the scotch tape!
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Thai Cooking School?
So I've been doing some research on what I should do this summer, and one idea is to go to cooking school in Thailand.
I guess a bunch of schools do this in Thailand, and I'm not sure which one is the best one. It looks like it costs about $20 for a day of classes, they usually take you out to the market to buy and learn about ingredients and you usually get to eat everything that you cook.
Richard Barrow posted a great overview of various Thai cooking schools.
So I don't know, is this a good way to spend free time? I want to do something abroad this summer, but I'd rather be doing something sort of productive.. Hmmm.
So here are some links I've found sorted by school:
Chiang Mai Thai Cookery School
Apparently this school has been around the longest. It also costs the most and is located 20 minutes outside of Chiang Mai central:
I guess a bunch of schools do this in Thailand, and I'm not sure which one is the best one. It looks like it costs about $20 for a day of classes, they usually take you out to the market to buy and learn about ingredients and you usually get to eat everything that you cook.
Richard Barrow posted a great overview of various Thai cooking schools.
So I don't know, is this a good way to spend free time? I want to do something abroad this summer, but I'd rather be doing something sort of productive.. Hmmm.
So here are some links I've found sorted by school:
Chiang Mai Thai Cookery School
Apparently this school has been around the longest. It also costs the most and is located 20 minutes outside of Chiang Mai central:
- Becca and Brian's four days at Chiang Mai Thai Cookery School 12/31/05- I thought this was one of the best accounts of the experience at the school. They also spent FOUR days at the school! So maybe my idea of doing 5 days isn't so nuts.
- Richard Read's day as a masterchef 6/20/05- He got a cookbook and took the course that covers the basics of Thai cooking. It sounds like you watch the Sompon, the owner of the school, cook first and then you try yourself
- PlanetHalder's Review, 8/23/05- this person spent a day at the school and he did the course at The Wok restaurant, which is located in the city. He also did the course with 12 other people, who I guess complained a lot and were annoying
Friday, April 21, 2006
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
links for 2006-04-20
Apparently, she is the "Martha Stewart" of Japan
Kind of cool. You can use this interactive site to see stats about countries in the world
Nice, cheap source for cardboard boxes!
Wow.
Fight inequality or fight poverty?
On fighting inequality or fighting poverty, this person argues that we should fight against poverty [FT]:
"What to do, then? Let us stop fighting a battle we cannot win and concentrate all efforts on a fight that can succeed. The best tools to achieve a long-term, sustained decline in inequality are the same as those that are now widely accepted as the best available levers to lift people out of poverty. Provide access to better education and health, clean water, justice, steady jobs, housing and credit. The recipe is well known, even boring. These goals are not good fodder for a rousing speech. And they will not bring down inequality as quickly as one would wish. But focusing on these indispensable goals will certainly close one important gap: the gap between our good deeds and our best intentions. "
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Best Salad Dressing - Ever
I have found my new favorite salad dressing - Trader Joe's Sesame Soy Ginger Vinaigrette . It is SOO good!!
The new Trader Joe by Union Square seems to be a lot less busy.. isn't that weird? A couple weeks ago I waited 45 minutes in line just for the privilege of shopping in there and today I was in and out in 10 minutes!
The new Trader Joe by Union Square seems to be a lot less busy.. isn't that weird? A couple weeks ago I waited 45 minutes in line just for the privilege of shopping in there and today I was in and out in 10 minutes!
Friday, April 14, 2006
The Waiter Rule
"A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter, or to others, is not a nice person."Raytheon CEO Bill Swanson
Thursday, April 13, 2006
links for 2006-04-14
This thing is awesome.. I didn't know my standard order at Chipotle has 1,250 calories!!! Yikes.
Doesn't it make more sense to just buy high yield bonds?
Beijing is campaigning to make spread Mandarin Chinese throughout the world
Interesting.. What we say and what we do/feel is often very different!
Amazing!
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
links for 2006-04-13
How interesting! An executive at Daimler Chrysler is criticizing Exxon via a blog. I guess blogging has become mainstream!
The pictures are awesome
Crazy, check your brand of contacts solution!!
Monday, April 10, 2006
Sunday, April 9, 2006
links for 2006-04-10
Last week, a New Yorker article discussed relative economic well-being. To many people, how you compare to your neighbor matters more than your absolute economic weath..
Friday, April 7, 2006
Cliffs
In South Africa, Poor AIDS Patients Adopt Risky Ploy [WSJ]:
Does social assistance creates a cliff for people to get to the next level? It becomes like a step function. Let's say you get $30 if you do nothing.
Well to work a lot and get only $31 isn't worth it if you get $30 for doing nothing right? You're only getting aincremental $1 for your efforts, so why bother? Only when you get magnitudes above the social assistance level is it really worth trying harder..
I don't know what the solution to that is..
"Her decision represents an unexpected twist in South Africa's AIDS crisis. The South African government gives Zolile antiretroviral "cocktails" to make her healthier. It will also give her a $130-a-month disability grant -- but only if she gets sicker than she is now. And if she takes the drugs, she probably won't get sick enough to qualify for the cash."
Does social assistance creates a cliff for people to get to the next level? It becomes like a step function. Let's say you get $30 if you do nothing.
Well to work a lot and get only $31 isn't worth it if you get $30 for doing nothing right? You're only getting aincremental $1 for your efforts, so why bother? Only when you get magnitudes above the social assistance level is it really worth trying harder..
I don't know what the solution to that is..
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
links for 2006-04-06
Sounds interesting, but I think this would be tough for smaller employers..
For my med school friends.. seems useful
For my friends
Looks like most people get their 1st choice, that's good news
Hmm, I don't really like it. I finally noticed it today. What do you think?
I wish there were more default keyboard shortcuts...
I dunno 890 calories sounds a bit low to me, what do you think? Where is the line between anorexia and health?
Awesome.. and it's graphical too
Oh no! Is Roll N Roaster shutting down? I would think it would have to do with their poor performing sit-down location, not the fast food one... Ack.
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