In Japan, some fishermen are updating their website from their boats with pics and retail prices of the fish they just caught. Too cool… Asiajin » Tokyo-Bay Fishermen Start Seafood E-Commerce; Line-ups Are Updated From Boats Every Morning H/T: boingboing.net
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Order your fish from the boat as they are caught
No Comments Scott Pagel on May 5th 2010
A few years ago, I participated in a charity event where I took financial pledges with the promise that I’d climb the 2046 stairs of Taipei 101 to the 91st floor observation deck. I’d have done that event every year but haven’t heard of any organized climbs since then. Maybe they happened, but I didn’t [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on May 5th 2010
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Arizona Illegal Immigration Law
Lots out there about the Arizona immigration law… with the usual misinformation and misdirection all around. It seems reasonable to me that we might want to hear from someone who helped draft the statute… and here we have Kris W. Kobach and the NY Times to the rescue in this OpEd “Why Arizona Drew A [...]
5 Comments Scott Pagel on May 4th 2010
Chinese characters are a fun and frustrating part of learning Chinese. Even the simplified characters are great, but the traditional are more so. I recently came across this post on Sinosplice that covered the creative use of kanji in Japan. While most of these seemed far fetched at first glance… they really do make sense [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on May 4th 2010
Fortunately, through miracles of technology, we can participate in the cool experiences of our friends who are far away and get to do things we’ll likely never do. Thanks for attending and sharing, Josh! Last night, I had the opportunity to attend an informal men’s evening with Bishop Tom Wright hosted by St. Nic’s Church. [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on May 3rd 2010
It is from a few weeks ago… I don’t always know when they were aired I just watch when I can. The episode was called “White Tulip” and I was especially interested in the exchanges between Drs. Walter Bishop and Alistair Peck. I saw this post the other day but finally read it today and [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on May 3rd 2010
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Filtering History by Thomas Sowell
Sowell on Slavery and History… Many years ago, I was surprised to receive a letter from an old friend, saying that she had been told that I refused to see campus visitors from Africa. At the time, I was so bogged down with work that I had agreed to see only one visitor to the [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on May 3rd 2010
In the last paragraph… I’d put the word “experts” in quotes. Sand in the Gears » There’s no program for fixing rotten
1 Comment Scott Pagel on May 1st 2010
