January 2009
22 posts
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Obama Examines Dumps in the Coat Room: There Was... →
“Guantanamo Files in Disarray” - [Washington Post]
“Likewise, the supply-chain techniques Sears used to achieve its miracle of...”
– I don’t remember Sears as the Amazon precursor. Thank you, books.
The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More by Chris Anderson
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Brooklyn’s Buzz-a-Rama is Heaven for Slot-Car Fans →
“You don’t make money in this kind of business,” Mr. Perri said. “If I didn’t own the building, I’d have been gone, also.” The decline of slot-car racing seems to coincide with the dwindling of an economy based on things people made, and the rise of one based on numbers magically manipulated.
Excerpted from India (Second)
Dated: January 12, 2009 6:30AM
Mamallapuram didn’t prepare us for this one; Madurai is a different order of intensity. We are not nearly as expected of a sight and the staring is far more harsh. Our first morning after the comfortable overnight train we walked around the streets, which were mostly quiet so early in the day. Ducking into alleyways, we spotted many dusty households going...
“Tintin, who was born Jan 10, 1929, on the pages of a children’s supplement...”
– Fresh debate on Tintin’s sexuality. I read this syndicated on the back page of the Indian Economic Times.
Excerpted from India
I’ll try to post a few spiral notebook entries before I come home.
Dated: January 8, 2009 3:00AM Yesterday was another day without particular goals. We ran our errands and went down to an instrument shop by the beach and were sold on a flute too expensive, followed by a much more pleasant shopping experience buying sandals for my feet along with a brief flute lesson and...
