October 2008
147 posts
AiDA - knowledge, collaboration, information,... →
“Accessible Information on Development Activities” “AiDA is the largest online directory of development activities. This inventory offers a quick overview of who is doing what in international…
OECD-CRS online database →
Aid Activity database of the DAC - contains statistics on individual aid activities. It covers the activities of most of the 23 members of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) as well as…
September 2008
191 posts
The economy might be about to “crater,” but at least I didn’t burn my coffee this morning. Take that, electric stove.
Every stock everywhere is diving, nose diving like John McCain’s jet into a rice paddy! WTF Merica?
IBM Helping The World Go Cradle to Cradle →
Shared by Colin Ashe
(Go go go go go go)
A quick search of EcoGeek’s archives show that IBM has never been shy about its environmental leadership. But now their taking it to a new…
Going to get some wine for dinner.
“We have decided to suspend our editorial activities today so we can adequately...”
– Love the home state:
Keene (New Hampshire) Sentinel Editorial board suspends operations to deal with the financial crisis. Outstanding. (via election08)
Crashing. Realized I haven’t got anything done in the past couple hours.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-9-28) →
Bob Dylan
The Avett Brothers
Belle and Sebastian
Iron & Wine & Calexico
Stephen Malkmus & The Million Dollar Bashers
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Good morning, Merica. Please do not eat another bank today.
RIP Paul Newman - oddly, he had come up in conversation just a couple minutes before I saw his obit.
Britain will make foreigners carry RFID identity... →
Earlier this year, I married my British fiancee and switched my visa status from “Highly Skilled Migrant” to “Spouse.” This wasn’t optional: Jacqui Smith, the British Home Secretary, had unilaterally…
FINALLY. viva zapatero, jackass. now, quickly: keating 5, palin’s earmarks…
Loving Chiang Mai. The people rejoice!
Why do I watch these fucking things?
John McCain is NOT Miss Congeniality! He’s more than just a pretty face!
What the Current Turmoil Means for CleanTech →
As an EcoGeek, I spend a lot more time thinking about science and technology than savings and loans. But there’s no doubt, a strong economy would help the cleantech revolution get a…
Coward McCain Will (Maybe?) Show Up Tonight, So... →
Whew, that was close. Goofy old national joke John “Walnuts!” McCain had threatened to skip tonight’s debate unless he, uh, solved the Financial Crisis. Luckily for us, the 500-year-old clown…
Gore calls for civil disobedience to stop coal.... →
Reuters reports:
“If you’re a young person looking at the future of this planet and looking at what is being done right now, and not done, I believe we have reached the stage where it is time…
How John McCain’s Destruction Of Bailout... →
Ahem, “Inside an intense White House meeting over the financial crisis on Thursday, where nearly every key player came to an agreement on the outlines of the bailout package, Sen. John McCain…
"Methane time bomb" →
The Independent carried a story on Tuesday that should alarm anyone interested in climate change (anthropogenic or otherwise).”Exclusive: The methane time bomb”, by Steve Connor, describes a just…
Strange Days →
It is no small irony that after years of being at odds with the right wing of his own party, John McCain is staking his campaign for presidency on it. During the late afternoon meeting at the…
Methane Time Bomb Update →
Following on its coverage of an expedition to Russia’s northern coast that found methane deposits leaking through melting permafrost into the water and atmosphere, The Independent has news that a…
Al Gore Calls for “Civil Disobedience” to Stop... →
http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/24/al-gore-calls-for-civil-disobedience-to-stop-the-construction-of-new-coal-fired-power-plants
(((Unemployed House underwater? No future and losing the…
Just moved to Chiang Mai. OMFG FINALLY