A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
20 Years ago John Perry Barlow published the Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace: Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace,…
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The Blog Awakens
So, after months of campaigning, successfully, the Liberal Party is now back in government. Hooray!We have a Prime Minister we can be proud of. I have a Member of Parliament…
The Blog Awakens
So, after months of campaigning, successfully, the Liberal Party is now back in government. Hooray!We have a Prime Minister we can be proud of. I have a Member of Parliament…
Book Review: Into the Heart of Mexico: Seeing for Myself: A Political Traveler’s Memoir
The title of this book is totally appropriate. Some people who travel go to the beach, visit museums, birdwatch, or sample the local cuisine. Ginny NiCarthy, who lives in Seattle,…
Book Review: Seeing for Myself: A Political Traveler’s Memoir
The title of this book is totally appropriate. Some people who travel go to the beach, visit museums, birdwatch, or sample the local cuisine. Ginny NiCarthy, who lives in Seattle,…
So much for change south of the border.
Now it is just more of the same, regardless of who ultimately wins: Lessig quits presidency bid, blames political system he wanted to change See this for a good, succinct,…
Harper Conservatives: The anti-data party
If we are going to survive this century, we need to move away from decision-based evidence-making and truly make evidence-based decisions. Public access to publicly funded science would help ensure…
The Canadian War on Science: A long, unexaggerated, devastating chronological indictment
Originally published by John Dupuis Apr 2006. One Tonne Challenge funding stopped Apr 2006. Tories muzzle environmental scientist Mark Tushingham, told not to appear to promote his novel about climate…
Book Review: Into the Heart of Mexico: Expatriates Find Themselves Off the Beaten Path
John Scherber has lived in San Miguel de Allende since 2007. He has written 17 fiction books, and this is his third non-fiction. This book is a series of interviews…
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And when I think about it, a lot of “things I want to do” are just learning about and discussing new tools for tinkering with the chain.
Volcanos and monasteries in Puebla State
Popocatepétl as seen from Cortez Pass. Photo byJakub Hejtmánek at Czech Wikipedia. The volcano Popocatépetl, located between Mexico City and Puebla, is currently 5,426 meters (17,802 feet) in elevation; it’s…
Petition to Save Film Heritage in Former Yugoslavia
An appeal from the international community of film scholars, cinephiles and archivists: Dear Colleagues, Avala Film, the former Yugoslavia’s oldest film studio – which was at the heart of Mila…
A travel guide to Cuba
I made a visit to Cuba in January, 2015. I relied heavily on Lonely Planet: Cuba. This publication is a bit too friendly to the current government of Cuba, so…
Interview with Cuban dissident economist Marta Beatriz Roque
Marta Beatriz Roque is the founder of the Cuban Institute of Independent Economists, and a prominent Cuban dissident who has been in and out of prison several times. Robert Broughton:…
My brief survey of Mexican food
Now that I’ve lived in Mexico for over two years, here’s some culinary discoveries I’ve made. Coctel de camarones (shrimp cocktails): Shrimp and avocado in a spicy red sauce. I’ve…
Bah Humbug!
Physicists who want to protect traditional Christmas realize that the only way to keep from changing Christmas is not to observe it. (via xkcd) That is all.
So Many Blogs About Sustainability!
Site like Things Are Good which cover good news about the environment, people, and politics aren’t that rare. When we started this site nearly 10 years ago there were few…
Sonnet 103
Alack! what poverty my Muse brings forth, So begins Shakespeare’s sonnet number 103 (I started rereading the sonnets recently because, well because it’s Shakespeare, damn it all, and what other…
Shutting down the blog.
Turns out a job doesn’t leave much time for blogging. And a 65-75 hour a week job makes it even tougher to fit in the time to write. Also, I…
Mexico initiates major high-speed rail project
On August 16, Mexican Secretary of Communications and Transport (SCT) Gerardo Ruiz Esparza and Governor Jose Calzada Rovirosa of the State of Querétaro announced the tender for a high-speed passenger…