Archive for May, 2006
Friday, May 26th, 2006
Feingold, senator from my home state of Wisconsin, talking back to Specter:
WASHINGTON - A Senate committee approved a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage Thursday, after a shouting match that ended when one Democrat strode out and the Republican chairman bid him "good riddance."
"I don't need to be lectured by you. ...
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Thursday, May 25th, 2006
Self-assessment of criminal behavior from those wacky Brits. I'm apparently pretty dodgy:
Dodgy
Alright geezer! Fancy yourself as a bit tasty? It may be against the law, but what they don't know won't hurt 'em eh? We know your heart's in the right place… but watch out or that place may ...
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Sunday, May 21st, 2006
I've blogged previously about Mutware, the rogue elephant in Rwanda's Akagera national park. Turns out that he's now an "escapee" from the park and is rampaging in nearby fields etc...
Kigali: A rogue elephant believed to be the only single animal to have prompted an American security alert has escaped from ...
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Friday, May 19th, 2006
Bono's in Kigali as part of a six-nation African tour.
KIGALI, May 18 (Reuters) - Rock star Bono on Wednesday pledged to maintain pressure on the United States and other wealthy nations to keep funds rolling for aid to Africa.
In Rwanda on a six-nation tour of Africa, the U2 lead singer ...
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Friday, May 19th, 2006
From an interview with Linus Torvalds (creator of Linux) (my emphasis):
KLS: Now you are something of a rock star in tech circles...
Linus: I don't notice that in normal life. I don't actually go to that many conferences. I do that a couple of times a year. Normally I am not ...
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Thursday, May 11th, 2006
As regular readers (if such creatures exist) know, I spent most of last year in Rwanda managing the pilot phase of a project called Village Phone. Our ultimate goal was to form a new Rwandan company to carry the project forward, and last month we finally saw the realization of that ...
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Friday, May 5th, 2006
Not much else to say. I love this city. The energy is literally like nowhere else on the planet, and the food is fucking fantastic. I've been in town for about five hours and have already called two friends asking them to move here and become my sugar mama or ...
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Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006
Missed this the first time around but the link is still working so... go check it out!
Morning Edition, April 21, 2006 · This week, a group of bankers and MBA students assemble to talk about micro-financing. The group tries to imagine what life would be like without insurance, credit cards ...
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