by David | Aug 29, 2007 | culture, economics
There is much to report and I’m already way behind, but I’ll catch up soon. We’ve heard that before, haven’t we? In any case, an overly agressive baggage handler at the Mumbai airport reminded me of two currency-related topics I’ve been...
by David | Aug 13, 2007 | culture, economics
This weekend in Massachusetts, there was a state-wide sale: 5% off everything in the store! Except clothes, cars, and anything over $2,500. It’s an event known as the Tax-Free weekend, and it seems to be quite a big deal. But I’m not sure why. Five percent...
by David | Aug 5, 2007 | culture, economics
by David | Jul 13, 2007 | culture, eating, economics, technology, transportation
We are prempting our regularly-scheduled feature, “This Week in Cheese” to bring you news of powerful successful seemingly intelligent people being just plain stupid with the internet. Cheese will have to wait because apparently stupid will not. Exhibit A:...
by David | Jul 12, 2007 | culture, economics, transportation
Here in the Peoples’ Republic of Cambridge, they clean the streets once a month. At least they do during the non-winter months. At least I think they do because there are signs up warning you not to park on certain special days. I’ve never seen them do it,...
by David | Jun 14, 2007 | culture, economics, travel
I was dozing off while watching CNNi the other day and half-asleep, I caught this headline, “Wangs outnumber countries” on the crawler. Snapping to attention, I learned that the billion-plus mainland chinese are overwhelmingly named one of just 100...
