From the monthly archives:

March 2010

Ropes on a Boat, Bako, Malaysia [photo]

by Rod Edwards on March 26, 2010

Traveling up to Bako National Park on Malaysian Borneo (from the provincial capital of Kuching), one has opportunity to take in many, many photogenic sites. Big shrimp nets are a common thing to pass, and those big nets are serviced by locals in extremely quaint & colorful boats.

For more from Malaysia, see:
www.flickr.com/photos/dreadsword/sets/72157623526546967/

Also Bako:
www.flickr.com/photos/dreadsword/4268405838/in/set-721576…

www.flickr.com/photos/dreadsword/4444235133/in/set-721576…

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Don’t hold back: maple syrup cures cancer

by Rod Edwards on March 25, 2010

… [researchers] found more than 20 compounds in maple syrup from Canada that have been linked to human health, 13 of which are newly discovered in maple syrup. In addition, eight of the compounds have been found in the Acer (maple) family for the first time.

via Pure maple syrup contains medicinally beneficial compounds, pharmacy researcher finds.

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Announcement: I am withdrawing from China

March 24, 2010

Joining my comrades-in-arms at Google, Dell, and GoDaddy, I am withdrawing from China too. Insert marketing copy about moral high ground here. Note to accounting – looks like we found a solution for the financial black hole that is our China operation. If you can’t beat ‘em, withdraw in a righteous huff and make hay [...]

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Whoa: Facebook Credits coming soon; a tax-free, global consumer currency

March 24, 2010

A perfect end-run around online taxes. How long will it be before Facebook’s 400 million users, now armed with their own currency, start siphoning off material percentages of nation’s economies? Add one more piece of evidence to all of those rumors about an impending launch of a Facebook virtual currency at the upcoming f8 conference [...]

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Uber Creepy Tour: Abandoned Six Flags New Orleans [69 Pics]

March 24, 2010

The title says it all. After Katrina, Six Flags never reclaimed their park, which was built over a swamp to begin with. Its now been rusting and decaying for years, making it a fascinating subject for Urban explorers. Uber Creepy Tour: Abandoned Six Flags New Orleans [69 Pics] | Design + Ideas on WU.

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Breakthrough Low-Power Desalination and Purification Technology

March 24, 2010

I could use this at my cottage too… and it sounds like a better option for camping than my current ceramic pump-through from MEC. Developed by scientists at MIT, the desalination device is about the size of a postage stamp, and can be fit together into larger daisy chains. An eight-inch-wide array of the desalination [...]

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Kids, Bangladesh [photo]

March 22, 2010

Kids, Bangladesh, originally uploaded by Rod Edwards. This is a shot of a group of mischevious kids from the town of Rayenda, deep in the south of Bangladesh. The kids of Bangladesh are a wild and crazy bunch, without the reservations of the generally pretty conservative adults. They’ll happily spend the day following you around, [...]

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One Classroom, From Sea to Shining Sea

March 19, 2010

This opinion piece about educational reform in the states is full of gems: But publishers will have to comply with Texas requirements in order to sell history books to that state’s huge school system. Indeed, they will likely start producing one edition for conservative states and another for the saner precincts of American schooling. via [...]

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Thanks for the interest rate hike, Vancouver Olympics

March 19, 2010

However, analysts note the inflation data come with a caveat as the Winter Olympics in Vancouver drove up prices in some key categories. The consumer price data, combined with robust retail sales figures for January, has likely set off alarm bells at the Bank of Canada, economists say, as to whether the central bank can [...]

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Early spring disastrous for Winter Roads; RCMP rescuing truckers from mud via helicopter

March 19, 2010

Manitoba’s cloying clay mud is as malevolent a force as nature has been able to come up with, as many truckers are apparently discovering with the early disintegration of Manitoba’s northern Winter Road system. At least the bugs aren’t out yet to torment the stranded truckers… Wrong Lake is part of the province’s 2,200-kilometre winter [...]

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