http://blogs.fancygonzo.net Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:57:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks to Elliot for passing this op ed piece my way. That quality work force was the single biggest reason the U.S. emerged as the economic superpower of the 20th century. Generation after generation, American workers were better educated, more industrious and more innovative than the ones that came before. That progress ... http://blogs.fancygonzo.net/2008/02/16/fresh-start-conservatism/ From Deputy Dog (follow the link, there are great photos!): there are so many reasons to love this beauty that it’s hard to know where to start. it’s got 13 floors which, to me at least, makes it a skyscraper. it’s entirely made of wood, thus making it a wooden skyscraper. ... http://blogs.fancygonzo.net/2008/02/16/a-hand-made-wooden-skyscraper/ Tendinitis sucks. For real. Back in August, Michelle asked me to run the BAA Half Marathon with her. No problem, I said! We had run the Dublin Marathon in 2005, so 13.1 miles was definitely not intimidating, plus I was starting off with a pretty decent fitness base. ... http://blogs.fancygonzo.net/2008/02/04/my-new-running-buddy/ Goodbye to All That: Why Obama Matters is perhaps the most insightful article I've read about the current presidential race. In a race full of baby boomer politicians--Clinton, McCain, Guiliani--why does Obama seem to stick out so much? It's not that he's black. I don't even think ... http://blogs.fancygonzo.net/2008/02/03/whats-really-at-stake-here-why-obama-matters/ Extreme Pumpkins in an annual competition in which contestants carve awesome, freaky, and often hilarious pumpkins. Well worth looking through. This one, though not part of the Extreme Pumpkins site, is definitely my favorite that I've seen so far! http://blogs.fancygonzo.net/2007/11/01/extreme-pumpkins/ The Future is Drying Up. A great read from the New York Times Magazine. In short, population growth is overtaxing the limited supply of fresh water available in the western states, and we really need to do something about it relatively soon. http://blogs.fancygonzo.net/2007/10/27/the-water-situation-in-the-west/ A post that's worth a read. http://blogs.fancygonzo.net/2007/10/02/software-is-hard/ Original image. http://blogs.fancygonzo.net/2007/09/17/howls-moving-barn/ In his recent essay, Paul Graham says: Practically everyone thinks that someone who went to MIT or Harvard or Stanford must be smart. Even people who hate you for it believe it. But when you think about what it means to have gone to an elite college, how could this be true? ... http://blogs.fancygonzo.net/2007/09/11/how-much-does-your-alma-mater-matter/ "The future is already here; it's just not evenly distributed." -William Gibson http://blogs.fancygonzo.net/2007/09/11/an-old-quote-but-a-great-quote/