Current Affairs

This post on the FREAKONOMICS BLOG, pointed me to a really cool site, Zillow.com.  Type in any address or zip code and it will show you the house on a satellite picture along with the house’s estimated value.  In addition you can search for recent comparable sales – sales of recent houses with similar specifications […]

What do you carry with you … to work?  to the store?  to a friend’s house?  I bet you carry more around now than you did 10 years ago.  On any work day, I carry a briefcase with my laptop, notebook and odds and ends like business cards, vitamins, pens, etc as well as a

First they tell us not to trade our investments often and then they say we don’t trade enough.   The tone of this Wharton article implied that it was bad not to actively manage your portfolio.  From everything I have studied about investing, I disagree.  You should make smart choices, leave them be and check them

This map of the world shows stereotypes found through Google searches.  The data was put together by Google Blogoscoped. Link: The Prejudice Map.

Women have recently been elected to lead the governments of Liberia, Chile and Germany.  These new female leaders did not have husbands or fathers who ruled before them, a notable difference from the past. Women’s Place, Revisited – New York Times.

This public toilet in Houston is made of entirely one way glass.  It looks like mirrors from the outside, but from the inside it looks like you are sitting in the middle of the street.  Check out the pictures. Impact Lab – Super Cool Toilet.

Did you always want to be like Genghis Khan?  Well, there’s a pretty good chance that you might be one of his descendents.  If you are male, it’s a 1 in 200 chance!  The long march of everyman | Economist.com. there were few males more alpha in their behaviour than Genghis Khan, a man reported

Two men were found in the same Egyptian tomb – a very unusual occurance.  What I think is interesting is how we interpret what that means.  The three hypothesis: They were identical twins, They were gay, They were conjoined twins. Each one is supported by it’s own interests groups.  For example, gay advocates support the

I like stories about cultural differences. Here’s one from Japan from A Hand in Two Cultures – New York Times. Or take a simple thing like bathrooms. In Japan, there is no heating system in the toilet, and it is really cold. So we’re used to heated toilet seats. Japanese tourists come to American hotels,

Everybody learns differently.  However, our school system targets visual/audio learners who learn best from sitting in lectures, reading books and taking notes.  Lucky for me, that’s the way I learn best.  However this year I’ve had a chance to learn how difficult it is to learn in styles that aren’t yours.  I took Anatomiken classes