Category Archives: Technology

Food Sensitivity

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Yaacov

The CBC has an article about how the closure of the Confederation Bridge for two days led to food shortages in PEI supermarkets. Just a quick reminder about how sensitive our current food system can be to disruptions in transportation … Continue reading →

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OLPC Lives

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Yaacov

The One Laptop Per Child Project is apparently not dead.

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Are You Talking To Me?

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Yaacov

Some pictures of people conversing with their cellphones to the detriment of those around them.

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Robots That Eat… Stuff

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Yaacov

I’m starting a “we should have known this was a bad idea” category for my blog.  And this definitely belongs in it.

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Iceland’s Financial Crisis

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Yaacov

Vanity Fair has an interesting article about how Iceland became a global financial power in five short years and then bankrupted itself in the financial crisis this past fall.

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