Thursday, February 12, 2009

There is some positive news!

Well, we've gotten a little positive Russia/US relations news this week. This is a bit:
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-12-voa37.cfm. For those of you who haven't heard, Russia has offered assistance to the US for Afghanistan.

Monday, February 9, 2009

Intermediate Technology - for real

Those of you who know my heart will know that this site really tickled my interest:
http://www.kk.org/streetuse/. What fun! He calls it "How people really use technology". It is "intermediate technology" in real life. Check out the Chinese generator-mobile. A few years back, WSJ had a story about ppl building such vehicles in India as well.