It’s the middle of the summer, it’s hot, and the longest day of the year is coming in just a couple of days! Here are some interesting links of the week:
Summer Weekend Reading
Archives for June 2010
Opening up new frontiers
Much of human history has been about opening up new frontiers, in exploration, science, and technology. It started when we spread out of Africa, many millennia ago, and continued when men and women spread into the Americas, and Europeans later came and invaded the “new world”, in part to explore unknown lands, and in part… [Read More]
Weekend Reading, at 300 km/h
Here is your weekend reading:
Your First Home: a Condo, or a House?
When looking for your first (or subsequent) home, you have one big decision to make before you look further: “Should I get a condo, or should I get a house?” The decision depends on where you are in life, and what you are looking to get out of your new home. Condos have become all… [Read More]
Is It Time to Nuke the Spill?
Another week passes by, and another tens of thousands of barrels of oil gush out into the Gulf of Mexico, adding to what is possibly the U.S.’ worst environmental disaster. With the failure of one attempt to stop the leak after another, pundits are now starting to look at more drastic (and perhaps insane) alternatives,… [Read More]