I was curious why there is so little news specific to the Hezbollah demands for the release of prisoners. Who are these men and why were they put in prison? After a few days of reading articles and vague but related stories, I found a fascinating first-person account in the Washington Post of the man … Continue reading Who the Hezbollah want
I found these images amusing. Usually you see state leaders in mile-long motorcades of gas-guzzling armored limos, but Bush and Putin were caught again by a Reuters photographer driving themselves in an electric car (Rice and Ivanov in the back) to the G8 Summit in St. Petersburg. If I’m not mistaken, that’s a vehicle produced … Continue reading Bush and Putin go for a zero-emission spin
Interesting report on the combination of traditional and modern information sources to find someone lost in the wilderness: A member of an elite Border Patrol unit focused on rescues, he can track someone with a faxed image of a shoe tread, or find a 911 caller by juxtapositions of windmills and mesquite trees mapped in … Continue reading Border patrol searches
Brief follow-up to my earlier post about cell-phones: The Denver Post has a story that suggests little metallic headphones with long metal wires will increase damage if you are struck by lightning. The medical expert in this report, interestingly, makes a very clear distinction between threat and vulnerability: “There is no scientific evidence to show … Continue reading Lightning and earbuds don’t mix