Gainfully Unemployed
My friend Peter is blogging about the exciting challenge of self-employment: The poorbuthappy guide to being gainfully unemployed.
My friend Peter is blogging about the exciting challenge of self-employment: The poorbuthappy guide to being gainfully unemployed.
Chris Fahey just finished reading Don Quixote, and has published an excellent review of the 400-year-old novel. I keep wanting to re-read as an adult (I first read it in high school, as most kids do here), Chris’ review makes me want to get back into Don Quixote’s world.
Update 19/5/2006: I’m more than half-way through Part I of DQ, and am astounded by how good it is. Having been forced to read it at an age when I did not yet have the intellectual tools to appreciate it fully, I was initially turned off by the novel and probably could have gone through the rest of my life without discovering the marvels it holds.
Overviews of the Summit sessions at Boxes and Arrows:
According to the NY Times, Orkut has found unexpected success in Brazil. [Link, requires free subscription]. The article states that more than 70% of Orkut users are living in Brazil, and that the site produces no revenue. I wonder if how Google plans to take advantage of this opportunity.