Gainfully Unemployed
My friend Peter is blogging about the exciting challenge of self-employment: The poorbuthappy guide to being gainfully unemployed.
Archive | April, 2006
Don Quixote
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.
Boxes and Arrows: IA Summit 2006 Overview
Overviews of the Summit sessions at Boxes and Arrows:
or-KOO-chee
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.
