The Berkman Center meets Second Life
Cory Ondrejka and John Lester from Linden Lab, the builders of Second Life, were our guests at Berkman yesterday, which turned Tuesday into “virtual worlds… Read More »The Berkman Center meets Second Life
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November 2005
Ethiopia deserves better than “better than Mengistu”
Better late than never, I suppose. The editorial board of the New York Times used some of their space on Sunday to condemn Meles Zenawi’s… Read More »Ethiopia deserves better than “better than Mengistu”
Sitting still and meditating on travel addiction
My good friend Tomas Krag just posted a thought-provoking observation about travel. Like me, Tomas has spent a good piece of the last five years… Read More »Sitting still and meditating on travel addiction
A Mongolian and a Bulgarian walk into a basho…
It’s the end of autumn and the beginning of winter here in the Berkshires. Usually, this is the time of year I’m arranging my schedule… Read More »A Mongolian and a Bulgarian walk into a basho…
Thanksgiving… and my recipe for Turkey a la Pompeii
Thanksgiving is both the simultaneously the simplest and most fraught of major American holidays. On the one hand, it’s a very straightforward holiday. You get… Read More »Thanksgiving… and my recipe for Turkey a la Pompeii
Bridging across Central Europe
My colleague Jerzy Celichowski just brightened my day by pointing me to his bridge blog. Inspired by last year’s Global Voices meeting at Harvard, he… Read More »Bridging across Central Europe