Wednesday, April 18, 2007

So much potential . . .


New Design for the Rain Water Catch could address the drinking water shortages in Africa and elsewhere.

The UN just released a report saying that harvesting rain water could solve Africa’s drinking water problems. The web business www.friendsofwater.com, a company working to address water issues, has located a design for a rain water catch that appears to meet the UN recommendations head-on.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

I just love this sentence

Backward-hopping gum chewers who try to conjugate Latin verbs, for example, are far more likely to fall over than to swallow their gum.

Thinking Backward Some Curable and Incurable Consequences of Cognitive Busyness

http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/%7Edtg/Gilbert%20&%20Osborne%20
(Thinking%20Backward).pdf