More! Hidden costs of global warming

Dengue fever in Italy.

Mental Illness = No school for you!

The Chicago Tribune just ran a special report about increasing numbers of college students who are being forced out of school. Not because they have poor grades, not because they violated any school regulations, but rather because they have a mental illness -- such as bulimia, PTSD, or depression. I'm not an expert, but I have a strong opinion on this. More to come later.

Well, the whole "international penpal" thing just got easier. Look at TechCrunch.....

The OTHER Digital Divide

I'm sick of everyone talking about the digital divide between the haves and have nots as if as soon as you give kids laptops they stop starving/getting malaria/being killed on a grand scale. The real digital divide is between people. With everyone spending more and more time inside their own networks, where's the understanding going to come from? Where's the love? Just because we all watch the same YouTube videos or LOLCats doesn't mean that we're going to make the world a better place. What's the point of connectivity... if there's no connection. Someone should create an app that gets kids interested in having digital pen pals. BTW: Blogger may soon be using OpenID which I think is a great move. Finally, we will be free of the GOOG! (Except for our blog hosting, e-mail, search, RSS reader, internet connection....)

Lunchbreak Biomimicry Alert!

If you haven't noticed, there are some cool things happening with biomimicry lately. From flying squirrel parachutes to insectoid architecture, it looks like humans are learning to learn how to learn from the world around them.