Oh my God. Here’s the summary: At the very least, there are two Level-3 biolabs in New Orleans and a cluster of three in nearby Covington. They have been working with anthrax, mousepox, HIV, plague, etc. There are surely other labs in the city. Read the whole thing for yourself at MemoryBlog. By the way, this is in the categories it’s in because, well, frankly I have nothing appropriate.
Month: September 2005
Lime’s New Blog, Open Source, and OS Thoughts
Well, there’s a tiny bit of content there, so I guess it’s safe to link. Lime’s got a new blog at www.baboddongko.com. It’s powered by WordPress, and it’s a Korean version (with Korean interface, I mean) she’s running, though she tells me she plans on posting in English occasionally. Incidentally, I am really impressed with WordPress. For a company determined to keep providing its product for free, and for something built using Open Source and community input and involvement, it’s an amazing product. While it took me a little while to get used to—because I was changing over from the …
Postsecret
Busily helping Lime set up her own blog (though I won’t link till she has some content up). In the process, we ran across this again, and if you’ve not seen it yet, it’s worth a look.
Book #27 of my Lunar New Year: No Logo
No Logo: Taking Aim at The Brand Bullies by Naomi Klein (Picador, 2002 edition with new Afterword) I have this vague memory of a man from the Friends of the Lubicon who came to my high school to give us a talk about consumer activism. I remember thinking, “Yeah, that’s cool, but… like, do you really think you’re changing the world? You got some companies to stop buying paper bags from the paper company that was harvesting lumber from disputed lands. Big deal.” Now, I’m a fair bit older, and I see that, in a very simply and clear way, …
Foregone Involvements
In a blast of highschool gossipy mood, I submitted the Friday Five question that came up this week: Please tell us about five people you liked, or who liked you, but with whom you never became involved. Explain why not. This shouldn’t be too hard. Maybe that’s why I wrote the question, in fact; I knew it would be very easy to answer. But you know, in thinking about this topic, after I thought about the really big hurts, I realized that there were plenty of other times when I could have, but did not, get involved with someone for …